{"id":1884,"date":"2011-12-03T00:41:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T16:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/?page_id=1884"},"modified":"2017-08-17T21:41:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T13:41:32","slug":"kl-pg-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/?page_id=1884","title":{"rendered":"KL Pg 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Friday 18<sup>th<\/sup> continued\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of our jaunt (or should that be swim?) around the Bird Park there was a building with some incubators and heat lamps inside for baby chickens and ducks.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen baby chicks a million times, but baby ducks?\u00a0 Oooohhhhh, I\u2019m potty about ducks and was so excited about the opportunity to pet one.\u00a0 The ducklets weren\u2019t all that excited about meeting me though and tried to huddle away \u2013 until I started scratching one little neck and then s\/he was mesmerised and it was one of those beautiful moments in life that I didn\u2019t want to end.\u00a0 But it did.\u00a0 David dragged on my arm and we found our way to the exit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1888\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1888\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1888\" title=\"Fondling a Duckling\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/29a.jpg\" alt=\"Fondling a Duckling\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/29a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/29a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fondling a Duckling<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the Bird Park we found a cute little restaurant just outside the gates and decided to eat there.\u00a0 As we entered the waiter asked \u2018inside or out?\u2019 and I said \u2018inside\u2019.\u00a0 I wish I hadn\u2019t.\u00a0 If we thought the hotel restaurant was freezing well this one was like the south pole in a mid-winter blizzard!\u00a0 We were truly frozen to the bone long before our meals came out and really should have moved ourselves to an outside table but, being us, we didn\u2019t want to inconvenience anyone.\u00a0 Never mind.<\/p>\n<p>The meal was exceptionally tasty.\u00a0 I ordered sweet and sour fish which was nothing like I\u2019m accustomed to but truly delicious.\u00a0 David had a noodle-based dish with a ginger flavour that was tasty too but I was happy with my choice.<\/p>\n<p>We then continued walking and after a corner or two we saw the orchid and hibiscus gardens sign-posted but the path was up quite a steep hill and we were tired and had defrosted enough to feel hot so decided against it.\u00a0 Further on was the Butterfly Park so we popped our heads in there but the lady behind the counter told us that because of the rain the butterflies would not be flying so we decided to believe her and continue on our way.<\/p>\n<p>Not a lot to report but we found our way back to the train station by a slightly different route that was a lot easier and got ourselves home before the rush hour started.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t know how cramped the train got during rush hour but dreaded to think!\u00a0 We\u2019d been told before we got to KL not to catch the trains as they were unreliable but our opinion was that they were really good!<\/p>\n<p>It had been 1pm when we\u2019d got rained on.\u00a0 By the time we got back to our hotel room it was 5pm and our clothing was still wet.\u00a0 Obviously we settled for a nice shower and some dry clothes and then sat and watched the trafficapades outside the window.\u00a0 I guess now is as good a time as any to show you a photo and a video.<\/p>\n<p>The lights had 4 \u2018settings\u2019.\u00a0 The street at the bottom right of the picture heading left, which I will call \u2018east\u2019 went first (so to speak), then the one coming towards it \u2013 \u2018west\u2019.\u00a0 Then south, then north.\u00a0 In each direction there were 3 lanes going straight through and 3 lanes to turn right plus a single-lane slip road to turn left.\u00a0 The problem happened each afternoon and evening between about 3pm and 8pm or even later \u2013 as I\u2019ve said before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1889\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1889\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1889\" title=\"Cars in the middle after 2 changes\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/30.jpg\" alt=\"Cars in the middle after 2 changes\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/30.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/30-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars in the middle after 2 changes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The main issue seemed to be every time \u2018south\u2019 got a turn the 3 lanes would turn right and just keep piling across the intersection despite the fact that the traffic on the road they were heading into was not moving!\u00a0 Somehow or another, some of them would even come out of their 3-lane queues and try to nudge in from the sides so you ended up with about 6 cars wide all trying to squeeze into 3 lanes that were stationary anyway.\u00a0 And, as you can imagine, while they were still parked there, the \u2018north\u2019 lights went green.<\/p>\n<p>These guys would just all aim to their right and, for the lucky, they would weave across to the wrong side of the road and curve back around behind the other vehicles and come into the correct lane for where they were headed.