Halloween in Kuala Lumpur!

Our group (now made up of 5) were lucky enough to be able go spend a week in Kuala Lumpur which happened to fall over Halloween. Despite many locals having no idea what Halloween, was resulting in us being some of the only people dressed up in Zouk, we managed to find Halloween themed activities to add to Kuala Lumpur's must do attractions. 

Attractions and activities

1. Sunway lagoon

Sunway lagoon is a mixture of a water park, animal park and theme park. One ticket enables you to access all of these so you can spend the morning on the rides, then see the animals, watching the tigers and bears being fed and then spend the afternoon on the water rides. They claim to have the biggest water ride in Asia which we went on in the middle of a tropical storm as well as an indoor 5D water ride which was one of its highlights. They also have an adventure park area including a flying fox zip Line over part of the water park.

Sunway Lagoon is definitely good value for money. They do however check your bags for food and drink when you go in which meant us waddling in with jam sandwiches, crisps, fruit etc stuffed down our bikini bottoms.... Classy I know!

As it was Halloween weekend, Sunway lagoon held a fright night so we hang around for that after the day time finished. Compared to Thorpe park and other English theme parks, it wasn't as scary and some of the mazes became a little repetitive but the actors were all dressed up really well and it was a good way to spend Halloween. The owner of the park decided to jump out at us whilst we were peaking in a gap in the fence and he told us that the event is up and coming so it's only going to get better, plus he let us queue jump and gave us free sweets, what a nice man!

2. Escape room

Wanting to keep in the Halloween spirits, we spent 45 minutes trying to find our way out of a vampires castle....before he drank our blood. We started out handcuffed together and then had to find clues and work out puzzles to open boxes and doors, we massively failed but lived to tell the tale.

3. Batu caves

A short LRT ride away from China town is the Batu caves where you climb a number of stairs and walk through some caves up the top... Avoiding the monkeys trying to grab your possessions. If you're female make sure you cover your shoulders or you will have to purchase an item of clothing once there. 

4. The Petronas towers

Probably everyone who visits Kuala Lumpur will head to the Petronas towers at some point during their stay. We didn't pay to go into the towers themselves so just took photos outside before being typical British girls and getting excited about buying Marks & Spencer's wine and chocolate raisins! 

5. Shopping malls

Kuala Lumpur has a couple of really good malls which contain a number of western shops such as H&M, Topshop etc as well as some cheap clothes and accessory shops. I also managed to buy a new Iphone pretty cheap in Times Square mall which was our favourite. It has a bowling alley, cinema and a rollarcoaster which runs around the top (it's pretty expensive for just one ride though). 

Nightlife

Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur is the best night to be female as it's ladies night and we all drink for free! A number of bars take part including the skybar in the Traders hotel, it doesn't soud nice but their cocktail of Heineken, vodka and blackcurrent was delicious! Another bar worth checking out is Funtheque, the drinks were pretty gross but they had a live cabaret show which was amazing. Googling bars which participate in ladies night will give you an up to date list including the times that each runs their offers. 

On Halloween weekend we went to Zouk  (the sister club of Zouk Singapore) dressed up as dead people, we might have looked hilarious but it meant we got in for free! Drinks inside are a little on the expensive side but it's definitely worth the money.

Food

In Kuala Lumpur we ate in the mall food courts a lot where you can get noodle soups for around £1 and they have a number of restaurants to choose from. After ladies night we were in need of a big cheat meal so headed to Nandos in China town! They have quite a few in Kuala Lumpur and we made it our mission to find one during our travels.

Accommodation 

Our hostel, The Travel Hub is a really good place to stay in Kuala Lumpur. It's located in China town, close to an MRT station, breakfast is included as well as tea and coffee all day, plus they have a cool rooftop area where they have a free BBQ every Saturday so it comes highly recommended!