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Prior to the building of the Petronas Twin Towers, the Sultan Abdul Samad building has long been a famous landmark for Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur. Unique moorish-style design, this building is designed by British architect A.C Norman. The building once served as the administrative offices for the government during the British administration, but now it is home to the Supreme and High Courts. This is the most photographed building in the city.
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Malaysia is well-known for its big bargains and its bootlegs. Petaling Street is the center of Kuala Lumpur’s original Chinatown. Adventurous visitors should not miss a walk on Petaling Street. Chinatown has a bustling market serving as a bargain hunter’s paradise and one of the premier shopping areas in the city with its distinctly oriental atmosphere. If you’re looking for cheap things including clothes, shoes, fabrics, souvenirs, electronic items, jewelers, fruits, traditional herbal medicines, watches, DVDs, CDs and more? Then Petaling Street is the place for you. It is easy getting to Petaling Street. Take a taxi, but also numerous bus companies service the area. To get the best atmosphere you must go at night! Petaling Street still the best place to shop for pirated branded products and large selection of local Chinese food. There are some tips for buyer, most of the items like watches, clothing and all pirated items the discount can negotiate as much as 70% lower than the offer price.

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Batu Caves is one of Malaysia’s most famous tourist destinations. Every year hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees congregate here for the colourful Thaipusam festival.
The first cave temple was established in 1891, and wooden steps up to the Temple Cave were built in 1920. Of the various cave temples that comprise the site, the largest and best known is the Temple or Cathedral Cave, so named because it houses several Hindu shrines beneath its 100 m vaulted ceiling. To reach it one has to climb 272 steps, a feat performed by many Hindus on the way to the caves to offer prayers to their revered deities.
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The 88 storey monsters soar like imperial gatekeepers into the Kuala Lumpur sky, rising 1483 feet and encompassing 32,000 windows. Made from glass and steel they are built on a geometric Islamic pattern – a traditional eight pointed star. You cannot go to the top, but the 192 foot skybridge which links the 41st and 42nd floors of the two buildings is something special. Kuala Lumpar pans out like an old-fashioned lumpy if gleaming tablecloth below, and you will have to pinch yourself to believe the view. Get there early before the rush – visitor numbers are limited strictly each day. Then take a deep breath and take in what what US$1.2 billion worth of building and the summit of man’s architectural imagination feels like.
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