The coach trip into KL (as Kuala Lumpur is referred to by residents & most travellers) took an hour but our guide talked about KL's and she gave us each a map and guided us through it, pointing out sites of interest, modes of travel etc so we planned a rough route of a walking tour of the city together on the journey towards KL central. The coach was air-conditioned and the drive pleasant but outside the air was misty due to high humidity even at 9am in the morning. We were driving in the early morning peak-hour period so the highways were jammed but that was all part for the course. We observed a great range of car brands from Mercedes, Audi, Toyota, VW and several Asian brands not see in Australia. Other vehicles included trucks. And vans of various sizes and many motor bikes which wove in and out of the crowded rows of traffic which was heading into KL too. Being a Monday we were told to expect some delays but the delays gave us time to see across the landscape and spot things we may have missed. The closer we came to the city the more high rise buildings we saw but pleasingly trees were always par t of the vista. Being a Muslim country we past several mosques with their pretty blue domes and tall minaret towers and at one point a mischievous monkey was seen swinging from a mini-jungle outcrop near one of the suburbs of KL. I wonder if monkeys visited the homes nearby like our possums do at home!
As we neared the city clusters of row-upon-row of high-rise apartments emerged. They looked fairly new and between each cluster there were parkland recreation areas, indicating that town planning designs in KL are modern and well designed for to cater for the needs of this modern city. KL also appeared to be a little like Singapore in that in general the city is very clean and tidy.
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