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Day 5 - Kuala Lumpur

30th September 2023

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Up in the clouds & around KLCC



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A trip to the sky bridge and then to the top of the Petronas Towers.




A bit camp, I only had a green screen behind me and hoped I was pointing at each of the 2 towers, rather than looking like a morris-man in need of a village green...



Camp


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At the Skybridge on the 41st floor 558 feet up...

Sky Bridge

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Miche didn't fancy it, but managed to take a photo of me from our hotel room on the 25th floor next door...

Skybridge 2

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Views from the top on the 86th floor, 1214 feet up.

KLCC Park and our hotel...

Top 1

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Lower rise



Overlooking the richer area with greenery and the National Palace...

Green




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The National Palace which we visted the day before...

Palace

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It was a bit smoggy at first, the Warisan Merdeka 118 Tower - the second tallest building in the World at 2,227 feet...


Second highest

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Merdeka 118 (2227 feet), the neighbouring Petronas Tower (1483 feet) and the Kuala Lumpur Tower (1381 feet)...

Big 3

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A hawk flying high...


 Hawk


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Sculptures on the ground floor...

Climbers

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We popped into the Kuala Lumpur Aquarium to see the electric eel feeding slot, only to find that he's moved out years ago.

There was a good shark tank walk and some enigmatic spotted morays to fill the gap...

Morays


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Kenny Rogers has branched out, we assumed it was coffee, but turned out to be roast chicken and we gave it a miss...

Kenny


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With coffee off the table we wandered around KLCC Park and did a lot of looking up...
 
Whale sculpture...

KLCC Park 1

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Kuala Lumpur Tower peeping through...

KLCC Park 2

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Miche and other tall things...

KLCC Park 3

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KLCC Park 4

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Someone in a frog costume in 90+ heat and ridiculously high humidity...

KLCC Park 5

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Nothing else for it was time to find some shade in the hotel...

Miche MO


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PB MO


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Back in the room with Mooncakes - Chinese seasonal fayre and very dense...

Mooncakes

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Evening fountain show...

Fountains 1

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Fountains 2

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Fountains 3

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Bats hunting moths at the top...

Bats

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Tree


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Our hotel, which had been an oasis of calm and relaxation in a tropical and bustling city...

Hotel

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Days 1 & 3 - London to Kuala Lumpur Day 4 - KL - Batu, Palace & Merdeka Square Day 5 - KL - Petronas Towers
Day 6 - to Bukit Lawang Day 7 - Orangutans 1 Day 8 - Orangutans 2
Day 9 - Bukit Lawang to Medan Day 10 - to Sanur (Bali) Day 11 - Sanur MTB
Day 12 - Sanur to Labuan Bajo Day 13 - KNP - Snorkel Day 14 - KNP - Komodo Island & Snorkel
Day 15 - KNP - Rinca Island Day 16 - to Ubud (Bali) Day 17 - Hike and Temples
Day 18 - Ubud Markets Day 19-20 - to Home