The company Matt works for has a project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They are wrapping up pretty soon so they invited everyone from the Laos project to come and celebrate with them. So, they flew all of the Laos project employees and families to KL for the weekend. Very cool. They even sent us some ideas of how we could spend our time while we were there for a long weekend. (Monday was Malaysia Day, so they had the day off.) The first day we settled into our hotel across the street from the KL Sentral train station and then went to the Project Manager's house for dinner. She hired caterers from Oregon, so we had a very American meal, which was fun. Barbeque chicken or beef sandwiches, baked beans, cole slaw, etc. There were a few other kids at the party, too, so Scott and Bobby had a good time. Then we went back to our room and slept very well and very late! The kids slept in! It was amazing! I think it must have had something to do with the curtains at the hotel--blocking out ALL light. Very impressive. We had breakfast at the hotel and then got on the train to Batu Caves.
Later, we too the monorail (yet another train system in the city) to Berjaya Times Square Mall. It's 10 floors. They have an indoor amusement park, so we took the kids. This is Scott and Bobby on the car ride--kind of like Autopia at Disney. They loved. I think they went on 3 times.
Then, it was Matt's birthday. If he had his way, he would have spent the day in his pajamas on the couch, playing video games. (He's always jealous when he comes home from work and we're still in our pajamas.) So, there was no way to make that happen :( Poor Matt. So, he sucked it up and took us to KL Bird Park, the largest aviary in the world. It was pretty cool to get so close to the birds--most of them roam free.
At the end there was a playground, so the kids got to play for a little while. Then we went to Outback Steakhouse for lunch and I was able to surprise Matt with a brownie sundae with a candle and a song from the staff. It was fun. Then we went swimming in the rooftop pool at the hotel. It was crazy to be up so high and see the city while swimming. There are some very tall buildings in Kuala Lumpur. The kids had a great time and were, of course, totally exhausted by the end of it. Unfortunately we were not able to sleep late again. We woke up at 4am to get on a bus to the airport and then on a plane to get back to Vientiane. Then we took a taxi home, and Matt went to work for half a day :( so that was sad. Scott and Bobby took turns napping on the couch and still went to bed at a decent time. So tired... but it was a fun trip.
