Day 2 - 3

On Friday evening Caroline and Martin again took Adam and me to a restaurant where we met one of Caroline’s friends. Chrissie, an Aussie not only living in the same apartment block works in the Malaysian schooling system like Caroline. With Chrissie were two of her friends from back home who arrived earlier in the week. Allen and Barb are from just outside of Melbourne and it was quickly established that Adam and myself would be traveling to the area in the New Year. In typical Aussie fashion they were only too pleased to offer their contact details and address, suggesting that make a stop when in the neighborhood.

The following day we had a relaxing morning, catching up on some much needed sleep and reading. In the afternoon Caroline and Martin drove us to FRIM, a forestry reserve with a canopy walkway and several trails through thick tropical jungle. Amazingly this was only several miles from KL centre and subsequently offered some superb views of the city. Unfortunately the canopy walkway was closed for "Major repairs" and thus the jungle somewhat restricted the city.

One thing that was noticeable was the increase in temperature and as a result Adam was typically sweating bucket loads, luckily Martin had suggested before leaving the house that a spare t-shirt would probably be needed.

Afterwards we headed into little India in KL city centre located closely to Dakara square. Similar in nature to Chinatown regarding the markets with there buzzing nature and tatty products, a major and pleasant difference was that Indian sellers don't pester where as those in Chinatown make you feel like buying is a requirement of visiting. The other significant difference is the amazing colours of cloths and flowers that could be found; it made the whole area very picturesque.

We returned home and then a few hours later Adam and I found ourselves out on the town experiencing what the locals do for evening entertainment. Karaoke is incredibly big in KL but lucky Adam didn't have his usual urge to participate (only kidding mate). Instead we found ourselves watching live Saturday 3PM premiership matches whilst drinking long island ice teas at less than 2 pounds a glass: Chelsea - Villa and simultaneously Charlton - Arsenal.

Van Persie what a goal!!!!!

During the match we met 2 Brits who live in Cork, Ireland. On their honeymoon, they arrived the day before and like us were out seeing the night life. Danni and Steve were brilliant fun and we spent the whole night drinking and chatting away, with conversions ranging from Will Young (Steve mentioned how they went to one "for some reason" before coming out to KL, Adam and I ripped it out of them) to the football that night as Steve was a fellow gunner.
Before we parted we exchanged contact details, hopefully we can catch up with them at some point.