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  • Today we are standing in front of Malaysia's most iconic building the Petronas Towers.

  • There are lots of different vantage points around the park so that you can get your shot

  • with the Petronas Towers and this is one of them.

  • The Petronas towers took six years to build and they were the tallest building in Asia

  • until Taipei 101 took them over. I've been to Tapei 101 and these are more impressive.

  • These towers were designed by an Argentinean architect names Caesar Pelli - represent!

  • Represent because why? Oh because I grew up in Argentina. There you go.

  • The double decker sky bridge here connects to the two towers together. It is quite awesome.

  • My question is this a water fountain or can I actually go swimming in there.

  • We are in Malacca right now and it is nighttime so we are about to head over to Jonker Street

  • where they have one of the biggest night markets I have ever seen. It is a great place to find

  • food and go shopping, so let's head over there.

  • What are you eating right now? There is nothing better to do at the night market, the Jonker

  • street night market, than to indulge in street food. We've got a refreshing little dish right

  • down here - take a look at it. There are different kinds of jellies and beans and shaved ice

  • with some sweet coconut milk and cane syrup. Is it ever good! It is the perfect way to

  • beat the heat.

  • Right here we've ordered something called a carrot cake. I am not seeing any carrots

  • so far but it looks really tasty. It smells good. Is it good? How would you describe it?

  • I would say it is like a Pad Thai without the noodles. You have the bean sprouts, you

  • have a little bit of tofu and some egg and peanuts. I don't know where the carrot name

  • comes from.

  • I just bought some sugarcane juice - it is really sweet and refreshing and I love that

  • they gave us lots of ice. It is perfect. It is perfect for a hot night like this.

  • It is bright and early. It is only seven twenty in the morning and I've been dragged out of

  • bed by someone to go visit the Batu Caves early in the day. How are we getting there?

  • We are taking the commuter train from KL Sentral. One Ringgit each. It was cheap!

  • Today we are visiting the Batu Caves. It is only 13 kilometers north of Kuala Lumpur and

  • this is an important Hindu shrine.

  • The caves takes its name from the Batu River and is dedicated to Lord Murugan.

  • It looks like it is feeding time for the pigeons over here.

  • Who said money or food couldn't buy you friends.

  • Here I am on step number one. I've only got two hundred and seventy two more of these

  • bad boys to climb.

  • There are lots of macaques or little monkeys. This is my first time seeing monkeys up close

  • so it is all that I'm taking pictures of at the temple.

  • Finally two hundred and seventy two steps later we have made it to the top.

  • This is actually my third time coming to the Batu Caves but this is by far the earliest

  • I've come and what a difference it makes. There is hardly anyone here and it feels like

  • we have the place to ourselves. We've had intimate encounters with pigeons, monkeys,

  • roosters and there is a performance going on. My tip to anyone is to come early.

  • We beat the first tourist bus here. Look at them coming. Hahaha!

  • Now we are rewarding ourselves with a vegetarian Indian feast. I swear I must have lost half

  • of my water (body weight) going up and down those Batu Caves.

  • I ordered myself a delicious roti which I'm going to enjoy right now. I am starving.

  • Masala Chai!

  • I'm going to start off by saying that I was tricked into coming here. I was told it was

  • going to be a short - oh, it is a ten minute walk from Chinatown as we're right around

  • the corner - and we've been walking for forty-five minutes in circles and uphill. I am covered

  • in sweat and a bird just flew by me.

  • We're at KL Bird Park - the largest walk in aviary - in the world. That means the birds

  • can fly from freely around the park.

  • This aviary is home to over three thousand birds in more than two hundred species. So

  • far we have seen love birds, flamingos, peacocks and birds that we don't even know what they

  • are.

  • This over here is the feeding area. As you can see the birds get a really nice diet of

  • papayas and bananas.

  • This feels like Jurassic Park with the birds instead of dinosaurs. I'm going to choose

  • two birds and then pose with them. This is the selection you've got.

