Last stop in Asia

So final stop for this leg was Kuala Lumpur. I realised I'd been missing city life so decided to explore for a few days and get to know the city.

Tourist information at Merdeka square

Petronas tyres

The first observation was the Petronas towers, that I expected to dominate the skyline, are actually pretty difficult to see unless you are right by them.  But up close there's no arguing they are pretty dramatic & an impressive feat of engineering.
The other thing you soon realise is that KL is a string of huge shopping malls, how a city can sustain just so many shops and restaurants remains a mystery to me.


My first objective was to locate some live sport to watch at the weekend, but despite some large stadiums it seems that I came at the wrong time with the football season just finished and no-one able to tell me of any sport taking place

Stadium Negra

Stadium Nerdeka

The first night in KL I took to the observation deck of the City tower, one of the worlds tallest telecoms towers.  The best views are to be had as the sun goes down and the city lights up.

KL city tower

KL view from city tower

I spent a few days around the same area of town, centred around a large botanical gardens this was home to the national mosque, which holds 15,000 people at prayer, the bird park and butterfly gardens (see previous posts) and national monument

National Mosque

The monorail

Squirrel

Botanical gardens

NAtional monument 

National Monument

Batu caves is a short train ride from central KL & is location for Hindu temples with huge statues & 272 steps making you work a little to see the caves.

Batu caves

Entrance to Batu caves

The aquarium is in the base of the petronas towers, and was a chance to catch up again with some Raleigh friends.

City aquarium

Petronas towers

Venturing outside the city centre to Putrajaya, the administrative centre of Malaysia, the highlights were a large mosque and a bridge

Putrajaya mosque

bridge at Putrajaya