Tuesday 29th January 2008

Same as yesterday, the alarm went off at about 7.15am again this morning - but today we did get straight up. We had our breakfast and then walked round to the Twin Towers. It was only about 8.35am but there was already a huge queue. We did manage to get some tickets and had to come back at 11am. In the meantime we passed the time by looking around the huge shopping centre that is in the bottom of the towers.

When it got to 11am we returned to the gate and, after looking around the exhibition, made our way up to the 41st floor... and to the Sky Bridge. The Petrona Twin Towers are made of glass and steel and the views from the bridge were amazing - the whole building was incredibly shiny. Because of how many people like to go up to the Sky Bridge, each group of 12 people are only allowed 10 minutes up there... it was worth it though.

This afternoon we had a Burger King in the shopping mall before walking over to the Aquarium (which is also in the tower complex). We spent a couple of hours looking around - not just at fish and other sea life, but other animals and plants. Afterwards Nikki was feeling worse than ever so we came back to the hostel. Later on things were getting pretty bad and so I went out to try and find a clinic or someone who could help. There was one not far away so I went back for Nikki and took her round. The doctor told her she had some sort of stomach virus and gave her a mountain of various tablets and anti-biotics. When we left, we were crossing the road when all of a sudden Nikki started to throw up everywhere. It wasn't very pleasant, and not just for Nikki but for the group of Japanese tourists who were boarding a bus at the exact same time... d'oh!

The Doctor had told Nikki she could eat something plain like porridge or dry bread. She asked at our hostel reception if they could help and they said they could - did she want chicken or fish porridge? Nikki was disgusted and said she wanted normal porridge with sugar, they looked at her like she was crazy! Dry bread it was then.

Hope Nikki's better tomorrow... we're flying to Thailand!