  • Are you having fun?

  • We can feed Lorries for like two Ringgit, which is about seventy cents, so why not.

  • Sam, tell us about your new friends here. I've got four little friends and we're having

  • a feeding party right now.

  • Hello.

  • Overall, this was a really fun experience although it is not the cheapest thing to do

  • in KL. It is something we both highly recommend. Wear bug spray! Yes.

  • Cat cafes seem like a novelty to most but certainly not for us. Visiting Purrfect Cat

  • Cafe in Georgetown - Penang, Malaysia - marked our third cat cafe outing in Asia. Previously

  • we had visited one in Seoul, South Korea and another one in Bangkok, Thailand.

  • The format for this recently opened cat cafe is similar to the two others we visited. For

  • the opportunity to spend time with cats you have to purchase 18 Ringgit (the equivalent

  • of six dollars) worth of snacks, desserts and/or drinks.

  • You can freely pet and play with the cats but picking them up or entering their sleep

  • zone is not permitted.

  • This particular cat cafe had its strong and weak points. A smaller and more intimate space

  • was certainly a bonus; however, there were less cats to play with and many of them were

  • sleeping in the no people zone.

  • Overall, we'd recommend the Purrfect Cat Cafe as a fun afternoon outing to escape the stifling

  • heat and humidity of typical day in George Town.

  • For breakfast this morning we're having one of my all-time favorite foods - dim sum - and

  • there are so many restaurants to choose from here in George Town but I'm going to my favorite.

  • Let's go.

  • There is a recurring theme in most of our morning videos and that is I'm usually not

  • awake and that I'm being dragged out of bed to go do something. This morning it is Chinese

  • breakfast again.

  • What do we got? I believe those are shrimp dumplings. Could I have a cup of tea darling?

  • You may and this is very hot. Burning yourself for love. No dim sum meal is complete without

  • a cup of tea.

  • Sam and his buns. Barbecue pork bun and red bean paste bun.

  • One of the most fascinating aspects of eating at this dim sum restaurant is just how you

  • order the food. All of the different ladies come by pushing these different kinds of carts

  • some of them filled with dim sum and some of them are filled with pao. There are different

  • kinds of buns. They have pork and all kinds of things. You just pick them and they put

  • them right on the table. They have this little bill here and they check them off with the

  • prices. You can see our bill right now and how it is shaping up. I'm sure we'll be ordering

  • more.

  • Which one did you try just now? I got a shrimp and veggie one and it is so tasty. Have a

  • look? One of my absolute favorites is the barbecue pork bun. It just has so much flavor

  • and it is 'wow' delicious.

  • We've been trying lots of different dim sum. I find that the fillings are varied. You can

  • get vegetables, pork and there are some with shrimp and then you have all of the sweet

  • dim sum, which have a red bean paste. Those are the ones I like the most. The ones that

  • I'm not a huge fan of. Again, lots of different variety.

  • One of my favorite things about having dim sum is the social aspect. It is the kind of

  • meal that you come and enjoy with friends over a cup of tea. I'm so full yet I keep

  • eating more.

  • Sam is certainly in his element over here.

  • Being back in UNESCO Heritage city Malacca, Malaysia on our one year travel anniversary

  • was the perfect chance for us to eat Thali, an Indian meal made up of various dishes typically

  • including rice, dal, vegetables, roti, papad, chutney and pickle.

  • It is lunchtime here in Melaka and today we're eating at the Selvam Banana Leaf restaurant,

  • which is an Indian restaurant. We've been here several times during the week. It is

  • one of our favorite places so far. It is really popular with locals, so we're going to show

  • you what a Thali set meal looks like.

  • When I was backpacking in India three and a half years ago I subsisted off of Thali,

  • so I'm thrilled to be having the opportunity to eat it again here in Malacca, Malaysia.

  • Thali is an Indian meal that consists of various kinds of dishes. It can be served on a platter

  • or - in this case- we're having it on a banana leaf if you take a look at it down here. It

  • comes with different vegetables, curries and rice.

