Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Central Market

Malaysia Central Market's Travel

Central Market is the busiest of historic buildings wet markets in Kuala Lumpur, it is now many features shops selling various handicrafts, tourist visitors souvenir items, such as, thoughtfully-designed grandfather clock, jewelry, woodcarving, batiks cloth and tin, etc, to seek new things, select various products, such as multiple widely jade tree and glass blowing souvenir, enough to lets people spend for a whole morning.

In art area, passengers can also patronize see the painting teacher improvise on the spot, or see glass blowing technician performance, and know how to potter batiks cloth dyed artwork of colour profusion, Also can choose a rest and taste local restaurants or western food, at 7:30 every weekend evening there are cultural performances.

Sultan Abdul Samad Building

Malaysia Sultan Abdul Samad Building's Travel

The Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad Building. This spectacular, unique style of the building with clock tower was built in 1897 located next to the merdeka square (dataran merdeka), the British colonial governments to accommodate several important department, but don’t have Moore color more crown shining dome light of copper, and as high as 40 meters, the great tower is one of the important symbols in Kuala Lumpur city.
Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad
In front of Sultan Abdul Samad Building venues also held many important events, such as 31 August day parade and New Year’s event, the rich historical value of building, currently Sultan Abdul Samad Building is the Supreme Court of Malaysia.

Dataran Merdeka

Malaysia Dataran Merdeka's Travel

Dataran Merdeka is the place that celebrate National Day on 31 August annually. National independent for Malaysia is an important moment in history. Square formerly stadium. Cricket, crooked roots, tennis and football, etc have held in this game, after sukan selangor clubs across the field, to the shop to commemorate the grand square, national independence. The highest in the flag pole (100 meters) high standing in the south, the flag flying square, the grass is an oblate black marble tablet, labeled in 1957 at midnight on August 30th, the British flag lowered Malaysian flag was raised for the site.

Beside is the Saint Mary Catholic church has more than 100 years, it is the gothic architecture. Walk can reach commemorative library, built in 1909. In the underground is the prince’s independence square, a leisure and entertainment center.

National Mosque

Malaysia National Mosque's Travel

The National Mosque is in the modern design and unique style shows Muslim art, calligraphy, knowledge and decoration of the traditional aesthetic feeling. The most impressive place lies in its roof, symbol of cascade compound is a independent national ambitions and ambition, its 73 meters high steeple more into the blue sky, delicate layouts. National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia is mainly Muslim often go to pray at the Mosque.

Petaling Street

Malaysia Petaling Street's Travel

Petaling Street PhotoPetaling Street, KL’s own Chinatown is a real blast to your senses - the sights, sounds and smells. It seems that this place never sleeps. The night market is a daily feature here. A great shopping haunt for leather goods, souvenirs, cheap clothes, fabrics, electronic items, flowers and watches to pet shops, restaurants serving regional authentic Chinese cuisine, Chinese artifacts, figurines, traditional and herbal remedies, you can find almost anything here.

Look out for aged craftsmen, working along this street from their shop houses creating and producing quality calligraphy, lanterns, tinware and other crafts. There are also traders with their mats spread out along narrow five-foot ways, offering brightly coloured trinkets, wall hangings, teapots, curios and ornaments from Malaysia, India, Myanmar and elsewhere.

Telekom Museum

Malaysia Telekom Museum's Travel

The Telekom Museum is an unique 2 storey Neo Classical Greek architecture built in 1928, is nestled among Kuala Lumpur’s skyscrappers at the junction of Jalan Raja Chulan and Jalan Gereja and served as a telephone exchange in the old days.

This building was almost demolished when the plans were halted and the building was designated for conservation. Over RM10 million was well spent to restore the building.

The museum showcases the telecommunications development for the past 120 years, from the early days of the Morse code telegraph to the modern cellular phones and digital networks of today. On display are some equipment dating back to the pre-war days.