\u00a0 If that was too boring an option then some of them literally wove and threaded their way *through* the cars parked at right angles to them.\u00a0 This involved much honking and reciprocal blasts and amused us no end.<\/p>\n<p>Then of course, as is the case in this photo (above) \u2018west\u2019 gets a green light and all of those cars get woven in there as well.\u00a0 It was a mind-blowing experience that we never tired of viewing.\u00a0 By the time south got a turn again it was usually clearing.\u00a0 We decided to video it and of course they behaved well to start with but towards the end you start to get the real picture.\u00a0 Note the black double decker bus that comes around when David says \u201cThe next change will be interesting!\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s one of the Hop On Hop Off buses for tourists and more about that later.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oCG_y8Jn__g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One night a policeman on a motorbike turned up and did points duty for about 5 minutes and greatly improved the situation, though I still wouldn\u2019t say that order reigned.  Then he threw his arms up in the air and left and within seconds it was all back to an unbelievable jumble again.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the motorbikes on the \u2018east\u2019 all lined up in front of the pedestrian crossing for a hasty getaway the second the lights go green?  Or even a bit before if they\u2019re in the mood \u2013 and many were!  I saw one bike at a red light who obviously thought to himself \u2018blow this for a game of soldiers!\u2019 and he turned right across the crosswalk, then across the front of the \u2018north\u2019 traffic and then across the crosswalk in front of the \u2018west\u2019 traffic and on, in the road next to the kerb but head on against the traffic coming from the \u2018south\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Another time, 3 pedestrians crossed the intersection diagonally from north-west to south-east.  We were too scared to use the pedestrian crossings (except for Sunday mid-morning when it was quieter), never mind go through that mayhem!<\/p>\n<p>This building made us laugh as we saw it out of our window.  You could choose whether it said \u2018Ban of China\u2019 or \u2018Bank of Chin\u2019 according to which side you looked at LOL  Mind you, each of those letters were 2 storeys tall and they were a good 15 storeys up.  Please don\u2019t ask me to get out there changing light globes!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1894\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1894\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1894\" title=\"Ban of Chin\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/32.jpg\" alt=\"Ban of Chin\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/32.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/32-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ban of Chin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After this we spent some more time on Google searching for tourist information and, to be honest, felt really fed up.\u00a0 We had truly expected that the hotel would have tourism brochures or at least be able to organise a trip or two for us!\u00a0 Even failing that, if they\u2019d pointed us in the right direction to the tourist information bureau it would have been marvellous.\u00a0 But all they did was tell us to ask the building concierge and he had no clue either.\u00a0 Tourism is not their purpose in life, I do understand that, but I can\u2019t believe that *none* of the businessmen ever want some tourism information!<\/p>\n<p>We considered catching the train to Batu Caves where there was a 272 step climb up to the temple cave but, having read in the newspaper that morning that they were expecting over 100 mudslides this year, and seeing on Google the sheer cliff face behind the Batu train station, we decided against this.<\/p>\n<p>We considered a fire-fly viewing river cruise that a friend had strongly recommended but it was far out of the city, and recommended an overnight stay.\u00a0 How on earth would we get there?\u00a0 We just wanted an organised tour that we could get on and relax while they took us there and back.\u00a0 Really fed up.\u00a0 With the lack of tourist assistance anyway.\u00a0 We settled on catching the train back to the Butterfly Park.<\/p>\n<p>We watched the traffic some more and then started peering at the building over the road (over the \u2018south\u2019 road) and started to wonder if the \u2018Deluxe KTV\u2019 sign on the outside may not mean \u2018Kids TeleVision\u2019 as I\u2019d guessed.\u00a0 There was certainly a McDonalds and a Pizza Hut over there so we thought that we\u2019d go over there and explore just for something to do.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine our surprise, after going through the underpass which contained the train station and some clothing stalls\/shops, when we discovered that \u2018over the road\u2019 was a shopping centre!?!?<\/p>\n<p>We could not believe that we had now been across the road for 3 or 4 days *looking out at this place* and not realised!\u00a0 Most people got there from the train and the exit from the escalators was covered so we could not see them entering or leaving from our room.\u00a0 We enjoyed a look around these shops anyway.\u00a0 It was quite old \u2013 we discovered later it had been the first shopping centre in KL.\u00a0 It had 3 floors at the front and then 3 floors at the back that were at a height of half a floor of the front ones so to get between the 2 you went down (or up) a short set of steps to one side and then down another short set to get back again.