About the area:
Discovering Kuala Lumpur is like traveling through a time tunnel. Here, vivid traces of history continue to influence and inspire a country set on becoming a fully industrialized nation by 2020. You will see gleaming ultra-modern skyscrapers standing magnificently next to rows and rows of quaint century-old, two-story shop houses. Somewhat surprisingly, there are still remnants of the old kampungs, traditional Malay villages. Haute cuisine is served beside hawker stalls serving up a variety of local specialties. Kuala Lumpur has grown by leaps and bounds since its early days as a tin-mining town.