Quaint discovery

If you are prepared to veer off the well beaten tourist track, even the Golden Triangle in Kuala Lumpur can throw up a few pleasant surprises. I did not have to travel far from the Radius International Hotel to see some truly fascinating sights.

Along Cangkat Bukit Bintang, there were boutique eateries specialising in German food, Lebanese food, Brazilian fare, etc:





Some art deco-styled buildings along the same road:



Across from the hotel is Jalan Nagasari. I was surprised at the (almost) complete lack of traffic along this road and its feeder roads on a Saturday morning. This is one of the feeder roads ... Jalan Berangan:


And along Jalan Nagasari itself, I saw more quaint houses, including one with an external spiral staircase. Art deco must've been very popular in those days...