Petronas Twin Towers

Petronas Twin Towers is, and always has been the magnet of tourism in Malaysia. It was built in 1996 and has been visited by millions of people around the world. It had been the tallest twin towers building since 1998 until beaten by Taipei 101 building in 2004. It is located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur city.

Petronas Twin Towers also has a tour. It started on Tuesday until Sunday, and it close on Monday. Tickets were free but availability is on a first come first serve basis and only 1700 passes are given out daily. The ticket counter is open from 8.30am until 10.30 am and usually you have to wait for a long queue. That’s why it would be better if you come to the ticket counter before 8.30 am. If you coming to the ticket counter at 9 am, you will get the ticket to enter the petronas towers around 11 or 12.

The tour have 3 part. Part 1 is when you first enter the building they will instruct you to wait at the waiting room around 15 to 20 minute. The waiting room is not so bad, it has a lot of things that you can learn and see about Petronas Towers. Part 2, they will bring you to the small cinema and give you a small movie presentation about Petronas corporation. I think the movie was not interesting and makes me bored in 5 minutes, even though it’s in 3D. It’s all about the Petronas company, and more like a hidden ad about the Petronas. I would be appreciated if they shows us a brief history about the making of the Petronas Towers like they did before.

Part 3, they will check your body and your luggage like those one in the airport to make sure that you didn’t bring any bomb or any terrorist thingy. After that the elevator will bring you to the bridge at level 42 where the bridge is connecting both tower 1 and tower 2. Personally, I felt disappointed that they only took me to level 42 and not to the highest level which is level 88. I asked the guide about this and she said it’s a matter of a security. Damn 9/11!!!! I want to stand at the one of the highest building in the world and what they can do is took me to the level 42?

They will give you about 15 minutes to take a photograph at the bridge, and then bring you back to the ground. If you want to feel and stand at the one of the highest building in the world, this tour is not worth it, you should go to Kuala Lumpur Tower instead. It’s more and more higher than this one.

It’s easy to go here, just ask the taxi driver to go to Petronas Towers or KLCC and they wouldn’t ask you no more. Taxi in Kuala Lumpur sometimes doesn’t want to use the meter, just make sure that you get the taxi that willing to use the meter, or you will end up bargaining. The easy way is using the Putra LRT train, just stop at the KLCC station and you’ll be there.

Video of Skybridge in Petronas Twin Towers