National History Museum Kuala Lumpur

This morning we slept in (9am is a sleep in) and took our time getting ready and heading for breakfast. Today we were going to give the KL Hop On Hop Off bus ago, it's a double decker bus that travels around the city and stops at 22 different tourist hot spots. It is about $12 a ticket which lasts for 24hrs, you hop on at one of the 22 stops and …

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Today was yet another busy busy day. Dr. Morrison picked us up early to get to the hop on hop off. A few of us bought tickets to ride to the top of the KL Tower to take pictures. Some of our groupies got awesome pictures with macaws and one of them tousled my hair. It felt great.

After trekking over a jungle bridge and passing through …

... is a fusion of styles with it's Victorian clock tower topped with a Moorish 'onion' shaped dome. A visit to the National History Museum (at Merdeka Square, where else) is good for a couple of hours. There is an interesting exhibit on Malaysia's ...

... corner from the guesthouse and get accosted by a lovely Malay bloke who loves England! Finally get away and head to the National History Museum which bores us stupid (except the historical maps of South East Asia). The Textile Museum has moved (!) so we ...

... We headed out early to see some of KLs sights. It was 11 o'clock and already 40 degrees so we made our way to the National History Museum as it had Air Con. It wasn't that great but it was free and we learnt a little about Malaysias history, like it is ...

... manicured lawns.  The square is surrounded by beautiful buildings in varying architectural style such as the National History Museum, the National Textile Museum and City Point all of which we gave a miss going inside.  Next we stumbled upon ...

... core of KL's history. Here you find buildings like the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, the Royal Selangor Club, and the National History museum. Some of them peppered with Moorish flavour. A 100 metre-high flagpole marks the spot where the Malayan Flag was ...

... , which 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 ...

... core of KL's history. Here you find buildings like the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, the Royal Selangor Club, and the National History museum. Some of them peppered with Moorish flavour. A 100 metre-high flagpole marks the spot where the Malayan Flag was ...

... was enough. The next stop on the 'fastest-tour-of-a-city-ever' was the colonial district with Merdeka Square and the National History Museum before heading back to KLCC for our trip up to the Sky Bridge in the Petronas Towers. The Petronas Towers are ...

... in a pretty nice hotel. It is Christmas after all! After booking the tickets on for the train we decided to go to the National History Museum. It wasn't far but we had to take a break along the way as we were so hot. We got there and it turns ...

... were closed so I made my way to 'Merdeka Square' (Independance square) and was disappointed to find out that the nearby national history museum was closed because it was in the process of being moved. I took a few photos of the square and headed down to ...