KL View
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia has grown from a tin-mining settlement to the present cosmopolitan and modern city of impressive and inspiring high-rise buildings and towers.
personal collection.
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Masjid Jamek
The Jamek mosque in Kuala Lumpur is arguably one of the most lyrically designed Moorish styled mosques in Malaysia.
Photo: Joseph Jacobs
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Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR
Originally a stretch of flat marshy land and rivers infested with crocodiles, this muddy estuary outpost was the arena of fierce, bloody battles over the mining rights since tin was discovered in 1864. Today it is the modern capital of Malaysia and a busy cirt of skyscrapers and shopping arcades, highways and flyovers for the 800,000 populace of mixed races. This city of Arabian Nights magnitude with its romantic, mysterious and daring can play on all the senses and stir the imagination of both local residents and visitors.
personal collection.
postmarked 28th December 1976,
addressed from my dad to my mother.
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