On Friday morning, we loaded 2 moms and 5 kids into my van and drove the 4 hours to KL. Chatting with my friend along the way, we passed the time pleasantly, though the backseat got pretty noisy (mostly my kids!). We arrived mid-afternoon pretty hungry so we grabbed some curry mee and Singapore laksa at Secret Recipe (yummy!), while the kids had Western food. We then headed over to the KLCC mall and purchased our twin tower and science center tickets for Sunday before they sold-out. By this time, the kids were all anxious to run, so we killed an hour on the playgrounds at KLCC park.
The kids voted Chili's for dinner, but the hour wait was too much for them, so we spontaneously bought movie tickets to Madagascar 3 and stuffed down McDonald's before the movie began. When I went to buy the tickets, the sellers were all wearing circus Afros from the movie!
The next day, after enjoying an amazing breakfast spread at the Intercontinental hotel, we piled in the car and circled around downtown KL three times before I found the correct freeway heading towards the Genting Highlands. We enjoyed a refreshingly cool day up at the top of these hills riding rides at the indoor and outdoor theme parks. It was very crowded (summer vacation on a Saturday), but we all had fun despite the long lines. Highlights were the bumper cars and the Flying Dragon roller coaster! We returned to our hotel late to enjoy a warm shower and room service for dinner.
Sunday was our last day in the capital city, and what a full day it was! We checked out of our hotel and walked back to the mall, where we had tickets to Petrosains, a highly interactive science museum that the kids didn't want to leave! To get to the exhibit area, we rode a Dark Ride, then proceeded to explore the world of petroleum, dinosaurs, motion/physics, and energy. It was a huge museum and we had only explored half of it when it was time to go up the towers. We'll definitely have to return!
We made it just in time to the Petronas towers and were whisked up the elevator to floor 83 (of 88). What views from the top!
After 15 minutes, during which Mark chatted up the very friendly security guides, we were taken down to the famous skybridge. We were blessed with a clear day and could see for miles; so beautiful!
Finally it was time to head home. We gathered our luggage, and selamat jalan! On the way out of town we stopped to buy donuts from Krispy Kreme. =) Everyone had a fun weekend, and it was a fabulous way to start my first summer in Malaysia!
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