Views on top Alor Setar's telecommunication tower...

Today, I'm going to take you readers on top of Alor Setar's telecommunication tower and savour the view. This trip was made the day after relaxing at Pantai Merdeka as told in the article A look at Pantai Merdeka, Kedah... yesterday. Come! :]

This is the Alor Setar telecommunications tower. At 165 meter or so, it's height is equivalent to a 54 storey building...

Here are some technical specs in Malay...

And the equivalent in English...

Some history on the building...

And time to go up... This is the view from inside the lift...

At the viewing deck which is at the height of 88 metres, equivalent to a 27-storey building is more information on the tower. The chart above list the tower as among the top 20 tallest telecommunications tower in the world, I can't remember as of which year...

This is the first view of the outside as seen immediately after stepping out of the elevator. I have gone around and counted 32 window panes guiding the views. I actually took pictures of all the window panes along with the respective views but for the sake of brevity, I will only feature 8 separated at equal intervals...

Let's start with this pane pointing almost directly to the south-east...

Going anti-clockwise by 45 degrees (360 degrees divided by 8) gives the view pointing east...

The view north-east...

The north...

The north-west...

The west...

The south-west...

And finally the south...

And here are close-up of some selected views... If you look carefully in this picture heading south, you could see Gunung (mount) Jerai, Kedah's highest peak in the background...

This one almost to the north shows the state stadium...

While the one directly to the north shows the limestone hill known as Gunung Keriang (if I remember the name correctly) famous for its natural crystals...

This view to the west shows the river Kedah as it meanders out into the Straits of Melaka in the background. Look closely at the background and you can see a small white building at the centre. That should point to the mouth of the Kedah river and a small town called Kuala (the river mouth of) Kedah where lies the main embarkation point to the resort island of Langkawi...

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This picture towards the south-west shows the river Kedah closer to town or rather inside town just behind the mosque, a royal mosque known as Masjid Zahir. The mosque has rather impressive design and architecture. You can have a closer view here... Masjid (mosque of) Zahir

Oh, I forgot. Alor Setar has been declared as a city for quite some time now, can't remember when. And glad to inform you that this picture happened to be named as SUN131 inside my cheap digital camera which now has a new SD-card bought in Sungai Petani the day before this pictures were taken... Meaning that it is the 131th picture taken using the new memory card!

Why the excitement? Well, the number 131 has a certain meaning for me which points at my desire and dream to have a proper home sweet home (which I'm sad to admit I have not really had, at least that's what I feel my whole life). And I'm more excited as this 131th picture contains a rather beautiful mosque which I believe have a certain tie to the land of my forefathers in Aceh! Perhaps it points a clue to my future home sweet home? I hope so!

And lastly a look down to get some idea how high I was standing... Well, it is not that high as I've seen many views from up mountain tops including from the 4,101 metre (13,455 feet) height or so Gunung (mount) Kinabalu in Sabah. Still, this is the highest you can get in Alor Setar or anywhere within a radius of 100km or so. So just savour the view ya... Cheers!