After our stay in Langkawi we went to Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia), a metropolis I love to travel to. On our trip from Chennai to KL itself, I noticed the colourful seats that Malaysian Airlines have in their flights, lovely.
And KLIA (KL International Airport) is one of the fine airports in Asia. I found the nice small Boardwalk (open to the sky) inside the airport in the centre with a little waterfall to be refreshing and breaking the claustrophobic feel inside the air-conditioned airport.
KLIA Jungle Board Walk
Though the Airport to City Centre is quite far (50Kms) – “KLIA Express” the high-speed train is very efficient, taking just 25-30 Minutes each way. While returning from City you can drop your bags and check-in the KL Centre terminal, board the KL Express and travel conveniently & eco-friendly.
KLIA Express
We spent a good part of a day in the famous KL Bird Park. The kids enjoyed seeing so many birds roaming freely – lovely peacocks, parrots, Eagles, Owls, Macaws, Emus and more. We took a photo with our camera for RM 30 with about half-a-dozen birds on our laps and hands – great experience. The kids loved the bird show and my son volunteered to hold a pole with a meat-piece, an eagle elegantly came flying and snatched it, was great to see. After Bird Park, we went to near-by Butterfly park, but since it was an evening we found very few butterflies (all gone to sleep?) and so it was not worth the entry fee.
Painted Stork – KL Bird Park
Venkatarangan watching a Peacock – KL Bird Park
A Peacock dancing – KL Bird Park
Parrot performing tricks – KL Bird Park
Other than the Bird Park we didn’t do much in KL, just relaxed and lazy’d around the malls – going to China Town, Times Square Mall (the food court here has a fine selection of Mock Fish/Chicken/Meat dishes) & Pavilion Mall.
KL Berjaya Times Square Mall
KL Chinatown one end of the street
One of the days in the evening we went for a dinner in a Middle Eastern restaurant by name “Tarbush” which was within walking distance from The Westin where we stayed, the food was lovely. Then we took a ride in the KL Monorail – it was quite crowded with city commute but we were riding it for fun!
KL Mono Rail Stairs