On the afternoon of the last day in Kuala Lumpur, I was flâneuring through the streets of Malaysian capital. It was my third day in the city and by that time I had already seen the main tourist attractions: KL Tower, Petronas Twins, Batu Caves, Central Market, Chinatown and Little India. Nevertheless I had some time to kill and the weather was nice. I was not in any kind of rush what so ever. Completely by accident I bumped into a girl from Jogja. After few minutes of exchanges of what I would call "happiness to be back in western style metropolis" she told me about a restaurant on a top floor of a skyscraper, where one can go for free and enjoy nice dinner and breath-taking skyline of KL. Unfortunately, she couldn't remember neither the name of restaurant nor the name of the skyscraper.
After a nice 45 minutes walk I was by Petronas Towers.Tthe idea about the free view from sky-restaurant was blossoming in my head. Hence, I walked into a titanic shopping mall that is located in the first 4 floors of the building, found free wi-fi and started my research. Few minutes later, I knew that the restaurant is actually a bar, which is located on the 32nd floor of Traders Hotel. I had passed the hotel previous night. It was **** or ***** hotel.
Once I looked to myself I realized that at the best I look like a raging sociopath and at the worst as a poor tourist - exactly who I was. I was wearing a T-shirt and shorts (which were nice, but nothing fancy) and completely worn down of Converse sneakers, also was holding a black camera bag (which was not even a big,
national geographic type bag) in one hand and a white plastic bag with some spices that I had bought in Little India in the other hand. There was no chance that someone would let me walk into fancy hotel and take a lift to a fancy bar.
Me - rather poor, but smart ginger tourist was standing on the main floor of one of the biggest shopping malls in KL. I was surrounded by BVLGARI, HUGO BOSS, GUCCI, LOUIS VUITTON and other shops of this kind. Once I made my mind, I walked into EMPORIO ARMANI and before tight looking consultant said anything I started:
- Excuse me, few days ago my wife bough a present for our daughter. Unfortunately, the bag got ruined in the cab. It's very important for the girl that the present would be in the official bag of yours. I wonder maybe you can give on empty bag your, please?
- Of course sir.
And now I looked like a rich fancy hipster who has as a date in the bar.
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| The Free View from the Bar |
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| Petronas Twins - some of the most beautiful architecture I've ever seen |
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| Day |
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| Night |
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| KL Tower |
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| Poor |
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| (Very) rich |
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| Next to Central Market |
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| Ana's doing her magic |
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| Sand Art in bottles |
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| Qasm's mastering wood burning technique |
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| Chinatown |
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| Outskirts of another market |
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| Little India |
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| Entrance to Batu Caves |
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| I miss the action but this is one result... |
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| ... and this is another result. |
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| Another evil monkey |
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| That's how you drink Coke from a can if you are a monkey |
