November 15, 2012
Some hotels offer breakfast and some don't. Today we had breakfast. The Reko Inn Hotel, redundant I know, served breakfast outside under an overhang. The kitchen was a makeshift affair with a gas canister and heating element with a peice of sheet metal for cooking. We had our choice of white break toast, fried rice or noodles with tea and coffee. We chose the white bread toast with tea sitting at tables using the weak wifi. As we ate the skies began clouding up. As soon as we got our trikes loaded and started out the parking lot the rains began. We didn't even make out onto the street before turning around heading back to the overhang for shelter. The rains lasted about an hour and we were on our way again. The GPS routed us on a highway that we weren't sure bikes were allowed on. Not that that has stopped us in the past. The signs allowed trishaws, oxen drawn carts and motorcycles so we decided bikes were allowed. At first the left lanes would take every off and on ramp to avoid crossing lanes. Then they didn't. This meant we had to stop and wait everytime we came to an off or on ramp. Boy there was a lot of traffic. Everyone was exceptionally polite. No one seemed to be bothered by 2 old ladies riding trikes on an expressway. As we approached KL we were directed to some cool motorcycle paths that were off the highway. It felt good to take a quieter way. A few times we asked the motorcyclists to stop and assist us. Eventually, we made it to downtown KL. The street riding wasn't much easier than the highway. There were cement barriers dividing traffic which made it impossible to cross the road. Somehow every road we took brought us to the area we wanted to be in and we started looking at hotels. This is a busy time in KL. There is the Deepavali and Islamic New Year holidays and the kids are off school this week. Many hotels weren't able to accommodate us for 2 nights. We ended up at the Nova Hotel on Jalan Alor getting the last room with 2 twin beds.
The area is very lively and the street is lined with food stalls. The aromas were intoxicating. We found a stall with fresh veggies skewers and quickly devoured 12 sticks. Some of the veggies were grilled and some we used a hot pot built into the table to cook. Everything was delicious. After dinner we started walking around to explore. Ever so often we could see the elegant Petronis Towers peeking through some of the tall buildings. We decided to try and find them. They were much closer than I expected and truly an amazing sight. The building are like crystal cathedrals all lit up at night. There were lots of people taking pictures outside at some beautiful fountains. As we walked around we discovered a tour to the skybridge and the top of the towers. We will return in the morning to take the tour.
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