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Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur Take 2- Malaysia

By Cheryl
Charming Ipoh
The drive from Penang to Kuala Lumpur (KL) is ~5 hours so we decided to break it up with a one night stop in Ipoh.  As we drove into the inland city surrounded by mountains, we all got a sense that we were going to like Ipoh and wished we had alotted more time.  We were right!

Tolls- we got caught with not enough cash on our card and I had to hop across 4 lanes to get to a booth to reload the card!

The view from our apartment- see the kids at the edge of the pool?!

We wandered the streets a bit before grabbing dinner.  The downtown core was dead on a Monday evening.

Colonial buildings


Quaint alleys and side streets

Rumour has it that this is a street where many rich men of the past housed their mistresses

Now Concubine Lane is for souvenir shopping

Ipoh has a reserved spot for scooters up front at the traffic lights- quiet night so no scooters in this picture

 On our drive from Ipoh to KL we pulled over at a pomelo farm to eat our take-away Sri Lankan lunch and learn a bit more about one of our favourite fruits.  We noticed that many of the pomelos on the trees were covered in newpapers.  The owner described that this was a natural pesticide as it kept the smells down and deterred insects and animals.

Lunch anyone?

Pomelo farm

Trees laden with huge fruit- see the newspapers in the background

 We arrived back to KL with one day before our outgoing flight.  The highlight of our short stay was swimming in the Sky pool of our hotel.

Sky pool anyone?

Sunset from the 48th floor

We spent our last day in Malaysia indoors at the National Science Centre.  This place was recommended to us by staff at the Petrosains Discovery Centre on our previous stopover in Kuala Lumpur.  This centre, however, was rather tired as compared to the Petrosains Centre.  We had it to ourselves, though, and at $7 CAD admission for the whole family, it was a neat way to spend a few hours.  The best part was the outdoor water park!

Entrance to the Kuala Lumpur Science Centre- an aquarium
The brightly coloured National Science Centre

The Science Centre- a really neat circular building

AC to 40 degrees- Chelsea is now overdressed!

A great spot to cool off

We enjoyed KL and, out of all of the places we visited in Malaysia, it would be the one we would most likely want to return to!

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  1. GerryMarch 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM

    Wow, what an amazing view from the 48th floor swimming pool. The skyline sure looks impressive.

    BTW, since you've now left Malaysia are the kids planning to write their funny post "Things we noticed about ........" I really love those.

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