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<\/a>Flying High, Soon?<\/p><\/div>\n
It is three days to Deepavali and things have not really picked up. Maybe last-minute shopping is a Malaysian thing.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Flowers For Singh<\/p><\/div>\n
To impress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, many things were put in place for his visit last week. We now have red-bricked roads with beautiful flower motifs.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Clay Elephant Sanctuary<\/p><\/div>\n
One of the new attractions is this fountain at the mini roundabout. Fortunately, many of the old trees were spared execution. ‘The Pines’ nearby was not so lucky.<\/p>\n
<\/a>1Muruku<\/p><\/div>\n
For me, one of the more fascinating new additions are the street lamps with intricate muruku spirals. Here, 1 muruku is seen against the backdrop of the 1 Sentral building.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Dirty But Gracious Girl<\/p><\/div>\n
I asked this local resident if she can model next to the arches for me. She so graciously obliged. Please excuse the little soot on her chin and arm. That’s because of hanging by the roadside too much, I think \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Happy Diwali !<\/p>\n
Getting there:<\/strong> MyCen Map to Little India, Brickfields<\/a><\/p>\n See also:<\/strong> Little India Klang<\/a><\/p>\n Tip:<\/strong> You can view larger versions of the images here, gallery-style. When the page finishes loading, click on any picture. Navigate via the arrows on each side of the frame. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For years, we been told that Leboh Ampang or the Masjid India area is the Little India of Kuala Lumpur. They were dethroned by Brickfields recently… Continue reading