The Telekom Museum - Kuala Lumpur

The Telekom Museum @Jalan Gereja

The Telekom Museum

A trip along Jalan Raja Chulan will take you to Telekom Museum which is a significant historical landmark in the country. It is a 2-storey Greek-styled museum that contains eight imposing columns and 900 meters of space for exhibitions.

The Telekom Museum is the first state-of-the-art interactive museum in Malaysia equipped with fascinating technology as it displays the country’s development in telecommunication in a span of 120 years featuring Morse code telegraphs and all technologies up to the digital networks used by cellular phones.

Admission in the Telekom Museum is free which is great for the whole family. Kids will surely love the exhibits. The Telekom museum offers good educational tours detailing devices which people used to communicate with in the past.

Standing among Kuala Lumpur's skyscrapers at the junction of Jalan Raja Chulan and Jalan Gereja is a unique two story building of Neo Classical Greek architecture.


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The Orchid Garden - Kuala Lumpur

 

The myriad of colors and breed

The Orhids

The Officiating Seal of The Orchid Garden

 About one hectare in size, the Orchid Gardens of Lake Gardens Kuala Lumpur is a one of its kind, a garden surrounded by lush greenery. The Orchid Gardens is located at the highest point of the Lake Gardens. The main aim of this garden is to showcase the various species of orchid of this region as well as a center where conservation of orchids and the study of them are done.


The Orchid Garden has an impressive showcase of thousands and thousands of orchids. In this small garden of about one hectare, you will be able to see over 800 species of orchids and a total of 6000 orchids all together. You can also choose to buy pots of orchids back home. The price range differs with the species but they are around RM30 to RM40 per pot. There are two main types of orchids which are the Epiphytic Orchids and the Terrestrial Orchids.

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The Hibiscus Park

The Hibiscus Park

The Botanical Garden where The Hibiscus Park is located

 
The Hibiscus Gardens are located in the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens area. These 2 gardens are like a floral paradise where you can also get practical tips about growing orchids and hibiscus from the flower growers there.

In both of these gardens you will find lovely pergolas, man-made fountains, meandering brooks and a lovely art gallery, the Gallery Tropika.Located just next to  the Hibiscus Garden is the Orchid Garden.
There are more than 2000 varieties of Hibiscus for you to enjoy. The hibiscus is sometimes also called the Queen of Tropical Flowers.

There are so many different varieties and colors of the hibiscus that you'll find yourself spending lots of time just admiring the flowers.


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