Despite Jenesse’s tummy bug, she braved the tour bus on Friday (27 June, 2008). We rested til midday until Jenesse was well enough and then rendezvoused with the tour at KLCC for lunch. The afternoon tour took us to the Batu Caves for a quick photo stop, but Shane and Adrian decided to run up the 272 stairs to the cave entrance. Adrian had a head start, but was overtaken by a younger member of the tour bus. Shane’s progress was impeded by tourists who blocked his path. Meanwhile, I was more interested in the limestone cliffs and searching for the 160 rock climbing routes on the 150m walls.
Afterwards, the tour took us to the Royal Selangor factory where we all had a chance to make our very own pewter bowl. This involved engraving our names on a tin metal plate and then bashing into a shallow bowl. I would have had more success making it into a metal ball. Adrian power hammer throws put a hole in the bottom of his bowl. The factory workers patched his bowl up with a bit of soldering work. Jenesse’s bowl looked better than mine with not so many dimples and dints. The best handiwork was from Liyan, a perfectly smooth bowl. This little pewter workshop session was entertaining and I would recommend it. You get to keep your piece of pewter art and a souvenir workshop apron.
By early evening we had diiner at a Chinese restaurant where we had a banquet and Liyan’s dad offered his wine for the tables. The chilli crab was the highlight, however I found it was too much effort crunching the shell for the prize meat.
That night after the bus dropped us off at the Prince Hotel, some of us went out to the Sky Bar at the Traders Hotel. During the day, this is a swimming pool and recreation area on the 33rd floor. By night it turns into a swish night club. The view of the Petronas Twin Towers is awesome from this vantage point. Despite the high drink prices (expect to pay about 38 ringgits for a beer) the experience is worth it. Because Jenesse and I were lacking sleep from the previous night (I only had 2 hours), we had a drink and excused ourselves.
The next day we woke up late and didn’t bother about trying to make it for breakkie in the hotel. We did a bit of shopping during the day, but the highlight was receiving a 20 minute fish spa, where these little fishies nibble on your feet! It felt like pins and needles and the little buggers tickle the hell out of you. We took a while to stop giggling, but finally got used to the hundreds of fishes swarming around our feet and eating the dead skin.
Shane & Liyan’s wedding reception was at 6:30pm in one of the Prince Hotel’s ballroom. Over 250 guests gathered to celebrate their KL wedding. The banquet was mostly seafood, which included some exotic dishes such as Shark fin soup, Abolone and Sea Cucumber. I liked the Shark fin soup, wasn’t fussed on Abolone and the Sea Cumcumber was almost tasteless but the wobbly jelly looking food was off putting for Jennese and I. The best dish was the Australian Groper, it was cooked to perfection and was very tasty. Other wedding celebration highlights included a seven tier wedding cake, 3 piece band, an impromptu Chinese style of toasting where the in laws lead the crowd into a sort of two tone cheer but for as long as the toaster can cheer for in one breath.
The next day, Jenesse and I woke very early for our departure from KL. The flight home was uneventful which was good. We arrived back home in Brisbane after our transit from the Gold Coast Airport at 11pm on Sunday night. Jenesse had the next day off, but I had to return to work.