POV: It's 2003 and You're Spending a Day at Sunway Pyramid
If you were a kid in the Klang Valley, the first thing you remember about Sunway Pyramid is the lion. It opened in 1997, and in 2003 walking under that giant head felt like going somewhere much further than Bandar Sunway.
What you remember
The lion, first. Then the pyramid behind it. Then the entrance with the Egyptian columns, the gold camels, and a giant ram statue in the atrium.
Inside, that orange ceiling lit everything up like a sunset that never ended. There was a Burger King overlooking it all, which at the time was the most exciting thing a mall could offer.
Why it stuck
Most malls are just malls. Somebody decided this one should be Egypt, and every kid agreed.
It has been expanded since, and the lion is still its logo. Next on our page: the KL Twin Towers in 1999.
Good to know
· Take the same photo with the lion that your parents took. You know the one.
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