Chris left today for New Zealand saying that there was no further challenges to be found before the end of the trip, his wanting to see his family who are in New Zealand and the fact that with all the extra costs forced on him he was running out of money. That leave thirteen of us of the original twenty-four who made up the members of the group as Bob and Rebecca have not re-joined us after Rebecca had an accident in Koh Samui, Thailand.
I decides to use the hop-on hop-off bus today to have a ride round and see what others think that tourists to Kuala Lumpur should see. Buying a ticket at the hotel was cheaper than on the bus, R36 compared to R38, ( the cost of which was £7.50). The distance travelled was not all that great as I had walked a fair bit of it the day before but because of the traffic the one round trip (the tourist buses only travelled one way round the city) was to take at least three hours. By hopping on and off as I wanted the journey took over six hours.
The first stop I made was at the National Museum. A lovely building with a lot of information about Malaya and Malaysia, and more to the point the exhibits did still show what influence the British had in the country. There were a few exhibits outside the building and people could have their photographs taken with different coloured birds, not all of which were of Malay origin, something of a trick so I thought.
Then to the National Palace
I did get off at other places but took few photographs. The ones following were taken just to show what parts of Kuala Lumpur looks like and are mainly of the remaining old buildings in the city.
I decides to use the hop-on hop-off bus today to have a ride round and see what others think that tourists to Kuala Lumpur should see. Buying a ticket at the hotel was cheaper than on the bus, R36 compared to R38, ( the cost of which was £7.50). The distance travelled was not all that great as I had walked a fair bit of it the day before but because of the traffic the one round trip (the tourist buses only travelled one way round the city) was to take at least three hours. By hopping on and off as I wanted the journey took over six hours.
The first stop I made was at the National Museum. A lovely building with a lot of information about Malaya and Malaysia, and more to the point the exhibits did still show what influence the British had in the country. There were a few exhibits outside the building and people could have their photographs taken with different coloured birds, not all of which were of Malay origin, something of a trick so I thought.
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| A T-class steam loco made by W.G. Bagnall of England in 1927. It was the first steam loco built with a steel firebox and shipped completely built to Malaya and was in use until 1964 |
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| Wall painting outside the museum |
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| The entrance to the museum |
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| Model of a very complicated sailing ship |
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| Figurehead of a royal boat over 100 years old and made of wood from the jack fruit tree |
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| Tourists with a snake and birds |
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Then to the National Palace
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| The main entrance |
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| The palace on the hill |
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| Horse Guards |
I did get off at other places but took few photographs. The ones following were taken just to show what parts of Kuala Lumpur looks like and are mainly of the remaining old buildings in the city.
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| The monorail |
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| A mosque |
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| An orchid |
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| An orchid
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| A pretty flower |
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| White bouganvillia |
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| Old buildings |
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