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Batu Caves – Malaysia

Batu Caves – Malaysia

Batu Caves is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, located in Gombak district, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village.

Batu Caves is one of Malaysia’s most famous tourist destinations especially for the colourful Thaipusam festival. This attracts up to 800,000 devotees and spectators; the highlight is seeing devotees in a trance carry kavadi, a metal frame attached to the body.

Rising almost 100m above the ground, Batu Caves actually consists of three main caves and a few smaller ones. The biggest, referred to as the Temple Cave, has a 100m-high ceiling, and features ornate Hindu shrines. To reach it, visitors have to climb a steep flight of 272 steps.

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Petronas Twin Towers

Petronas Twin Towers – Malaysia:

The 88-storey PETRONAS Twin Towers were once the world’s tallest twin structures. Inspired by Islamic architecture, this gleaming mega-structure – standing 452 metres tall – retained its claim to fame until 2004 when Taipei’s 101 was built measuring 508 metres – and with 101 floors.

Declared the tallest buildings in the world when they were completed in 1998 – surpassing the 442-metre-tall Willis Tower in Chicago, U.S.A – these twin wonders, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, contain a complex of office buildings, conference halls, a sprawling 50-acre park and an upmarket shopping complex. Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, the buildings primarily house the corporate headquarters of the PETRONAS Company and are joined at the 41st and 42nd floors (175 metres above street level) by a 58-metre long double-decker Sky Bridge.

A View From Above
The Sky Bridge tour is an amazing attraction as the view from this awe-inspiring bridge is spectacular. Entrance is free but visitors do need a pass – of which a limited number are issued each day and a useful tip would be to get there as early as 07:00 as queues tend to be long. Apart from allowing tenants of the towers to move from one building to the other without having to go to ground level, the Sky Bridge also functions as an emergency exit route.

Tower One is fully occupied by the Malaysian state oil company, PETRONAS, and its subsidiaries and associate companies. Tower Two is mostly inhabited by multinational companies, which include Accenture, Al-Jazeera, Barclays Capital, Bloomberg, Boeing, IBM, McKinsey & Co., Microsoft and Reuters.

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Sky Bridge in Malaysia

The Sky Bridge is located on the beach-strewn, vacation island of Langkawi in the far north of Malaysia near the Thai border. Langkawi sky-bridge in Malaysia is suspended at 700 metres above sea level and spans 125 across the mountains, offering magnificent views of the Andaman Sea and Thailand’s Tarutao Island. Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 125 metre curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge. It’s set apart from other bridges by its curves that provide different perspectives of the landscapes.