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It was great to see Steven waiting for us when we arrived at the airport and together we headed off to the hotel in  downtown KL. Our first night of culinary treats consisted of traditional Indonesian street food sitting on plastic  chairs while rats ran around our feet and a severed cows head eyed us from a market stall across the road. We know how to show our guests a good time.

Walking tours of the city were in order the following day and we meandered through Malaysia’s rich cultural mix of Chinese, Indian, Malay and colonial quarters. We experienced some highly inappropriate shop signs and the  weirdest foot massage ever where tanks full of small fish actually ate the dead skin from our feet and legs;  quite pleasurable once the hilarity subsides. After a traditional Malaysian Christmas meal we decided  to continue our new hobby of drinking in rooftop bars of swanky hotels. In KL this meant a visit to ‘Traders’.  On the 32nd, the open air bar with its own swimming pool was perfectly located opposite the Petronas Towers.  I was concerned that the ‘Mankini’ would make a reappearance like last time Mark and Steven were out drinking  together in pool bar, but thankfully they behaved themselves. Instead we shared a much missed  bottle of red wine, courtesy of Mum & Dad. Bring on Indonesia where £30 should buy us more than just one bottle.

Despite some crappy weather conditions we also headed for ‘Sunway Lagoon’, KL’s version of Wet’n'Wild. Next to several  women in their traditional burkas I felt particularly underdressed in my cosie and received some curious looks. In hindsight however they could have just been overcome by my two dazzlingly white companions. After the guys entertained  themselves on the ‘diddlums’ we watched ‘Quantum Of Solace’ then turned in for the night before our epic trip to  Indonesia started the following day.