Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur (a.k.a. France)

Our first and only port on the cruise was Kuala Lumpur. To be honest, I didn't really know anything about Kuala Lumpur until we booked this trip and Jodi sent us the hilarious video. I did a bit of research and found that the highlights are the Petronas Towers (tallest twin towers in the world) and Batau Caves. I signed us up for a tour with the cruise that covered both and we were very excited to go. Unfortunately, we were the only two people on the entire cruise who signed up for the excursion. Apparently most people were going for the shopping and signed up for other excursions. Oh well. We would still be able to check out the towers and some other local sites which all the excursions included.

Kuala Lumpur (to be called KL going forward) was about an hour drive from Port Kelang where the boat docked. First up in KL we stopped at the King's Castle. Malaysia is a democracy but the king is still around as a figurehead sort of like England. He has a pretty nice place to live and many many guards with scary guns guarding his gates. I was thinking of applying to be King of Malaysia.

Next up we went to the Chinatown market. I would have expected it to be the Malaysian market but oh well. We did some serious shopping & were shocked at what great deals you can get. We did some bargaining but almost didn't need to because prices were so good to begin with.

We drove around the city on the bus and learned a great deal from the guide about Malaysia and KL. Our next real stop was near the Petronas Twin Tours where we had a nice photo op.

Inside the towers they had a huge shopping mall. That was our last stop on the excursion. We were excited to see some familar food chains they don't have in Hong Kong. We actually had lunch at Chili's. What can I say sometimes you just crave food from a familiar chain. :-)

We didn't get anything at Dunkin but were excited to see it nonetheless.

Next up.. our final day in Singapore & the great daddy Merlion!