\u00a0 So hard to explain \u2013 hope I won LOL\u00a0 Standing on one side of the shops, the floor of the other side was about shoulder height \u2013 does that help?\u00a0 Thought not ROFL<\/p>\n<p>We found a shop that sold ladies undergarments and David pushed me in because I hate shopping for underclothes about as much as he hates buying any clothing, but I\u2019m happy to say that the girl in there was so helpful, friendly and efficient that I not only bought some items but am still happy that I did.<\/p>\n<p>And then, even at that time of the night, we chose the underpass rather than the crosswalk to come back to our own side of the road.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t said, so will mention it here \u2013 the underpasses and train stations were totally spotlessly clean.\u00a0 No graffiti, no dirt, no rubbish.\u00a0 In fact I think we only saw one bit of graffiti the whole week.\u00a0 We frequently saw staff around the place cleaning things.\u00a0 We frequently saw them taking a break too but they were definitely efficient between times!\u00a0 And there seemed to be plenty of staff everywhere.\u00a0 Two or three people to every job where, in Australia, you\u2019d only have one running around frantically and at their wits\u2019 end.<\/p>\n<p>To the left of our room window was a building site and David suddenly laughed and pointed at the crane saying \u201cCheck that out.\u00a0 I swear it\u2019s a painting on the front window of the crane!\u201d\u00a0 And I would swear he was right.\u00a0 As the crane turned the view didn\u2019t change \u2013 the perspective on the driver (do you call him a driver?) stayed exactly the same.\u00a0 It does look odd doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1895\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1895\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1895\" title=\"Painted Crane Window?\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/33.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Crane Window?\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/33.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/33-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painted Crane Window?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And at the end of the shift a movement below caught our eye and all of the men, and one woman, were using either their hard hats or buckets to pour water over themselves and were washing themselves from 4 huge drums of water.\u00a0 They were using shampoo and everything.\u00a0 Fascinating!\u00a0 They remained decent I must add!!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1896\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1896\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1896\" title=\"Showering at Work\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/34.jpg\" alt=\"Showering at Work\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/34.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/34-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Showering at Work<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Having had a main meal at lunch time we decided to go into the food hall that we\u2019d noticed a sign for in the basement of our own hotel building.\u00a0 We hadn\u2019t seen that sign until the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> day either LOL\u00a0 Now just to mention that we had expected to be absolutely smoked out in KL.\u00a0 In Perth the percentage of Asians that smoke seems incredibly high so we were prepared for any horrors, including smoking in restaurants, but had been happily stunned that we hardly came across any smokers at all.\u00a0 This food hall though was the exception, despite the fact that there were very clear \u2018No Smoking\u2019 signs at regular intervals throughout.\u00a0 And of course, being in the basement, the smoke just sat there.\u00a0 Yuk!<\/p>\n<p>We wandered around and settled on a Subway roll and, other than having to choose a different flavoured bread, had our favourite that we\u2019d have chosen at home.\u00a0 Needless to tell you we did not eat it down there in the tobacco fog but took it up to our room.<\/p>\n<p>After this I fired up Skype and rang Nathan on his landline phone for a chat and then rang through his server (the way he\u2019d showed me) so that I could call Mum as well all the way from KL for the cost of a local call to Nat and no expense to us.\u00a0 Aahhh the wonders of owning a technical guru son \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 19<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I coughed all night long and kept both of us awake.\u00a0 What we needed on this holiday was lots of glorious rest and sleep but life was conspiring against us on that front.<\/p>\n<p>After breakfast, as planned, we caught the train to the Butterfly Park.\u00a0 Here\u2019s one of the kerbs along the way to show you the height of them.\u00a0 You can make out the motorbike but not the guy sitting on a seat next to it, slumped sideways across the bike seat\/tank fast asleep!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1897\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1897\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1897\" title=\"High Kerbs &amp; Cluttered Footpaths\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/35.jpg\" alt=\"High Kerbs &amp; Cluttered Footpaths\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/35.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/35-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High Kerbs &amp; Cluttered Footpaths<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We found the park easily which was so nice after the difficulties we\u2019d had to date finding things.