Last night we went to see the singing and dancing fountains at the Petronas Towers. It was only a five minute walk from our hotel and we have seen them many times before over the years, but they never lose their attraction to me.
I am still enjoying looking at and studying tall buildings, so today we set off to see a new building in KL called Merdeka 118.
It is not quite finished inside yet, but it is the second tallest building in the world, only beaten by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
It is 678 metres tall, but that seems a bit of a cheat because that includes a huge spike on the top that has no rooms inside it. However, it seems to be copying the Burj Khalifa which also has a massive spike.
This viewing platform is the nearest that we got to it, and then we nipped into a brand new mall to enjoy a bit of shopping.
We then turned around and walked for about 20 minutes to see The Exchange 106 building, which comes in at number 19 on the world list.
Strangely, the Merdeka 118 has 118 floors however the Exchange only has 94 floors, so that's misleading although it has no spike and is only 453 metres tall.
But this building is fully open and underneath it is a fantastic mall with beautiful Christmas decorations.
I think that we have now seen enough tall buildings for at least this holiday, so I won't be mentioning the subject again.
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