Bright Lights, Big City
No more clean, fresh Highland air… I’ve left the land of wild flowers and tea plantations and entered the land of concrete, metal, exhaust, and electronics. Took the bus here today from Tanah Rata. Passed the 4-hour ride chatting with Anders, a Danish guy that was staying at the same guesthouse as me. He had been to KL before and knew of a good backpacker place in Chinatown so we are both staying there.
Last night Anders and I and Nils, another Danish guy staying at the same place, all went out to dinner and then to the Reggae Pub for some drinks. Don’t think I’ve mentioned it yet but World Cup Fever has hit everywhere is SE Asia and last night was no exception. We watched Ireland lose to Spain and the whole place was packed with travelers cheering and yelling.
Today I got up early and ventured into town. I wanted to go to the observation deck at Petronas Towers but it’s closed on Mondays, so I wandered around the 6-story KLCC mall next to it instead. Then I walked over to KL Tower and went up to check out the view. At 421 meters (1381 feet), the KL Tower is the 4th tallest communications tower in the world. (The tallest one, by the way, is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, at 531 meters.) The KL Tower was opened in 1996 and it’s construction is based on a type of Muslim architecture called’Muqarnas’. Anyway it’s a nice 360 degree view of the city. The elevator man was very proud to tell me that the lift operates at a speed of 6 meters/second, so I thought I’d pass that info along as well.
Resting up now after all that walking and sightseeing…will probably go out with the Danish boys again tonight.
Kuala Lumpur Tower, all 1381 feet of it
View from the top, looking over to the Petronas Building (highest in the world)
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