Well its Wednesday and we are now in 'Kuala Lumpur'. It only took us 4hours to get here from 'Tanah Rata', all be it by some very scarey bendy high roads!!!!! We are staying in "Wheelers Guesthouse" which is really nice, it has air con and a fan - needed as it is well hot! It is located in central Chinatown, one of the busiest sectors in the city. We took a walk to the Central Market, which sold handicrafts and had some great local food stalls. We then followed the map, in completely the wrong direction, and ended up at Masjid Negara - "The National Mosque". It had really nice gardens and the roof of the Mosque was electric blue - but I could not a get a photo as a ceremony was on. Tonight we are going out on the town as in "KL" wednesday night is ladies night - all bars give women free drinks!! Today is Thursday and we got up quite late, 10am (me) + 1pm (Annie), after last nights drinking exploits. The free drink idea is really popular here, so much so there are special bars for the women to pick up their free drinks. We grabbed some much needed lunch and decided that we would do some other cultural buildings. Armed with the map in the correct direction we headed for Sultan Abdul Samad Building. This was an impressive building which was very well built and designed, with a copper dome and clocktower. Next we went to Masjid Jamek mosque which had pink walls with lots of ornate arches and domes. After that we walked around 'Little India' a very small but busy area that had so many clothing stalls and shops. Next we went to Merdeka Square, which is the centre of the colonial district. It had a very tall flag pole that represented where Malaysian Independence was declared.Finally we went to the Chan See Shu Temple, which was blue in colour with a shrine and a roof that had intricantly carved mythologial Chinese creatures. Tonight we are off out for a meal and drinks in colourful and busy Chinatown. Last night was mad!! We went to the Reggae Bar, which was not all that busy but had some really good music on, and the drinks were not all that expensive. We met one of the barmen, Sham, who started talking to us (to practice his English) and then his boss+the owner Robert came over to talk to us. He took a huge shine to Annie and so for the rest of the night all our drinks were free (I think that we had about 6 each!!). We ended up staying at the bar until 3am and afterwards went to Roberts flat for a party with lots of other Reggae Bar regulars! We finally got home at 8am. We had a really good and entertaining night, it was nice to chat to local people and get info on Kuala Lumpur from them. So on Friday, we went at 9am (a lack of sleep not affecting us) to the 'Petronas Twin Towers'. They are the second tallest towers in Asia and its far to say they are extremely tall. We got there early enough to get free tickets to ride the lift. I managed to do the lift journeys without being ill, battling through my fear!!!! The lift goes to the 41st floor which provides a bridge between the two towers from which you can get some superb views over the city. It was a little bit misty but was really good to see the city skyline and pick out areas that we knew. After that we decided that a bit of retail therapy was need and so headed off in the direction of the 'Golden Triangle', where the main shopping streets and centres were. we also found the cinema, there seem to be a sjortage of Hollywood Blockbusters showing, so we went to see the only English film on - Elecktra - which was in one word, Predictable. We then had an early night!! Saturday was our last day in Kuala Lumpur. We decided that we should leave the KL and discover what other attractions there were around the city. We wanted to go to 'The Forest Institute of Malaysia' (a national park with canopy walkway) but due to transport restrictions this was not achieveable. When I say that I mean that KL does not seem to have a bus timetable of any sort, which is mad when there seem to be over 500 buses!! We wated at one of the 6 main bus stops, but a bus decided not to come! Instead we went to 'The Batu Caves'. You could get a good view of them from the road, tiny holes within a limestone hill. To walk to the top you had to climb 300 very steep steps, which were also a haven for monkeys. Once inside the caves there were various shrines and temples inside. The rock formations were interesting as were the monkeys hanging form them. Annie got growled at and chased by a monkey on the way doen - it was a little scarey! Also at the Caves was an art gallery, where paintings and murals had been inked onto the wall in amazing, brightly coloured detail. We used the KL Monorail today to get from the shopping centre food court to our hostel; it is so clean, cheap and organised! The food is really cheap here to, there are food courts that have lots of stalls selling all the local cuisine and you can pick and choose what you want and then sit in the central eating area. We left Kuala Lumpur at 10am to head to Melaka, 2h south, down the west coast.