Petrosains @ KLCC

Petrosains was top of our list of places to go during our KL trip. Last time we were in KL we arrived too late in the afternoon and couldn't get in. So we made sure to arrive earlier this time. 4:30pm is the cut-off time to enter.

All visitors to Petrosains have to queue at one entrance - the Dark Ride. We waited for between 20-30 minutes and while no backpacks and food and drink are allowed, the staff bent the rule for us as we had young children.

The Dark Ride is a short, 5-minute ride where you sit in a slowly moving carriage and are presented with visual and audio effects explaining more about the earth and industry. At the end of the ride, you alight and the tour of Petrosains begins. Unfortunately no photography is permitted on the Dark Ride.

Lauren illuminates a light

A scene inside Petrosains, KLCC

The eternity mirror

Dinosaur ROAR! Leah was scared

Lauren and Leah kept us entertained during a brief pause for rest

Petrosains is a great educational and fun place for the whole family. We were enjoying it very much when the staff asked us to hurry up and see more things as the time for closing was approaching! We had not even got half way through the place!

Lauren posing with some huge building blocks!

The following projected images were great fun. You stand in front of the white screen so you can see your shadow. Then the objects on the screen obey your every action. For the first two photos, the coloured bits and pieces accumulate as you hold your arms open. The butterflies land on your arms and head as you keep still. And you can move and chop the coloured sausage shapes at your pleasure.

Had fun coming down that rope slide right there at Petrosains

There was a lot more we didn't have time for, as I mentioned earlier. It's well worth the visit!

Petronas Twin Towers at KLCC

*Our home called Kuantan* has been out of posting for the last few days while we have been on holiday in Kuala Lumpur (KL).

One cannot visit KL without going to Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). And the heartbeat of KLCC is the quite majestic Petronas Twin Towers, the tallest such buildings in the world. (There are higher single towers, but these twin towers are the top of their class).

The Petronas Twin Towers are huge. It's only when you stand right beside them or view them from higher ground that you realise just how much they dwarf everything else in sight.

I always stand in awe of these marvellous towers, the symbol of Malaysia and KL. Just as they cause us to look upwards, they symbolise the future growth and potential of Malaysia. It also reminds us that we look upwards to a higher Being for our guidance and help.

The Petronas Twin Towers is an incredible structure and marvel of engineering.

Here they are viewed from a construction site:

This is a view inside Suria KLCC, a shopping mall beneath the Petronas Twin Towers

The Twin Towers from the back. Suria KLCC shopping mall stands below the wonderful structure.

This is what you call 'a room with a view'

Yes, this is the condo unit of my friend's place at KLCC, with the most perfect view you could want. The following pictures are taken from the 18th floor of this condo.

The raindrops on the window provided the perfect foreground to the KL skyline dominated by the Petronas Twin Towers in the background.

I could take photos of these magnificent towers all day . . . 

They look even prettier as night sets in . . . 

This final picture was taken at another friend's house, nearby Jalan Ampang. Look at the beams of light shooting into the night sky from the tips of the Petronas Twin Towers. To the left of the picture is the KL Tower.

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Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kuantan

"Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)" - English writer and poet, the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature (1907).





I have lived in three places in Malaysia, all beginning with the letter 'K'.


Kuala Lumpur

The first place I lived when I originally wound up on Malaysian shores back in 2002 was Kuala Lumpur (KL). I stayed there for nine months and have loved it ever since.

View of KL taken from the KL Tower in 2004

The KL Tower, taken from the grounds of the Petronas Twin Towers

A view of Sunway Pyramid in Subang Jaya taken from my friend's condominium in 2002. It has changed much since then! To see inside the new Sunway Pyramid click here

Here's me standing inside the trunk of a fascinating tree at the Forest Reserve Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) in Kepong, KL

Kuching

Later I moved to Kuching, which is located in the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo.

This is where my wife is from and where I've enjoyed seven months of my life.

Kuching town

My friend's place in Kuching. Can you spot me?

Trying my hand in a small paddy field in Kuching

Beginning our journey to a friend's fruit farm in Kuching

In the back of the truck with two men who couldn't speak a word of English!

At a rambutan farm (the red fruit that can be seen growing on the trees). I'm holding a soursop fruit.

Kuantan

Finally I've settled in Kuantan. Here are some of the best images of Kuantan:

The Pahang State Mosque

Teluk Chempedak beach

Click here to see the beautiful views at Teluk Chempedak beach

The gaping mouth of a dragon at the Lao Zi temple. 

Click here to see the Lao Zi Dragon temple

The stunning Taman Gelora park in Kuantan

Click here to see my latest visit to Taman Gelora

The new 5-star Zenith Hotel in Kuantan

My tour of Zenith Hotel with the General Manager

Our one-night stay courtesy of Zenith Hotel

Food Sampling Session at Zenith Hotel

What is your favourite Rudyard Kipling piece?

What is the best place you have lived in/visited?

KLCC Dunc and Rach