Kuala Lumpur II

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For our second spell in KL we checked in the Lanson Place and that was a great choice. Well done Roxana. The apartment was huge, with great amenities and a kitchen I would not mind having at home.

The swimming pool was huge, a 50m x 15m rectangle and children’s playground, BBQ pits etc. Great stuff. Would highly recommend it. 


Proper 50m swimming pool! 

As for the visits we resumed normal service! We had a fantasic visit at the Royal Selangor Pewter Factory. Kuala Lumpur began as a tin exploitation hub a couple of centuries ago and this is the oldest and biggest Tin and Pewter processing factory. 

Amongst other fabulously crafted pieces, gifts to kings and emperors, these guys make the trophies for the F1 Grand Prix of Malaysia, Singapore and China along with some other Moto GP and Tennis competitions. 





Masterpieces - and a hefty price too 

In the evening we went to the lights and music show at the Petronas Twin Towers. Less impressive than Singapore but a nice entertaining moment after dinner. 




We also tried Kidszania which is a kids city where they need to work to earn money, and are free to spend it as they please. Showing how it will be later kind of thing ... now why would any parent show their kids how their life will be later is beyond me, but we still did it! 


Mara earning some moeny (kidzos) as a cashier 


Radio talkshow hosts 

Very boring for the parents I must say as we must stand around waiting for them going through their activities... maybe a healthy reminder of how it must be for them to walk around with us visiting things they don’t care about

The annoying thing though was the noise level. For the few hours we were there the average noise level was 85db while the max reached just over 100db. Unhealthy levels, especially for kids and their staff. 

On our last evening in KL, we ate again on Jalan Alor and afterwards I accompanied Constantin to the airport for his flight back to Romania. 

Our flight was the following day but to Kuching in Borneo!

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