Wiki says about KL the following:
Kuala Lumpur is the federal capital and most populous city in Malaysia. The city covers an area of 243 km2 and has an estimated population of 1.6 million as of 2012. Kuala Lumpur has its origins in the 1850s, when the Malay Chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah,hired some Chinese labourers to open new and larger tin mines for tin prospectors. The miners landed at the confluence of Sungai Gombak (meaning "muddy river") to open mines. These mines developed into a trading post which became a frontier town. Tourism plays an important role in the city’s service-driven economy. Many large worldwide hotel chains have a presence in the city. Kuala Lumpur is the sixth most visited city in the world, with 8.9 million tourist per year.
The Petronas Towers are twin skyscrapers. According to the CTBUH's official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101. Planning on the Petronas Towers started on 1 January 1992 and included rigorous tests and simulations of wind and structural loads on the design. Seven years of construction followed and was officialy opened in 1999, although it was functional already in 1997. The towers feature a double decker skybridge connecting the two towers on the 41st and 42nd floors, which is the highest 2-story bridge in the world. It is not attached to the main structure, but is instead designed to slide in and out of the towers to prevent it from breaking, as the towers sway several feet in towards and away from each other during high winds. It also provides some structural support to the towers in these occasions. The bridge is 170 m above the ground and 58 m long, weighing 750 tons.
You might remember the movie Entrapment with Catherine Zeta-Jones from 1999, which was casted here.
Since the Twin Towers were closed today we went up to the top of an even higher construction in the city, the KL Menara Tower.
I am going to write one more blog upon our arrival back home.
All pics of the trip as usual are linked on the right quick link column or simply click here
All pics / kepek
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