Stage 2 - 20th January 2014

Day for the city tour! After breakfast at the hotel set off for the stop of the Hop on Hop off bus. Not long to wait before we were on board, on top in the open-top section. The idea was to see some of the city so we could spot the places of most interest so we could return later in the week. We disembarked only once at the bird sanctuary where I had a notion for some photography....and for setting free some of the residents!

Some photos of birds and some of the kids that accompanied us on our tour.

The city is largish but quite compact with lots of high rise, modern buildings which includes some very tall buildings like the Petronas Tower and KL Tower.. It's also very cosmopolitan with lots of Chinese, Indian, Japanese and other nations represented here. It's also choked with traffic, as most big cities are but the mono rail, or Sky Train, seems to take some of the strain.

The bird sanctuary is huge but I'm not a big fan of caging birds, but if they are to be caged this is the best way to do it, i.e. give them space to fly, although that luxury was not afforded all the birds, the birds of prey where housed in small cages with no facility to exercise their wings.

The bus took us, also, to the palace, which is the last photo.