Dan's Adventure

Until 2004, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur were the tallest buildings in the world, and are still the tallest twin towers. The towers have a total of 88 floors with a bridge connecting the two between the 41st and 42nd floors. This bridge is open to the public everday free of charge. You just need to turn up and queue for one of the tickets which is issued on a first come first served basis. 15 minute time slots are available from 8.30am until 6.30pm, with a maximum of 50 people being allocated to each. I arrived at 8.30am and was greeted by a huge queue. An hour and a half later and I had a ticket.

When my time slot arrived I along with 49 others was ushsered in to a small cinema where we were all issued with a pair of 3D glasses. The short film was essentially an infomercial for Petronas with a little information about the towers added in at the end. The 3D film wasn’t really anything special, especially now that almost everyone has experienced the IMAX.

Following the film and security screenings we entered the lift. 41 floors were ascended in less than a minute, that certainly beats the lifts I have encountered in offices back in the UK where four floors takes forever. Fifty people is just the right number for the bridge visit. Its not too crowded and everyone is able to get a get view from both sides of the bridge and take all the pictures they want, all featuring a spot of reflection from the glass.

The bridge did provide some great views across the city, but a picture of the Kuala Lumpur skyline is incomplete without the Petronas Twin Towers in it. I spent an entire afternoon walking around the city looking for a good place to take my shot, one that included both the towers and the Kuala Lumpur Tower, but I was unsuccessful in my quest, there was always another sky scraper in the way. In the end I settled for returning to the Petronas Twin Towers in the evening, all lit up its quite spectacular.