Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.... the New City

Kuala Lumpur has experienced explosive growth in last few decades.  There is so much new construction going on in the city that our guide explained that if you owned a home or property there  you became instantly wealthy due to the demand.

 

 

 

This picture of the downtown with the Petronas Towers is an optical illusion because the tower to the right is much shorter but built on a hill.

I was very interested in this kind of palm that looks like a fan, have never seen one, but thought it would be a great addition to our landscape at the beach.

Kuala Lumpur has a combination of modern buildings and Islamic buildings throughout the city.

This is an Islamic school and their students....

 

 

 

This is the former railway station and administration building.....

And here are more pictures of the Islamic influence everywhere......

This is called Big Ben recalling the early British influence.

Kuala Lumpur is a combination of old and new with very little old.....

It, like Singapore, is highly landscaped but not as beautifully (but a lot prettier than home).....

And I was quite impressed with these light poles that are found throughout the city!  Very pretty, very Malaysian......

The city boasts the world's tallest flagpole......

And of course our final photo stop was a view of the Petronas Towers which were the world's tallest buildings until Dubai surpassed then within a year.  The skywalk, although not in the original plan, can be accessed with a ticket and over 1300 people a day take in the view. That would not be me!