Went to the scene of Malaysian Independence

Had a day to go around and explore Kuala Lumpur. But I've seen KL several times now. So it was more a day of have coffee, do something new, walk around, hotel pool, dinner, and end with coffee.

A big flagpole marks the spot of where the Malaysian independence was declared. Of course the site was also the location of a well renoun Brittish Club complete with cricket pitch. 

From there it's actually not a huge walk to he Central Markets. It may have taken a few trips to Kuala Lumpur but I'm starting to get the layout more. Joined up City Centre to locations of the Central Markets and Chinatown this time. And the monorail has been joined by the trains as an acceptable way to get around. 

The new automatic ticket machines do need work. Accepting basically only one and maybe 5 Ringgit notes. But they're got time to fix those issues. Biggest thing in the next few years seems to be a new train line under the "golden triangle" at Bikut Bitang. It's a pedestrian nightmare and traffic gridlock as they shutdown lanes all around in order to build a new underground station under the main road. I guess it'll be bye bye for the monorail then in about 2017. No longer will one feel like an elevated sardine winding along.

I had to have a Starbucks that night as I didn't know where my next decent coffee could be. Importantly Starbucks had spelt my name right both times.