Michelle's Year in Southeast Asia: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

We decided to head to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia the following weekend. KL is the capital city of Malaysia and is a 5 hour bus ride from Singapore. We found a Hostel in Chinatown, where there was also a bustling marketplace. We avoided any shopping since we were not prepared to deal with the aggressive salesmen. After dinner, we then met up with another group from NTU and decided to go out to the bars. KL has a very nice downtown core with many classy bars and clubs. We bar hopped most of the night and were pretty much being pulled into bars by the owners. I guess they wanted more foreigners. Although the night was sporadic and random, we had a great time as we danced (aka RAGED) the night away.
The next morning we went to the Canopy Walk trail, a little bit outside of the city. We hiked up a steep trail to a lookout point. We then walked across a wobbly bridge that took about 15 minutes to get across, but the view as absolutely breathtaking. After the bridge, we walked back down the mountain where there was a waterfall. Xander (aka Tarzan) and Jackson were able to climb to the top of the slippery rocks in barely no time, while Robyn and I took our time and stopped along the way to lie on the rocks. I just lied there, looking up at the trees and the sun peaking through, while the cold sensation of water flowed beneath me. We then taxied right to the Batu Caves. There was a steep stair case that lead up to the cave and an enormous golden Buddha the size of the mountains directly in front of them. Before going on to climb the stairs, we stopped for lunch at a Vegetarian Southern Indian cuisine restaurant. Robyn went on to order “surprise us” and we were given assorted vegetable dishes with Naan bread. It was super spicy, but so delicious. We then climbed the stairs, alongside hundreds of monkeys. The monkeys were aggressive and would eat anything in site. The cave was enormous as we were like little ants in comparison to it. After the cave, we were exhausted from running on zero sleep from the night before and headed home. It was a short, yet very satisfying trip to KL. I returned home with a swollen foot from some mysterious bug bite. But it didn't bother me and it went down in a few days, I was just happy it happened at the end of the trip.