Category: sightseeing

KLCC Aquarium in Malaysia and see you next time, Tom (December 2025)

We went back to Kuala Lumpur and spent some hours in the KLCC Aquarium 🐠
I found the sharks, …
… turtles, …
… and rays the most impressive 🤩
The interiors of the aquariums appeared sometimes a bit sterile 🛀🏽
But it was nice …
to see all these different animals 🙂
Especially the crazy looking ones like these ones sticking in the ground, …
… or this funny fellow 😄
😳
But always asking myself how it is for these animals being locked down in these small pools 🤔
These were the big insects making a lot of the loud sounds in the jungle 🔊
😄
And there were some rare dinosaurs as well 🤣
We had a last, very delicious dinner together in an Indian restaurant, …
… some last impressions of the skyscrapers, the jungle, …
… and the contrasts between old and new, …
… and then Tom had to leave and fly back to Germany. We had a great time together with a lot of discoveries and experiences 🤗

Discoveries in a mangrove forest in Malaysia (December 2026)

We visited a mangrove forest where we could walk through this unique ecosystem without destroying it even more than we humans already have 🪾
It looked interesting at first glance but the really interesting stuff we found when having a closer look 😳
There was a river bed to observe as well 🙂
And there were a lot of monkeys …
… chilling and socializing on the paths …
… watching over his gang and getting tired 😴
But the most interesting creatures we could observe after having a closer look at the ground 😀
They looked pretty alien …
… and were jumping in and out of there mud holes 🏠
And the crabs had very different colors ….
… nice blue …
… big claws …
… some had dates …
… and some happy time together 😁
Oh, and there were reptiles too 🦎
Some were fighting …
… and others were just strolling around. Warans were my favorite ❤️!

Living in a skyscraper, sightseeing and more in Kuala Lumpur (November 2025)

Racki’s brother came from Germany and joined us for two and a half weeks 🥳
Together we moved into a very nice apartment on the 18th floor of one of the many high buildings in Kuala Lumpur 🌆
Because of the off-season it was only 15€ a night for two bedrooms, a kitchen, and we had free access to a pool and the rooftop which had an awesome view 🥳
The skyscrapers, and of course especially the Petronas Towers and the Maybank Tower, were beautiful in the night as well. And sometimes the reflections looked astonishing 🪞
We were mostly taking the buses and trains and mostly they were not overcrowded. Only once we had to wait in a queue. And that queue was pretty British: perfect line, no pushing 😀
Even though it was the rainy season, we had not too much rain. But sometimes the clouds were swallowing the towers 🌫️
We did a lot of sight seeing and showed Tom (Racki’s brother) the biggest mall we have ever seen: the Pavillon. This thing was crazy! The shops had house numbers. There was an app just to find your way and they had the craziest Christmas decorations 🤶🏼
Instead of the typical German Kaufmannsladen, there were miniature versions of street shops and …
… street kitchens 😁
And interesting services like this ear cleaning service. They had a couple of treatment chairs and above every chair there was a monitor showing live what got removed from the ear of the patient 👂🏼
I liked the graffiti street a lot. Two or three streets with big paintings in the walls and …
… the streets 🎊
There we went to one of my favorite restaurants and paid only 3,5€ for two dishes and a coke which was very cheap, even for Kuala Lumpur prices 🏷️
The contrast between the old and mouldy buildings and the new shiny one was very interesting.
One of the locals (a taxi driver) told us, he paid about 40.000€ for an apartment in one of the older two story houses and was paying it off for 30 years 💵
There were the restaurant streets all over the place 🥣
And markets for everything 🌺
And Little India looked very colorful. Especially at night 🏮
And the towers were the most illuminated 🌆
One day, we went to the Batu Caves 🏯
And met a lot of monkeys hanging around, stealing food 😄
The temples were beautiful and colorful 🎊
Some 372 steps up to the main cave 🚀
We got some blessings …
… and walked through …
… this magnificent cave 😍
The other day we went to another colorful temple 🎊
This one had the most lanterns 🏮
And …
… crazy figures, …
… mosaics, …
… dragons, …
… and some love ♥️
Of course we went to a bar as well and had a great night with a funny local band 🎸