Today was our chance to make up for our previous days inability to get out the house and explore KL. We got up early (well early for us, Wilma had already run 18km and Doug had had a gym session) and headed down to one of the city's parks. We strolled around for an hour or two in some blistering temperatures looking at the tropical trees, the lake, an oddly placed deer enclosure and an Orchid garden. It's a very beautiful park but the heat was starting to get to us. From there we looked for the next closest attraction which is the old KL railway station. Architecturally it's a great building but I don't think I was at an ideal temperature to enjoy it to the full. So I took my snaps and we jumped in a cab to a place bound to have air con. A short taxi ride took us to the foot of the Petronas towers which has a large shopping centre at the foot of it. We explored the area for a while taking photos and trying some local food.
The venue for our evening was over an hour out of KL in more rural Malaysia. Our first stop was a hill where a group of silver leafed monkeys lived. We had the chance to get up close and see them going about their cheeky monkey business. I bought some green beans and handed them out to the excited primates.
Next stop was dinner at a Chinese restaurant which seemed to be half on land and half over a river. We ordered mounds of food including my favourite “Marmite Chicken” and ate as much as we could but even with my best efforts we were defeated by the amount of food. I'll try not to feel too bad about the waste though as the bill was in the region of £3 a head.
The main event of the evening was a cruise along the river in a rowing boat to see fire flies. We were only a short distance from the dock when we started to see the bushes along the side of the river light up. They very much resembled those Christmas tree lights which pulsate but obviously a lot more impressive. It was a great experience to see these fascinating little insects do what they do. As a side note it was also very interesting to see the amount of rubbish that floats down rivers in Malaysia, drinks bottles seem a very common sight and I even saw a few whole bin bags.
Thanks to the Websters for another great evening.
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