  • Typically you would eat this using your hand; however, someone has to hold the camera, so

  • I'm going to be using cutlery and Sam will demonstrate how it is done the proper way.

  • Alright boy, dig in. Get them fingers dirty. You mix it around here. There we go. That's

  • awesome stuff.

  • Sam and I ordered two different Thali sets. He is having the vegetarian one and I am having

  • the chicken but the only difference is that I get a little plate with a chicken curry

  • on the side. Everything else we got was the same. We have the same dhal, the same rice

  • and the same chips. Take a bite of that chicken to see how it tastes. I already have a chunk

  • here. It is very tender and you can tell it has been cooked slowly for a long time. It

  • is really good. Is it spicy? Of course, a bit of Indian spice in there.

  • One thing I absolutely love about Thali is the concept of the bottomless refills. You

  • eat until you're fully satisfied. That means if you go through your rice - and you finished

  • your rice and you want more - you call them over and they load you up. It is perfect for

  • a hungry boy.

  • Our Thali lunch came to 22 Ringgit which is roughly $7 USD and that included three drinks,

  • two different Thali sets (including a chicken and a vegetarian) and a roti pisang banana

  • flat bread for dessert.

  • Today we are here visiting Kek Lok Si temple and this is the biggest Buddhist temple in

  • all of Southeast Asia. In order for us to get here we had to go through a bit of a market.

  • I've never seen so many turtles in one place.

  • Today we are visiting the Temple of Supreme Bliss and I'm feeling particularly blissful

  • this morning. Let's have a look.

  • This impressive temple took nearly twenty years to build and was funded almost entirely

  • by donations. Even today they're doing more renovations.

  • This temple is located on a hilltop in Air Itam and it offers excellent views of the

  • city below.

  • How sweaty are you? I have rivers flowing down my body. Your shirt seems quite appropriate

  • now. I am hot. I'm hot!

  • These temples here combine Mahayana Buddhism and Chinese rituals.

  • That concludes our tour of the temples here. For anyone who would like to come you can

  • take the bus 201, 203 and 204 from the Komplex Komptar - basically the main mall from George

  • Town and it is about a 40 minute ride to here. Overall, the temples are pretty cool. It is

  • very much commercial but I guess that is to be expected.

  • But enough about the temples now it is time for lunch.

  • The Petronas Towers are brilliant by day but 'wow' do they ever shine bright at night.

  • This is now our third time coming to the Petronas Towers and having seen it during the day and

  • at night I have to say I prefer it at night a lot more. They have really cool light shows

  • that take place. There is also a lot more people who come to watch the show.

  • There you have it - the Petronas Towers at night - a sight to behold!

  • Today we are having dinner at a great little restaurant that is located right across from

  • the Puduraya bus terminal in Kuala Lumpur and it is Indian food. My favorite!

  • Nothing like refreshing fruit drinks to start your meal. Here is our food. Nice! Thank you!

  • Delicious.

  • What we are having today is called Roti Canai and it is an Indian flat bread. I've got one

  • that has cheese inside and I'm going to dip it in the curry sauce. The roti canai is the

  • Malaysian form of flat bread. Oh yeah!

  • What we're having here is roti canai. Roti means bread in Hindi and Malay.

  • Canai in Malay means to roll out the dough. How do you roll it out? Show us. Nice.

  • It is made with egg flour and water and in special cases where there is special ingredients

  • like this one here - cheese!

  • Sam is feeling a little shy because there is people watching him eat right now. Is it

  • the freckles? Is it the t-shirt? Is it because he is using his hands? It's s spectacle. What

  • could it be?

  • There are two ways to eat roti canai - by hand or by utensil - and believe me I will

  • not give up an opportunity to use my hands. Demonstrate for us. Mix it up really good.

  • That's sloppy! You just wiped it on your pants! No, I didn't.

