Failure is the Word of the Day in Kuala Lumpur

The Petronas Towers are Kuala Lumpur's most iconic landmark, usually the first (and maybe only) thing that enters people's minds when they think of the city.  They were the tallest buildings in the world for six years, depending on the methodology (i.e., highest occupied floor, including antennae, not including antennae, etc.), and are still the tallest twin buildings.  Going to the top of the towers was the thing I wanted to do most during our time here.  We disappointingly found out that tourists can only visit the skybridge that connects the two towers, less than halfway to the top, but I wanted to do it anyway.  We arrived this morning just as the skybridge opened, but thirty minutes after the ticket office opened, and all of the day's allotment of tickets were already given out.

Plan B was to visit the observation deck of Menara Kuala Lumpur, one of the world's tallest communications towers.  We walked in very hot, very humid weather, arriving soaked in sweat just to find out it costs thirty-eight ringgit each.  We thought it was a ripoff and didn't want to pay that much just to ride a long elevator.  Besides, we didn't have that much cash on us anyway.

Plan C: go to KL's version of Central Park, the Lake Gardens, and pay a side visit to its orchid garden (did you know Magge loves flowers?  I had no clue).  Most of the orchids were not in bloom, and the only entrance we could find to the park was locked.  You've got to know when to hold them and know when to fold them.  I returned to the hostel to do some research on our next destination while Magge paid to have fish eat the dead skin off her feet.

This picture combines all three of our botched plans today: view of the Petronas Towers and Menara Kuala Lumpur from the orchid garden.