And so, dear reader, the weekend in Kuala Lumpur came to an end. After walking around the city, finally exploring some of the sights, watching domes being scrubbed and taking in the majestic phallicness of the Petronas Towers, we returned to the hotel, freshened up, packed our bags, checked out…
and had two hours to kill before our driver was schedule to arrive.
Not wanting to get sweaty again and a bit hungry from our explorations that morning, we walked back to the Pavilion mall. Here is the outdoor dining area that I was talking about – “the catwalk” along which people stroll or sit and sip coffee, to see and be seen.
Ignoring all our Lonely Planet sensibilities – local food only! – we stopped at an Italian restaurant along the catwalk called, originally enough, Michelangelo’s. They had a reasonably priced set lunch and since our flight wouldn’t put us back into Krungthep until after dinnertime, a late lunch seemed reasonable.
Mushroom soup for me, Caesar salad for Tawn. A simple pizza to share.
A seafood pasta dish for Tawn (sorry for the lousy exposure) and a hearty ossobuco for me.
After some coffee, a short walk back to the hotel as the first drops of afternoon rain started to fall. Below, the thing I like best about KL: beautiful old trees shading the sidewalks.
We made good time to the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport, a gorgeous white elephant an hour south of town. Air Asia flies from the cheapskate… er, low-cost, terminal which is an additional 20 km drive from the main terminal.
Upon checking in we dealt with the challenge of explaining to the agent that while we had paid to reserve a seat (something new for Air Asia), we would like to pay the difference to the higher fee to reserve an exit row seat (250 baht versus 50 baht). She didn’t understand what we wanted to do, so we ended up sitting in our original seats. Not too bad, but legroom is tight so a few extra centimeters would have been appreciated.
Smooth flight back to the Big Mango as we watched a beautiful sunset over the Andaman Sea. Good to be back home.
christao408 
next time i will in charge the local food for you and tawn ok? lol wait!! the low cost carrier terminal is just next to KLIA, you could actually take bus from KL Sentral, only 90baht/head
That’s a hearty lunch! It’s nice to have those old shady trees in the city, where nowadays, most of them are razed for new sidewalk developments.
20km away?! wow…caesar salad with eggs!
? I thought the KLIA Low cost terminal was very close. I remember seeing it a few times when I was driving in the area.
Yummy
Yum, and it must have been a lovely trip. Thanks for sharing your pictures and thought.s
I’m glad that you both had a lovely trip!
I like the sunset picture. I did not know about pay for better seats (beyong first and economy classes), interesting. Horizon Airline seat are short too. When I flew from Calgary to Seattle yesterday, a tall guy sat behind me and his knees were shifting and ran back and forth over my kidneys for about 2 hours. My back hurted and he seemed to be in agony finding a place to put his legs. Next time I fly, I need to make sure you do not sit behind me, hehe. Tease.
@lcfu – But the road leading from the main terminal to the LCCT has to go all the way around the perimeter of the airport – about an extra 20 km, according to our driver. No worries about the bus as we had a car hired for us.
@curry69curry – Especially in Bangkok…
@yang1815 – Yeah, the eggs aren’t very traditional.
@LostSock21 – It is very close if you measure in a straight line from the main terminal. Problem is, general public needs to take the perimeter road around the entire airport.
@jojobaDESIGNS – You’re welcome.
@TheCheshireGrins – Thank you.
@stevew918 – I’ll sit in front of you, then, and recline…
The universal situation played out all over the world – to see and be seen. lol Sounds like a lovely trip but it is always *sigh* good to be home.
I like these travel stories. The tree is magnificent. I was half expecting it to be adorned in ribbons and ornaments. I always have a wistful feeling when I’m about to leave a city. But as you know, the best part about a trip is going home.
@stevew918 – I’ll sit behind you and drape my legs over the top your seat.
my friend was just there recently. what are good questions to ask about KL i.e. what really stood out for you? Food? buildings? people?
wow, i didnt’ know u were here in KL until today.what a shame !!!