Friday, August 30, 2013

Petronas Towers and Shopping

One of the few 'must-see's' in Kuala Lumpur is the Petronas Towers from the late 1990's, a pair of huge and unique sky scrapers connected by a sky bridge, so obviously I had to see them.

Since the theme of the day was architecture I was paying more attention to the large office buildings surrounding me, and to be honest a lot of them aren't particularly attractive.  Others are just unusual.

KL Tower

At night the camel lights up too



They're putting up a lot of new
buildings around KL

Monorail




The towers are just massive when you get up close, all steel and glass.


On the way back I stopped at a couple of the malls (one of the other things KL is known for).


Most of the malls I've seen in Thailand and Malaysia are incredibly nice.  This one was a high clss fashion mall with shops like Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co., and Montblanc (in other words, places that I would never shop).  I tried to find a store with hiking boots but no luck.  The only boots I saw had stiletto heels.



The City Walk is pretty much a long alley that has been carved out of the city center, lined with shops and restaurants.


They have a couple of these elevated walkways around the city center, it seems like they mostly just connect the various shopping malls.



I didn't buy anything at the mall but I did pick up a couple things at the Chinatown market on the way home.


3 comments:

  1. Could you get up into the bridge between the Petronas Towers? The building with the wire sculpture, was that the Meridien Hotel? Makes Nshvl
    malls look like relics!

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  2. I want some Beats by Dre!! Are they complete knock offs? Do they work?

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    1. Haha, yeah, total knock offs. The speakers I got seem to work alright, but the speaker on the earbuds never worked so I ended up buying a (hopefully) legit pair at the mall.

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