Butterfly garden and Bird Sanctuary

Two days of concrete now it's time for some greenery and wildlife or should I say not so wild wildlife. Our challenge today, should we choose to accept it, is to find the KL Bird Park. This blurb will not self destruct, ever! Figuring out where to get off thenLRT was easy; figuring which way to go not so much. Murphy's law prevailed so after going the wrong way and getting directions we made our we across the walkways, over the tracks to a tunnel leading us under a freeway and there we were at the beginning of the park, the Kuala Lumpur Gardens, where a multitude of attractions could be found. A Butterfly Garden, an Orchid Garden, a Hibiscus Garden, the Bird Park plus several other sites.
Afterwards the under pass we threaded our way through a line of kiosks setting up,for the day. Signs easily directed us along our path. Hey, a Butterfly Garden, lets check it out. The design was superb and with 5000 or more butterflies floating about in the morning sun the vista was spectacular! Beautiful gardens with several ponds home to many Koi. Lost in these gardens not once thinking we were in a large city. Several aquariums housed a variety of turtles, Mr. Snappy as seen below, and a curious little lizard Mr. Anole.
Next stop was the Bird Park, the worlds largest free flight walk-in aviary. Twenty one acres, home to 3000 birds of 200 local and foreign species, some on the verge of extinction which the park is trying to save. He birds obviously, were quite used to people. As we walked the paths birds often wandered by unassumingly without any hesitation. It was a delight to be able to see such magnificent feathered creatures up close. A gallant effort by KL to preserve the birds undermined only by the ignorant tourists unable to abide by signage, feeding birds the junk food we ourselves are being discouraged from eating. Sad, so very sad!
Somewhat exhausted from walking all morning and enduring the powerful rays of the sun it was time to find some refreshments. The walk back to the tunnel seemed a lot shorter, however, the kiosks were now totally occupied with the vendors selling their wares. The food smelled fantastic, a lot of lip licking, but we managed to run the gauntlet unscathed.
We made our way to the Central Market (another attraction and our destination) adjacent to which there was an outdoor market on the pedway with an interesting little kiosk signed "Uncle Bob" with a drawing of a rooster. Having worked up a substantial appetite we broke down and grabbed a bag of some of the spiciest, tastiest, deep fried, crispy battered chicken ever! Look out Kernel Sanders, here comes Uncle Bob! Just down the line was another interesting looking food. Standing upright in a pan were these short green tubes. We watched for a while a learned it was bamboo tubes filled with a batter and some sweet paste which were then placed over a a hole in the pan and cooked by steam from the boiling water below. They then pushed the baked cake out of the tube, rolled it in shredded coconut and served them up, 5 in a package. After being offered a sample, way too tasty, we just had to buy a pack, sit ourselves down and enjoy dessert.