tl;dr Great Kaya toast breakfast, learned a lot about Malaysia’s history (and the surrounding region), and the PETRONAS TOWERS!!
Activity 1 – Breakfast at Yut Kee Restaurant:
Sunday morning, around 9am, and this place is packed. It came highly recommended (google) and was right by my hotel. There was a wait to sit down, but since I was only one person, they were able to add me to a table right away. This time, the Kaya toast came on traditional white bread, and it was delicious.
Activity 2 – Muzium Negara:
This museum covers the history of Malaysia; from the first human remains discovered in Malaysia to the present time. It was really interesting to learn detailed history about this part of the world. It was especially useful to do this before going to Merdeka Square (independence square) later in the day.
Activity 3 – EXPECTO PETRONAS TOWERS!!!:
In case you are wondering, Harry Potter has nothing to do with the Petronas Towers (different spelling). The Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers in the world and were formerly the tallest buildings in the world having past the Sears, I mean Willis Tower. **Fun fact** The Willis Tower’s antennae actually make the Willis Tower a taller structure, but due to the Petronas Towers having a higher architectural height, they took the title.
Make sure you buy your tickets well in advance if you go during tourist season. I bought my ticket the day before and there were only two time slots left. Due to security reasons, they only let 80 people up the tower per 45 minutes (or something similar).
The Towers have a bridge that connects the two towers near the middle height of the structure. That was our first stop. The bridge has two floors – 1 for workers and 1 for tourists – and they give you about 10 minutes to walk around and take pictures.
Next stop was the top floor of one of the two towers. This area had a few interactive spots, but mainly you are there for the view. The lights are not set up well for taking pictures of people and flash proved to be ineffective. Also, tripods and selfie sticks are not allowed.
The Petronas Towers are currently the tallest buildings in KL, but a couple of buildings are under construction that plan to dethrone the Petronas Towers.
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