The previous night marked our first train-sleeping experience. And while our room was pretty comfortable, that didn't mean I got much sleep. Thanks to the shoddy nature of the tracks/train, the ride overnight was incredibly bumpy. I probably managed around four or five hours of sleep (if that).
Needless to say, we had a full day in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. And considering that it was 6 AM, nothing was open, giving us nowhere to leave our luggage for the 14 hours or so we had to spend here. We decided to get a hostel for the day, and considering it was only around $6 US, it seemed like the best way to spend our day worry-free.
It took awhile to make it to the hostel - the directions they gave were right, but the street names were incorrect. After lugging my luggage up three flights of stairs - an exercise that was miserable, considering my bag weighs around 50 lbs - we were took a quick nap and were off for the day. The first stop was the Kuala Lumpur tower, and we took a quick ride to the top. That and the Petronus Towers were the top two stops on our list. Other than that, KL was just another place to explore. It was a relatively clean city, although much dirtier than Singapore. Then again, so are most places in the world.
We made it to the Petronus Towers after a quick walk. It sits on top of a large commercial centre, which felt good to sit in thanks to the air conditioned nature of it. After a few pictures at the Towers, we kept on moving. I had read about a bird park in Kuala Lumpur that was supposed to be interesting. So we got off the sky train and made our way through a long and windy road to our destination. I'll admit that it was a pretty cool place - although perhaps not as interesting as I first thought. We were both pretty exhausted, so we walked back to the sky train, back to the hostel, and back to Sentral KL station for our next overnight ride.
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