  • Audrey here will be having it using utensils. I on the other hand am eating like a lady

  • using a fork and spoon. Keeping it classy.

  • So roti canai is thinner than the Indian style Naan bread which a lot of people are more

  • familiar with. It is thin in the same way as chapati for example.

  • You can get plain roti or you get a little fancier with your order and they have banana

  • roti, garlic roti, cheese roti and egg roti. Yes, I had that earlier. Lots to choose from!

  • One of the coolest things when we come here to the restaurant is the little order you

  • get. You just keep tallying it up here on the side and eventually when you're finished

  • feasting they finally give you a total.

  • This is a meal that you can have for breakfast, lunch or dinner. We're having it for dinner

  • right now and I'm pretty sure I'll be coming back for breakfast. Get ready!

  • We have our tickets in hand and tonight we are going to be doing the Melaka River Cruise.

  • The city really lights up at night.

  • I'm really enjoying this right now because I've actually only walked along this area.

  • I've never taken the boat and I've never done this at night so this is awesome.

  • It is so much easier and convenient taking the boat than walking.

  • My favorite part of the tour has been getting to see all of the art on the exterior of the

  • buildings by the river.

  • Since I first came here back in 2008 there has been a lot of development in the area.

  • There used to be a lot of traditional homes alongside the Kampong the river but not anymore.

  • Now there are boutique hotels and condos. It has lost a little bit of its charm in my

  • opinion.|

  • Today we are visiting a place that is an important part of George Town's heritage - the Clan

  • Jetties.

  • These are the last bastions of old Chinese settlements.

  • One of the things that has surprised me most about visiting the Clan Jetties is that people

  • live here with their pets, so even though their houses are on stilts above the water

  • they still keep dogs, cats and it works.

  • Here we've found some friendly little doggies. Yes. Leave it to me to find puppies.

  • Cats. Hello, cat. It is purring. Cat, let's steal you. You can fit in my backpack.

  • Well, we've encountered a lot of friendly cats and dogs but not this one.

  • All of the houses in this area are built on stilts over the water and they even have a

  • temple.

  • Here is the temple of stilts that we were looking to find.

  • This area is now part of the heritage trail and it was established roughly 150 years ago.

  • There are several distinct Jetty's along this area. In fact, there were seven at one time.

  • One just burnt down and now we are visiting the Chew Jetty, which is welcoming us.

  • How are we feeling? I'm feeling good. I'm just resting on someone's porch I imagine.

  • This stilt villages actually remind me quite a bit of the ones I visited while in Brunei,

  • which are called the Kampong Ayer. Those were even quite a bit bigger. These are still very

  • fascinating.

  • In the back of one of these jetties there is the most random Santa Clause. In the back.

  • Hello!

  • Today we are visiting the Botanical Gardens just outside of George Town.

  • If you look up over there you can see some monkeys. Actually there is another one there.

  • That one is easier to spot. That looks like a bearded one.

  • Hi monkey.

  • So Sam let's talk about travel mistakes. How did we mess up today? Well guess what - I

  • hardly brought any money today and as we were taking the bus to come over to the Botanical

  • Gardens I just figured that out and I'm like 'oh no' we're totally not going to be able

  • to get in but luckily it is free! That is good because I didn't have any money on me

  • either. I never carry around cash. Well, thank you for that.

  • We woke up kind of late this morning and we were worried that it was going to be too hot

  • by the time we got here but fortunately this place is so shady and lush and it is so much

  • fresher than it is in George Town - especially down the side trails. It is so much cooler.

  • We've been on a quest for the main waterfall and just as soon as we thought we found it

  • - it is just this humble little thing. Wow! Impressive! Amazing!

  • This one is still not what I envisioned but I think it could be it. It looks a bit more

  • grand. What do you think? Maybe, maybe.

  • False alarm yet again. It is showing here that this is the way to the waterfall. Let's

  • go find it.

