Today we visited the Lake Gardens (popularly known as KL Lake Gardens) as Sue had to check out some exhibits at the ongoing Malaysia International Landscape & Garden Fest 2008. We arrived at around 2.20pm and as it was crowded and parking spaces are rather limited we had to park about 1km away near the National Monument. Fortunately they had golf buggies and vans to shuttle visitors to and fro albeit we still had to walk to the junction of Jalan Cenderamulia.
The park is the brainchild of Alfred Venning, the British State Treasurer and began in 1888 when he proposed to turn the swampy valley into a botanic garden (thank you Mr Venning).
The Lake Gardens is a massive 91.6 (230 acres) hectares today and attractions include playgrounds, jogging tracks, exercise stations, rowing boats a Deer Park, Butterfly Park , Bird Park, Carcosa Seri Negara (built 1897), Orchid garden and Hibiscus garden.
It was a very humid afternoon but that did not stop Nicole from having a ball at the playground as there were many kids for her to play with. We decided to split up, Sue to seek out her exhibits and me to run after Nic. After about 90 minutes we regrouped and headed to the National Monument (built 1966), a tall (15 meters) bronze sculpture to honor the fallen heroes of World War I, World War II and the Malayan Emergency.
At the entrance stands a cenotaph with the inscription “To Our Glorious Dead with dates of the First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945) and the Emergency (1948-1960).
The sculpture itself is located further inside and depicts five Malayan soldiers holding the national flag. The visit to the monument was a first for Sue and Nic. It was my second visit, the first being way back in 1973 during a school excursion.
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