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Kuala Lumpur is a city caught in a metropolitan limbo. It wants to be Singapore, but at times feels more like Bangkok and it is this tension between the clean, clinical efficiency of business-like Singapore, and the raffish rough edges of the Thai capital, that conjures up much of the Malaysian capitals undoubted charm. In Kuala Lumpur, one minute you will be skimming across town on the new monorail with the Petronas Towers, one of the worlds tallest buildings, soaring confidently into the heavens above, and the next you are dumped at street level amongst the aromatic orgy of hawker stands and the unwelcome reality of nightmare traffic. This is all a far cry from the citys low-key origins. When a huddle of poor tin miners first crowded around the mosquito-ridden banks of the slimy Gombak and Klang rivers in 1857, little could they have imagined that within a century and a half, Kuala Lumpur would have metamorphosed into one of Asias most vibrant and compelling cities.

Kuala Lumpur, meaning muddy confluence, has grown with bewildering speed since the tin mining days; a growth that took on epic proportions after independence and particularly in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as the Asian Tiger economy propelled an ever-changing skyline. The speed of change has left old Chinese houses and faded colonial mansions idling beside huge gleaming glass and steel towers, while food hawkers and traditional fortune tellers share the streets with bustling businessmen and guidebook toting tourists. The city is not so much a melting pot or clichéd contrast between old and new as it is an ever-evolving jungle of buildings, which seem to have sprouted organically from the sweaty vegetation and murky rivers that still snake through the heart of town.

One of the most admirable aspects of the city is the level of tolerance displayed by its cosmopolitan residents, with ethnic Malays, Chinese, Indians and Europeans all living and working together with few racial problems certainly far less than those experienced in Western Europe or North America.
To many Malaysians, Kuala Lumpur is quite simply the Ibukota (Mother City) and as so it is treated with great reverence and abbreviated fondly to KL. Over the last few years, Kuala Lumpur has been emerging from the economic crisis that gripped the regions economies in the late 1990s and during the SARS crisis. A whole swathe of unfinished construction and infrastructure projects are now being completed and once again the city skyline is awash with cranes and clanking machinery as entire neighbourhoods are redeveloped. The emergence of Putrajaya, the new administrative capital, and Cyberjaya, the key section of the new Multimedia Super Corridor, are now steering Malaysia back towards the course set by former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad with the aim of becoming a fully developed nation by 2020.

One relative constant in Kuala Lumpur is the climate, with consistently warm daytime temperatures, balmy evenings and afternoons that are often punctuated by thunderstorms, usually passing quickly to leave the evenings cool and rain free.

Malaysia Tourist Office

Address: 17th, 24th-27th & 30th Floors, Menara Dato' Onn, Putra World Trade Centre, 45 Jalan Tun Ismail, 50710 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Email: tourism@tourism.gov.my

Phone: +60 (0) 3 293 5188 (UK +44 (0) 20 7930 7932)

Central Market
Held at the confluence of the Gombak Rivers which gave the city its name, the Central Market opened its doors in 1936 as Kuala Lumpur's main fresh produce market. More recently, when three new markets in the suburbs threatened its primacy, the authorities allowed the renovation of the site into a "cultural and festival market" and, once again it has become central to the city's shopping needs.
Petronas Twin Towers Sky Lobby
Topped out in 1998 and officially opened in 1999, Kuala Lumpur's 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers together form the one of the world's tallest buildings - standing a resplendent 1483 feet (452 metres) high. American architect Cesar Pelli created this beautiful building with obvious Islamic influence, including curved and pointed bays to create a scalloped facade emulating temple towers. Visit the sky-lobby, 41 floors up, for stunning views of the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur.

Airport Guide

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Airport Information

Country

Malaysia

Address

Airport Management Centre, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, 43900 Sepang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Country Code

Telephone

(0)3 8777 8888

Fax

(0)3 8926 5209

E-mail

Via the airport's website

Website

www.klia.com.my

Location

The airport is located 55km (34 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur

Time Zone

GMT + 8

Number of Terminals

Transfer between Terminals

The Aerotrain operates between the Main Terminal and the Satellite Building.

Driving Directions

From Kuala Lumpur, take the North-South Central Link Expressway (ELITE), which is the primary access road for the airport.

Car Parking

Blocks A, B, C and D of the covered short-term car parks are situated near the terminal; there is also an uncovered car park, which is connected to the main terminal building and the Pan Pacific Hotel by a courtesy shuttle service.

Car Hire

Car hire companies, including Avis, Budget, Hertz, National and Thrifty, operate 24-hour desks on the Arrivals concourse in the Main Terminal.

Public Transport

Rail: KLA Ekspres is a direct express rail service between the airport and KL City Air Terminal (KLCAT) located at Kuala Lumpur’s Sentral Station. KLIA Transit is another high speed commuter train between the airport and KLCAT. Road: Taxi: Taxis are available on the Arrivals level. Passengers should buy a coupon at taxi counters on the Arrivals level and are advised not to use taxis offered by illegal taxi operators. Limousine: A pre-paid limousine service is also available. Bus: Express buses to Kuala Lumpur and local buses to Nilai KTM Komuter station and Subang are available from the bus station located on the ground floor of Block C in the covered car park.

Information and Help Desks

There are airport information counters in the Main Terminal and Satellite Building. Information kiosks, with touch-screen, text, audio, video and graphic technology, are situated throughout the airport. Visitors Service Centre (tel: (0)3 8776 5651 or 5647), providing information on airport services and facilities as well as tourist information, is located in the baggage reclaim hall in the Main Terminal.

Airport Facilities

Money and communications: There is a bank, several bureaux de change, ATMs and a post office. Wireless Internet is available. Eating and drinking: There are restaurants, snack bars, delis, fast-food outlets, bars and cafés. Shopping: There are many shops, including duty-free. Luggage: Left-luggage services, lockers and baggage delivery are available. Lost property is handled by the Airport Police (tel: (0)3 8787 2222). Other facilities: These include nursery/baby changing facilities, a children’s play area, a 24-hour clinic, pharmacies, and a fitness centre with showers, sauna and spa (in the Airside Transit Hotel).

Conference and Business Facilities

The Plaza Business Centre (tel: (0)3 8787 2323) is equipped with telephone, fax, Internet and videoconferencing facilities, as well as postal and secretarial services. The Airside Transit Hotel (tel: (0)3 8787 4848) and the KLIA Pan Pacific Hotel (tel: (0)3 8787 3333) also have business centres offering fax, photocopying, Internet, workstation hire and secretarial services. The E-Centre has high-speed and wireless Internet, web cams, videos, computers, printing, CD burning, scanning, telephones, fax and videoconferencing facilities.

Disabled Facilities

These include ramps, lifts, wheelchair-accessible toilets and adapted telephones; passengers should advise their airline of their needs in advance, to arrange personal assistance. Disabled car parking spaces are available on level 2 in the covered short-term car park.

Airport Hotels

The KLIA Pan Pacific Hotel (tel: (0)3 8787 3333) is within a five-minute walk of the airport. The Airside Transit Hotel (tel: (0)3 8787 4848) is also available in the Satellite Building, near gate C5. Other hotels near the airport include the Concorde Inn Hotel (tel: (0)3 8783 1118), Empress Hotel (tel: (0)3 8706 7777), Equatorial Hotel Bangi (tel: (0)3 8210 2222) and Renaissance Palm Garden (tel: (0)3 8943 2233). There are telephone hotel reservation desks on the Arrivals concourse.