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1 Introduction
Just a few hundred meters from busy Chinatown, the urban landscape gives way to
sculpted parks and dense tropical jungle. Covering 92 hectares, the Lake Gardens were
created during the colonial era as an urban retreat where the British administrators could
escape the hurly burly of downtown (as well as people of other races).
This park was pleasantly restful; it covered a huge area, planted with a variety of native
plants, trees and shrubs - it's hard to believe that this calm open space existed just a few
hundred meters from the main train station. In the middle is a huge children's adventure
playground and nearby is the sprawling lake for which the gardens were named. Boats
can be rented for around RM6 per hour and tai chi practitioners can be observed in the
early morning.
The hills were dotted with interesting attractions, including two of KL's best: the Islamic
Arts Museum and Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. The dense foliage created a lot of humidity
so strolling around can be a sweaty experience - a drier way to see the gardens is to hire a
taxi and ask the driver to wait while you explore each of the sights. At weekends, a tourist
tram rolls between the main gardens for a nominal charge.
The Lake Gardens was an area dedicated to beauty and contemplation, located to the west
of the city centre. The site of the city's first park, the Lake Gardens area today was
dedicated to leisurely pursuits and offers a number of attractions for its visitors. The park
itself, known simply as Lake Gardens, or Taman Tasik Perdana, was dominated by a
man-made lake, Sydney Lake, and had several specialty gardens and areas. The Carcosa
Seri Negara, the former British Governor's official residence, overlooked the park from a
nearby hilltop on the west side and had been till recently, a heritage hotel offering its
visitors the rare opportunity to experience the opulent colonial British lifestyle.
The central region of the Lake Gardens housed two of the city's best known private parks,
the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park and the Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park. Boasting an amazing
variety of birds and butterflies, both parks were well-frequented by foreigners and locals
alike. Overlooking the lake on the east hill was the Tun Abdul Razak Memorial, the
former home of the second Malaysian Prime Minister that housed an archival collection
dedicated to him. Just a stone's throw away is the National Planetarium, a rather recent
addition to the Lake Gardens area. Completed in 1993, this unique building with its
distinctly futuristic dome represented the country's commitment to space science.
On the slopes of the Lake Garden's east side were two museums, the Royal Malaysian
Police Museum and the Islamic Arts Museum, while the iconic National Mosque lied at
the edge of the Lake Gardens, just opposite the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. Two
other attractions of note lied at the peripheral edges of the Lake Gardens area, the
National Monument at the north, and the National Museum at the south.
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