Touring Conflux Putrajaya

We happened to head down to Conflux Putrajaya today for something, and for the first time we had the opportunity to actually go about the place once we'd time (last couple of times we'd been down there, we travelled with colleagues so no chance of making detours). Time to be a tourist in our own country.

Dammit, everytime we think about Putrajaya, we picture the Conflux town from Heroes of Might and Magic III. Both came about around the same time.

Anyways, given that we'd manage to complete our stuff and there was a bit of time for us to go about, we'd decided to take a quick cruise about Putrajaya, as we'd never been about really before. Honestly, don't think we're missing much after today.

Asides from that Conflux Capitol, all other buildings have their own architectural of some modern metal or summat - but it's just pretty on the outside, nothing on the inside (nothing for us to do that is). But at least there's Taman Putra Perdana and Taman Wetlands.

First thing we thought of was that it reminded us of Greenwich (and later George Square), the park below was full of people. Picnics to frisbee to sunbathing...

If the weather wasn't overcast we wouldn't have bothered taking a walk. While the stress level has already plummeted leading to zero snow, having finished the necessary paperwork and washing it off our hands, a little more 'time-out' for ourselves wouldn't go amiss. And it was nice, full of greenery etc etc.

We did cuss a bit. Couple of occasions already, we'd not have our digicam with us when it was more appropriate compared to the phonecam. But phonecam stood up pretty well, thankfully the phone battery's been fully charged too.

We came across this monument-thingy in the middle of the park (which isn't that big anyways). A thought we had was that if Dan Browne never made mention about it (via Langdon the symbologist), how many people would associate these kinda monuments with phallic symbols? Took it for something decorative until we read the plaque:

Oh. A time capsule! That's nice...oh wait, it only holds Putrajaya's birth certificates.

Walking on towards the general direction of Shangri-La Hotel was this walkway, you get this. It's nice, fountains going all the way up, it's wheelchair-friendly too. Some aren't working, but then again no one's here to enjoy it really. Gazebos line both side of the fountains.

By now we've been sweating already in spite of it still being overcast, so we decided it's time to head back to the car. This is why the option 'have a picnic / go lepak in the park' is never one we will ever choose, at least not in tropical places. Which is a shame, we don't get enough sun as it is. Back in Glasgow we wouldn't mind bumming about George Square with a book from Borders and our MD player, watching peeps feed birds, sunbathers with their tops off, taking in a bit of sun without ever breaking into a sweat.

Onwards out of Taman Putra Perdana things went downhill - Taman Botanik required payment and didn't seem to be open, the Wetlands entry was blocked off and Putrajaya Sentral was an out-of-the-way bus station. Look, there're people staying in Putrajaya as well, so where's the shopping mall (oh goodness we're such a city boy)???

Oh well, no great loss but at least we've now done Putrajaya.