National Monument Kuala Lumpur

Voordat ik mijn belevenissen in Kuala Lumpur en Singapore met jullie ga delen, wil ik graag op mijn manier de laatste eer betuigen aan mijn allerliefste tante, die op 29 november de strijd tegen kanker heeft verloren. Ik zal haar voor altijd herinneren als de meest sterke vrouw die ik ooit gekend heb. Ze was altijd positief en had zoveel wilskracht …

17.08.2009

22:17 (GMT+7)

DAY 48: UK to Australia without flying

Train 11: Kuala Lumpur to Singapore

Once again I haven't been very good with the updates but will do my best now to say what has happened since my first day in Penang. The train tickets to Kuala Lumpur and the onward train from there to Singapore had …

... rate proved to be impossible so we ended up walking it anyway! The gardens house a number of attractions, such as the National Monument, a modern sculpture garden, a bird park and deer park. The National Monument is a tribute to those who died in the ...

... to see as much as possible. So for $20, I got to see KL's twin Petronas towers from a distance, a very impressive national monument, the country's version of Buckingham Palace which included a changing of the guards (can you believe it!), and a couple ...

... LRT, a mono-rail and buses of course! We spent the day doing the sights and loved the views from the park at the National Monument (great views of the KL and Petronas Towers), the Lake Gardens (where I thought Roti Ikan was a breakfast dish - it turned ...

... verletzt und ist deswegen dann mit Taxi nach Hause. Sarah und ich haben uns dann einen Skulptur Garten angeguckt und das National Monument. Danach waren wir beim Hibiskus und Orchideen Garten. danach waren wir dann bei der Nationalen Moschee, wo man ...

... 7am as required...so I just wasn't going to go! (After all, I've been up enough towers...CN Tower, empire state building...national monument in Jakarta...and just the fancy hotel in Bangkok which is actually higher than the point to which you can go in ...

... to the free orchid garden across the road.  To complete the loop we walked up to the Sculpture Garden and National Monument before heading back down to Little India for a delicious vegetarian lunch! Replenished we headed  to Merdeka Square and ...

... station) and taxied to Lake Gardens, a massive park that looked promising. The driver dropped us off at the national monument, conveniently located far away from everything else we wanted to see in the park. We walked around the ...

... imagined so decided to give it a miss. Instead of the bus we opted to walk around ourselves and headed first to the National Monument which is a war remembrance area for its fallen. We then had a walk through central market and back to the ...

... urban life far in the background, over the trees at the edge of the perimeter. I first had a look around the magnificent National Monument just outside the park. This monument is erected to commemorate those who fell during the World Wars and the Malayan ...

... would have spent some more time here but as it was I just needed a drink and to find somewhere cool. I found my way to the National Monument at the north of the park. A large war memorial dedicated to all those that have lost their lives in the ...