Drunken booking blunder?

Half way through our Filipino trip we booked flights to Malaysia. Originally we had the plan to fly straight to voluntary work in Cambodia but seeing all non extortionate flights passed through Kuala Lumpur I thought we would opt for a few day stop over in what we had heard was a bustling and busy yet culturally vibrant hub. 

When we arrived we did what we mostly always do, it's pretty sensible and some might say boring but we checked our onward journey plans so that we could settle in with the peace of mind that we knew when we were travelling on. On checking our tickets it quickly became apparent our planned two day 'stop over' was going to be a little more than that. Il take the flack for this one, I had hastily booked the flights in a "ta da I booked flights!" kinda way one night whilst Emma was in the shower, unfortunately this haste was to seemingly be my downfall. I had accidentally booked flights to a city that looked more grey than great, a place that seemed more congested than cultural. It seemed we had nearly a week in total booked and as we lay on top of our bed I have to admit I was dreading it. How would we fill a week with trashy touristy sites in a place where booze was more expensive than our bed for the night. Shit... 

As it turns out KL wasn't quite the shit storm we thought it might be. KL was in fact one of the most surprising concrete jungles I've visited. Every Time we thought we had seen just about the lot another fellow traveller tipped us off on something even better. 

In KL we stayed at Raggae Mansion and after a few years of hearing buzz about this place I thought surely it couldn't live up to the hype but it did! With the plush air con and TV rooms and views over the city for a few dollars a night, an in house cinema, 3 bars (one on the roof) and so much space to hang we really enjoyed our stay there. 

During our city time we visited Petronas Towers and even took a night time stroll up there to watch Disney Cinderella in the Tower Cinema. Magic! 

We also visited the contemporary visual arts museum...

And took time to skate lots and walk even more! 

Batu Caves just a few stops out of the city were pretty amazing (although the caves themselves didn't excite me too much)

I loved the mix of amazing food with Indian, Thai and Indonesian influences. 

Many nights we spent wandering Chinatown and sampling what it had to offer too. 

Best of from Malaysia was getting to see a city that we thought might be so underwhelming but in fact turned out to be one of the the best on my travels so far. Kuala Lumpur is very much highly recommend! 

To Siem Reap...