Atop a Big City - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

While Kuala Lumpur is no Tokyo, it is a wide-reaching metropolis of glitter and lights. What makes it even more unique is that it's one of (likely very) few cities that can boast about having its own rainforest throughout its scattered urban areas. In order to get a really sense of what it was all about, the three of us ventured into the city for the day and took a ride up the 421 m Kuala Lumpur Tower to the observation deck and awaited the imminent dusk. Seeing a city of such grandeur in daylight was really cool, but to watch the sun set over a city and a rainforest was truly amazing. Adding to the spectacle was the nearby Petronas Twin Towers, which stand nearby and are the other major defining object on the KL skyline. From the angle of the KL Tower, you're really only able to see one of the two Twin Towers, but getting a birds-eye view of the entire city and the PTT's steel and glass framing makes for an incredible sight.

Like most of SE Asia, a trip to the top of the KL Tower was reasonably inexpensive at a mere RM 20, which works out to being around $6 in Canadian dollars. Compare that to the minimum charge of $25 to get to the main observation deck in Toronto's CN Tower and you can appreciate why it's a worthwhile day trip to make. And the photos we snapped from the deck during sunset alone were priceless.