kuala lumpur, malaysia landmarks and historical buildings

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howdy folks. hows it going? i trust everyone is well. right, so im back in kuala lumpur, my hometown, for yet another short break. this time round, i decided to became a tourist and took a couple of snapshots around the city centre today. yup, fresh from the oven.

can you see KL Tower (the building that looks like a needle) peeking just behind the trees?well it was completed in 1995 and It is used for communication purposes and features an antenna that reaches 421 metres (1,381 feet). The roof of the pod is at 335 metres (1,099 feet). maybank tower (maybank headquarters) which is the other tall building beside the kl tower was completed back in the late 1980s which stands around 244 meters and has 50 floors.

the central market was built in 1888! and its a historical building. long ago it was known to be an open air market and today its part of kuala lumpur's proud heritage. thank god the authorities decided not to pull this beautiful structure down like they did to the other old buildings around, like the shoplots that is within the vicinity.

so this is how the inside of central market looks like. this is only one part that i took. there's 2 floors and its fully air conditioned. there's lots of handicrafts, art pieces, jewelleries, all kinds of cloths, food stuff.. etc thats being sold and lots of tourists love to come here to explore. beats going out in the hot sun and getting all sweaty right?!

for more details you can click here or cut and paste whichever.

 - http://centralmarket.com.my/index.php

next we have Dayabumi complex which was completed in 1984 and it was one of the earliest skyscrappers around. i remember heading there after school to grab macdonalds which was in the food court area or basement (cant really recall now). hahahaha.. this place definately brings back some fond memories of my high school days!

last but not least, the iconic sultan abdul samad building located in front of independence square which was completed in 1897 with moorish architecture. inside you will find the ministry of communication, culture and information. those days it formerly housed the superior courts of the country: the federal court of malaysia, the court of appeals and the high court of malaya.

by the way as you can probably see, it was raining when i captured this photo and the car was moving. therefore i couldnt take the entire building, but just part of it, sorry!

ok folks, thats the end of my history session. stay tuned for my next blog! hope you enjoyed this short trip down memory lane with me. until next time....

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