2012 - Kuala Lumpur, my city!

Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. I knew some people do ask some question such as where is Malaysia??Is it the jungle? or where is Malaysia? To answer them, Kuala Lumpur is a metropolitan city and famous for it's Petronas Twin Tower and the Batu Caves which placed the biggest statue of Lord Maha Mariaman and off course the paradise for the shopaholic.Sometimes I feel that should blame on the Tourism board for advertising more on the jungle sites and people start thinking that people still lives in jungle, no civilization. In the other hand, Kuala Lumpur is one of the fastest growing in the region economically and population and it is estimated that 1.4million population in Kuala Lumpur itself.
Here are some interesting places to visit if you're in Kuala Lumpur:

Petronas Twin Tower - KLCC

KLCC Lake

Chinatown (You can find some of the cheap imitation stuffs and some good food it's either a street food or food in an expensive restaurant - good to try. If you like relaxing bar, Reggae Bar Chinatown would be the choice, cheap beer and cocktails especially for girls and also shisha)

Central Market - situated 2min away from Chinatown. It used to be a wet market back in the early days.Now, it has become a tourist attraction place where they sale a lot of traditional handicraft from all over Malaysia, souvenirs and some local delicacies which can only be found in certain part of Malaysia. Next to Central Market, there's an Art Gallery. For art lovers, you can see the artist exhibit daily and can buy the art piece at a reasonable price.

• Junk Book Store - For those who loves to read and wants to sell off your old books, this is the place to be. Just a walking distance from Central Market and opposite of Reggae Mansion. The small shop have lots off good books to be grab.
• Jamek Mosque - This mosque is situated in the middle off the city. It's 7minutes walking distance from Central Market and by looking at the Masjid Jamek LRT Station. This old mosque is in between the meeting point of two important rivers in Kuala Lumpur, which this is how Kuala Lumpur gets it's name after. It's a meeting point between the Klang and Gombak river. There's a timing when you can go and dressed modestly. For girls, you should have a scarfs and cover your arms and legs. The best part to get a good photos is during the Friday prayers in the afternoon!
• Merdeka Square - a 5min walking distance from Jamek Mosque. It is where the old landmark of Sultan Abdul Samad Building, moorish iconic watch tower and a centanial club house across the building. On the same row, there's the Textile Museum and KL art gallery which you can have a look on the history of Kuala Lumpur, from a mining city to a metropolitan city nowadays.

Textile Museum

One of the Exhibit

Masjid Negara - Further 8min walk from the textile museum is the National Mosque or Masjid Negara with it's hige unique blue roof. A main attraction for the local muslims to have Friday Prayers and also some religious classes.

• Botanical Garden - Walk 10min from the National Mosque and you're already at the Botanical Garden. On the way, you'll passed thru the Butterfly Farm.Walking thru the trees is so relaxing! The Botanical Garden consist of the deer farm and there's a huge lake which you relax in the afternoon and have a picnic by the lake. There's a small island in the middle of the lake where ducks and swans nestled.

Botanical Garden

Brickfields, Little India - Short cuts from Botanical Garden, crossed over road and a walk to KL Sentral (Passing by the National Museum). From KL Sentral, go to the direction of KL Monorail. Brickfields is just 5min walking distance. There's a small fountain with elephant heads in the middle off the road. Rows of shops selling mostly vegetarian Indian food and also India Mart.Did you know that most Indians in Malaysia originate from South India?

• Petronas Twin Tower or well known as KLCC - There's a LRT heading to KLCC which is known as the KLCC station. If you want to visit the sky bridge, you have to come early to get the ticket as early as 6.30am!If not, you wouldn't get a chance to purchase the tickets for the day which they limited visit for just 400 patrons. The tickets cost you MYR50 (USD17 or EURO13) for the sky bridge and also the 86th Floor - the highest floor (KLCC have 88th Floor). The view from this Twin Tower is much more better than the Kuala Lumpur tower (The telecom tower on top of Bukit Nanas - the only Forest Reserve in the City). If  you like garden, KLCC have it too. There's also pool for small kids only.
• Batu Caves - To get there, take the KTM commuter at KL Sentral going to Batu Caves station. The ticket cost you MYR3 (MYR1 - from KL Sentral to Batu Caves and MYR2 - from Batu Caves to KL Sentral). The Batu Caves station is just next to the entrance to Batu Caves. You can see the huge green Hanuman Statue on your left once you enter the gate and a few temples and artificial lake. Beware of the monkeys. They can just snatched food or drinks on your hands. The journey to the caves is a long and consist of high steps. They have 272 flight of stairs! Enjoy the view from the high point towards the highway and KL City. Enjoy the view of the caves and some prayer ceremony for the Hindu God and Goddess.
• Putrajaya - It is 1hr away from Kuala Lumpur. There's a lot off goverment offices and some great architectural building, lakes and bridges to be discovered.

Some people said that food in Singapore is superb but wait till they tastes KL Food (Malaysian food in general). We had so many food to choose from local dishes such as Roti Canai to the African Gumbo  and Italian Pizza, named it we have it! Such places I recommend is at Jalan Alor ( A stretch of local Chinese and Thai restaurant in one single road). The best thing to try is the WAW chicken wings - at the end off the road is the restaurant. It is famous for it. Not forgetting the Middle East restaurants as well along Bukit Bintang Road.