Kuala Lumpur
As a mining outpost 100 years ago, Kuala Lumpur is now the capital city of Malaysia, with a population of 1.5 million people. Despite all the recent development, Kuala Lumpur retains plenty of character – a fascinating mixture of old and new, with sky scrapers and temples, and a colourful scene of multi-racial activity, with Malay mosques, Chinese temples, Hindu temples, not to mention the impressive municipal buildings and shipshape British order.
In the middle of the 17th century, the miners and traders who first came in search of tin poled up the river where the Klang and Gombak rivers converge. The Gombak estuary was the highest point upstream that the miners could land their supplies for prospecting the tin of Ampang, which is a few kilometres further in land. The first arrivals of 87 to do so, unfortunately, fared badly, and within a month, 70 had died from malaria and other tropical diseases.
But the tin they discovered in Ampang attracted More miners. Soon, the place boomed to become a brawling, noisy, violent town in the 1860’s. It was imaginatively named Kuala Lumpur which means “Muddy Confluence” in Malay, for it’s located at the meeting point of the Kelang and Gombak rivers.
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- Artiquarium
- Asean Sculpture Garden
- Bank Negara Money Museum
- Biomedical Museum
- Bird Park
- Botanic Gardens
- Butterfly Park
- Carcosa Seri Negara
- Central Square
- Century Park
- Chan See Shu Yuen Temple
- Chinatown
- Church of the Holy Rosary
- Deer Park
- Hibiscus Garden
- Infokraf
- Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
- Islamic Centre
- Istana Negara
- Kampong Baru
- KLCC Public Park
- Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens
- Kuala Lumpur Orkid Garden
- Malaysian Armed Forces Museum
- Masjid Jamek
- Malaysian Tourism Centre (MTC)
- Maybank Numismatic Museum
- Memorial Tun Abdul Razak
- Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra
- Menara Kuala Lumpur
- Merdeka Square
- MISC Museum
- National Art Gallery
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- National Science Centre
- Parliament House
- Petronas Twin Towers
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- Sri Mahamariamman Temple
- Sultan Abdul Samad Building
- Taman Tasik Permaisuri
- Telekom Museum
- Textile Museum
- Thean Hou Temple
- Titiwangsa Lake Garden
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- Agora Hote
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- First Business Inn
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- Mint Hotel
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- Pearl International Hotel
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- Ritz Garden Hotel
- Seasons Tower
- Shangri-La Hotel
- Shangri-La Hotel
- Sheraton Imperial
- Stanford Hotel
- Sucasa Holiday Apartment
- Swiss-Garden Hotel
- Swiss-Inn Kuala Lumpur
- The Crown Princess
- The Federal Hotel
- The Heritage Station Hotel
- The Kapitan's Club
- The Palace Hotel
- The Pan Pacific Hotel
- The Ritz-Carlton
- VIstana Hotel
- Wisma Belia
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Dining & Entertainment
- Bangsar Seafood Village
- Ciao Caffe Ristorante
- Coca Restaurants
- Chopstick Noodle House
- Eden Village
- Fairway Chinese Restaurant
- Fish Shop
- Food Stalls
- Four Season Restaurant
- Happy Valley Seafood Village
- Hokkien Seafood Steamboat Restaurant
- Jewel in the Crown
- KoRyo Won Korean Restaurant
- Lee Ho Fook
- L'Incontro
- Le Parc Italian Restaurant
- Marco Polo Restaurant
- Oriental Pearl Restaurant
- Our Place
- Restoran Berputar Sri Angkasa
- Roadhouse Grill
- Sea-Fresh Restaurant
- Seri Melayu Restaurant
- Spring Court Restaurant
- Spring Garden Chinese Restaurant
- Spring Valley Chinese Restaurant
- Sri Pantai Ria Restaurant
- Sri Putra Restaurant
- Stone Grill Dining
- Tai Thong Grand Restaurant
- Tai Thong Odeon Restaurant
- Tai Thong Restaurant
- Tai Thong Soup Noodles & Shark's Fin Restaurant
- The Bangles
- The House of Sharksfin
- The Ship
- The Talk
- The Terrace Garden
- The Smokehouse Restaurant
- Victoria Station
- Witchetty Grub Restaurant
- Yushan Garden
- Bistro Cyber Zidni
- Deliqueen Cafe
- Braveheart's Tavern
- Dateline UV Cafe
- Emico KTV Karaoke Lounge
- Finnegan's
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Piazza Caravali
- Planet Hollywood
- Pyramid Supper Club
- Subaru KTV Club
- Subway Cafe
- The Piazza
- Zidni Bakery And Cafe
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