We spend our time between, window shopping, some minor real shopping and a lot of eating. It has been pretty hot in Malaysia so we would often retreat to the air-conditioned haven of the large malls.
We spent a few days at Bangsar, the suberb Nat used to live in, which is where a lot of expats live. But they have some great restuarants out there we wanted to sample, plus some malls to escape the heat in.
We stayed in Chinatown near Petaling street which is the main tourist drag with a packed night market and plenty of touts to drive us mad. But it has some great street stalls where you can sample the chinese side of malay food.
Also went to the so-called 'must-see' in KL - the Petronas towers. They are like the 3rd tallest in the world, and Malaysians are very proud of their accomplishment.
After numerous discussions on our we would transport our bikes on the next stage of the trip - a flight to Macau - we decided on buying some bike bags from Ground Effect in NZ. They are great bags which fold down to A4 size and a small enough to easily carry it around with the bike inside. The company sent them Poste Restante to KL and they arrive a week later!!
We had to remove the wheels, pedals, seat, handlebars and derailer to fit them in the bag so we took the opportunity to clean the kids. After some cardboard padding, we thought they would be ready to be at the mercy of the friendly Air Asia baggage handlers (see photo).
We had a 15kg limit, so the bikes weighed 14kg each and we took the rest of the gear in one pannier each as carry on. Suprisingly there was no charge for the bike.....which can be up to $600 (air france!!!!)
One naked bike in a bike bag.
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