Text and Photographs by: Tanya Munshi
The KLIA or the Kuala Lumpur International Airport is one the best airports in the world. As soon as you land, you will have to take the aero-rail to reach the immigration counter and exit into the city.
Head towards the taxi booth inside the airport to book a taxi to take you to the desired destination. It’s quite a long drive to the city centre and it all depends where your hotel is situated.
Thankfully, the taxi driver from the airport taxi service was a decent soul who took us to our hotel. By kind soul I mean, that he realized a slight confusion on our faces as we were tourists to a new place, so he assured us that he would take us to our hotel.
The National Palace
As soon as we reached the hotel, we freshened up and headed to the National Palace. We hired a cab and headed straight to the Istana Negara or the National Palace. Unlike the Grand Palace at Bangkok, here tourists are not allowed beyond the palace gates. You don’t even get a glimpse of the palace gardens and the architecture. I was slightly disappointed as I had so much of expectations after my trip to Thailand, and visiting the Grand Palace there, I didn’t get to see beyond the palace gates. You can however, stand outside and take pictures in front of the gate and maybe pose with the guards (but don’t touch them or go too close).
The driveway in and around the Palace is beautiful though, with ornate lampposts and flower beds making them ideal backdrops for your photos.
After the short visit at the palace gates, we headed to the national museum.
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