First Impressions of KL

After jumping onto the plane in Melbourne with the temperature at a very mild 8 degrees to jump off the plane a few hours later in Kuala Lumpur and for it to be 35 degrees and about 60% humidity was a massive shock!
I have never been in such a sticky temperature before, was probably made worse by the fact I was wearing a beanie and a pair of jeans, but still. It was horrible.
Went through customs, which was a test of patience, about four plane-loads of passengers were queuing up for quite some time before we were able to go to baggage claim, after that it was quite simple, purchased my tickets and found the bus which was to take me to KL Sentral.
I didn’t know what to expect for the ride into town, it took around an hour or so. Palm trees were everywhere and ferns line the roads for the most part. Monstrous apartment buildings were dotted all over the place and weirdly enough, there were entire communities of 200-300 houses which were all identical lined up for kilometres. That was certainly something very interesting.
The traffic was immense, nothing I have ever seen before, thousands of scooters and motor bike darting in and out of the traffic, I can’t imagine anything more dangerous then riding a scooter through peak-hour traffic in K.L.
The highlight was probably coming over one of the hills and seeing the PETRONAS’s Twin Towers standing in the middle of the city, that was quite spectacular.
Once I was dropped to the Train Station in KL Sentral, I jumped into the most suspicious looking Taxi I have every seen, the driver asked me to wind the windows down because there was something leaking from behind the engine into the passenger side foot-well, and that was the least of the car’s problems, I was surprised the thing started to be honest. Made it safely enough to my hostel.
Walked into the lobby of the Explorer’s Hostel and Guest House and was very pleasantly surprised, the staff were friendly and helpful, the room is quite large, has two beds and a life-saver of an air conditioner unit. It’s in a great place right beside China-Town. I couldn’t be happier for about $13.00AUD a night.
After I’d settled in, had a quick shower, night fell and I strolled through the Petaling Street Night Markets looking for some food. I found a place down a dirty looking side street and ordered a chicken clay-pot dish with some rice and a can of cola ($6.00AUD). I was unsure whether the food that would get dished up would even be clean, let alone delicious. It was probably the best chicken dish I have had in my life. I was absolutely stoked. However, I did jump when I pulled a fully intact chicken claw out of the soup. But ya know, tasted fine.
Jarrad should only be another hour or so away, looking forward to seeing him. We will probably go for a long walk around the place, get our bearings and work out what we will get up to tomorrow.
Ciao.