Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the modern capital of Malaysia and very different to the other capitals in the countries we had visited before on our trip. A lot of skyscrapers are in the center and of course the most famous one's are the Petronas-Twin-Towers! Once the highest building (now it's in Dubai and we already saw it), it has now just the title of the highest twin towers. The towers are 492 meters high and are connected by the skybridge on the 41st floor, about 172 meters above ground.


To get to the viewpoint on the skybridge, we first had to wait in a queue for about 1 hour to get a ticket and luckily we got one, we were nearly the last one's... Finally on the bridge it's possible to enjoy the view for about 10 minutes before going down again. Unfortunately the sight wasn't very good, it had just rained before.

Modern shopping centers (this one below the Petronas-Towers) and the monorail makes getting around easy.

The busy heart of Kuala Lumpur is Chinatown with a lot of shops and food stalls.

The historical center is around Merdeka square from where it is possible to have a nice view of Kuala Lumpur's skyline.

A nice mosque in the center is the Masjid Jamek, built about 100 years ago. It's only possible to walk around the mosque, tourists are not allowed to enter it. Apart of Chinatown is also Little India and next to some new buildings are old one's and always a lot of traffic.

Skyline by night.