Putrajaya was entirely built up from plantation land in the 1990’s for the purpose of housing the country’s administrative and judicial center. It’s a clean, well laid out planned community, with 66 man-made lakes, lots of parks and walkways and some beautiful architecture. Only 100,000 people live there, so it doesn’t have the congestion and hustle of Kuala Lumpur which is about 20 miles away.

The pink domed building is the Putra Mosque. It’s made of rose colored granite, so it’s often called the Rose Mosque. The green domed building is the Perdana Putra, which houses prime minister’s office complex.

We took a boat ride on one of the city’s lakes and had beautiful views of the area.

In the distance is a view of the Rose Mosque and one of the beautiful suspension bridges.

Below is the Iron Mosque, with it’s shining metal dome. It’s the second most important mosque in Putrajaya. The tall, needle like building in front of it is not a minaret. It’s the Millenium Monument, built in 2000 to celebrate Malaysia’s history and cultural achievements. The glass walls surrounding the ramp that goes up to a view platform tells the story of Malaysia from its earliest days.

This tree is called the Chinese lipstick tree because of the red color that grows higher as the tree grows. It’s considered good luck as the color represents hope and good fortune going higher.

Across the lake in the park was a view of the Prime Minister’s home.