Got a better view of the fountain on our way back to the Petronas Towers where we had lunch at the food court.
Headed to the PetronasTowers, which has a higher end shopping center inside.
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▴ Hardcore height calls for some hard core tip-toes.
Inside the shopping center and generally everywhere, Lunar New Year decorations were still up.
We opted out of going up the tower for views to check out a nearby park instead. There is also a space-needle like tower nearby called the Menara, but we read that the cost was not worth the view.
Across from the Petronas Towers, we saw some beautiful “green” high rises.
There were parts of the park we were not allowed entry - “no baby, no entry”.
▾ We found Haianese chicken and dry curry noodle.Very delicious 😋
More Lunar New Year decorations inside the museum.
▾ There is a light show on the fountain a few times a night. We missed out, but we’ll just have to come back 😊.
We didn’t get to go the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, so we’ll just have to come back.
Jetlag caught up to us so we headed back to the hotel for a nap and then went back to Jalan Alor again for dinner. Forgot to take pictures 😭 but had delicious Thai noodle salad, Tomyam noodle soup, and cashew chicken. And also a dragon fruit + mango juice that I got sick from 🤢.
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SIGHTSEEING
▾ Walked around a bit trying to find TimesSquare shopping center.
▴ Petronas Towers in the background in the orb!
▾ I don’t know why there isn’t a single good one of Stefan here.. he wasn’t even the one holding the camera 😂.
On the way to the KLCC Park...
Went straight back to Jalan Alor for breakfast, but it’s mostly a night market so only a few places were open.
Headed to the National Museum Malaysia and learned a lot about geographical, colonial history and more modern history and also the more recent political events that shape the culture and people today. My favorite part was seeing the traditional garments of all the ethnic groups that currently make Malayasia - Strait Chinese, Sikhs, Siamese, Indian, indigenous groups, and others that I can’t name. The diversity in ethnic and cultural backgrounds (and languages spoken) is amazing! Fun fact - Singapore became independent of Malaysia to avoid escalation of existing \240ethnic/racial tensions.
We also found a throne that might finally be good enough for His Royal Highness, Guinness.
