Part 2: Kuala Lumpur in Half Day

It was 6.00 a.m. I bought the ticket for express bus from KLIA2 to KL Sentral, KL's main transport hub.











Entering KL city area, we faced some traffic jams, as it was commuting time to work.



Passing the Brickfields area, KL's "Little India".





Arriving at KL Sentral.



From here, I took an LRT train to Dang Wangi Station. What for? I got an information in the internet that there was a good place for breakfast close to it.







Crowded train.





Reaching the place to have my breakfast, "Warung Pak Hassan". I ordered a plate of "Nasi Lemak", a fragrant rice dish which was very popular in Malaysia and some places in western Indonesia. The dish was delicious. But the best thing was the cashier "makcik" (auntie). She was very kind and friendly.





The "Warung Pak Hassan" was located in Kampung Baru (literally means "New Village"). It was perhaps the only original Malay village left in modern KL, surrounded by KL's skyscrapers.





And this picture was "very KL". KL Tower and KL Monorail.


Then I walked to the Petronas Twin Towers, my main destination. What for? Well, I have written in the beginning that I had a book to buy, and one of the bookstore selling the book was in Suria KLCC, a shopping center located on Petronas Twin Towers' ground floors.

Petronas Twin Towers, KL's icon. They were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004, before the opening of Taipei 101.



Behind the tower was a garden with a lake on its center.


Suria KLCC shopping center.




Kinokuniya bookstore, a Japanese-based bookstore. It has some branches in Jakarta, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. Here I bought my desired book.



From the twin towers, I walked to Bukit Bintang area through the recently-built pedestrian bridge.







And this was my other purpose to visit KL: trying its newest public transport mode, the MRT. The complete route from Sungai Buloh to Kajang was launched in July 17th. Before that, from Sungai Buloh the train finished its journey in Semantan, and you still needed to take other transport to KL's city core.

Bukit Bintang MRT Station.






The ticket (token).








Arriving in Muzium Negara (national museum) MRT Station, connected to KL Sentral by a very long walk.




Here I had my lunch. I ordered a bowl of "bee hoon" (rice vermicelli). Unfortunately the taste was not too good, but enough to fill your stomach.



From KL Sentral, I took an express bus to KLIA to catch my flight back to Jakarta.



Passing the beautiful Kuala Lumpur (old) Railway Station. This was KL's main train station before the opening of KL Sentral, but today the high-speed ETS trains and commuter trains still stops at the old station.



Malaysian Royal Museum. This was the King's palace before moving to the new palace located in Bukit Damansara.


Sungai Besi Airfield.


The bus arrived in KLIA at around 2.00 p.m.




OK, let's continue to the next part.