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Kuala Lumpur: twin towers and a melting pot
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Malaysia's cosmopolitan capital, Kuala Lumpur revolves around the Golden Triangle, which brings together KLCC, Bukit Bintang and Chinatown. KLCC is its modern heart, crowned by the Petronas Towers, its park and major malls. Right next door, Bukit Bintang gathers the buzz: shopping, cafés, nightlife along Changkat and street food down Jalan Alor. The two districts are linked by a covered walkway. More traditional, Chinatown unrolls its heritage shophouses, temples and markets around Petaling Street, a paradise for bargains and cheap street eats. Between futuristic skyscrapers, mosques, Hindu temples and Malay, Chinese and Indian flavours, KL offers a fascinating cultural blend to explore at any hour.
The heist film “Entrapment” (1999), with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, stages its dizzying finale on the skybridge linking the Petronas Towers.
Completed in 1998, the Petronas Towers were the world's tallest skyscrapers until 2004; their skybridge connects the two towers at the 41st and 42nd floors.
Near Bukit Bintang, Jalan Alor comes alive each night as a hawker market; Restoran Wong Ah Wah is famed for its charred grilled chicken wings.
Kuala Lumpur can be visited year-round, with a hot and humid equatorial climate; tropical downpours often arrive in late afternoon, brief and refreshing. To get around, the metro and monorail network (LRT, MRT, monorail) serves the main districts efficiently, complemented by Grab, which is handy and affordable. One tip: use the covered walkway between Bukit Bintang and KLCC to dodge heat and traffic. As for connectivity, 4G/5G covers the city very well and free wifi is almost universal in malls, cafés and hotels.