Kuala Lumpur take 2: The Petronas Towers

Having already had 3 nights in KL, our second visit was quite a relaxed one. This time, we spent 2 nights at Submarine guesthouse just round the corner from Central Market, and close to Agosto Inn where we stayed previously. Submarine was my favourite of the two, just for the slightly bigger rooms and nicer bathrooms. Both evenings, we went back to the Indian food court just by the market; yummy and affordable food!

We spent our last day in Malaysia wandering through the many shopping centres in the ‘golden triangle’ area, along with watching the thrilling Non Stop at the cinema and treating ourselves to a Nandos. This was all before our main touristy event of the day: climbing the Petronas Towers.

We booked tickets online in advance, saving us any agro of queuing as we collected them 15mins before our slot, with no issues. The tour itself is pretty well organised. We watched a short briefing film before spending 15 mins on the famous skybridge and then another 15mins on the higher viewing deck. The footbridge felt more exposed, but from the viewing deck we were able to get some photos of the other tower that we could see.

Playing with the interactive screen up the towers

Going up at 7pm we were lucky enough to see the sun set whilst we were up there, and see the lights come on across the sprawling city. But, at £18 a pop, was it worth it? I definitely had a better time eating cake in the HCMC skydeck, but I guess Petronas is something we did simply because it’s the thing to do in KL. Having done it once, I wouldn’t bother again. I can’t imagine queuing for 2 hours to get tickets on the day, as lots of people do. Book online!!

We had a good view of the lit up towers when we came back down, and we timed it perfectly to watch the fountain show in the lively square at the bottom, afterwards.

Fountain show by the towers

We opted for skybus to get to LCCT airport this time, which goes directly from KL Sentral every 30 mins and takes 1 hr. This was a better option then the train to KLIA followed by a transfer bus. Overall it tooka similar amount of time, the bus was a comfy coach, and it was cheaper. Malaysia, you have been fun. It’s off to Indonesia we go!

KL x2: 21-23/03/14