Masjid Jamek Kuala Lumpur

Inilah kisahku semalam di Malaysia ...

Penggalan bait lagu Semalam di Malaysia yang terkenal itu, mungkin cocok untuk menggambarkan perjalanan singkat saya di Malaysia pada awal tahun 2011.

Pada awalnya saya sama sekali tidak bermaksud untuk mengunjungi Kuala Lumpur, karena tujuan utama saya adalah Thailand. Tapi karena pada …

Entry containing 9 photos titled: temple near hotel , Masjid Jamek, KL Tower, Petronas Twin Towers, Near Suria KLCC/Twin Towers

Dzisiaj pospaliśmy dłużej – do 9:00. Poszliśmy na małe śniadanie – dość obżarstwa! Po śniadaniu poszliśmy na basen na leżaki. Musimy odpocząć po tylu dniach zwiedzania i chodzenia. Bolą nas nogi, naprawdę. Dzisiaj jest czyste niebo i słońce, ja si …

Wenn die Malayen von Fussball reden, dann geht es meistens ueber den so hochgelobten englischen Fussball mit den vielen Stars wie Rooney. Um dieses Ungleichgewicht auszugleichen, haben wir natuerlich keine Kosten und Muehen gescheut: Melinda durfte zum Fiseur, Tim bekam ein paar neue Deutschland Flip Flops (fuer 1,50 Euro), ein neues Deutschland- …

The 19th was pretty well a washout with constant thunderstorms all day so we really did not start exploring KL until Sunday the 20th. Our hotel is located in the depths of Chinatown and one walks out into a wonderland of shops selling everything from electronics to clothing to beer to whatever one wants and is willing to pay for. It is all stashed …

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia and its literal meaning is ''muddy estuary’’. With only 1,5 million inhabitants it isn’t a huge city and therefore easy to visit on foot. Kuala Lumpur’s sites include China Town with tourist market & cheap street food. Our hostel was conveniently based there. 15mins walk from here …

When I was planning the trip, I decided to buy all my airline tickets from the comfort of my home, way before we arrived in SE Asia.

At that time, when I was booking them for the leg Singapore to Kuala Lumpur (KL) with AirAsia (I know I could have traveled by bus) the ticket was so cheap that I also added the option of food in the plane. …

... heaven, Kim's fanciful viewing was strictly limited. Instead we pressed on to be caught in a torrential downpour at Masjid Jamek mosque. Soaked to the bone in a full length hijab, Kim understandably felt a touch uncomfortable as we began to ...

... we were thinking but we let it go and hoped for the best. On our way back to China town we got off the metro at Masjid Jamek a beautiful mosque in the centre of the city built in 1907 again we didn’t go inside we are still suffering from temple ...

... China Town, so we were able to walk to quite a few sights and get to the subway quite easily.  We went to a mosque called Masjid Jamek, which is great because I like writing a lower case j next to a lower case i.  The two floating dots in ...

... to the west of the city to see a couple of tourist attractions that we had earmarked. The first of these was the Masjid Jamek Mosque, set between two tributaries of the river that runs through the city and amidst a collection of palm trees, giving it a ...

... The Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Towers or Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were the world's tallest buildings, before being surpassed by the Taipei 101. ...

... has a 100m high flagpole at its centre, and is surrounded by magnificent buildings, such as the National History Museum, Kuala Lumpur Memorial Library, the Royal Selangor Club. The Sultan Abdul Sannad building with its blend of Victorian and Moorish ...

Today started with a visit to Masjid Jamek, which is fairly close to where I am staying. The layout is similar to ones I have seen in southern Spain, i.e. very open plan and with a large courtyard. Next it was onto Masjid Negara which is the national ...

... to get a fresh stamp in his passport. Day 149 - 20/07/08 Today was a KL sight seeing day. I first visited the Masjid Jamek Mosque, the most famous Mosque in KL which was designed by a British architect just over 100 years ago. Then Merdeka Square, ...

... Going through a bit of Andamans withdrawl (well, more like wondering if the head bobble had been exported to Malaysia) I decided to spend my final day in Kuala Lumpur in and around Little India. But first I wanted to check out a couple of old school ...

... station (nice architecture), Chinatown, Little India, the mosques of Masjid Jamek and Masjid Negara, and the slick suburb of Bangsar. At Masjid Jamek mosque we had to cover up in robes and headgear which made us look like a bag lady and a ...