Today was Heather and my first day out in KL (Kuala Lumpur) so there is quite a bit to share. We began at the train station at Taman Jaya and we took the train all the way to KL Sentral. We were trying to get to Chinatown which we knew was one stop after but we though that maybe we could walk all the way there and see some cool
things along the way. Cool things we saw but at the expense of our poor feet. When we got out of the train station we found ourselves in Little India once again which I had no issues with. As we made our way to China
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| Sri Mariamman Temple |
Town we I noticed the top of a Hindu Temple. Heather and I decided to go and check it out. As we were getting closer we noticed that there were hundreds of people crowded around. It turned out that there was some sort of Anniversary celebration that only happens every 12 years. Gosh weren't we lucky! As we made our way through the sea of beautiful Saris we were quite unsure of where we could go and of what we were walking into. We made our way to the back where a ritual parade type thing was making its way around the temple. As the men continued towards Heather and I, we started to get completely crushed by people. It was very hot but an amazing experience since I had never been to any sort of Hindu celebration.
After we left the Hindu temple we were back on our way to China Town. We walked for a little while until we noticed we had reached the National Mosque. I had been to Malaysia 5 times now and had never visited the Mosque. Expecting not to get in because of our sexy attire we decided to just get a little closer for some photos. When we got to the Mosque we saw that they were actually in visiting hours so we decided to take a gander. We had to remove our shoes and put on these huge purple cloaks with head coverings. I sorta felt like I was in a cult as there were us and numerous other tourists also walking around in these cloaks. We got to go into the Mosque and look into the big room where everyone prays and got a little lesson about Islam from a kind lady.
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| National Mosque |
After our visit to the Mosque we once again attempted to make our way to Chinatown. After asking several strangers, referring to a useless map and playing death by jaywalking we finally almost made it to Chinatown hehe. We had gotten to Central Market which is a huge indoor market (no fun) filled with souvenir shops BOO! Heather and I were too tired and too hot at this point to bother with any of it so we did a quick walk around and headed out to Chinatown. On our way to Chinatown I picked up my favorite, Sugar Cane Juice!!!!! Delicious!!!
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| Guarapo! (Spanish for Sugar Cane Juice) |
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| Fried Banana |
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| Jalan Petaling |
Very soon after we finally made it to Chinatown!!! Chinatown is exactly as you would expect it except it has a market right in the middle of 100 vendors selling everything fake you could ever imagine. I wanted to buy sooooo much but stopped myself since I have no more space in my luggage for my flight to Australia. I did find the Marc Jacobs bag I wanted so I asked the lady who was selling them if she would still be there in 7 months, she assured me that she will still be there. On our way out of Chinatown I stopped by a Malay food vendor selling fried goodies. I asked what one of the delicious treats were and the lady told me fried bananas. I asked her for one but when she grabbed a plastic bag I told her I didn't need a bag since I was planning to just eat it on my way. The lady laughed at me and said something in Malay. I had not realized that I had just bought three of these banana things and they were burning hot. She probably thought I was stupid and she wasn't far off.
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Masjid Jamak
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We were on our way out of China town and now making our way to KL Tower. We walked to Masjid Jamak station that is landmarked by a great big ol' Mosque. BTW there are mosques at every corner of Malaysia which are all funded by the government... just saying. Anyways, we got on the train and took it one stop to the KL Tower. When we got there we found this really beautiful trail that took us all the way from the train station to the foot of the Tower. It was filled with death stairs but there was plenty of shade from all the trees. Along the way there were these amazing workout parks which obviously I just joked around about doing. When we got to the tower we decided that 40RM =10CND was too much to go up to the top and I figure it can't be that different from the CN tower so instead we just too the FREE shuttle back down and made our way to KLCC to call my Aunty Katherine. We hopped onto the train back home. That basically sums up our day. My feet now hurt like hell and I want to die but it's ok as tomorrow will be a day of rest but I'm not talking about Shabbat since it's Tuesday.
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| KL Tower |
From Malaysia with Love
Karin
Today was Heather and my first day out in KL (Kuala Lumpur) so there is quite a bit to share. We began at the train station at Taman Jaya and we took the train all the way to KL Sentral. We were trying to get to Chinatown which we knew was one stop after but we though that maybe we could walk all the way there and see some cool
things along the way. Cool things we saw but at the expense of our poor feet. When we got out of the train station we found ourselves in Little India once again which I had no issues with. As we made our way to China
After we left the Hindu temple we were back on our way to China Town. We walked for a little while until we noticed we had reached the National Mosque. I had been to Malaysia 5 times now and had never visited the Mosque. Expecting not to get in because of our sexy attire we decided to just get a little closer for some photos. When we got to the Mosque we saw that they were actually in visiting hours so we decided to take a gander. We had to remove our shoes and put on these huge purple cloaks with head coverings. I sorta felt like I was in a cult as there were us and numerous other tourists also walking around in these cloaks. We got to go into the Mosque and look into the big room where everyone prays and got a little lesson about Islam from a kind lady. 
After our visit to the Mosque we once again attempted to make our way to Chinatown. After asking several strangers, referring to a useless map and playing death by jaywalking we finally almost made it to Chinatown hehe. We had gotten to Central Market which is a huge indoor market (no fun) filled with souvenir shops BOO! Heather and I were too tired and too hot at this point to bother with any of it so we did a quick walk around and headed out to Chinatown. On our way to Chinatown I picked up my favorite, Sugar Cane Juice!!!!! Delicious!!!
SWEET!!! Those purple robes are amazing!! I'd want to keep one, even if only able to ever break out it ONCE later in life - too cool! did you get one? or was it like, a loaner for the temple thing? tooo cool : ) also, NICE STUMBLE upon re the 12 year party!! so sweet - hope you find and happen upon many more! ml from t.o.!!
ReplyDeleteguarapo in a bag!!!! was it delicioso?!
ReplyDelete<3 muchos besos, chiquita!