Blog - SIN/KUL #3: Hotel Maya, KLCC

SIN/KUL #3: Hotel Maya, KLCC

Friday, September 21
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Arriving by train at Kuala Lumpur Sentral station at 7am, we took a taxi to Hotel Maya which we had booked mainly because it allowed an early check-in in the morning. At Sentral, there's a counter for buying a taxi ticket, which makes it easy and safe to get to your destination without having to worry dealing with the driver. Our driver was very friendly, as were all taxi drivers we had while in Malaysia.

We got at Hotel Maya and were able to check in right away, at about 7:30am! We had reserved a standard room but were upgraded to a junior suite on the 18th floor. The room, while about the same price we had paid for the tiny one in Singapore, was fantastic. We were still tired so we decided to first take a nap and wake up again around 10am. Since we had such a great room at a nice hotel, and unfortunately we were going to downgrade to a budget hotel the next day, we ended up spending most of the day in and around the hotel.

First we went to KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre), the area where are located the Twin Towers, two of the tallest buildings (not towers, technically) in the world (they were the tallest until Taipei 101), which are connected to a nice mall called Suria. Tickets to the Twin Towers' sky bridge are handed out early morning at 8:30, and we were too late to get ours. I'm sure that the towers are nicer from outside anyway, and there's a higher view of the city at KL Tower.

We ate lunch at the food court in Suria, nasi lemak and laksa, respectively coconut cream rice with toppings of your choice and spicy noodle soup.

While in the complex we also went to Rotiboy and had some delicious... rotiboy? The unnamed bun is the only one at the shop that sits behind the counter in individual bags ready to go, it's what most people buy and you just say "1 please!" and the cashier knows what you want. One costs RM 1.50 (¥50, $0.45 USD). We had it again every time we passed by Suria.

Then we headed back towards the hotel and went to the Malaysian Tourism Centre (MTC) located across the street. There are plenty of pamphlets and we got some useful maps. There are also a few computers to use the Internet for free.

It was still rather early but we were ready to call it a day, because we had Hotel Maya waiting. We got back there and enjoyed the pool with built-in jacuzzi for a little while. On our way back to our room we stopped by the mysterious sky lounge that we had noticed in the elevator at the 13th floor. After a short stop back to our room we got back there and enjoyed some drinks and a large plate of potatoes while watching the view. The view was beautiful, the best we had of the city, seeing both the Twin Towers and KL Tower. These are fun to watch at night because they keep changing colors and animating.

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