DAY 3
KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia)
Friday April 8th, 2011
TODAYS MILEAGE – 3 miles or 5 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 4765 miles or 7668 kilometres
KL public transport – here we come. 
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Dunno what my body clock was up to, but I was up again at 5:30 AM and into my second caffeine hit of the day, before the dulcet amplified tones of some Imam reached me on the 21st floor, calling all and sundry to first prayers for the day.
As the Wilkins clan trundled off to work on the last day before school holidays, our travel mate Wendy and I decided to jump on the local public transport and head into Mid Valley Megamall as my Teva's were in desperate need of replacement.
Being the adventuresome mob that we are, we decided to avail ourselves of the public transport offered by KTM Kommuter trains. After getting over the sticker shock of only paying 1.50 Ringgit (46 cents AUD) each, we covered the 5 stops from Serdang to Midvalley/The Gardens shopping centre in about 20 minutes.
On the train, I saw the first of many unusual signs that I witnessed on the trip. Aside from the usual no smoking, no feet on the chairs, no food or drink, was one that spelt out that there was to be no kissing or cuddling on the train…such a heinous crime that it is.
It would be fair to say that Wendy and I covered more territory than Burke & Wills and Lewis & Clark combined in traipsing around Midvalley and The Gardens.
For those into shopping, Midvalley Megamall is similar to Australian or US shopping malls and is aimed at the middle class locals. The Gardens on the other hand is aimed squarely at the affluent locals and the "Expat" population.
As you can see by the photos, Midvalley was the site where they have forbidden women from skipping rope in the revolving doors of the mall. You know that if they've banned it, then someone has tried it. In all honesty, that is one activity that has never really crossed my mind to persue.
On the way back to Phil & Jodes, I was to learn that you have to look into what train carriage you want to get into. I tried stepping onto the train and was met with a lot of "no" and "stop" and "can not" with a few dirty looks and frown thrown in for good measure. Unbeknown to me, Malaysia has women only carriages on their train network and I just found it.
Lucky me huh???