\u00a0 We\u2019d hoped it would be as wonderful as the one on Sentosa Island in Singapore but it was a completely different experience.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t bad, it was just different.\u00a0 This one was more like a garden with little features such as a small water fountain and a turtle pond, and the butterflies just fluttered around and could be hard to find at times.\u00a0 We began to wonder if we should have come in yesterday after the rain when they weren\u2019t flying after all.\u00a0 But after a while we seemed to settle into the way it was and did get some not bad photos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1898\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1898\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1898\" title=\"Unusual Brown Butterfly\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/36.jpg\" alt=\"Unusual Brown Butterfly\" width=\"600\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/36.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/36-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unusual Brown Butterfly<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1899\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1899\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1899\" title=\"Butterfly on David's Hair\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/37.jpg\" alt=\"Butterfly on David's Hair\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/37.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/37-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterfly on David&#39;s Hair<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1900\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1900\" title=\"Black Butterfly\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/38.jpg\" alt=\"Black Butterfly\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/38.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/38-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Butterfly<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1901\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1901\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1901\" title=\"Gorgeous Black &amp; Green Butterfly\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/39.jpg\" alt=\"Gorgeous Black &amp; Green Butterfly\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/39.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/39-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gorgeous Black &amp; Green Butterfly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I really loved this butterfly.\u00a0 The green parts of its wings looked like tiny leaf tips and would be a wonderful camouflage!\u00a0 The Butterfly Park also had some fish, frogs, lizards and other such things in small tanks which were interesting.\u00a0 And one very pretty flower.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1902\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1902\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1902\" title=\"Red Pom Pom Flower\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/40.jpg\" alt=\"Red Pom Pom Flower\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/40.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/40-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Pom Pom Flower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then we were done and decided to go to the loo before we left.\u00a0 Just inside the ladies \u2013 I can\u2019t add \u2018door\u2019 to that because there wasn\u2019t one \u2013 were 2 mirrors over the hand basins and between the 2 was a sign saying \u2018PLEASE ENQUIRE TOILET PAPER AT RECEPTION\u2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1903\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1903\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1903\" title=\"Planning &amp; Trek Required\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/41.jpg\" alt=\"Planning &amp; Trek Required\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/41.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/41-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planning &amp; Trek Required<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Note the classy plastic Ribena bottle \u2018vase\u2019 ROFL.\u00a0 I shouldn\u2019t laugh because the greenery honestly was pretty.\u00a0 Actually, perhaps I should have perfected the art of using greens as toilet paper because many toilets *did* have those!<\/p>\n<p>If I hadn\u2019t already learned to travel \u2018equipped\u2019 I\u2019d have been in for a long walk up a flight of stairs, through 2 rooms of showcased, gigantic insects, and a long meander through the shop to even find reception!\u00a0 Is this a national vendetta against the alleged minority group that require toilet paper or what?\u00a0 There was one squat toilet and one western one and the floor in the western one was an inch deep in water and I didn\u2019t want to begin to think where that water had been sprayed, nor dripped from!\u00a0 Needless to say the toilet seat was swimming in water also.\u00a0 Needless to say, this simple and easy task took me 4 times as long as it took David!<\/p>\n<p>We now viewed the insect displays in the aforementioned 2 rooms which stunk of mothballs.\u00a0 Some insects were alive and some, thankfully, dead.\u00a0 Humungous beetles, spiders and cockroaches being the ones I was grateful to see stationary forever! \u00a0But then further along were the butterflies and moths, which I think were the reason for the mothballs.