Regent Seven Seas Voyager Bangkok to Dubai Day 10 - Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Malaysia - A hot tour

We awoke in the Malacca Strait this morning, on the way to Port Klang, Malaysia. After breakfast, we had time to snag more Regent points in a putting contest. We both hit the shot target to grab three points each.
We hit the Constellation Theater at 10:45 and were quickly on the way to bus 38 and our Kuala Lumpur Highlights tour.
Our first stop was the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, or more informally the Blue Mosque, which was built in the 1980s. It has the world's largest grouping of minarets, even though it no longer has the tallest single minaret. At 168 feet in diameter and reaching a height of 350 feet, the dome is one of the world's largest religious domed roofs.
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The four minarets convey the Mosque's importance |
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Neighboring buildings followed the architectural style |
After a walk around the building (no time was provided to see the inside), we got back on the bus and were off to our next stop, the Thean Hou Chinese Temple.
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We got our fortunes - you raise the sticks and drop them - one will remain higher |
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You look at the number and open the drawer below with that number to receive your fortune |
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Lots of worshipers meant lots of incense burning |
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That's a Chinese zodiac garden below |
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In the zodiac garden, Arlona was born in the year of the rat |
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I was born in the year of the pig |
Kuala Lumpur is religiously diverse. We stopped outside a Hindu temple for a photo stop.
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A glimpse of the Merdeka 118 |
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In 2025, Malaysia assumes the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - signs noting this were posted all over |
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The Hindu temple - it is similar to others we've seen |
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Merdeka 118 was visible here too |
As we left, we drove through Little India on our way to the King's Palace.
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Traffic was nuts - today was a holiday - Labour Day - in Malaysia |
We arrived at the King's Palace.
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A guard in a traditional uniform |
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A mounted guard in a modern uniform |
From there, we went to the National Monuments. It is a war memorial honoring those who died in Malaysia's fight for freedom. It is divided into three sections by conflict: 1914-1918, 1939-1945, and 1948-1960.
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The Malaysian coat of arms |
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The statue was created by the same artist responsible for the U.S. Marine statue |
We continued on the tour.
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The Malaysian flag and the national flower, a red hibiscus |
Our next stop was Independence Square. The giant flagpole here was once the world's tallest at 95 meters. The one we saw in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is nearly twice as tall as 170 meters. That has been passed by the Cairo Flagpole at 201.952 meters.
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Quite the skyline |
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We caught a peek at our final stop right there between the buildings |
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One of several Christian churches we saw |
Our final stop was a photo stop at the Petronas Twin Towers.
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A cool neighboring building, completely covered in living plants |
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She said that it seemed fairly light |
After that, we boarded the bus for the hour-long ride back to Port Klang.
It was hot once again today, and we were both wiped out and in need of showers when we got back. We needed to clean up as we had dinner in Prime 7, the steakhouse here on Voyager. As we enjoyed dinner, we sailed from Port Klang, Malaysia, heading for Penang, Malaysia
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We caught a nice sunset as we ate |
Dinner at Prime 7 was vastly superior to Chartreuse. We have no plan to return to Chartreuse but will return to Prime 7 next Tuesday. I didn't take any dinner photos, even though Arlona's salmon delivered in a smoke-filled glass dome was lovely. Desserts, however, deserved some pixel love.
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My bourbon, caramel corn, peanut, whipped cream, vanilla & chocolate ice cream sundae - it was yummy |
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Arlona's 14-layer chocolate mousse cake |
We enjoyed our desserts and headed to the room. We made a stop in the fitness center and picked up a couple of bottles of Gatorade. The heat over the last few days really kicked our butts and we want to make sure that we don't get dehydrated. Adding some electrolytes to the equation can't hurt.
We will be in Penang, Malaysia, tomorrow. We may cancel our plans tomorrow, depending on how we feel in the morning. It will be another early bedtime for us tonight to recover a bit.
I have been reading your blog since your world cruise on the Viking. Thank you for alwaya taking the time out of your busy travel schedule to post and share your comments and observations (many witty at times) as well as your amazing photos! I continue to look forward to reading your daily updates . And sorry you are having issues with the NCL internet; but it's a Norwegian cruise brand...enough said.
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