I’ve spent the last couple of days walking around the central part of Kuala Lumpur (KL to the locals), and I’ve, for the most part, enjoyed it. Prices are remarkably inexpensive if I go outside the posh restaurants and coffee shops. So inexpensive, that my dinner the last two nights (Nasi goring, with chicken one night and egg the other) was, with a coke, cheaper than a single coffee I had earlier in the day. Coffee: 12.50 MR, Dinner: 11.50 MR. With the exchange rate hovering right around 4.75 MR (Malaysian Ringgit) to the dollar, well, dinner for $2.51 is a pretty good deal. Heck, even the coffee for $2.73 is pretty decent.
The people are pretty friendly, English is relatively prevalent, and the driving scary. It’s definitely a sport to try to get across the streets. There are pedestrian overpasses, but I haven’t seen many people using them. I have, but I’m old and not familiar with the driving patterns, and, at least right now, don’t want to die. I managed to make my way to see the Petronas Towers, which, when built, were the tallest buildings in the world at over 1483 feet (491 m). They have since been overtaken (in 2004), but are still the tallest twin skyscrapers.
As it turned out, the night after I made my visit, I watched the movie “Entrapment” with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones on Netflix. Aside from watching her move, the movie had another interesting point in that part of it was filmed here in KL, with the Petronas Towers figuring prominently. A lot of the skyline has changed significantly since the movie was made (released in 1999, meaning it was filmed in ’98-’99).
I’ll be here for at least to the end of the month, so I’ve got some time this week to do a little more exploring. And eating. Enjoy the pics.
The people are pretty friendly, English is relatively prevalent, and the driving scary. It’s definitely a sport to try to get across the streets. There are pedestrian overpasses, but I haven’t seen many people using them. I have, but I’m old and not familiar with the driving patterns, and, at least right now, don’t want to die. I managed to make my way to see the Petronas Towers, which, when built, were the tallest buildings in the world at over 1483 feet (491 m). They have since been overtaken (in 2004), but are still the tallest twin skyscrapers.
As it turned out, the night after I made my visit, I watched the movie “Entrapment” with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones on Netflix. Aside from watching her move, the movie had another interesting point in that part of it was filmed here in KL, with the Petronas Towers figuring prominently. A lot of the skyline has changed significantly since the movie was made (released in 1999, meaning it was filmed in ’98-’99).
I’ll be here for at least to the end of the month, so I’ve got some time this week to do a little more exploring. And eating. Enjoy the pics.
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