KL and CH - using abbreviations now!

After my dad and I got back from our Borneo adventure we had one full day together to explore KL (Kuala Lumpur, for those who haven't figured it out). So we went to see the Petronas Towers and the KL Tower (used for television). As we were quite late there were only tickets left for the 5.30 to go up the Skywalk on the Petronas Towers and we decided to skip that.


After that we walked around Central KL, visiting the Central Market (buying some souvenirs before going home) and Chinatown. As may hair and beard have been growing enormously I decided to pay an Indian barber shop a visit to get my hair and beard cut.

Before...

and after

At night my Chinese Malaysian friend Edwin came all the way down from Penang to see my father for 1 1/2 hours and then had to leave early as he had not booked a hotel room yet. And then I was all alone again, as my dad left for the airport, but after a couple of hours I was joined by Antje (the german girl I met through Edwin in Penang). As she wanted to visit a Heavy Metal concert in Kuala Lumpur and me being interested in how Malaysians enjoy listening to Heavy Metal, we had decided to go together. Unfortunately the gig was cancelled, as this is something not very uncommon here in Malaysia ( I guess the music is to loud for them, :-D). So instead we spent the entire Saturday at one of Malaysias biggest malls, watching the latest James Bond movie and treating ourselves with some extraordinary food (Sushi-time).

On Sunday I was off to CH (Cameron Highlands), where I had been before one night but as I appreciate the much cooler atmosphere and the scenery there, I decided to go again. This time I was rather lazy and booked a half-day tour visiting a rose garden (tons of different flowers blooming there), a straberry farm, a bee farm, a butterfly farm and buddhist temple and a tea plantation (the tea factory was closed on Monday, which was actually one of the reasons I signed up for this tour in the first place).

Tea plantation at Cameron Highlands

As I had met two German girls on arrival, the three of us took a stroll in the afternoon to two waterfalls near by. They needed some sort of distraction, as they have just arrived from Mumbai (I was really shocked by the story they had to tell).

Right now I am in Taman Negara getting ready to leave for Melakka, but that is another story to be told.
I will also post more pictures as soon as I get down to Melakka (including older posts I have written).