Day 65 - We spent our first full day in Kuala Lumpur since 2013. This time, however, we will be spending three months. There is not a need to do everything at a breakneck pace when one has time to actually live somewhere.
Today, we just wanted to get our bearings and began by walking near our building, the Maytower. We are pretty close to the downtown center of everything. We stopped and made a cash withdrawal at an ATM in the HSBC KL headquarters. After, as we were near the Masjid Jamek Station, we went in and picked up MRT rapidKL cards and put 15 ringgits on them.
Then, we wanted to try them out. As we were near the appropriate line, we headed a few stops to KLCC. It cost perhaps US$ 0.40 or so for that distance. Like dutiful tourists, we sought out the Pentronas Towers and City Center Park. For a different way of getting home we hopped on a pink GoKL bus. There are four completely free routes which run around the center of KL. We successfully came back to our apartment via the green line with a tranfer to the blue.
Yes, now we are sure we're in Kuala Lumpur! I'm excited by having so much city so close. The mix of Chinese, Malay, and Indian influences is intoxicating.
