We arrived to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after a 3-hour flight from Danang, Vietnam which was a 45-minute drive from Hoi An.
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| Downtown Kuala Lumpur |
The first thing we noticed about Kuala Lumpur was how clean it was. It was modern, organized and people were very friendly. The kids couldn't get over all the high rises!
Kuala Lumpur was incredibly hot and humid, averaging 40 degrees! We decided to avoid the heat by spending the better part of the day indoors in the air-conditioning.
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| Melting in the heat |
We spent our first day at a fantastic museum! The museum was located in the Petronas Towers and, because of the Coronavirus, they checked our temperatures before letting us in.
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| Petronas Towers |
After buying our tickets, we went through a rainforest on a slow-motion ride. It would have been 5x faster to walk but it was cool to "ride" into the museum.
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| The 'Dark Ride' to enter the museum |
The first exhibit was about space. Nathan's favourite part was learning about our galaxy and its black holes. Some black holes can pull objects in from 6 miles and others can pull objects in from as far away as our entire galaxy!!! We also learned all about the Northern Lights. Parker liked driving a replica of the Mars Rover and Chelsea liked the simulation of Jupiter's extreme winds in its Red Eye. These winds reach 432km/h but the simulator stopped at ~130km/hr...what a rush!
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| So much information to learn |
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| NASA MMU Simulator |
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| Jupiter's Red Eye- the wind is building up! |
The next exhibit was all about the history of the Earth- all 4.6 billion years! It reminded us of the "Walk Through Time" exhibit at the Royal Tyrell Museum in Alberta.
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| Walking through time |
Our favourite exhibit was called Sparkz. It had so many puzzles to solve and experiments to interact with. We learned about invisible fumes that catch on fire, the displacement of water with vibration (simulation of an earthquake) and flying tea bags (hot/cold differentials).
Keeping a beach ball balanced in a stream of air
Visualizing sound waves - so cool!
Visualizing magnetic lines
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| Mixing her own music track...drums, voice and tambourine on a loop recorder! |
The kids flew a drone and got to make their own paper airplanes. They worked hard on the their planes as the museum staff had a machine that launched the airplanes. IF the planes flew a certain distance, there was a prize. After many attempts, all 3 kids designed successful planes and each walked away with a small notepad.
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| The museum's MakerSpace - the machine with the 2 yellow discs fires airplanes at just the right angle! |
At the museum, we also got saw a replica of the oil rigs off the coast of Malaysia. We learned about simple machines- pulleys, levers, screws and wedges.
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| Teamwork |
Racing - 1 pulley against 2... no fair!
Next, we visited an exhibit all about speed and acceleration. They had virtual reality racing and skiing games and a spot where the speed of our baseball throws were recorded.
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| F1 race car - the real deal |
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| F1 simulator - Mike barely fit in it |
Our favourite part was trying the Batak Reaction Tester. This tested our concentration, reaction time, hand-eye coordination and stamina. It is used by F1 race car drivers and, more recently, by many other elite athletes as a training mechanism.
Parker testing his reflexes
The last exhibit was all about AI and Technology. We played with a robot that sang show tunes and Mike tried out a fully immersive MR (more than VR) headset and horizontal flying apparatus.
All in all, it was a great day!
Move over FunHaven. This museum has all the bells and whistles (and then some...lots) and a whole whack of learning. Awesome!!
ReplyDeleteSo how much is a ticket to Kuala Lumpur? 8-))
The ticket to KL is dear, but not the entry fee to the museum - our family was CAD$35! ;)
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