Monday, June 17, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Kuala Lumpur as Transportation Hub.
1. Kuala Lumpur International Airport ( KLIA )
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is one of Asia's major aviation hubs and is a destination in itself. It is located at the top of the southern corridor of Peninsular Malaysia, bordering the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. It is situated in the Sepang district, approximately 50 km from the capital city, Kuala Lumpur.
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2. KL Sentral
Kuala Lumpur Sentral - An exclusive urban centre built around Malaysia’s largest transit hub, offering global connectivity, excellent investment opportunities, business convenience and an international lifestyle.
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Top 10 Hotels in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is a major Southeast Asian destination with towering high rises, Moorish architecture and abundant six-lane highways and flyovers that crisscross its urban landscape. The city is a hotchpotch of contradictions: with mega shopping malls and markets just streets away from each other.
Acknowledged as a culture-rich Mecca with heritage Chinese stores, museums and hawker centres, it is a major stop on the backpacker trail. The city has plenty of budget hotels but also teems with luxury accommodation choices that hold their own against the best in the world. We have list out the top 10 hotels by catergories to fixed your requirement.
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Chow Kit Market
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
Kuala Lumpur
Bird Park is the showpiece of the renowned 60-ha Lake Gardens. Also known as
the Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur, it is billed as the world’s largest covered bird
park. The 20.9-ha park was opened in 1991 and is home to more than 3,000 birds
from 200 species all over the world.
Easily outdoing neighbouring Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park, the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park is twice the size of Jurong and most of its birds are free and accustomed to being around people. The free-flight, walk-in aviary has over 60 species of local and foreign birds, including the Indian blue peacock, with its colourful five-foot train, and the crowned pigeon, the largest pigeon species in the world.
For more information http://www.kuala-lumpur.ws/attractions/bird-park.htm
Istana Budaya
The
design of this building was based on Malay culture. Istana Budaya is situated
nearby Tasik Titiwangsa along Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. Its construction
was completed in 1998. The cabinet has approved the abolishment of National
Theatre (Panggung Negara) to ISTANA BUDAYA officially in 2000.
Istana
Budaya was mooted during National Cultural Congress in 1971 as a Malaysian art
discourse. Its establishment was advanced by the establishment of National
Cultural Group (KBN) in 1972 under jurisdiction of Ministry of Cultural, Youth
and Sports. In 1973, KBN were moving from Jalan Ampang to National Culture
Complex at Jalan Tun Ismail that focuses its activities professionally in
traditional dance and music.
Istana Budaya is the first theatre of its kind in Asia possessing advanced stage mechanism for stage plays.
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For more information: http://www.istanabudaya.gov.my/en/ |
Kuala Lumpur National Zoo
The Kuala
Lumpur National Zoo of is especially worth your while if you do not
plan to go to places where you might be able to spot the animals in the wild by
yourself. In any case a visit to the zoo is a fun trip, which isn’t any
different in Kuala Lumpur. The National Zoo is located at about 13 kilometers
distance in northeastern Kuala Lumpur, on the side of Jalan Hulu Kelang. In the
weekend and on special days the zoo is also opened at night. The ‘Zoo by Night’
is copied well from the Singapore Night safari. It is beautiful to watch the
animals by night, especially because they display their natural behavior
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It
is best to go to the Zoo by taxi; every taxi driver is able to find the Kuala
Lumpur National Zoo. It might be cheaper to go partly by metro, for this you
have to take the Putra LRT to the metro station of Taman Melati or Wangsa Maju
and then take the taxi to the zoo. The zoo is opened on weekdays from 9am to
5pm. In the weekend the zoo is opened from 9am to 11pm. The entrance fee is
RM15 for adults and RM5 for children under the age of 12
Kuala Selangor Firefly Park
You can reach this great attraction within an hour drive from the city
center of Kuala Lumpur. If you are staying in the city, the Kuala Selangor
Firefly Park is a very nice place to visit during your stay. The firefly park
gives refuge to one of the biggest firefly colonies in the world. Kuala Selangor
is a small fishing village northwest of Kuala Lumpur. Finding the attraction is
not that difficult; just follow Jalan Kuala Selangor from the city center until
you reach Kuala Selangor. From there you just follow the signs that lead you to
the firefly park.
Kuala Selangor Firefly Park is opened to public daily between 7.00pm and
10.30pm. Entrance fee for adults is RM15, children below 12 years old pay RM8.
