Monday, December 28, 2009

Getting to Kuala Lumpur

This past weekend, we headed up to KL with Sue Lynn, Mun Cheong, Eden and Bethel for an over night visit. Here's a brief history lesson to go with the picture to the left that I pulled off the internet: Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the largest city of Malaysia. The most recent population record I could find was from 2006 with a whopping 1.6 million people, so I'm sure it's grown since then! It's rated as an alpha world city and is the home of the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay: Menara Berkembar Petronas). These towers were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural top, before being surpassed by Taipei 101. This was our major reason for visiting KL of course, but we also got to see some of the city, the KLCC center, Chinatown and stay at a magnificent hotel thanks to Sue Lynn...the Ascott!!

So, this picture was the view from the hotel that we stayed at. The towers really were beautiful...
On the drive up, Juliana did really well in the car, watched some movies and surprisingly, didn't nap at all! The picture below was taken at a rest stop and she got some of her energy out...
Such a happy traveler this time around...
The hotel was even nicer than I anticipated and here we are in the lobby while checking in...
Juliana was so happy to be there! The excitement of something new and plenty of quality family time...
Once we got into our room, which was a full apartment really, with a kitchen, living room and master bedroom, Juliana went crazy exploring the place! She loved the laundry basket...
Then had a ball on the king sized bed, rolling around and yes, we let her jump! Hey, it was a vacation... She then asked for the basket again, so I brought it out from the bathroom for her enjoyment... Once all of us were unpacked and settled, we headed over to KLCC - Kuala Lumpur City Centre. More posts to come!

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