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur's Travel

Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s capital and the largest city in Malaysia. At present, many federal government agencies has moved to Putrajaya. In Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur abbreviation “KL” also widely used.
Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia is one of the three municipalities geographical position in selangor, central west coast or peninsular Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur was held in 1998, is a commonwealth games hosted the games of Asian cities. Located in downtown Kuala Lumpur’s petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur’s famous landmarks.
According to the statistical data in 2000, Kuala Lumpur area of 243.65 square kilometers, the urban population 1,479,388 port-kelang, along with the population of klang valley about 400 million, more Chinese mandarin and cantonese in between.

Pasar Malam Taman Connaught

Malaysia Pasar Malam Taman Connaught's Travel

Pasar Malam Taman ConnaughtPasar Malam Taman Connaught is located in Kuala Lumpur on south area of Cheras’s Taman Connaugh garden, the Pasar Malan is Malaysia’s longest night market. You can buy all kinds of food and items on the night market. Which carries the famous Assam Laksa, Stinky Tofu and popular Malaysia dishes like Nyonya Kuih, Char Kway Teow & Otak-Otak.

Pasar Malam Taman Connaught photo taken by Gastronomic Diary

Malaysian Tourism Centre

Malaysia Malaysian Tourism Centre's Travel

Malaysian Tourism Centre is a one-stop visitor centre offers a wide range of facilities, services and warm hospitality to assist tourists in planning an enjoyable and eventful holiday in Malaysia. MTC also enables visitors to experience the essence of Malaysia within the complex itself through shows and demonstrations of various aspects of its culture. This distinctive colonial style building is a historical and architectural landmark in Kuala Lumpur, and a striking contrast to its modern surroundings. The main building to the complex was built in 1935, as the residence of a Chinese miner and planter named Eu Tong Seng. Later, it housed the war of British Army. When the Japanese invaded Malaya during World War II, it became the headquarters of the Japanese Imperial Army till the war ended in 1945.

Malaysian Tourism Centre known once as MATIC, the MTC has been open to public since 1989. Some of the services and facilities include the tourist information counter, tourist police counter, ticket counter for executive buses, craft centre, Saloma Theatre Restaurant, ATM Machine, money changes etc. There are also 3 units of personal computers to assist tourists looking for travel information through the state tourism websites. MTC also organises a host of programmes throughout the year, ranging from regular Malaysian dance performances to theatre to musicals.

Sabah

Malaysia Sabah's Travel

Sabah is the second largest state in Malaysia, covering 74,500 sq km. This is also one of the two Malaysian states on Borneo island. Is a paradise of natural beauty - large carpeted relatively untouched by tropical forests, tropical comfort with the remote islands and home to the three highest mountains in Malaysia.

  • Mount Kinabalu - the highest mountain in Malaysia in the 4,101 meters and the second highest in Southeast Asia after Puncak Jaya in Indonesia.
  • Mount Being Madi - the second highest in Malaysia in the 2642 meters
  • Mount Tambuyukon - the third highest peak at 2,579 meters

Sabah is a nature lovers paradise become a reality, if you enjoy outdoor activities like trekking forests, mountains, diving, spelunking, Sabah is the purpose of the plan must go on your trip.

Sabah currently has national parks 6. One of these, Kinabalu National Park, has been appointed as a World Heritage Site in 2000.

  • Mount Kinabalu National Park
  • Turtle Islands Park - conservation efforts for endangered sea turtles
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman Park
  • Three island national park
  • Crocker Range National Park
  • Tawau Hills Park

Sipadan island in the south-east coast near the island of Sabah, is one of five diving sites in the world for many years. This is because under the unique geography that encourages proliferation of wildlife. Leatherback turtles, chandra and white tipped sharks are common views while diving in Sipadan.

Sabah has been a hot humid climate with temperatures below 30C rarely dipping in the afternoon. The rainy season began in November, with the start of the monsoon in the northeast of Peninsular Malaysia and the end of April, with most rain falling in the month of January.

The main gateway to Sabah is through the air via Kota Kinabalu airports (both international and the budget terminal), which is about 20 minutes south of the central part of the state capital, where most commercial and administrative activities are concentrated. Kota Kinabalu is the departure point for the island is very beautiful and popular in offshore Sabah.

Other main cities Sanadakan Sabah, who is the former capital. Sanadakan also a jump-off point to Turtle Island Park and Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center.