Our trip lasted 45 minutes in total. The firefly park is located nearby Taman
Kelip / Kelip Bukit Belimbing alongside Jalan Haji Omar. Click here to check out a full screen
Google Map with the location of the Firefly Park in Kuala Selangor.
Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman ( Jalan TAR )
Jalan
Tuanku Abdul Rahman, sometimes referred to as Jalan TAR, was the 'grande dame'
of KL shopping in the days before modern shopping complexes took the KL
metropolitan city by storm.
This
stretch of road is flanked by pre-war buildings whose distinctive facades have
been preserved and readapted to accommodate modern retailing businesses. Here,
you can walk through the archways of shops for an immersion into a shopping and
cultural experience that goes back several decades.
Many
established shops like G.S. Gill, P. Lal and P.H. Henry chose to remain when
others moved out. The shops here offer a wide range of fabrics and textiles,
imported leather goods, bags and luggage, carpets, sports goods and winter
clothing.
Narrow
alleys between the shops offer a fantastic range of clothing material at
irresistible bargain prices. Other established names offer collections of
silver and crystalware. Sogo Shopping Complex and Maju Junction Mall are also
located along this stretch.
Every
Saturday between 5pm- 10pm, Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman is closed to traffic and
transformed into a night market (“pasar malam”) where petty traders and hawkers
sell an assortment of goods in the open air. Walking through it promises to be
an interesting experience, and it is also a good place to pick up some casual
attire, local products, as well as sample local delicacies.
Little India Brickfields
Brickfields
is many things to many people: a concentrated wedge of Indian culture; a
bewildering smorgasbord of different worship houses; a haven of blind massage
centres; the crossroads for commuters coming in from all parts of the country;
a perfect study in contrasts. However you define it, one thing is in agreement:
Brickfields is a vibrant community with a soul of its own. Brickfields began as
the centre of brick-making in the late 19th century, after a huge fire and
flood swept through Kuala Lumpur in 1881. The double disasters took turns
destroying the town’s wooden and thatched structures. Sir Frank Swettenham,
British resident at that time, responded by ordering the use of brick and tile
in the construction of buildings, thus summoning the town’s purpose into being.
The area soon developed as the nation’s main locomotive depot for the Malayan
Railway during the colonial administration. The sights, sounds and colours of
South Asia came to Brickfields along with the human capital brought in to work
the railway and depot, which have since been transformed into KL Sentral, the
nation’s transportation hub.
These
days, old government quarters (The Hundred Quarters, built in 1905) can still
be found around Jalan Rozario. As you walk along the roads and alleys, the
smell of curries drift to entice passers-by, while popular Indian songs blast
from family-run businesses that also seem to run round the clock. In 2009,
Little India was moved from the area surrounding Jalan Masjid India to
Brickfields, in recognition of the township’s status as one of the pioneer
Indian settlements in Kuala Lumpur, and its potential to further develop as a
centre for Indian culture. Visit the Vivekananda Ashram (1904), which is still
used for spiritual education classes, prayer meetings and yoga. The Temple of
Fine Arts (TFA) can be found closer to the river along Jalan Berhala.
Famous
Southern Indian restaurant, Annalakshmi, is housed in the TFA building. Other
notable attractions are the Sri Lankan Hindu Temple, Sri Kandaswamy Temple on
Jalan Scott and the Buddhist Temple Maha Vihara. The Zion Lutheran Church
(1924), St Mary’s Syrian Orthodox Church and Holy Rosary Church (1903), as well
as the Madrasathul Gouthiyyah Surau, a mosque built in the 1980s catering
mostly to Indian Muslims can also be found in the area.
These
attractions can be visited through the Brickfields Guided Walking Tour, held
every first and third Saturday, starting at 9.30am from the YMCA. Run by the
Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Brickfields’ fascinating history is explained in detail
through the walk.
Kuala Lumpur as Shopping's Paradise
Kuala Lumpur has numerous shopping malls. Tourists may find it difficult to decide which of them absolute must-visits are and which are the ones that can easily be skipped during their stay in Kuala Lumpur. First off; if you are visiting Kuala Lumpur with the sole purpose of going on a serious shopping spree you should know that there is actually only one place to stay and that is in a hotel around Bukit Bintang. Most of the malls in our top10 are located in this area. Luckily many of the popular 5-star hotels are located in this area, so it should be easy to find proper accommodation. But also budget travelers are able to find accommodation that suits their budget; as there are many guesthouses located in the Changkat Bukit Bintang area (only a 5/10 minute walk from all major shopping malls).
