Singapore-Malaysia Adventure: Day 2

Good morning. After about 7 hours on board a sleeper train, we finally arrived in KL Sentral.

Good morning, KL. Show me what you got.

We quickly grabbed our bags to alight the train and since we hadn't had a bath since we arrived in Singapore, we were desperate to find a place to leave our bags and freshen up. We had a bit of trouble finding a place because the hostels were full and check in was at 2 in the afternoon. Thankfully, we booked a room in YMCA and finally got a shower and an electric socket to charge our phones. Feeling refreshed, we went back to KL Sentral to grab a bite for breakfast and get our ticket to Putrajaya. Thanks to the Putrajaya local government, we were able to tour Putrajaya for only 1RM. By far the cheapest 2-hour tour you can ever get. 

This is our very chatty tour guide who showed us some of the
best places in Putrajaya. 

In those two hours, we were able to see some really beautiful architecture. These buildings look so beautiful and grand up close. There was an abundance of curvatures and decorations in all of the buildings that I saw, a stark difference from the buildings that I see at home where they all looked like gigantic concrete boxes. 

We got a little break from the tour and had a quick lunch of chicken rice (with a spicy, Malaysian twist) and teh tarik. I saw some bread being prepared and took a picture, because I'm curious like that. 

After spending the morning soaking up some prime Malaysian architecture, we went back to KL Sentral to catch another bus -- this time to the famous Batu Caves. The climb down from the MRT station was congested, the crowd multinational. It looked like we weren't the only ones excited about the caves. 

This greeted us when we came down from the MRT station.
The rock formations reminded me a lot of Coron, Palawan.

Hanuman

Murugan

1 step down, 271 more to go.

one of the many colorful temples found in the Temple Cave

Majestic, huh? If you're visiting Kuala Lumpur, this is a cultural must-see.

Our day in Kuala Lumpur was almost over, but there were still a couple of things that we needed to do. One was that we needed to meet up with Paige's neighbor Eric who works in Malaysia, another was that we needed to buy some pasalubong for our officemates, friends and family, and that we needed to see the Petronas Twin Towers, of course. OF COURSE! 

We took the monorail from KL Sentral. We took so many stops that I can't even recall which station we met up with Eric at. We were famished by that time so Eric took us to a place he frequents for some dinner. It was cool. The restaurants were all lined up on the street and hawkers were everywhere. It was a familiar sight. It felt like home. After stuffing ourselves at dinner, we took another train to get to Central Market where we bought some Beryl's chocolate to take home. We were under time pressure, sadly, so we couldn't really get some shopping done apart from the chocolates and some pashmina scarves. We still had the Petronas to visit!

And visit we did. 

Hello, beautiful. 

Seeing the Petronas made the day in KL complete. Despite the sweaty clothes, the tired legs and the sleep deprivation, all were forgotten when I saw the towers gleaming against a canopy of stars. It was awesome that I actually had to lie down on the ground to get this photo. Totally worth it. 

Thus ended our adventure in Kuala Lumpur. After getting off the monorail back to KL Sentral, we checked out of YMCA and headed back to the train station to catch our sleeper train (First class this time! A bathroom at our disposal!) back to Johor Bahru, where our next adventure waited--Lego Land.