KL

Kuala Lumpur 2/09/2011 - 6/09/ 2011

It was with high excitement that we headed to KL to meet Adrian, Tania, Alis and Magic. There is nothing better than combining traveling with catching up with good friends. Ian had been to KL some years before, just after the Petronas Towers had opened in 2000 but it was Astrid's first time there.

We did have some time to do some exploring before meeting up with the gang. We took in the Petronas Towers (although could not go up them), the historic
(but now

converted) Central Market and paid the first of a few visits to Jalan Alor, the best street food street in KL where we feasted on crab and seafood noodles.

Once Ad and Tania had landed we went to visit them staying with their hosts Alis and Magic in their lovely condo. We spent the next couple of days enjoying tremendous hospitality and fun, a great pool-side BBQ and crazy Magic-strength Daiquiris, visiting some great Malay and Asian restaurants and bars of all shapes and sizes from the ultra cool and trendy serving baby food cocktails (I don't understand either), to European Ale houses, Table Football venues and cozy local places.

KL has modernised even further since Ian's previous visit but it remains an exciting mix of the traditional and the ultra-modern with fantastic cuisine and great nightlife.