\u00a0 Do moths *really* indulge in necrotic cannibalism?<\/p>\n<p>In the shop was a really pretty cotton shift-style dress but it was 59 ringits.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think so!\u00a0 We took this as an indication of the other prices and hurried through.<\/p>\n<p>From here we wanted the monorail and it looked fairly easy on the map but ended up being quite a complex walk involving lots of those high kerbs, and roads with not much to walk on along the sides.\u00a0 It was quite warm so we stopped twice to drink some water and once to take a photo of the footpath.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1904\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1904\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904\" title=\"Death Trap Number 5,215\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/42.jpg\" alt=\"Death Trap Number 5,215\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/42.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/42-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Death Trap Number 5,215<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This one was the biggest mess yet which was a shame because it gave you sufficient warning to watch your step before you could hurtle down the gaping drain hole.\u00a0 Unless you tripped and went down it head first.\u00a0 Perhaps that was their game?<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, after using a footbridge to get across a busy road we came to another footbridge to go back across the same road and up into the monorail station.\u00a0 We could not have stayed on the same side of the road as the footpath had run out.\u00a0 As we climbed up the steps with our weary legs David looked over the side and laughed.\u00a0 What had first appeared to be a block of land covered in greenery was, in fact, just that.\u00a0 *But* in between some of the masses of leafed creeper covering it all were some cars with their rooves just barely visible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1905\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1905\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1905\" title=\"Impound Lot?\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/43.jpg\" alt=\"Impound Lot?\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/43.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/43-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Impound Lot?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over the back, even more buried, was a line of motorbikes and to the right, less covered were some small police \u2018huts\u2019 (which is too generous a word for the size of them).\u00a0 \u201cWow\u201d said David \u201cIf this is the impound yard I\u2019d hate to be slow to pay my fee.\u00a0 They\u2019d never find your vehicle again to give it back!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monorail wasn\u2019t what we\u2019d hoped for.\u00a0 It was crowded, which is fair enough \u2013 if they don\u2019t get customers they can\u2019t afford to run \u2013 but the disappointment was that the windows had lots of thick-painted advertising on them so it was impossible to take photos as we rode along.\u00a0 It was almost impossible to see out!\u00a0 Perhaps surprisingly, the monorail did actually have a driver though.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1906\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1906\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1906\" title=\"Kuala Lumpur Monorail\" src=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/44.jpg\" alt=\"Kuala Lumpur Monorail\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/44.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mayl.id.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/44-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kuala Lumpur Monorail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We got off at the stop for our favoured Sungei Wang Plaza and looked for the huge pasta restaurant that we\u2019d seen there.\u00a0 Honestly, I just wanted to sit down for a while before we ventured out on our next excursion but we could not find the pasta place and ended up, pathetically, settling for an iced tea on the upper floor, perched precariously on tall bar stools with 4 different kinds of music blaring loudly at us from nearby shops.\u00a0 The noise was doing my head in by about half way through the tea.\u00a0 It must have been murder for David!<\/p>\n<p>We scurried down a set of stairs in a silent glass-walled haven, glad to be avoiding the shops that we currently did not wish to see.\u00a0 We went on a little beyond Sungei Wang looking for the electronics specialty shops that we\u2019d heard about and found Imbi Plaza.\u00a0 Trust me, this was *not* the answer to our dreams.\u00a0 3 floors high this small and very old collection of hovel-like \u2018shops\u2019 was full of mobile phone vendors or places that appeared to pull computers apart and split the components into various cluttered piles; nay *heaps*, filling every centimetre of space inside so that you could imagine the stall holder needing long and strong kitchen tongs to reach to grab things they wanted.\u00a0 One day one of them will place a single item too many in a stack and be buried alive!\u00a0 The stall holders looked rather sideways at us and did not offer us their wares.\u00a0 They knew better than we did that we were in the wrong spot.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, we went down some escalators to the bottom floor and found ourselves in a large and much neater shop but it was still not what we wanted and we scurried away as fast as we could.