Haute Voltige
A number of years ago I went to visit a friend, Strong John, in Grenoble. We had a typically French weekend there, playing darts, drinking in an Irish pub and then going for a curry. Our one concession to French-ness was watching a film in French. Obviously it was a Hollywood film in French, but a film in French nonetheless. The film was called ‘Haute Voltige’, but the English speaking audience may know it better as ‘Entrapment’, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones. The only good part of the film is the two main stars doing stunts hanging off the Skybridge of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
The Towers were the first thing we made our way to as we started our day in KL. They are hugely impressive structures as you look up at them from the ground. There are trips up to the Skybridge but you need to get tickets in advance for a set time later in the day (they are free). Imagine my disappointment as we got there to find that all the tickets had gone for the whole day and that I wouldn’t be able to run along the bridge doing a poor Scottish accent.
KL is like a dirtier, less organised , even cheaper version of Singapore. It feels more like a normal city than Singapore does. There are a few more sights to see, but generally the Malaysians like to eat and go shopping as the Singaporeans do.
We spent a few hours looking at the sights, eating foods and wandering through the markets. Paul Evans set up his camera in an attractive position on the bank of the river to take a photo of the four of us. A woman wandered past carrying a baby and requested a photo of the two of them. Paul took a couple of photos and then asked if she had an e-mail address to forward the pictures to. She shook her head and walked away. A very strange incident.
We then headed back towards the Petronas Towers to get a drink. As we were in the area, Caillie popped downstairs to see if they had any space for the Skybridge trips. We were in luck! Having spent all day being grumpy, I suddenly cheered up for a few minutes. But fortunately didn’t try doing a Sean accent!
The Towers were the first thing we made our way to as we started our day in KL. They are hugely impressive structures as you look up at them from the ground. There are trips up to the Skybridge but you need to get tickets in advance for a set time later in the day (they are free). Imagine my disappointment as we got there to find that all the tickets had gone for the whole day and that I wouldn’t be able to run along the bridge doing a poor Scottish accent.
KL is like a dirtier, less organised , even cheaper version of Singapore. It feels more like a normal city than Singapore does. There are a few more sights to see, but generally the Malaysians like to eat and go shopping as the Singaporeans do.
We spent a few hours looking at the sights, eating foods and wandering through the markets. Paul Evans set up his camera in an attractive position on the bank of the river to take a photo of the four of us. A woman wandered past carrying a baby and requested a photo of the two of them. Paul took a couple of photos and then asked if she had an e-mail address to forward the pictures to. She shook her head and walked away. A very strange incident.
We then headed back towards the Petronas Towers to get a drink. As we were in the area, Caillie popped downstairs to see if they had any space for the Skybridge trips. We were in luck! Having spent all day being grumpy, I suddenly cheered up for a few minutes. But fortunately didn’t try doing a Sean accent!
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