Malaysia (Covid-19 & My Staycation No 36 - KL Forest Eco Park & Kwai Chai Hong, Kuala Lumpur) Saturday April 3 2021 Part 1

 

Canopy Walk, KL Forest Eco Park, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur

Kwai Chai Hong (Little Demon Alley), Lorong Panggung,
 City Centre Kuala Lumpur 

Jalan Tun H S Lee (High Street), City Center, Kuala Lumpur - Old Charm

" Forget what's gone, appreciate what still remain & look forward to what's coming next "

" My Staycation & Jalan Jalan (Walkabout) free & easy day trip (09.00 > 13.00) to Canopy Walk, KL Forest Eco Park, Bukit Nanas & Kwai Chai Hong, Jalan Panggung & Kuala Lumpur city center on Saturday April 3 2021; traveling by LRT trains from SS15, Subang Jaya > Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur & return; my 36th outdoor visit after the enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO 1.0) on March 18 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic; MCO 2.0 ended on March 5 2021 & switched to Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) on March 5 2021 allowing inter-district border travel but not interstate; the current CMCO has now extended to April 12 2021; my first visit to Canopy Walk, KL Forest Eco Park, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur " 

Travel Itinerary (LRT trains): SS15, Subang Jaya > Pasar Seni Station > Subang Jaya (40 mins one way)

Walking distance from Pasar Seni Station > KL Forest Eco Park = 1.7km (20 mins); along the way, visited Kwai Chai Hong, Petaling Street, St Andrew & St John Cathedral, St John Institution, Convent Bukit Nanas, Museum Telekom, Kasturi Walk & Jalan Tun H S Lee !

Total Expenses Incurred: Rm1.90 x 2 = Rm3.80 (US$0.90 senior 50% rebate) + entrance fee Rm1

Travel Highlights: 

1) Kwai Chai Hong (Little Demon Alley), Lorong Panggung, Kuala Lumpur City Center

2) Taman Eko Rimba KL (KL Forest Eko Park), canopy trail in a tropical rainforest, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur 

3) Telekom Museum, Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur 

4) St Andrew Presbyterian Church (1918), Persiaran Jalan Raja Chulan, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur 

5) Chinatown, Petaling Street (Chee Cheong Kai), Kuala Lumpur

6) Jalan Tun H S Lee (High Street) City Center, Kuala Lumpur

7) St John Cathedral (1883), Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur 

8) St John's Institution (1904), Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur

9) Convent Bukit Nanas (1899), Kuala Lumpur 

10) Maybank Tower (1988), Pudu, Kuala Lumpur

11) Menara KL Tower (1995), Jalan Puncak, off Jalan P Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur 

12) Street Art, Kuala Lumpur City Center

13) Colorful hanging umbrellas in back lane, off Jalan Tun H S Lee, Kuala Lumpur City Center

14) Lat's cartoon series of sculptures, Kuala Lumpur Heritage Trail in Jalan Raja Chulan, Jalan Gereja & Jalan Melaka, Kuala Lumpur

15) Kasturi Walk, City Center, Kuala Lumpur 

The start of my Rapid KL LRT train ride from SS15, Subang Jaya > Pasar Seni, Kuala Lumpur (09.00 > 13.00) & return

1) Gallery Interactive, KL Forest Eco Park (Taman Eko Rimba KL), Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur - free admission, informative & educational ! 

2) KL Forest Eco Park, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur - entrance fee Rm1 = US$0.23 (Malaysian senior citizens), one of the old forest permanent tropical forest reserves in Malaysia, gazetted in 1906, now only 9 hectares remains in the heart of the city ! 

3) Canopy Walk (200m), KL Forest Eco Park, Bukit Nanas (to & fro) - surrounded by lush greeneries in the heart of the KL city, a wonderful aerial view of treetops & city beyond, 

4) Menara KL Tower, off  Jalan Punchak, Jalan P Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur - a telecommunication tower, completed in 1995, 421 meters high & is the 7th tallest free standing tower in the world ! Due to MCO, the museum was closed at the time of my visit ! 

5) Museum Telekom, Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur - museum is in a 1928 building with interactive exhibits on telephone & telecommunication history

6) St Andrew Presbyterian Church (1918), Persiaran Raja Chulan, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 

7) St John Cathedral (1883), Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur 

8) St John Institution (1904), Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur - an old established international school

9) Covent Bukit Nanas (1899), Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur - founded by the Sisters of the Infant Jesus, an all girls school, a top performing school in Malaysia ! 

10) Archbishop's office, Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur