Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

I stayed at The Majestic, one of the nicest Colonial era style hotels, comparable to Raffles in Singapore. To get to and from The Majestic, take the KLIA Ekspres from the airport (terminal 1 or 2) on the 6 (purple) or 7 (light blue) line to KL Sentral station. (Line 6 is direct, line 7 makes 3 stops along the way.) At KL Sentral go immediately outside to the right to the dedicated parking spot for The Majestic's shuttle bus.

I visited the excellent war memorial on Nov. 11 - the Tugu Nagara. I just missed the official ceremony because they hold it on the nearest Sunday to November 11. It was nice to see that the Canadian High Commission had laid a wreath at the memorial on the day.

Visited Petronas Tower which is interesting. The view from the tower is okay. They note that the design (if you look at a cross section) is modeled on the Muslim Victory Tower in New Delhi.

The KL metro system is great.