Malaysia - Exploring Kuala Lumpur Day 2

Our second day in KL was supposedly Genting Highlands day. 'Supposedly' because we never made it to Genting! Hahaha

Wondering why? Well, we  were warned by our friend that we may not be able to get an early ticket for Genting at KL Sentral since it was Chinese New Year and a lot of people would surely be heading to the popular tourist spot. Still we tried and true enough when we got to the Bus Terminal we were only able to secure tickets for the 12noon trip. If we go the following day it would still be the same.

So after buying the ticket we decided to explore KL Sentral instead. The bus terminal was on the ground floor of  KL Sentral Station. If you go up you will find your self on the train platform levels. KL Sentral Station is actually one of the main stations where 4 of the 6 Train lines of KL meets. There are several fast food shops and other boutiques on the upper levels. They have:

• McDonalds
• Burger King
• Subway
• KFC
• Dunkin Donuts 
• Secret Recipe
• Kenny Rogers

to name the more popular ones. So I'm sure you will never go hungry. :)

After looking around we decided to have breakfast at Burger King. It was okay. Then we went around some more. There was actually little to see except the Malaysian Tourism Center which we discovered the following day.  After going round we ended up at McDonalds to conserve our energy and had ice cream. My sister was actually eyeing on their Prosperity Burger which seemed yummy but we never got to eat for some reason. 

My sister craving for McDo's prosperity burger.

By noon we were on our way to Genting Lower Station. The bus ride was comfortable and allowed us to see another side of KL. The bus ride took almost an hour to get to Genting Lower Station. Here we needed to take a lift to the upper floors to get to the Skyway where we needed to ride on the cable car to get to the Highlands. 

But before we did that we decided to buy our return ticket in fear that we may not be able to get a ride home at the right time since it seemed that there were a lot of people going to Genting on that day. True enough when we reached the upper floors, the line leading to the Skyway was snaking like crazy. And it was going on a turtle's pace. My sister's spirits and I went down. My Malaysian friend already warned us that there will be a lot of people going to Genting. But we didn't expect the lines would be so slow. 

While waiting  in line we weighed our options. We agreed that if we get to ride before 3pm then we will push thru but if not then we will just explore the building (there are quite a number of shops here as well). However as we were nearing the the escalator the other tourists became a bit rowdy and started pushing the others towards the escalator. My sister and I got alarmed because there was a possibility that we will get crushed amidst the crowd.

The crowd just before the escalator.

Eventually we gave up and spotted a nearby shop. Tidbits galore! More like Chinese fruit preserves galore! Hahaha I just love kiamoy and stuff. So we bought some then went around. 

When we have finished exploring the place we decided to go back to the bus terminal and waited for our bus ride to Putra Terminal (Gombak Station) which is on the end of the pink line. We were supposed to wait for the 5pm bus but decided to ask the dispatcher if we can take an earlier bus. Good thing he agreed but we had to be placed on the waiting list. 

The cable car that we did not get to ride.

The ride is much shorter. But the ride on the train was longer. We went down Dang Wangi station and walked towards Bukit Nanas (blue line). 

Petronas Towers from Dang Wangi Station

An interesting shop

We had to cross the street to get to the Bukit Nanas stations. Unlike in Singapore or Hong Kong interchanges are located in the same building but in KL sometimes you need to walk across the street to get to the other line.

On our way to Bukit Nanas we passed by the only virgin forest left in the city. From Bukit Nanas we went down Imbi. Walked back to Capitol Hotel to rest. 

My sister wanted to stop by and try the local street food. I think we paid 1 RM for a stick of 3 fish balls. Expensive huh? But the fish balls were so big too.

Dinner was at Berjaya Times Square just beside Imbi Station. I expected a lot from the places since they say there are levels and levels of stores in it but aside for a few good shops it was more like going to Greenhills. Tiange stores left and right. The structure looked grand but the stores I did not enjoy much. Or maybe because some stores were closed due to the holiday.

We went round and ended up eating at Tepanyaki (I know not so local food right?) but our dinner was great. 

Seafood Teppanyaki - my dinner

Chicken Teppanyaki - Cat's dinner

Forgot to post the Maki. See it's in the middle ;)