  • It is nap time for the big boy. Well, third time is a charm. We have found the actual

  • waterfalls that were outlined in the park guide but not quite as we expected. A little

  • trickle. A trickle falls. Voila! Want to jump in for a dip? Nah.

  • It is lunchtime here in Malacca, so we're about to go to a Baba Nyonya type of restaurant,

  • which is a mix of Chinese and Malaysian cuisine. This is a real hole in the wall kind of place.

  • It is.

  • I am going to be showing you the Nyonya Laksa, which is spicy curry with a mixture of Malay

  • and Chinese elements. Let's take a look. It is a coconut based curry soup and it has curd

  • puffs, fish sticks, shrimp and clams added to it. It is very flavorful.

  • What I am having next is called Rojak, which is the Malay word for mixture. It is a refreshing

  • salad. Yes. Take a look over here. It is made using fruits and vegetables, so it has pineapple,

  • cucumbers, bean sprouts. It is just a really nice and refreshing salad on a hot day. Oh

  • yeah.

  • The last of our four dishes is called Popiah and it is a spring roll that has an outside

  • like a crepe. I'll show you the ingredients here. It has a sweet bean and soy sauce and

  • it often has turnips and bean sprouts, tofu, peanuts and kind of omelet like. It has got

  • everything going on. Take a bite. Classy!

  • To beat the heat we have some lime juice. Is that refreshing?

  • What has been your favorite dish so far? I've actually like this one here - the Nyonya dumplings

  • - as I've never had this one before. I've tried the others but this is my first time

  • for this. Okay, take a big bite and tell us why you like it. Struggling! What I really

  • like about it is the glutinous rice. It is a unique kind of coating for the dumpling.

  • Also, it is quite sweet inside. It is hard for me not to like sweet foods when it comes

  • to me and my taste buds.

  • What is Miss Audrey's favorite? Well, I've really enjoyed the rice dumplings as well

  • but I think my absolute favorite has been the salad over here. I haven't eaten fresh

  • fruits and fresh vegetables for almost a year because in Korea they cost a fortune, so I'm

  • in heaven right now. I'm just eating and feasting on this. What do you got now - pineapple?

  • Yeah, this is a pineapple. It is a nice sweet treat and the coating on the salad is delicious

  • as well. It is a sweet sauce with peanuts on top, so it is just perfect.

  • One of the top things to do when you're visiting George Town is to take a rickshaw tour and

  • that's exactly what we're going to do. This is our colorful little ride right here.

  • Sorry, what's your name? Harry. Harry, nice to meet you. Bye.

  • We're going on a rickshaw ride.

  • Hindi music playing.

  • Background music playing.

  • We've got some mighty big waves coming here.

  • Woah.

  • So we got soaked by a massive wave. We sure did. And it is actually kind of refreshing

  • now, so I'm kind of happy it happened and our camera survived it. Not too bad actually.

  • Background music playing.

  • A big cat and a little mouse. Isn't it cute.

  • So this is a Chinese temple? Yeah. Very old temple. One hundred years old.

  • Honking horn.

  • So a tour around historic Georgetown will reveal some crumbling colonial architecture

  • as Audrey likes to say. No, I don't.

  • Background music playing.

  • So over here is Saint George church. The British governor used the black car. Oh, that's the

  • old governor's car.

  • Where are you? So this is the old train that used to travel up Penang hill carrying passengers

  • up.

  • A bamboo ship.

  • Kassim Mustafa, one of our favorite restaurants in George Town to get roti and it is noticeable

  • for its bright green and yellow paint.

  • Background music playing.

  • And our final stop - our hotel.

  • Background music playing.

  • Penang is known for its distinct neighborhoods and none is more colorful than Little India.

  • As you might expect there are also lots of Indian restaurants in Little India so it is

  • the perfect place to get some Palak Paneer or curry or Naan bread, Lassis or anything!

  • One of the things that you can find in Little India are lots of Saris stores and Bengal

  • stores. Lots of shopping to be done.

Today we are standing in front of Malaysia's most iconic building the Petronas Towers.

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