Our first impression of KL was that it's a very confused city with dutch style buildings across the street from Indian ones. Jenn and I realized we really didn't know much about the country so we decided to check out the Malaysia National History Museum. We learned that Malaysia did not declare it's indepence from the British until 1957 and did not become it's own country until 1963. Prior to being ruled by Brits they were over taken by the Japanese during WWII, and were occupied by the Dutch as well as the Portuguese. Malaysia was the halfway base for trade ships traveling between India and China so a lot of their culture comes from these countries as well. The culture there is really a mixing pot of a lot of Asian and European countries that made for a very interesting 3 days.
Oddly enough a few friends we met in Bangkok two weeks prior happened to be traveling in KL at the same time so we spent a good bit of our time hanging out with them. We went to the top of the Menara tower which has the highest views of the city.
We went and saw the Petronas Towers which houses the headquarters of the national oil and gas company.
We did a little bit of shopping (obvi), and we went to the Batu Caves. The Batu Caves were discovered about 120 years ago and shortly after a Hindu shrine was built inside them. The largest statue in the world of Muruga, a Hindu god, is at the base of the 272 stairs that lead to these caves.
We have arrived safely in Ubud, Bali where we will be staying for the next couple of days. Check back soon for an update on Ubud, a small inland town famous for it's Balianese arts.
Xoxo,
Nichole and Jenny
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