Our group was to meet at the tallest flag pole in Independence Square...yeah, those were the instructions given. But don't worry. The pole was definitely easy to find. This was the tallest flag pole I think I have ever seen. I wanted to take a picture to show you but I couldn't get one that would do it justice. Instead, here is a picture of a fountain next to the flag pole... =)
And so you know I actually went on this tour, here I am in front of this fountain...
I got there really early so I was sitting on the steps near the flag pole. I took this picture out across Independence Square.
Independence Square looks like a big park. While I was sitting there several people showed up and and walked through it or jogged around it. There is also a huge TV that sits off to the left side of the picture. This seems like the type of place where festivals would be held.
As the time went by more people showed up. It was nice to have the time to meet them and get to know a little about them before the tour started. But it was nice to finally have the tour get underway, too. I do have to say, I wish the tour would have given more information about historic buildings in the area. Here are some of the buildings we did get to see...
This building is across the street from Independence Square and stretches the full length of it. The domes on top of the columns are made of bronze (if I'm remembering correctly) and were donated by Australia.
This building is a hotel now but used to be a post office way back in the day.
I don't remember what this building is...I may have thought it was just really cool. =)
This stone marks the exact center of KL. The face doesn't mean anything. Our tour guide said that someone thought it would be funny to paint it on there.
These two pictures are of sections of the long building building across from Independence Square. The stone that marks the center of KL is also in that building.
This is one of a Mosque. I just thought it was a cool shot...
This building was built in the 1920's. It used to be a men's only club. It has gone through many changes and women are allowed now but not in the bar area. That is still reserved for men only. The reason being because when men drink they have a tendency to get foul mouthed and not necessarily good company for ladies. This building actually looks out on the lawn of Independence Square.
There is absolutely nothing significant about this building...but look at it. It is just the facing. It's like the rest of it just fell away and they left the front standing. This was on the road as we were walking.
This is just another building I thought was cool.
This is art that is on the floor of one of the shops we went into. It is made out of colored rocks.
As part of the tour we had a sari wearing demonstration. This is one of the ladies that was on the tour with us that volunteered to be the model. It looked relatively easy to wrap a sari but I most likely would not be able to do it myself. They are very beautiful, though!
On the walk back to the meeting place I saw this really cool photo opp. This is a banana tree, with bananas, right next to a traffic light. How many places do you know of that have this?
So there is a small sampling of my Little India walking tour. I hope you enjoyed it.
See you next post!!
Monkey update: Definitely none in Little India!! =)
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