Setapak Jaya

We took a relaxing 40 minute train trip to the airport, the city's crowded homes with their corrugated metal roofs and laundry hanging on fencing bordering the track giving way to more spacious country homes surrounded by lots of agricultural land. A tennis court, small onion topped mosques in villages flickered away. We had a smooth trip on AirAsia with lots of room and an early arrival. Pickup went well, and we had an easy ride in on a six lane, never crowded toll road with very few motorcycles. Nancy felt like she had landed back in the Western world. We checked into the Melia Hotel Kuala Lampur in the tourist area called Bukit Bintang. We decided to walk to the Vertigo Skybar on the 59th floor of the nearby Banyan Hotel to catch cocktails and views of the Petronas Towers at sunset. We then walked through an incredibly extensive food court at the Pavillion Shopping Centre. They have absolutely every food one can imagine (KFC, Tony Romas, Coldstone Creamery were there too!). We settled on sharing something called ice fruit: fresh fruit and lychee jello on ice with sweet condensed milk poured on top - very refreshing. It was very busy and a young couple from Kuantan, Pahang area invited us to join them.Читать далее