Secret Kuala Lumpur

Secret

Kuala Lumpur

The only hot spring in the city, beautiful and little-known motifs related to the rubber industry, weird-looking structures that were used for medical experiments on beri-beri, statues that have the reputation to cure spiritual illnesses, pineapples that were planted to deter enemies from attacking, a traditional Malay house relocated to the city center, the forgotten graves of Muslim victims of the 1969 racial clashes, roads named after the occult, a mysterious green man, the best view of the city skyline, a gaur that gored a police chief to death, an old railway tire to sound the alarm for the police, the place where childless women hang plastic dolls for divine help with having kids, a humble temple with a resident cobra, a mosque built on top of a car park, a crystal clear stream in the middle of a graveyard, a church housed in a former dance club, a forgotten symbol of the Thai-Burma Railway where 25,000 Malayans died during its construction, the surprisingly rare mining-related road names of a tin mining town...

Away from the modern shopping malls filled with designer brands, the towering skyscrapers and usual touristy sites with stalls selling kitschy souvenirs, there are still some interesting secrets to be discovered in Kuala Lumpur in the back lanes and byways of the concrete jungle.

This guide is essential for the experienced and intrepid travellers and adventurers who want a different flavor of Kuala Lumpur.