Kuala Lampur

BF and TF left for Malaysia on Thursday night. The Malaysia Air flight to Kuala Lampur was 6.5 hours from Beijing. Getting through the Beijing airport was the easiest we have experienced in some time with small lines. We arrived very late in Kuala Lampur to then take an hour taxi ride into the city. We arrived at the Sheraton Imperial which we discovered was under refurbishment. We were greeted to a wonderful suite on the 36th floor. BF made a quick call to MF's doctor and it was off to bed by 1:30am.
The weather in KL on Friday was hot, humid, and sunny (no rain which was surprising). We started the day with a taxi ride to Taman Tasik Perdana (Lake Garden) http://www.geographia.com/malaysia/klparks.html#gardens which is a beautiful 226 acre park in the middle of the city. We visited the Butterfly and Bird Parks. We had a nice Malaysian cuisine lunch in the park (spicy).

We then went to the Petronas Towers to go to the huge mall to get some Americana and mostly to get some cool air and say that we had been to the tallest building in the world (used to be). We actually got a little crazy or lazy or something and watched Rush Hour 3 at a theater which had subtitles in Chinese and Malay. The movie was pretty funny and we do not go to theaters in Beijing. From Petronas we went to the K-L Tower. It has a much better view of the city and the day was fairly good for viewing. We scouted out our hotel which turned out to be a good thing because later in the evening we walked back to the hotel and some building landmarks helped us to find it. We then walked down P. Ramlee Street, where I had previously seen a couple of large, interesting looking tropical bars. Our taxi driver had told us that P. Ramlee was a famous actor in Malaysia and grew up in Penang. The bar was an open air affair that seemed to attract expats. When it turned dark, the vamps came out to pick up some expats. It was an interesting show. We decided to take a stroll back to the hotel and came across a Hard Rock Cafe where we picked up a souvenir. We then went to a night club outside our hotel. That was an interesting scene. There were several to choose from so we walked both sides of the street to select one. We found a place at the bar and the bartender put on a Tom Cruise "Cocktail" show for us. All to make a sangria. Later in the evening he was twirling a galliano bottle that was lit like a molotov cocktail. He twirled it and threw it behind his back, then put lighter fluid in his mouth and did some fire breathing tricks. The whole time I am thinking if this guy drops the bottle it is going to be a nice fire in the place.