Towers, caves and monkeys

   An obvious first was to check out was the Petronas towers.  The towers are still the tallest "twin towers" in the world and are absolutely huge.  


   The towers were just a short distance from where were staying, within them was a massive shopping mall with a full range of shops with all the designer brands.

Turns out the tower in Dubai is a biggie..

       


   We did a lot of walking around and jumping on and off the KL rail network which was so easy and 
   quick to navigate around town! Visited the national mosque and wore traditional gowns.

   The emperors new groove?

·  A bit of lounging around by the pool in the afternoon at the Intercontinental escaping the heat.

·  Dinner in Chinatown, this was the place to be for picking up rip off watches, tees, DVDs and 
   bags.

·  KL was steaming with temperature averaging 31 degrees.


   On the second day we travelled out to the Batu Caves. Caught the train to Pasa Nana station
   then a connecting train to the Batu Caves.

Massive sleepy guy.

The stairs to the temple and big budda

         

Monkey men.

Stairs up to the main Batu Caves.

View overlooking KL.

Monkeys.

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·         Monkeys at the temples were chasing Kat, amazing statues and figurines. To be fair the  
          monkeys were very creepy.


          Visited a few shopping malls, one had a rollercoaster inside it! didn't look like it was working      
          tho..  Kenny Rogers has a fast food outlet there, and a squash championship was being played inside the mall, very cool.

Squash.

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First stop - Kuala Lumpur

Arrived in KL after a 10 and a half hour flight. Dunno how the pilot did it but he mowed about an hour off the flight time.  Passed two basic checks on the way to our bags, then out the door, we felt as though we had missed a step...

Taxi into the city centre, an incredible view of the Petronas Towers against the night sky on the way. Managed to  swindle a sweet deal with the Intercontinental.  When we arrived the reception had already upgraded our room, heyoo!  Off to check out the city today.

Bye Bye Wellington

Dinner at Big Thumb, amazing meal care of the lazy susan.  St Paddies day was well into the swing of things at this stage. Thanks guys for a great night! 

Finished work in Wellington!

Just finished up work in Wellington, out for a final catchup dinner/drinks with Welly mates tonight, making our way up to Palmerston North tomorrow! then onto Taranaki before we jump on the plane. St Paddies day, and the Hurricanes in town the scene is set for a huge night.