Photoblog-3 Petronas towers.

In the photo-blog about my stopover at Malaysia, I did not put up the photos of the Petronas Towers cause most of my snaps turned out dark.. I forgot to change the settings for the difference in lighting. So, I waited for my friend who recently visited Malaysia to send me some of hers so that I could put it up here.. Enjoy

The angled skybridge view

A Little background history of the Petronas, you could google it, but for those who cant, here goes -

Petronas Towers, are the world's tallest twin towers, at 1,483 ft (452 m). It has 88-floors and is connected at levels 41 and 42 by a double-decker pedestrian skybridge. Although the Taipei 101 tower is the tallest building in the world, standing at 1670 ft (508 m), it is not a twin tower. They say it is based on Islamic Architecture, but as I was looking at the 8 arcs and 16 pointed star formations, I was thinking of the Hindu Yantra and Mandalas that are used for Prayers to the Goddess Shakti. So I am going to refrain from saying whether it is Islamic or Hindu.

The view of the inside of the spire.. Look at the design.. doesnt it look like a Mandala?

The inside of the tower.. I loved the symmetry. I like things that give a sense of order.

When I was there, it was evening and it was really humid and hot. It was a Sunday and the offices were closed except for the mall on the 2^nd floor. If you go to the towers be sure to have some Malaysian currency, especially if you intend using the restrooms.

Does that look like a Spiderweb? or an Onion peel?

It was designed by the Argentinean-American architect Cesar Pelli. The twin towers house Petronas, Malaysia's government-owned oil company, as well as associated Malaysian firms and multinational companies. The tenants of these towers include corporations like Bloomberg Asia, Microsoft Malaysia, Reuters Asia, Shell Global exploration, The Boeing Company, G.E. US, PCCB, TATA, UBS, Veritas, Asia Telecom, Baclays Capital, Conoco Philips, IBM, Hua Wei Technologies, Foundation for the Future, Keppel, Lucent Technologies, Mc Kinsey, Mitsubishi Japan.

This was the Independence square. I liked the way the buildings blended, It had different architectural styles in one place. There was a garden with fountains where you could sit and look around, it was beautiful.. I was too tired to enjoy it but I did manage to take a few snaps.

The fountain. Somehow the sound of water drowns the noise of vehicles on the roads around this park.

Another view of the buildings at the Independence square.

This brings the Malaysia Photoblog to a close. Hope you enjoy them.

Peace

Mithuna.

Photo-blog- Kaulalumpur, Malaysia.

These are some pictures that I took during my visit to Bangalore via Hongkong and Kualalumpur in May this year. I left my kids with hubby dearest and travelled alone, it was a fun experience interpersed with missing them while I was there.

Hong Kong airport view. An aircraft was just taking off. It was early in the morning.

It was drizzling, and the glass had droplets on them. The view outside was foggy, felt like it was a dream.

This was the temple at the base of the Batu Cave temple, Malaysia.

The Gaint Sri Murugan Statue outside the Caves. Behind you can see the staircase leading up to the cave temple. The group of people I was with excepting for one old couple, climbed up to the top.

The view from the top. This was the view of the city from the Batu caves. It was just awesome to stand and look down.

On the way back to the airport we saw this pagoda, I am not sure what its called. I took this snap from a moving Van and hoped it would be clear. My wish was granted :P

Outside the gates of the Palace. On the way back from the Petronas towers we stopped at the King's palace, we didnt go in, as it was late and we had to get back to the airport.

will post more as I upload and sort them..