Kuala Lampur being so close to the equator is blessed with daily rain, 12 hours of daily sunshine and 12 thousand sky scrappers! How did a city that was once only a rubber plantation centre become a modern metropolis?
You can walk around the Independence Square...
...to the River of Life in the evening.
I was awestruck with the infrastructure, cleanliness, security, public transport and the budget-friendliness of the city.
The city also has the largest bird park in South East Asia. We initially thought, do we really need to go here? However it was worth the time we spent there and the birds we saw. This place is about 10 minute drive from KLCC and the Grab would cost you around £4.
Website: https://www.klbirdpark.com/
Price: £15/ adult
We saw loads of wise owls...
...some really tall birds
....and some showoff birds too.
With this peacock showing off it's feathers, it was worth the visit. I had never seen a peacock in all it's glory ever!
And there were 100s of peacocks sitting all over the park.
We also visited Batu Caves. It's a Hindu Temple for Lord Murugan. It's been built recently, as Hinduism spread in South East Asia and a cave was found near KL.
I would recommend taking a Grab from KLCC and that would cost you around £5. But they also have trains running between Batu Caves & KL Sentral, and that would cost £1.5/per person.
They have a huge statue of Lord Murugan. He is Ganesha's brother and son of Shiv & Parvati.
The cave is massive and has 2 Hindu temples.
KL also has the highest Sikh population in South East Asia. We got a chance to visit a Gurudwara too.
It was the Chinese New Year Month and we visited the Thean Hou Temple.
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GYQUuMU6YJCTHCgp8
The lighting was lovely...
...and they switch it on around 6:30 PM every evening.
This is the God of Marriage & Love- Yea Lao (old Man Under the Moon). He is known as the matchmaker in the heaven.
KL also boasts of many forests and Eco Parks within the city. We visited the Taman Eco Park, this is at a walking distance from KLCC (or rather is in KLCC).
It was a lovely day with lots of trees and shade, until I saw this monster spider!!!
One does look quite small, near these giants!
The canopy walk was lovely though.
Old Town KL also has a lovely vibe. You can see Indian, Malay & Chinese influence in every street.
Kampang Baru in KLCC is a small village and has a rural vibe to the traditional Malay wooden stilt houses here. You can walk from KLCC to Kampang Baru via a bridge. Once you reach here, the feeling is extremely different.
Murals on the walls were lovely.
Malaysia is also very vocal about Isreal's atrocities on the Palestine people...
... some of the murals were pretty decent.
They have a lively weekend market too.
This is a view of the Saloma Link Bridge.
Now the Petronas Twin Towers are visible from almost everywhere in KL, however there are other skyscrapers that shine on their sky line.
Walking about.... and there they are!
At the traffic lights, and there they are.
Merdeka 118 - is the 2nd tallest building in the world. We didn't get very close to it, probably because they have a really crappy website: https://merdeka-118.com/
The roads and infrastructure is absolutely world class.
You can find culture & paintings across the streets.
Mono Rail and Metro very affordable.
Greenery make you feel like you are in the forest.
With so much happening in KL, I personally think it's the best metropolis I have been in South East Asia.
My reasons are:
- Excellent infrastructure & public transportation
- Green & Eco friendly
- Affordable food
- Cheap transportation
- Parks and cycling paths for everyone
- Luxury hotels for those who want to spend their £s
- Buildings that look out of the world
- Maintaining a culture & also bringing other cultures together
- Felt very safe when walking about the streets of KLCC
- Lots of multinational companies have offices in KLCC
