KUALA LUMPUR: first impressions? Batu Caves, AMAZING rooftop bar & hotel with stunning skyline view

Hi guys, we've just touched down in Kuala Lumpur, we're in the airport now and it's absolutely massive, it looks a bit crazy so we're going to have a bit of an explore and see what we can find. And then we're going to go back to the hotel and see what that's like and then probably have a look around the city to see what there is to do. But yeah, let's see what happens. Yeah, I'm really excited about Kuala Lumpur, I think we've done loads of research, found loads of really cool things to do, we've got absolutely loads planned so should be a good time. We had a walk around the airports mall, I did a spot of shopping and we both bought sim cards as this is much cheaper than using your sim card from home. So we were both so hungry we decided we'd just go to one of the food stalls in the airport because there was no time to get home What have you gone for? So I've gone for a curry laksa, yeah curry laksa. Yeah laksa, so some sort of chickeny, fishy type noodle curry thing. It's like a brothy like curry but it's got loads of veg and stuff in it. So Grant's has come now, what have you got Grant? So I've gone for a chicken rendang with rice and I've just had a little bit and it's really nice, very tasty. I've noticed there's some like fried fish at the side, are you going to give us a taste test for the fried fish? Which is fried fish? This bit here? This bit? Yeah yeah I'm pretty sure that's fried fish. I'm not sure I'd have that with a curry first, I think it's like crispy anchovies but it tastes all right but I'm not sure I'd have them with a curry. Okay. But the rest of it's really good and how much did it come to? Just to say both our meals with a drink was 39 ringgit so not too bad at all. Yeah cool, so we're gonna eat all this and then we're gonna get to our accommodation which we're super excited about because it looks amazing. So we'll see you at the apartment. So we're finally in our hotel, which might have not been our hotel. This is the thing with travelling, you've got to take it as it comes. But yeah we got here from the airport, came to the hotel and they were like it's cancelled, don't know what you're on about, don't have it, not my problem, bye. But even worse than that there's three different companies that all have almost identical names operating from the same property but with different, I assume, different floors in the hotel. So we weren't exactly sure who we were speaking to, we finally managed to get one guy who seemed to be the right person and he was like oh no your booking's cancelled because the power cut and we're like what? As soon as I questioned him he was like not my problem, bye, ran away into the lift. So he left us in the lobby with all the other companies who were like oh you're not, you have someone else and the only man we'd managed to speak to from our company had just literally ran away and left us. I was so shocked because this place is supposed to be fancy, we thought let's have the most luxury we're probably going to have on the trip, well one of the most luxury places we're going to have on the trip. So I was really shocked. Jordan, I can't let go that this might be the nicest, she has to hold on to that we're going to have an even nicer one and by nice she means expensive. But anyway we managed to get it sorted so it turned out okay so but here's getting everything sorted. After a quick drink our hotel room was ready and we could finally check it out. We would massively recommend staying in Star Suites KLCC, the apartments are really spacious with separate living room and kitchen area and everything is super clean and modern. The main pool is on the sixth floor but there is also a pool and restaurant on the 69th floor with ridiculously good views. It's not as cheap as the places we usually try and stay at but it's city centre pricing and we think it's well worth it for the fantastic location, facilities and views. After a lazy afternoon around the pool we went for food and drinks at a really cool rooftop bar with amazing views of the Petronas Towers. Morning guys, so we're here at the Batu Caves. So we're about a 20-minute drive from central Kuala Lumpur so it's not too far out at all and basically if you can see over our shoulders there is a large limestone cliff and there's basically caves inside it that have been there for 400 million years and inside the caves are a range of Hindu temples. So outside here you can see the statue of Murugan, I think I've possibly butchered the pronunciation but basically that's the Hindu god of war and victory. It took 300 litres of gold paint to paint a statue and the statue is almost as big as the Statue of Liberty exploding the plinth but yeah it looks really cool. So there's the statue here and then there's the stairs up here to the main temple complex in the middle of the cave. How many stairs do we know? 272 stairs if I can get my words out. So that's going to be good on the knees coming down? Yeah and there are quite a few monkeys around here so we've had a few bad experiences with the monkeys. They look really cute and it turns out they're actually quite vicious and horrible sometimes so we're going to be trying our best to dodge the monkeys. And if you were wondering why I was squealing then there's so many birds and I'm just like I don't want to get pooped on. So we've done our best to avoid the monkeys but there is now a bit where they're just all over so you can't avoid them so see the look of fear in your face? Apparently the trick is to not bare your teeth and not lock them in the eye because they take both of those as a sign of you challenging them and they don't take it very well. Although to be honest a monkey attack might be funny for the video. It's quite hard to video them without looking them in the eye. So this in the background is the Kuala Lumpur skyline so we're staying pretty central Kuala Lumpur over there. So as you can see it's not too far away. Inside the caves there's loads of statues and shrines and these apparently all tell a story of Lord Murugan's victory over the demon Surupadaman. I've seen a few monkeys with bananas so I think he might have been feeding time so they've all come out. Okay I won't get too close. So as well as the temple at the top of the Batu Caves there's a couple of smaller temples at the bottom so we're just having a having a look around here as well. So we've just had a blessing inside the temple and Jordan got a flower behind her ear so I was like oh can I have a flower as well and the man just outright laughed in my face. He gave me one but it was a very clear this isn't really how we do things. Everyone's really friendly here and it's so beautiful like the infrastructure definitely would recommend going into like the temple that's right at the front it's so so colourful really pretty. So what's the verdict on the Batu Caves? It was lovely but I'm gonna tell you this now guys monkeys are crazy little hairy evil things. One ran after me I nearly died. So he ran up to like Jordana and a group of people and everyone else just stood there and Jordana squealed and ran away. And then I think the monkey thought it was a game so then the monkey started chasing you a bit but then it was like right and then the monkey just went up to this like Chinese man and just like batted him on the leg and the man just looked at him and was like what are you doing and then Honestly I love animals but monkeys are evil like nah I just don't I don't I can't. I know they are very cute though. They're not they're not they're evil evil things and I'm gonna get pooed on so let's move. But I would very much recommend Batu Caves so it's super close to Kuala Lumpur like 20 minute drive there's no entropy it's really nice inside so I would recommend. Come early because that's when the monkeys aren't around as soon as it started to pick up the monkeys were out in force. Yeah so we got here about maybe like half eight ish in the morning it was like pretty empty we've seen some other videos where it's really busy and it was quite nice to come when it wasn't too bad and yeah the monkeys always come at busy times because then that's when they can steal food so yeah if you don't. Not just food. Well or anything whatever Cameras, phones, glasses, evil evil. So yes if you want to if you want to avoid the monkeys if you're as terrified as Jardana is the cute little fluffy cute little fluffy cousins then yeah come nice and early. After the Batu Caves we went to Genting Skyworlds a brand new theme park which has just opened up in Kuala Lumpur in 2022. We loved it so much that we're going to be doing a full video on our time here so make sure you check that one out. Our first impressions of Kuala Lumpur really exceeded our expectations it's such a vibrant and busy place with lots of things to see and do. We're really keen to show you what else Kuala Lumpur has to offer so please remember to like and subscribe so you don't miss out.