Jalan Raja Chulan 2

An old bungalow still survives (except that it may not be a residence anymore) when all around are high-rise.

This piece of land seems to be clear of undergrowth. Is some building being planned here?

You can enter the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve from here.

There used to be a cable car service which would take you above the forest. It's a long while since its been discontinued.

The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.

The Bursa KL (KL Stock Exchange) building.

Telecoms Malaysia (now TM)'s building. It used to be the head office before they moved to the Pantai area.

Another TM building.

The telecommunications museum.

Another TM building. This and the earlier building probably contains the 'exchange' equipment.

One of the office blocks in the area.

The pigeons were on some sort of mating ritual.

There is a large pigeon population between the Masjid India and the Court Hill Temple areas. Some people belief that feeding these birds add to their merits in this life.

Jalan Raja Chulan

Jalan Sultan continues until Jalan Imbi and now joins with Jalan Tun Razak. However we'll just turn off to Jalan Raja Chulan and walk to Jalan Pudu.

Istana Hotel.

Istana is Malay for palace. We used to have fun with the confusion it caused when this hotel first opened.

Wisma Lim Foo Yong.

One of the earlier high-rise buildings along this road. The ground floor used to be occupied by the Fitzpatrick's Supermarket.

Menara Affin. This is where I work.

The Weld.

It is now owned by Great Eastern Insurance. Up to the early 1980's this used to be the location of Weld Supermarket, the premier Supermarket in KL operating from a 2-storey building. Cold Storage and Giant supermarkets have had an outlet here at different times but closed due to poor support.

The KL Tower, towering above the rain forest.

An old government building. I'm not sure what it's used for these days.

This row of run-down houses used to be known as the Eurasian Row during it's heydays.

Jalan Sultan Ismail 2

The Concorde Kuala Lumpur.

This was the Kuala Lumpur Merlin. There used to be a bowling centre here, the Star Bowl, where I first learned to bowl. We had to keep score manually on pre-printed score sheets provided by the centre.

Hard Rock Cafe Kuala Lumpur.

This lot that looks like an abandoned used car lot has the address as No. 1, Jalan Sultan Ismail and was where the Elvis Presley fan club was located.

Menara Haw Par.

Founded by brothers Au Boon Haw (gentle tiger) and Au Boon Par (gentle leopard), Haw Par is famous for it's Tiger Balm. Refer to www.hawpar.com for information.


Shangri La Kuala Lumpur.

Menara Hap Seng along Jalan P. Ramlee.

Formely Jalan Parry, its been renamed after Tan Sri P. Ramlee (born Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh) Malaysia's legendary actor, director, singer and song writer.

Menara Hap Seng was formerly MUI Plaza and before that Oriental Plaza. This is where my office was when I first joined Affinbank, then known as Perwira Habib Bank.

Due to the large number of Arab tourists, road signs now contain Arabic.

Life Centre, one of the early entertainment outlets in the area.

An old bungalow house on the hill which has been converted to a pub/restaurant and has seen a number of change in management.

Menara MBf, formerly Wisma SPK.

SPK or Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan was a shareholder of Perwira Affin Bank and the bank's head office was in this building before moving to Menara Affin along Jalan Raja Chulan.

Hotel Equatorial next door, one of the landmarks along this stretch.

The MAS Building and Menara Dion on the oppersite side of the road.

The Crown Plaza Hotel. Originally this was the KL Hilton.

Wisma Genting.

The Lodge, one of the early hotels in the area.

The restaurant management has passed to the family of a former collegue of mine. The food is good and the price is reasonable.

A long time ago this place was famous for its Teo Chew Porridge and was a popular haunt of late nite pub crawlers.