Scoop from Singapore

Although there were fears that our trip to Kuala Lumpur, would be Kuala LumPOURED out, a group of 8 exchange students and myself traveled about 6 hours by bus to the capital of Malaysia this weekend.

The trip got off to an exciting start as we left a bit later than we had hoped to and had to run across Singapore to catch our bus. 9 obviously exchange students, running across the city's streets with huge backpacks, must have been a wonderful site for anyone watching. Still, we made the bus with plenty of time and rode to Malaysia in the pouring rain, crossing our fingers that it would let up.


It did, by the time we got to KL, and didn't start up again until the very end of the trip. We spent the early part of our morning at a McDonalds while we waiting for other shops to open. We then headed to the Petronas Towers, the tallest Twin Towers in the world. We spent over an hour photographing each other around the towers, and made an appointment to go up to the bridge between the two for later in the afternoon. We grabbed lunch and then napped for a few hours, since no one had gotten a great amount of sleep on the bus. We headed back to the Petronas for our 5:30 appointment, and then got a beautiful view of the city from above.

After we finished at the towers we were all dressed up so we went to a nice dinner. We all actually at burgers and fries, but it was a wonderful vacation from rice and noodles. We then headed back to the hostel, and stopped off to do some shopping at a night market. I got a really cute pair of BIG sunglasses, and on Sunday I also got a watch and earrings. We got back to the Backpacker's Inn around 10:30, promptly changed into pajamas, and hung out at the roof cafe with the other guests. It was so interesting to hear their stories and get tips of places to visit. I don't know that I can imagine myself doing what they do, just going, but it is so exciting to hear about. Still exausted from the bus ride over, we all went to sleep by 12:30 and got up for breakfast at 9:30.

We then went to the Batu Caves just outside of KL. The caves house many Hindu temples, once you climb the nearly 300 steps. We also saw many wild monkeys around the area. After the Batu caves we returned to the city to explore the lake gardens and listen to a concert in the park. We grabbed a quick dinner before getting on our bus, and rode through the night back to Singapore. Waking up for classes this morning was not at all a lot of fun, but the trip to KL was well worth it!

I don't know why my blog had been giving me so much trouble, or how long it will continue to work. I will try to update from the first week a little more when I get a chance!