‘Kay Ell’
The air is thick with ‘emissions’ and a day on the streets is guaranteed to cover you in grime. It’d be just like London if it weren’t for the literal swarms of motor scooters and the street vendors’ stalls piled high with fruits I don’t even know the name of. 
With a bang and a whir the monorail clatters by overhead; it’s a bit like the one in Sydney only more useful, and much uglier.
Kuala Lumpur, or ‘KL’ to the locals, hit the global stage in the 1990s by becoming the home of the world’s tallest buildings, the twin Petronas towers. Petronas is the national oil company in Malaysia and the towers are the source of much national pride, “Petronas towers still tallest in world”, one completely impartial passer by explained to me, “Taipei 101 not finish”. He was referring to the taller skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan - perhaps not yet opened but the official story is that it exceeded the height of the Petronas towers back in 2004 during construction.
Less well known, but also in KL, is one of the world’s tallest communications towers, complete with observation deck and revolving restaurant, plus in the suburbs the Batu Caves; an ancient Hindu temple complex built inside natural cave formations and the site of an annual mass pilgrimage.
Photos of all that are on the way but meanwhile please feel free to enjoy the now completed Singapore and Darwin albums.
