| One of the most interesting places to visit in Asia is | | | | specially equipped with a number of safety devices. |
| Kuala Lumpur and one of the major attractions there is | | | | The one that is the most interested is the way that |
| the Petronas twin towers. These magnificent | | | | one elevator can go up beside another elevator and |
| structures stand 458 meters tall and have 88 floors. | | | | evacuate people from it if it gets stuck or jammed |
| The foundation of these towers stretches 120 meters | | | | between floors. The petronas Company is the one |
| underground. The towers themselves are made | | | | and only tenant of tower one. The other tower called |
| primarily of reinforced concrete and steel with a glass | | | | Tower 2 is available for rent to other tenants'. |
| façade. Construction on these towers was | | | | Currently Accenture, Bloomberg, Boeing, IBM, Microsoft, |
| finished in 1996. Visitors are allowed to go to the 41st | | | | Reuters, and a large number of smaller firms all call this |
| floor to see the sky bridge. From this vantage point | | | | tower home. At the base of the towers there is a |
| you can see the park below and on a clear day all the | | | | shopping plaza called Suria KLCC. It has a large |
| surrounding cities of Kuala Lumpur. In order to get into | | | | number of shops featuring all kinds of different |
| the sky bridge it is necessary to get a pass. These | | | | merchandise. On the 4th floor you will find the |
| passes are given to about 1400 people every day, and | | | | petroleum development centre. Just outside the plaza |
| usually they are all distributed before noon, so make | | | | is the KLCC Park. This park has jogging and walking |
| sure you get there very early to ensure that you | | | | paths, a wading pool, and a children's playground. It has |
| manage to get one. In a building this massive it would | | | | a very large water fountain with built in lighting that puts |
| seem logical that the elevator system be huge and I | | | | on a fantastic show, as the water blasts high into the |
| can assure you that you will not be disappointed. | | | | air. Getting to the towers is easy. Take the Putra train |
| There are 3 groups of elevators that together service | | | | right to the towers. |
| all the floors in the building. The elevator cars are two | | | | Criss manages Travel Asia and Angkor Wat.Criss is |
| stories, so one story handles the even floors and the | | | | also the author of Asia Travel Guide. |
| other handles the odd floors. These elevators are also | | | | |