On my October trip to Malaysia, we had scheduled a mere 24 hours in Kuala Lumpur — hardly enough time to get one’s bearings, much less see all that the city has to offer. So we had to pick and choose. We skipped a few of the biggest attractions, including the Petronas Towers. (Vertigo makes it hard for me to get excited about going up tall buildings.) Instead we focused on the city’s history and, of course, its food.
We began the day at the British-designed, Moorish-style Masjid Jamek. Although the mosque was closed because it was Friday, the open walls meant that we could still get a sense of its layout and architecture. (When we walked by a second time, around lunchtime, worshippers nearly overflowed the mosque and its grounds.) At the nearby Merdeka Square, the ludicrous, Tudor-style Royal Selangor Club sits yards away from the Malaysian flag marking the spot where independence was declared in 1957. From there, we strolled to Central Market and through Chinatown, stopping to snap photos of bright buildings, doorway shrines and a flower shop. After a quick lunch of fried noodles, we detoured to the extraordinary Islamic Arts Museum before returning to Chinatown for dinner — an aluminum packet of seafood roasted directly over the flames.
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That seafood looks great, I’ve never seen it cooked on the street like that before. Thanks for a reminder of KL, we had a great time in Malaysia a few years ago.
It certainly does look like 24 hours isn’t nearly enough time to do this place justice! Great photos