After our first (relatively sleepless) night in Grocer's Inn, we decided to move to a different hostel. Luckily, there are plenty of hostels to choose from in Chinatown. We stopped by a few and landed on Eclipse Hostel, just down the street from our previous place. For a double room we paid 50 ringgit (92kr/$15,14). Chinatown is one of the cheaper, backpacker-friendly areas in KL. Probably because it is only a short walk from the Puduraya bus station. The metro was also just a hop, skip, and a jump away.
So, what did we do in the vibrant city of KL? To be honest, we spent a lot of time walking around... Primarily in the shopping malls. There were tons of malls in KL, mostly around Jalan Bukit Bintang. Prices were much lower compared to Norway. Since we have been wearing the same clothes for a month and we hardly sent anything to Sydney, we decided we could enjoy some shopping in this fabulous city. We opted for visiting the touristy malls (i.e. international/bigger brands). We can highly recommend The Pavillion and Suria KLCC. Lots of great shops and cafés!
We came to realize that there are many walkways in KL, both under and over ground. We were wondering why there were hardly any people out when we walked from Suria KLCC to The Pavillion. We figured it was just because it was super hot out. Turns out that everyone takes the walkways around. There were walkways that went from mall to mall (we could mall-hop!). Much cooler (temperature-wise), faster, and convenient.
We didn't only shop and walk in walkways while in KL. We did see a few other things as well, for example the Petronas Twin Towers. These beautiful towers serve as the elegant headquarters if the national petroleum company, and were formerly the world's tallest skyskrapers (Tapei 101 took the title in 2004). There are three possible "levels" you can visit. The cheapest deal is to the 41st floor Skybridge, 170 meters/558 feet above ground. The mall Suria KLCC was located underneath them. You know what that means: TWOFER! We went shopping and sightseeing simultaneously.
There was a nice park in this area, too. In the evening there was a fountain light show, and people walking around and just hanging out. Nice spot to rest after a long day of shopping.
On our second full day in KL (February 16th) we decided we should do something besides spend money (almost 12 hours of shopping the previous day was enough). We headed to Menara Kuala Lumpur (KL Tower). We read that the view from this tower is much better than from the Skybridge (Petronas Twin Towers). It was pretty pricey; 98 ringgit per person (180kr/$29.68) to go to the highest point, the Observation Deck. We splurged and went up to the Observation Deck, where we had a 360-view of the city. It was very nice, and we were glad we went up. Seeing the city from this angle was great!
Here you can see the KL Tower from the park. Reminds me a little of the Seattle Space Needle.
After a long day, we got back to our room in Chinatown. Not very spacious... Or cozy.
After staying at Love Lane Inn we were still pretty concerned and preoccupied with bedbugs. We did what anyone with WiFI at a hostel would do; we started googling info about them. They're pretty disgusting, and apparently they're very hard to get rid of. We started thinking that they were all over, EVERYWHERE. The hostels we have stayed at have been pretty clean, and we haven't gotten any bites anywhere, but we couldn't get them off our mind. We knew that it would be another sleepless night.
Sooo... We left. We quickly packed up all our things, went to Terminal Bersepadu Selatan, and booked tickets for the last bus to Singapore. It departed at 12am, so we had time for a bite to eat and to charge our phones for the ride. We arrived Singapore at approximately 6:30am yesterday (February 17th). Bus ride went smoothly; comfy seats, easy to go through customs/immigration, and we didn't have to travel during the day. Best decision ever!
Time for bed. Stay tuned for more about Singapore in the next post!
Love,
Suzy
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