Putrajaya of Malaysia

The panoramic view on the top floor of PICC

Hello everyone  >.<  how are you doing? Me…life is great guys but right now I am a bit torn between two options. I knew I promised to write about my previous holiday to Malaysia but on the other hand, I had this urge to write about what I did with most of my morning at my art corner. It’s been a while since my last art and craft post isn’t it? But I guess, better deliver what I promised before…

The only shopping mall there, Alamanda which was quite complete for your daily need. Though i wont recommend you to find goodies there

The bus stop in front of Alamanda

One thing that HAVE TO have there...yum yum

So during the last Eid-al-Fitr holiday, me and my hubby (yes – finally we could go somewhere just the two of us ha ha ha) went to Putrajaya, Malaysia. Actually, we attended a 2.5day convention there but we extended our stay there for little sightseeing. We visited Malaysia several times already, in fact, I spent few years there completing my degree however we have never explored the Putrajaya.

Do you see those clustered complex behind me...that was where i stay - Pullman

View from the Marina Center

We took this train to Kuala Lumpur Central

The very first thing that amazed me about this city was how it was well designed, built, structured and maintained. The roads are big, smooth pavement, lots of greenery, clean and spotless. No traffic – actually the roads were a bit deserted (probably because it was a big holiday and most of the citizen was away). Very few convenience stores or restos around the city too – unless you go to the point of attractions which was quite troublesome for us (since it was as hard as to get a taxi to go around too).

Cant get enough of these cut preserved fruits slices >.<

The chimney bread - loved it...too bad we didnt buy lots of it

Shopping...shopping...shopping   :-)

As you could google, Putrajaya was designed specifically for government offices. I am not going to telltale much about the city (just wiki it please) but I loved how the city centers itself around the man-made lake (well – at least, that was what the taxi driver told us). Everywhere you go, you would see the lake – mind you, not the kind of lake that we normally find here in Jakarta (it’s improving but still farrrrr compared to the Putrajaya one) but this one was clean and serene. There were several famous spots and we managed to visit some of them by taxi.

Seri Wawasan bridge

Putrajaya Mosque complex

Putrajaya Mosque

The plaza in front of the office of Prime Minister

For your convenience, you could go to Putrajaya train station (Putrajaya central) and find the taxi corner. There, they have sightseeing service which will drive you around Putrajaya from MYR38 for 1hour up to few hours. No worry, it was official (no scam by the taxi driver too – so if you are travelling solo, just be at peace and hire them). If you have more time, it is most recommended to drive around Putrajaya at daylight and during the nitetime (the lighting gave off different vibe of the city – very romantic ^^). In all, they covered Darul Ehsan Palace, Millenium Monument, several government buildings and complex like Palace of Justice or Prime Minister Office, water sport centre, distinguished hotels like Pullman and Marriot, as well as few bridges and botanical gardens.

Seri Ampangan bridge at far back there

Seri Gemilang bridge

Since we only had 2.5days for sightseeing, so we opted for an hour, which we visited 4 places (too bad – they picked the places – not our option to choose). We skipped Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC – the place we had our convention) and the gardens (it was afternoon and the sun was unforgiving). So we settled with their famous bridges and the Putra Mosque. Here are the pics…enjoy (^.^)