Sunday, June 16, 2013

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The best place names offer geography lessons. Kuala Lumpur, for instance, means "muddy confluence." The city was founded at the point where two streams come together to form a third.  You can see that point here. Today, the confluence is occupied by the Jamek mosque, which is backed up by the city's financial district. [2011]

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