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Petaling Street This is the center of Kt's Chinatown district. By day, iroll past hawker stalls, dim sum shops, wet markets, and all sorts of shops, from pawn shops to coffin makers. At night, a crazy bazaar (which is terribly crowded) pops up-look for designer knockoffs, fake watches, and pirate VCDs (Video CDs) here.

Petronas Twin Towers * After 5 years of planning and building, Petronas Twin Towers has been completed. Standing at a whopping 451.9m (1,482 ft.) above street level, with 88 stories, the towers are the tallest buildings in the world. From the outside, the structures are designed with the kind of geometric patterns common to Islamic architecture, and on levels 41 and 42 the two towers are linked by a bridge. Visitors are permitted on the sky bridge daily from l0am to 12:45pm and 3 to 4:45pm every day except Mondays and public holidays.
Kuala Lumpur City Centre. No phone.

Sri Mahamariaman Temple With a recent face-lift (Hindu temples must renovate every 12 years), this bright temple livens the gray street scene around. It's a beautiful temple tucked away in a narrow street in Ki;s Chinatown area, which was built by Thambusamy Pillai, a pillar of old KL's Indian community. Jalan Bandar. No phone.

Sultan Abdui Samad Building In 1897 this exotic building was designed by Regent Alfred John Bidwell, a colonial architect responsible for many of the buildings in Singapore. He chose a style called "Muhammadan" or "neoSaracenic," which combines Indian Muslim architecture with Gothic and other Western elements. Built to 1 2 1 2 3 4