December 27, 2025

We arrived in Port Klang on Saturday morning and we were eager to get off the ship after 2 days at sea. Both days had been really nice sailing days though – the water had been really smooth and the ship had done a nice job with Christmas entertainment and food. At a certain point you’re just excited to see land again!

Port Klang is a major port in Malaysia and serves as a gateway to Kuala Lumpur, which means it is at least an hour to hour and a half bus ride to get into the city. We had booked an excursion with the ship this time to show us around.

Our first stop was at a hotel for a buffet lunch, which was a bit unusual that we didn’t start with an activity first. There was quite a bit of local cuisine, with some international cuisine mixed in too. We got to try some new things without worrying about going hungry if we didn’t like it!

After lunch we hopped back on the bus before making a quick stop at Petronas Twin Towers. If you’re a Formula 1 fan, you probably recognize the name as they are a huge sponsor of F1. If you’re a Harry Potter fan you might think I’ve misspelled patronus but I swear I know what I’m talking about! They are one of the most prominent fixtures in the city skyline – and they are really cool to look at!

We continued over to their central square area where we started a mild walking tour towards the Central Market, stopping along the way to look at a few of their landmarks.

Next we made our way over to the Central Market to do a little shopping, and the group had an option to go to the market or head into China Town. It was a no brainer for us because the Central Market was air conditioned and at this point we were both melting.

We bought a few things and made our way to the meeting point. This is where things started to take a turn. The whole group wasn’t there, which started to push our timeline back for Batu Caves (the real reason we had all booked this tour). Our guide suggested we split up and some of us head to the bus, as we got outside we realized the bus wasn’t there, it was easily 90 degrees Fahrenheit and 60%+ humidity, and it looked like it might start to rain.

Now we were getting pretty annoyed because I think all of us would have rather had started at the caves when the weather was better and skipped the shopping, the 15 minutes at the towers, etc. And where was our bus anyhow?!

Short story long… Our bus finally pulled up, along with the rest of our group. We’ve all been there, our guide had originally said an hour and then changed his mind and said a specific time. They had heard the hour first and immediately left to capitalize on their time shopping. But that left 40 minutes at the caves.

I’ll tell you why this matters. Batu Caves has 272 stairs to climb to get into the caves, yes. You read that right. It isn’t something you want to sprint up. And now imagine you’re doing that in the rain. Throw in the added pressure of needing to get back in time for the ship’s departure time.

People were getting really upset, rightfully so. Eventually our guide called the company and was able to get us 20 more minutes at the caves, which wasn’t much. But it did help.

Did I mention it’s a sacred site so women had to cover their shoulders and knees? An added pleasure on a particularly humid day.

Now that I got that off my chest. IT WAS STUNNING! And there were monkeys everywhere. It was sooooo cool!

The colorful stairs were so fun to look at from a distance (not so much as you were walking up them and trying to catch your breath). The caves themself were really cool – there were different ceremonies being performed while we were there too.

It was worth it. We were really happy that we went, and if you’re in the area I would highly recommend going! The hour we had was just the right amount of time to fully take in and enjoy the temple, any less and we would’ve been rushing.

After we returned to the ship and had dinner we were even able to catch a magic show on the ship. (No, I didn’t get selected to volunteer this time. 😉).

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