Monorail

Here's the view down from our bedroom's window. You can see KL's Raja Chulan station as well as a monorail approaching. The system is quite recent as it opened in 2003 and the carriages remind me a lot of the ones used in Sentosa. This one is a bit more extensive though as it serves 11 stations running nearly 9 kilometers through the city. As we were driving around the city we did not have the opportunity to use the monorail this time. We just enjoyed its sight.

Kuala Lumpur

The Petronas Towers are the symbol of Kuala Lumpur. But I have to admit it is hard not to be impressed especially by night. There was a time where they stood as the tallest construction on earth but they have since been dethroned by the Sears Tower in Chicago and Taipei 101 in Taiwan. Last time I came to KL the neighbouring Indonesian fires where raging and it made it impossible to even see the top of the towers. This time around things are much clearer but I am still unsure it is worth taking the pain queuing for the vista. They are much better looked at than looked from.