\u00a0 The only way out of this shop was up some stairs \u2013 we\u2019d been electrically escorted by escalator to get down there but had to use our own leg power to get out \u2013 and these stairs unceremoniously dumped us out in the street at the back of the \u2018shopping centre\u2019 (I use the term loosely).<\/p>\n<p>Wandering around a bit down a very narrow laneway, and risking our lives from the cars coming along, we saw the back of another shopping centre and, having looked at the map, I told David that this was the one we wanted.\u00a0 But would he go through the doors?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 And why not?\u00a0 \u201cBecause everyone else is going this other way\u201d\u00a0 Well that\u2019s one way to make me cheesed off!<\/p>\n<p>We followed the outer edge of this shopping centre and crossed a very busy road and found ourselves at the back of beyond and at last David accepted that we needed to go back the way we\u2019d come.\u00a0 Oh well, he\u2019s pretty perfect in most other ways and we all have our moments.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we were in Low Yat IT Plaza and this really was the right spot.\u00a0 Again with the mobile phone outlets, computer and camera shops, but this time they were clean, bright and modern.\u00a0 We asked in 2 camera shops about a lens adapter for Dan but they didn\u2019t have what he wanted.\u00a0 Just a bit further there was a sign saying \u201cPrime toilets\u201d with an arrow so we decided a pit stop was in order. \u00a0Following the arrow we went down a laneway about 3 shops long and, you guessed it, no loos, prime or otherwise.\u00a0 Back to the arrow to check we\u2019d not been mistaken but it certainly pointed the way we\u2019d just been!\u00a0 Sigh!<\/p>\n<p>We got out of there and just walked, not really aiming in any particular direction, and came across an undercover paved walkway along the side of some restaurants and pubs.\u00a0 There was another sign here for toilets \u2018for the use of shoppers only\u2019 and we went down the sloping ramp towards them.\u00a0 David made dubious words about the likelihood of them being usable but I tell you what; they were definitely some of the better facilities I\u2019d seen!\u00a0 He\u2019d carefully stood guard outside the glass outer door in case I\u2019d screamed \u2018help\u2019 bless him!\u00a0 I came out giving a giant thumbs up.\u00a0 There had even been paper and a dry seat and I\u2019d reached the point where those 2 things equalled heaven.<\/p>\n<p>As we walked along there was a nice young man (OK, he was actually quite hunky) who wished to show us his menu so we took a look and decided yes, we would have some very, very late lunch.\u00a0 David asked for a beer and I got a very tasty fruit cocktail and we ordered one serve of fish and chips to share.\u00a0 It was a bit warm for wanting to eat a whole serve each.\u00a0 The restaurant was named D\u2019Spice and I would happily recommend it to anyone.\u00a0 Friendly service and a really nice atmosphere, along with good food, after being able to choose from a really varied menu.\u00a0 Very nice.<\/p>\n<p>We asked advice as to where we were but the waitress, with a European accent, told us that she was new there and didn\u2019t know so we just did our best and aimed in the direction that we felt was right.<\/p>\n<p>At this point in my notes, and perhaps surprisingly seeing as we\u2019d just had a nice drink, meal and loo stop, I must have been feeling rather fed up because I\u2019ve written.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing signposted<br \/>\nFootpaths are death traps<br \/>\nRoads can\u2019t be crossed<br \/>\nCars indicating are NOT turning<br \/>\nCars not indicating could do anything<\/p>\n<p>We successfully walked home, by an amazingly direct route, as moderate rain set in, and I settled on a snooze after such a sleepless night and still not feeling the best.\u00a0 David checked his emails and did some tourism Googling while I was down and out for an hour.<\/p>\n<p>When I woke up I was still coughing so David went over the road to see if he could find a chemist and get me something so that we\u2019d both be able to sleep this night.\u00a0 Even allowing for him going down the underpass and searching for a chemist within the shops he was gone a really long time and I was starting to get worried.\u00a0 He had nothing on him to show where in KL he belonged in case of accident.\u00a0 Eventually and thankfully he arrived back and had got me some \u2018wet cough\u2019 medication.\u00a0 What I had was definitely a dry cough, bless him!\u00a0 However, it worked really well.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d really hoped that he would bring a Pizza Hut back with him but he\u2019s not a mind-reader so that didn\u2019t happen.\u00a0 We knew there was nothing else over the road that we fancied \u2013 in fact there was one Malaysian restaurant that literally stunk to high heaven and we\u2019d hold our breath to walk past it!\u00a0 We discussed getting room service but David said it would be cold before it arrived so, too tired to go out exploring to find food elsewhere, even if that was possible close by, we sat and ate our bag of chips each that we\u2019d bought on our grocery shopping day and fell into bed at 8pm dead on our feet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayl.id.au\/?page_id=1909\">Next page\/&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nPlease feel free to leave a comment in the fields below before leaving this page. 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