Traders hotel has it's own little poshed up Golf buggy to transport you around the park to the Suriya centre (which would be a less than 10 minute walk anyway). A fun way to travel.
I'd spent quite a lot of time researching things to do for kids in KL. We worked our way through the list. There were a few good things and it was good for a few days but I probably wouldn't rush back (whereas Hong Kong and Singapore definitely on the list to return to).
The aquarium was ok for 45 minutes but pretty lame compared to Sydney (Sydney's aquarium is rather amazing). The aquarium was handily located 5 mins walk from our hotel and there is a cheap foodcourt just outside with icecream so definitely a place to go but didn't captivate Mr 5 for that long.
On the other hand, the Petronius Science Discover Centre kept him entertained for hours. Would have been the whole day I think if we hadn't skipped a section because we needed to head to the toilet.
Above and below are a model of some sort of coal processing. We spent AN HOUR here. Toby just loved it, conveyor belts you winded around, buckets and scoops.......it was captivating for some reason. Just before this there was a 20 minute show on fire which he loved too.
We got to the centre not long after opening. there was no queue. Definatley best time to go, by the time we came out after lunch, the queue would have been 45 minutes to get in as you enter via a 4 person booth that takes you on a little journey through the universe.....
First up was a wind machine so you could see what it was like to be in a tornado. Toby did it twice. I did it once then grabbed the photos...
He wasn't so impressed by the dino but did spend about half an hour on this slid below. All up a great interactive activity, particularly suited to the 5 plus market.
One thing that I meant do the first day but never got around to (we were on holidays after all) was to go on the free buses that do little circuits around town to get our bearings. We did end up seeing a fair of KL in our tours though. Toby was probably a bit more comfortable in Malaysia as it was so western. He ate Spag Bol almost every meal, he really struggled in Cambodia with his suddenly limited food groups (rice, plain chicken....not much else). Even the supermarkets in Cambodia, there wasn't a massive amount he was keen on. Luckily I'd brought a few tins of spaghetti which he had for a few meals. Foodcourts were handy in KL so I didn't have to have spag bol every meal :)
And so that is the end of Toby, Nana and Julie's big overseas adventure for 2013. It was a blast.
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