In our list we took multiple factors into account. Not all malls are perhaps interesting for every type of shopper. Some of the great malls are located well outside of Kuala Lumpur, perhaps still very much worth a visit to some, for others probably not worth the hassle.
1. Pavilion KL
Pavilion was opened in 2007 and has been an instant hit since then. Pavilion offers many nice shops, and caters to the more general type of shopper. There are many luxurious shops, but also enough regular shops. Pavilion has a great food court but also many restaurants and (coffee) bars. Definitely the place to be (visit) for tourists
2. Plaza Lowyat
Not all tourists will like Lowyat as it is small, crowded and often very noisy. Lowyat is the premier IT, Gadget and Lifestyle mall in Kuala Lumpur. Here you will find hundreds of small shops selling luxurious products like cameras, phones, laptops, tablets and much more. If you are looking for electronic accessories, this is definitely the place to be. Do know that you can only get great discounts after some tough bargaining.
3. Midvalley Mega Mall & The Gardens
This is the first mall that is not located within the city center of Kuala Lumpur. It means that you have to get into a taxi and travel for a bit first before arriving at one of the biggest and most popular (local) mall in the city. Midvalley is already a few years old. Here you can find many regular shops selling all kinds of products. Midvalley is connected to The Gardens, a luxurious mall (and also one of the prettiest) with many exclusive brands.
4. Lot10
5. Fahrenheit88
Fahrenheit88 is a modern mall near opposite of Pavilion KL. It used to be known as KL Plaza, but the new owner wanted to rename the mall after a huge renovation. Fahrenheit88 has some very nice stores. At the top floor you find Signature IT, a huge IT department store. Fahrenheit88 became one of the places to be among locals because of the huge Uniqlo clothing shop that occupies a few floors.
6. 1Utama
Though pretty far away from Kuala Lumpur City Center, 1Utama is a not to be missed shopping mall. After the huge renovation it again it a wonderful place to shop for all kinds of products (and also one of the biggest). There is also a huge Foodrepublic food court, where you can try many local dishes. 1Utama is not really popular among tourists because of the distance from most of the tourist hotels; still it is very much worth a visit.
7. Sunway Pyramid
Sunway Pyramid is extremely popular among locals that live outside of Kuala Lumpur. It could very well be the most popular mall in Malaysia when looking at absolute amount of monthly visitors. Sunway is more than a shopping mall; it is a huge entertainment complex with numerous bars, restaurants, hundreds of shops, hotels, resorts and even a huge amusement park (and water park). Those that travel with children will probably do them a huge favor by visiting Sunway Pyramid.
8. The Curve
The Curve is neither the biggest nor the most popular mall in Kuala Lumpur. It is also located pretty far out of the city center. Still it is a nice place to visit. Besides the mall there are many bars and restaurants. Opposite the Curve is Ikano Power Center, where you can find a few flagship stores of popular local and foreign brands. The Curve is especially popular among the local expat community
9. Berjaya Times Square
Friday, June 14, 2013
I-City Shah Alam
City of
digital lights, as its name implies, the best time to visit is at night. There
is much to do and see here, from shopping to snow filled indoor park, to
beautiful neon lights that adorns the gardens to the many restaurants that
offer a gastronomy experience. This is a technology park located on the
outskirts of Shah Alam. At night the place comes alive with an amazing
forest of man-made trees brightly illuminated with colorful of LED
lights.
1.
Snowalk
| Entrance |
| Ice houses |
It is an indoor snow park where visitors can
escape from the tropical heat for a while and experience 5 degree temperatures.
For some Malaysians who have never seen snow before it is a novel experience.
If you are from Canada or Russia you will be less impressed but it is still
worth a visit.
Inside Snowalk, you will find igloos, ice houses, slides, a
mini-bobsled run, snowmen, ice penguins, a bar made of ice (no drinks served),
various ice sculptures and plenty more LED lights. It is so interesting and
amazing.
3. Other attractions at I-City
ü a Giant Ferris Wheel 100m tall.
RM10.
ü the Spacewalk which is an
elevated rail ride through the Enchanted Forest of digital lights. RM20 per
cable car (holds two people).
ü Double Decker, the largest 2-Tier
Carousel in Malaysia. RM5.
ü Pirate Ship. RM5 (must be 120cm
and above).
ü Super Swing. RM5 (120cm and above).
ü Bumper Cars. RM5 per car (ages 4 - 12).
ü Circus Travel. RM5.
ü Happy Train RM5.
ü Castle Mania. RM5.
ü Mini Bee Spinner. RM5.
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