A weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur

Petronas
Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

One of the great things about living in Singapore is that you have a whole set of countries nearby which you can visit quite cheaply over the weekend.

Price and time wise it can be compared like taking a train from Lisbon to Porto or from Rotterdam to London.

We kicked off our weekend travelling by going to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital.

In this picture you see the 2 tips of what used to be world's largest towers, the Petronas towers, which are a national symbol.

Tower in malay is "menara". However, if you want to see a breathtaking 360? view of the city you should go to Menara Kuala Lumpur which is the big communications tower.

This tower sits on a 90m hill providing the optical illusion that it is higher that Petronas. The advantadge over Petronas is that at the latter you're only allowed to go up to the skybridge which unites both towers and at Menara Kuala Lumpur you're all the way at the top.