Angie & Bart's Blog: Visiting KL

This year we decided to go to KL for our holiday. We were there from 20-23 April 2010. We stayed at my sister's place.

April 19
We travelled to Menglembu and spent the night there to 'break journey'.

April 20
We travelled down to KL, stopping over in Kuala Kubu Bharu (KKB) for lunch with my godparents. We had a good time and it was great to see them again (we last saw them in 2006).

April 21
We met up with friends we hadn't seen for a few years. First we met WY for brunch. Then we adjourned to her place for a wonderful and relaxing afternoon. We left her place before the after-work jam started and headed back to my sis' for a shower before our next appointment at Burger King, 1 Utama. Why Burger King? Because there isn't one in Penang! and we quite like their burger. We went to the concourse area after dinner. That evening we spent time with two couples. One had two children (4 years old & 10 months), whom they brought along. No, the children didn't 'play together'. The toddlers were each doing their own running with the dads running after them while the babies sat with the mummys, occupying themselves with whatever is on the table. The adults squeezed in whatever conversation we could ;-)

April 22
Day to do the touristy things. We took the boys on the LRT to KLCC. Got there in time to meet the lunch crowd (!!!) but thankfully managed to get a table. We went to Aquaria after lunch. There's actually a food court at the Aquaria as well, and it's not crowded. would have gone straight there if we had known. The Aquaria is actually quite nice and normally Julian likes fish, but somehow they didn't quite click. He was fascinated with some exhibits, but was running here and there most of the time. Couldn't even get a decent photo! We thought the acryllic tunnel would fascinate him, but again, we were wrong. Our next stop had better 'result' - the Petrosains. He enjoyed fiddling with the exhibits. Unfortunately we couldn't spend more time here as we were eager to take the LRT back ahead of the rush hour. That evening we spent time at home with Antonia and Grace.

April 23
Time to head home. We left at about 10.30am and stopped in Tapah for lunch. We made another stopover in Menglembu to rest and had early dinner before heading back to Penang. Arrived home after 8.00pm. Good to be home.

It was quite a short trip to KL and we didn't get to do all that we had planned. But that's not unexpected especially when travelling with kids. We bought absolutely nothing (we didn't have the time nor the opportunity to do so!), but we're not complaining :-) Our GPS served us well on the trip - both as a guide on the road and as a distraction for Julian when we needed to prolong his sitting at the table over meals. For the record, we only turn to the GPS for Julian as a last resort when we want more time to chat with people over a meal - it's not a habit we want to cultivate in him. I think what fascinated Julian the most were the cranes at the many construction sites in KL. Everywhere we went, his focus was always on the cranes. Blue crane, red crane, yellow crane, another one, white one, so big..., so many cranes..., wow!

Somehow an 'urban' holiday doesn't quite seem like a holiday. Or maybe the time spent in KL was too short... We chose KL this time round mainly to meet up with friends - and this we truly enjoyed.