In Malay language, Kuala means the place where two rivers join together or an estuary, while Lumpur means muddy. The rivers refer to Klang River and Gombak River.

At the estuary delta land, there is this ancient mosque Masjid Jamek, which is also the landmark of Kuala Lumpur. This river delta was also place where Yap Ah Loy -The Chinese Captain who developed Kuala Lumpur from muddy swampland, and his tin mining crews landed from tin mine exploration. They travelled upstream from Klang ,days and nights, touched down at this muddy estuary and from here went to Ampang and began the tin mining. Since then, this swampland of river delta developed rapidly and next became the nation's capital.

During high school time, @auleo always took the Len Seng public bus to their terminal and from there, walked to the famous tuition center Kasturi. From the terminal, I always took the short cut at the street alley that is along the river. But the river was very smelly back then and not so good to stay for long.

Recent years, Malaysia government announced the rejuvenate development plan for this river and named it "The river of Life". So happened that this project was handled by one of my friends' company. As such, I always get to know the development updates from the facebook sharing.

大钟楼的后方以前是停车场，现在改为步行道，让游人更亲近这座吉隆坡的地标。
The area behind the Sultan Abdul Samad Building was a car park , converted to the walking district, and let the travellers to have closer look at this KL landmark.

吉隆坡新旧建筑相映成趣，后面就是吉隆坡塔。
The old and modern building in Kuala Lumpur. At the background is the KL Tower