Day 96 - We're staying right in the center of downtown Kuala Lumpur. When we look from our balcony, we can see a sizeable patch of green forest though. The hill, currently called the Eco-Forest Park, was land set aside in 1906. Presently the site is 9.3 hectares of preserved rain forest. A lot of the original reserve was used in the building of the KL Tower, now the seventh largest communication tower in the world.There are stories on how the area became known as Bukit Nanas (Pinapple Hill). Supposedly, rival clans were fighting for the land in the nineteenth century. In order to protect a fort, pineapples were planted around it to help protect against the invaders. Nothing of a fort remains today.
However, there is a forest canopy walkway.
It took just 15 minutes for us to walk around to the main entrances on the other side of the hill. It was interesting as some trees are several hundred years old but right here in the center of this major city.
Yet, when we got up to the base of the KL Tower it was quickly evident that our oasis was just an island of green remaining in Kuala Lumpur.
