Kuala Lumpur - Day 87

With only 1 day we did our best to enjoy the delightful contrasts, of one of the most vibrant metropolises in Asia. We went to the National Museum, a fascinating collection that chronicles the nation's past from prehistory through the Malacca Sultanate, colonial era and present day. We also visited the National Monument, a huge bronze monument built in tribute to the valiant soldiers who gave their lives during the Communist Insurgency of the 1950s. We stopped at the elegant, historic 1910 Kuala Lumpur Railway Station and the National Mosque of Malaysia. In Merdeka Square (Independence Square), we admired the wide cricket green and the British-style Sultan Abdul Samad Building. Also we drove through the Golden Triangle, the city's entertainment district, before stopping to gaze up at the soaring Petronas Towers, resembling a pair of steel-clad rocket ships linked by a towering catwalk. This architectural wonder is the pride of Malaysia and can be seen on tourist sites.

KUALA LUMPUR (PORT KLANG), MALAYSIA
The lively capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur was built by Chinese tin prospectors in the mid-1800s. They had come here in search of a fortune, and found it by clearing wide swaths of jungle for a new mining town. Since then, the city of KL, as the locals call it, has grown into a stunning mix of colonial, Moorish, Tudor, neo-Gothic and Grecian-Spanish architecture. The two-story shop-houses of Old Market Square, with storefronts below and residences above, reveal the lives of merchants. The magnificent Petronas Towers are the centerpiece of this fascinating city; the side-by-side twin spires resemble a pair of rockets, connected by a two-story sky bridge that spans the 41st and 42nd floors. B ‘nLue lisää