Kuala Lumpur or the city of the "dirty stream"

Let's make a small trip today to the capital of Malaysia, to the city of Kuala Lumpur.

"City of a dirty stream", having heard the meaning of the name of the city, the desire to visit it for many will be diminished. Especially, in the group of people who go on a trip to just relax. So now we'll figure it out, is it worth leaving the open spaces of megacities for Kuala Lumpur.

The city of Kuala Lumpur is located in the confluence of 2 rivers: Klang and Gombak . The city is relatively young and was founded in 1857, occupying an area of ​​243 square kilometers. Here live about 2 million people. A fairly high figure, is not it? Up until 1957, Kuala Lumpur was a British colony, so most of the locals quietly speak English. Kuala Lumpur can also be called one of the largest transport centers in Southeast Asia, in part this is the merit of Asian AirAsia's low-costers.

By the way, AirAsia airlines are basically good, especially considering that this is a low-coster. The seats in the cabin are soft and fairly wide. How many flew these airlines, there have never been delays. In advance, check-in is not necessary, as for example in Ryan Air, Wizz Air and many other European low-costers. Booked a ticket and on the day of departure, as usual, was registered, received a boarding pass and that's it!

Transport

There are a lot of cars in the city of Kuala Lumpur. And most locals prefer to move around on their own cars. Although the city is well-developed public transport. There is a metro and a so-called monorail, where you can safely get to anywhere in the city. And from Kuala Lumpur by bus, you can get to Singapore, and the road will take only 8-9 hours, but that's another story. Taxis go by the counter, though not all. You must warn the taxi driver in advance. Most taxi drivers prefer not to include a counter, but to bring the customer at a negotiated price. But why, you probably already guessed.

Economy

Malaysia is one of the richest countries among the emerging economies. Palm oil is produced here, rubber is processed, cars are assembled and various electrical devices are used, and the textile and agricultural industries are also well developed here. Near the capital is extracted tin and coal. Well, the capital of Malaysia itself is the trade and business center of the country where the national bank, trade and stock exchanges are located, as well as local and international companies and organizations.

Attractions

Kuala Lumpur is a city where a variety of architectural styles are collected, from neo-Mauritian to postmodern.

One of the main attractions of the city are the famous twin towers Petronas , which are connected by a bridge. The construction of the towers began in 1992 and lasted 6 years. Petronas is a skyscraper of 88 floors, 451.9 meters high. The total area of ​​the skyscraper is 213,750 square meters, which equals 48 football fields. The skyscraper is built in the Islamic style, so if you look at the towers from a bird's eye view, you can see two eight-pointed stars.

The skyscraper project was designed by an architect of Argetyn, and construction was carried out by two companies: Japanese and Korean. This was done in order to create competition. There are offices, shops, cafes in the buildings. There is also one of the biggest shopping malls in the city Suria KLCC , so that anyone can find a job. On the street was built a fountain and a park area where you can bask in the sun. Petronas can be found in several films, for example, in the Russian film "The Code of the Apocalypse", also in some computer games.

In Kuala Lumpur there are several theme parks. Park of butterflies, a bird park, an orchid park and others.

I have special impressions from visiting the cave Batu Caves . These caves are more than 400 million years old. In front of the cave is a huge statue Murugama , whose height is almost 43 meters. At the very top of the cave, or rather one of several caves, is the functioning Hindu temple. This cave is called a "white" cave and 272 stairs lead to it. Climbing the stairs, you can see monkeys that hunt for everything shiny and not so hanging, so you have to be very sharp. Better all the earrings and other trinkets to hide in a bag, and the fact that you carry in your hands, hold tight.

In the "black cave" you can admire stalactites, as well as get acquainted with bats, cockroaches and other inhabitants of the cave. There is another cave, the so-called "Art Gallery" , which contains various paintings and portraits.

In Kuala Lumpur, as in most cities of the world, there is China Town, which practically does not differ from Chinese regions in other cities. Many cafes and shops with Chinese stuff, and red flashlights.

But the Indian district, I did not immediately find, I did not immediately realize that I was already walking along it, until I saw a store with different oils, bracelets and Indian outfits.

The only negative thing, which slightly overshadows the trip, is the ubiquitous cockroaches, which are not much the size of a whole phalanx of the thumb, so they run everywhere wherever they like. Therefore, at night I tried not to walk very much. Otherwise, it would be walks, accompanied by endless bouncing and squealing.

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