Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

When you're planning an itinerary that includes Phuket, Thailand and then Singapore, it's hard not to look at the map and want to shoehorn a quickie trip to Malaysia.  And even harder to resist when there is a cheap airline that can make that happen for you for next to nothing!  So that's what we did!  Instead of flying from Phuket directly to Singapore we sacrificed a lazy morning, got up with the sun and flew down to Kuala Lumpur to spend the day there before flying to Singapore later that evening.  It was a hectic kind of day, but totally worth it to tick it off the travel list.  The Patronas Towers have been on my list for a while, and checking another country off the list is always fun.  We hired a driver to zip us around the city and with the short few hours we had, we were able to see quite a lot!

Our first stop was this magnificent Chinese temple, Thean Hou Temple.  It was gorgeous and had a great view of the KL skyline from the top.  

We made a quick stop to see the National Mosque, which is the most contemporary looking mosque I have ever seen.

We visited Independence Square, which marks a few important parts of Malaysian history.  It's also home to the world's tallest flag pole!

Patronas Towers from a distance.  They are difficult to photograph at this distance because there are lots of other buildings all around the city that obstruct them from view.  

A visit up close to the Patronas Towers

We concluded our day in KL with a visit up to the top of the Patronas Towers, which was really neat!