The capital of Malaysia, the city of Kuala Lumpur, sparkling with the lights of skyscrapers, is very unusual. It can rightfully be called a city of contrasts – modernity coexists here with a long time, it would seem, bygone times, and wealth – with poverty. If desired, you can find here and slums, and areas that are painfully reminiscent of Europe. The city itself is safe and interesting enough to visit it at least once in a lifetime.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport is so huge that a monorail train runs between its terminals. Travel on it is free. Traffic jams on the streets of the Malaysian capital are even stronger than in Moscow. Prices for tourists who do not know the local nuances in the city are quite high. However, Malaysia and in general does not seem to be a poor or cheap country. In local cafes it is easy to find food from any Asian countries, but lovers of European lunch will have to run a good run to find what they want. Due to the hot and humid climate in Kuala Lumpur there is practically no dust.
Automatic monorail trains ply the city center. They do not have machinists – they are controlled by a computer and controlled by operators. Despite the fact that it is hot in Kuala Lumpur (usually around 32-33 degrees during the day, plus or minus), many Malays wear jackets. The point is not that they are cold – they are saving themselves from sunburn, which everyone in South-East Asia is trying to avoid. In Vietnam, in general, many wear face masks and gloves to the elbows, just not to sunbathe. It will be very hard for a guest of the capital to drive around Kuala Lumpur in a rented car or motorbike. The system of urban roads is extremely tangled, and you can’t do without a navigator. Despite the rapid deforestation of Malaysia, the authorities of the capital are constantly increasing the number of green spaces in the city. There are really a lot of parks here. The most famous buildings in Kuala Lumpur – two interconnected skyscraper, Petronas towers. Upstairs, by the way, there is a viewing platform, but because of the smog enveloping the city there is every chance that it will not be possible to admire the beautiful view from there.
Kuala Lumpur is a fairly clean city, not dirtier, for example, Moscow. However, in Malaysia and in general, not particularly dirty, even in provincial towns or villages. Along with cats and dogs on the streets you can easily see monkeys. Wild, of course. They usually do not show any aggression, but you should not try to stroke them – they can bite. There are a lot of tourists in Kuala Lumpur, but most of them are citizens of other Asian countries, not Europeans, Americans or Australians with New Zealanders. Here is one of the world’s largest parks of birds. However, his palm is challenged by a similar park in Singapore.
All rivers flowing through Kuala Lumpur are cleaned into concrete shores, and the water in them is polluted to a critical level. There is no life in it. In the heat of these rivers eerie smell, and the heat reigns here almost all year round. In Kuala Lumpur there are skyscrapers without windows. The sun here is already pretty tired of everything. Parking for cars here is usually placed not on the basement level, but on the first two or three high-rise buildings. Sometimes eight or ten floors are allocated for parking spaces if the house is large. Just walk half an hour on the streets of the capital, you can meet representatives of several dozen nationalities.
