We started off near our hostel and headed through the Chow Kit area towards the old part of KL. En route we stopped at the Hotel Coliseum for a drink. It's this old, crumbling colonial art deco relic, with whirring ceiling fans and regulars propping up the bar.
(Pic: Having a drink at the Hotel Coliseum)From there we headed towards the Central market (also art deco) browsed and had lunch (laksa and more ice tea). We strolled along busy Petaling Street in Chinatown with the hawkers and pirate DVD sellers, stopped for a breather at the beautiful Moorish old central railway station before heading into the parklands.
(Pic: Lunchtime prayers)
(Pic: Art deco facade of the Central market)Just outside the bird park a troup of monkeys were playing - one of which decided to tear up the seat of a nearby motorbike! Very naughty bunch - a loud shout seemed to do the trick of scaring the bugger off, though by this time the seat looked like a Hannibal Lector masterpiece.
(Pic: Monkey motorbike madness)We ended the night with dinner in the Bangsar Baru area in the Western part of the city at a great local eating house called Devi's Corner where, washed down again with lemon ice tea, we had roti canai (flakey pancake-like breads with curry dips), roti canai with chocolate and curry puffs.
(Pic: Moorish facade of old central train station)
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