We decided breakfast probably wasn't required after yesterday's gigantic meals, so we skipped it for once. The morning was a fairly lazy one but we did test out the swimming pool and sauna!
Lunch was very special. We went to quite an exclusive coffee shop in a different area of KL. It is where the world champion 'latte artist' often resides. In fact he wasn't here today but one of his senior helpers was there to impress. Along with the extraordinarily beautiful coffee, we had a delicious meal of salmon, rice and wasabi mayo. Truly delicious!
In the same street we found a gadget shop. We spent a long time in there fiddling with all sorts of exciting things. Our favourite has to be the Chinese robot for kids. He could understand what you said, follow basic instructions and sing and dance! The only trouble was ... we couldn't really speak Chinese. We asked the Chinese shop assistant to demonstrate. He put the robot on the counter and asked it to turn left and walk. The robot thought about it for a while and momentarily the shop assistant was distracted. The robot turned and walked straight off the counter! Luckily, the shop assistant caught it just before it hit the ground and smashed into 1000 pieces.
Our next adventure was to the Batu Caves on the edge of KL. It took a little while to get there as the traffic was terrible but eventually we arrived. We walked up to the gate and the man closing up the counter had just one word to share ... CLOSED! We had missed it by just 2 minutes!!
No problem, we saw what we could from the outside and the highlight for us was witnessing a Hindu wedding ceremony at the temple just before the main colourful steps. We spent quite some time looking around the beautifully decorated temple at a huge number of different Hindu gods. Finally, we decided to leave and headed back to the other side of KL.
Next stop was dinner at a famous satay restaurant. We shared a mixture of chicken, beef, pork and fish skewers with the most delicious satay sauce. All washed down with a refreshing watermelon juice.
As this was going to be our last night in KL, we decided to venture into the centre of KL to find a secret bar - The Deceased! We found an indiscriminate doorway, rang the bell but no answer. It appeared no one was there. We tried several times and a lady even helped us to try using a special code on the door lock. It didn't work though. No answer ... Eventually the lady went through the hostel next door and let us in.
As the door opened Christine jumped at the sight of a model of a ghostly man sat in a wheelchair. We continued up a creeky staircase and slowly opened the door in front of us. There was the rooftop bar and a number of people enjoying the spooky cocktails and ambience. We stayed a while chatting and sampling the cocktails. One cocktail came with an Asian themed fan, another with a ghostly mask and a balloon. The bar staff lit a sugar cane cigarette in the mouth of the mask and asked you to inhale the aroma. We were a little suspicious and didn't get too close. Once we had smelled the sugar cane they asked Darryl to take a sip of the cocktail through the straw. He wasn't keen on the idea, not that he didn't like the taste but because he suspected a little mischief! Eventually the bar manager came along with a mini blow torch and lit the cane again. He said that as soon as you smell the sweet delights of the burning sugar cane you should take a sip. As Darryl reached forward, about to put the straw in his mouth .... the manager burst the balloon!
We stayed until about 5am and chatted to a new group of English people staying in the hostel downstairs before heading home to sleep!
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