J: So leaving Thailand was a blur as we decided, booked and got a flight out in just a few hours. So we arrived in Kuala Lumpur (KL) late and ready to "travel" again.

I found our quality hotel, advertised as the 'cheapest backpackers hostel in KL' it had the basics plus a lovely little old lady who got excited at the chance to help us out with instructions, maps, guides & advice. She even lent us umbrellas when it rained one morning, I felt mothered.

S: We decided to grab a dinner on the street and ordered a clay pot. It had all sorts of fish in it, and I even ate the clam's lol.

On the food subject, for breakfast we found a garage set up basically, with different vendors, and had great pork noodles. I'm getting use to this eating in a garage set up.

We decided to go for a walk about the city. As we were staying in China town, we obviously didn't need a bus. We visited the central market, and had a nose around. The KL city gallery was a great starting point to find out about the cities history. KL actually means 'Muddy River', and again England had a big part on their history.

J: I was surprised to find out it's a 'new' city and was only founded in 1857 and it only stopped being part of the British Empire in 1957.

We walked to the Merdeka sqaure where independence was celebrated and the Union Jack was taken down for the last time. Now a massive 110m flag pole flies the Malaysia flag, in fact we haven't been to a country/city that loves to fly their flag more than KL, it's great to see.

We walked past the Sultan Abdul Samad building which is the most photographed building in Malaysia, it now houses the Offices Of Ministry Information.

S: So off we continued, next to St Mary's Church, the oldest church in KL. Then passed the Dayabumi Complex, which is a commercial facility now, it was originally the first skyscraper in KL, but now its dwarfed by other surrounding buildings.

Next we walked to the Masjid Jamek Mosque, I had to wear a full purple cloak with a hood on to go inside. Inside the mosque it was beautifully decorated and they didn't mind visitors at all. We passed through 'Little India' and it transported us straight back to India from the sights and smells. We even stopped for some cheeky Indian savouries (snacks), which the guys thought was great.

We stopped by a temple called Sri Mahamariammam, which used to be owned by a very rich Malaysian family but gave it to the city as a present. Whilst we were there, a young baby was receiving a blessing and the grandpa was more interested in talking to us both rather than the ceremony.

J: The Mahamariammam temple was both a large & stunning building; clearly the original family that had this as their private home where really keen to pray and had lots of money to build the place.

We stopped at a famous Chinese Tea shop which was tiny and quaint, but a random film crew came in when a woman burst into song whilst drinking her tea, we along with the other drinkers quickly became the extras in their film, if we're in a Hollywood movie suddenly I'm after royalties!

One of the best things about this walking day was every single attraction was free, yes free! I loved it!

S: So after our little walking day, you would think we would take it easy, oh I can't even blame Mr. K. It's me that sorts out places to visit. So on those trusted feet we set off again. We walked to the National Monument; it was set in beautiful gardens - although I did have to explain to James what a cenotaph was lol.

We crossed the road and into the Botanical Gardens. It was lovely and tranquil, they had herb gardens, a conservatory, deer park and a massive children's park. Though we didn't expect to witness the uni-cycle race lol. About 100 children peddling hard, one even posed for us to take a pic.

We stopped off at the butterfly park; it was fab, although I've never seen such big butterflies in my life. They were incredibly tame and one landed on James's hat. I think James enjoyed the creepy crawly exhibit more, where my experience was a little emotional.

J: By emotional Sam meant I pretended a Tarantula was out of its cage, when she came near I made her jump! She got all worked up about going to Australia and South America after seeing all the creatures that we might encounter.

We both had tired feet by this time so we stopped for a read by the lake; I actually do that these days. Once rested we headed to the national mosque, It was a massive complex and they even had me wearing a robe this time much to Sam's amusement.

After a lot of walking we decided we would use the free bus service around KL.... No wonder it's free, I wouldn't pay for it, we couldn't work out where it would stop and when asking people they pointed in a direction and we kept walking. We easily walked further than our destination at the start of this mission only not in the right direction. Thankfully we finally found it on the road and got on and got to our target... The KL tower!

S: We arrived just as the sun was setting. Now that's what you call a view. James wanted a beer, we shared one as I thought it was the most expensive beer ever, but turned out I got exchange rate wrong and it was just expensive. We got to the top and watched the sun go down over the city with speculator views. So as we previously failed to get the bus, we tried again, and again failed lol. So we ended up walking back to China town, that day we totaled about 20+ Kilometers.

But never to be deterred our little lady came through and we managed to get the normal bus to Batu caves. Now I'm not sure if we are just glutton for punishment, but we had to walk up 278 steps to just get to the first part of the cave lol. The cave was massive and full of religious statues and temples. That said, there were also monkeys who were very inquisitive and chickens everywhere randomly.

J: We headed to the Petronas Towers via the KLCC Park. The park was amazing, it was clearly all man made and structured with all plants and trees in their correct places but it was a beautiful park in the middle of a large city with a kids pool which was nice for families.

But Asia's "Twin-Towers" stole the show. They are huge and spectacular structures joined by a small connecting bridge. Entrapment the film was filmed around here, it was cool to be in a place I never thought I would get to.

J: Although short and sweet, we loved Malaysia and all the different cultures. You could eat every type of food from different parts of Asia, and for us they took us back to that country. It's a beautiful place to visit.