K to the L Part2:

Woke up at around 7am and it was still awfully dark and i shut my eyes again. So there goes my itinerary of going out by 8am in time for Petronas' opening. We got out at around 9 (or was it 10am) and as expected, entrance for the two towers was full and closed. We looked for a quick bite and saw a nostalgic fastfood chain..

 

A&W: oh how i miss you

Since this was our first time in KL, we asked for directions on where to find a HoHo bus, which basically is an hourly bus that lets you hop on it and hop-off to the next tourist destination. A good deal for around 700php, i think. But since these other tourist-y things were not in my itinerary, we decided to stroll around KLCC for a little while before heading to Genting!!!!!! 

Initially, we tried to get there by bus which would cost around 130php one-way but since we were there on a Sunday, all trips heading for Genting were booked. =( So there were a lot of taxi drivers in the area, and there's this guy who approached us and told us he could drive us to Genting for 900php. It was still a good deal since KL:Genting as Manila:Tagaytay so we took it. Definitely a hit since he was really friendly as he went on talking about Malaysian government, subsidized petroleum rates, Erap, Pacquiao, and GMA. On our way to Genting, maybe he heard me mentioned Batu Caves twice with so much enthusiasm that he offered us 1000php for genting+batu caves. 

See, for design students like us, sights like these are magnificently important, as religion is such a big part of architecture and design. Although i don't really have strong views on religion, i still feel in awe with how people build temples and places of worships for their gods and deities.

Batu Caves is a temple complex made from series of caves and caves temples built entirely on a limestone hill. There are several temples in the site but the biggest and the famous of them all would be the Cathedral Cave, featuring a 272-riser step temple with the tallest statue of Murugan adorning the ground entrance. Since we were only given 20 minutes to wander and look around, we decided not to climb the 272 flight of stairs. heehee

me with the 140ft high Murugan 

then suddenly: Genting!! not much to say since Genting is pretty a big theme park of gold. and i'd really really want to stay here for a couple of nights since two days would never be enough to tour this area by foot. thankfully, Malaysia is a stopover destination for UK, so yay when grad school begins. =D

Outdoor theme park

indoor theme park

goofing around before entering ripley's hall

bus ride back to KL

So remember when i said earlier that all buses from KL sentral going to Genting were fully booked? well, the same goes for Genting-KL Sentral. so we took the bus that would take us to the nearest railway transit en route to KL Sentral.