Pictures from 2.5 days in Kuala Lumpur
The mighty Petronas Towers dominate the Kuala Lumpur ("KL") skyline.
A little girl at the National Mosque. 
The Malaysian military, practicing ceremonial formations in Independence Square, the site where Malaysia officially declared independence from the British in 1957.
Someone loves KL.
A pretty peacock at the KL Bird Park, where we also saw some monkeys.
View from the top of the Petronas Towers. Tickets up the Skybridge (between the two towers, on the 41st and 42nd floor) are free, but you have to sit through a little propaganda presentation (in 3D) highlighting the virtues of the Petronas oil company, a nationalized Malaysian corporation. The park in this picture was also built by the Petronas company and has ornate fountains, a running track, and a small public water park where we saw tons of kids playing.
A second view from the top of the Petronas Towers Skybridge. You can see the edge of one of the towers on the left.
Apparently, Ian was a tourist attraction in himself. These women stopped him to ask if he would take a picture with them.
Yet another view of the Petronas Towers. I took way too many pictures of that building. The other building in this picture has a giant digital clock on the top.
The towers reflected in a park pool, also constructed by Petronas.
The KL Tower, which we ascended as the sun was going down so we could scope out the city lights after dark.
View of the city from the top of the KL Tower.
Nazri (a friend from UT) and me in front of the pink mosque in Putrajaya, the specially designed administrative capital city of Malaysia (KL is the official capital). The city is only about four years old and contains various offices for the branches of government. The planned mixture of architectural styles makes the skyline very interesting.
A view the massive Batu Caves, a Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Muruga. 
You must climb 272 stairs to get to the caves.
Ben, Nazri, and Ian - 272 steps later.
At the base of the Batu Caves.
The Petronas Towers sparkle when they're lit up at night.
A little bit of TX in KL. (OK, really this was a sign on the wall in the Chili's where we had a drink before boarding the late bus back to Singapore)
3 comments:
Nice shirt.
i'm totally identifying with ian - when we lived in asia, people wanted to take pictures with my sister and me because she was blonde and i had big chubby freckley cheeks - apparently they didn't see these sorts of things a lot!
loving the pictures katie! it looks like you are having a great time. can't wait for you to be home though! =)
I am KL and someone loves me. :)
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