Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Travel Blogs

Kuala Lumpur - the last stop before home
Jul 11, 2005 (10 photos)

Touch down in KL after a great flight and make our way to the hotel. We have a couple of days here to see the sights and chill out before the final flight back to the UK - how depressing! Our hotel is in a great location right next to all the hawker ...

Where is Bus 11???
Feb 16, 2008 (18 photos)

... and get 12 different answers. But we were determined today to get to the Batu Caves outside of KL...( thats what they call Kuala Lumpur, but Maureen and I like the way it sounds so thats is how we say it) the local way by bus...only 2Ringits... ...

Two Towers and the return of the King
May 31, 2006 (4 photos)

... queue was to big for us to get any tickets for a anything in the next three hours. We met a nice couple traveling up Malaysia in a bar, they were shocked by how dirty the place we were staying was, obviously they had just come from Singapore and Australia, ...

It's just so...clean...
Jul 10, 2005 (10 photos)

Wow. Pizza Hut. I love you. Definitely my first stop after the islands. I know, this is sheer treason to the older travellers who regaled me with their stories when i was growing up and helped instill my wanderlust. I'm sure their motto would run ...

flesh eating fish....
Jul 8, 2008 (57 photos)

... .  All I need are some people to put up the front money....any investors out there???     July 8 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...an exotic name like this...I'm expecting some ability to feel it's history...but this is a bright shiny city...as ...

Kuala Lumpur - Back in a big city
Apr 26, 2009 (9 photos)

... on Merkada Square(sounds unimpressive but is actually pretty damn huge, the tallest in the world) which was raised when Malaysia gained its independance, every year thousands descend on the grassy area to celebrate Merdeka Day. I was really taken aback by ...

Kuala Lumpur
Dec 1, 2006

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Kuala Lumpur...the opposite of India
Mar 1, 2007 (6 photos)

... on the subway into the city brought us to the railway station where we caught an overnight train bound for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Like Singapore, much of Kuala Lumpur is super modern, squeaky clean and a breeze to navigate. The city ...

Walking around KL's shopping malls
May 21, 2003 (14 photos)

KL is a great city to explore on foot. Nothing is too far away and some of the sights are breathtaking. When the heat and humidity gets too much you can just nip into the nearest mall for a bit of welcome air-conditioning. And if you happen to see an ...

Independence
May 22, 2003 (7 photos)

... National History Museum (at Merdeka Square, where else) is good for a couple of hours. There is an interesting exhibit on Malaysia's Megalithic past with photos of some of the stone structures that have been left in Borneo. I also liked the money that ...

KL gets 10 out of 10!
Sep 13, 2006 (5 photos)

So here we are on our first full day in KL after a decent nights sleep. It's a going to be a full day of shopping malls searching for the underwater casing for our camera as we had no luck yesterday. We have been told it can be ordered but it will take ...

Last day in KL
Sep 16, 2006

We did very little on our last day here in KL. Ben set the alarm for 8am and I went nuts when we didn't have anything to get up for! We eventually went for breakfast at First Cup Café (it's outside BB Mall) and can recommend the French toast - but ask for ...

Sport Weekend Extravaganza
Oct 5, 2003 (11 photos)

Sat 4th Oct - Feeling hungover but we decide to take a short tour of the museums before the game tonight. Have a banana leaf curry breakfast round the corner from the guesthouse and get accosted by a lovely Malay bloke who loves England! Finally get away ...

Kuala Lumpur has the best Satay
Feb 15, 2008 (11 photos)

... . They even served us lunch, some delicious tandoori chicken with some dried fish heads with peanuts on the side. Loved the chicken. Kuala Lumpur reminds me of a combination of Khao San Road in Bangkok and a little bit of Cambodia. We are staying in ...

A short stop in Malaysia
Jul 5, 2006

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Kuala "umpa" Lumpur
Nov 13, 2004 (1 photos)

Well we left Phuket on a flight bound for Kuala Lumpur (KL as it shall now be known)and left Thailand behind. We arrived on the 11th Nov for our 3 day jaunt hoping to see a few of the sights before we left for Singapore. Once arrived, we caught the train ...

Time for Tea
May 25, 2003 (1 photos)

I have just bought my ticket to the Cameron Highlands (RM13), so I shall be leaving Kuala Lumpur in the morning. From what people tell me the four hour bus journey is a little rough due to the mad drivers and very hilly terrain on the way. The Cameron ...

I made it to Malaysia
Sep 8, 2004 (2 photos)

Well, I made it to Malaysia, and its beautiful. I have been here before, but mainly for a shopping trip, this time I hope to see more of this country. I have treated myself to a hotel for this part of the journey, I don't think I could deal with just being ...

Leaving the mainland
Jul 10, 2005

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DEUTSCH - Singapore-Malacca-Pulau Tioman-KL
May 15, 2008

... spannenden weltenbummler lebensgeschichten lauschten.( er hat 43 volle Reisepaesse:-)) Momentan sind wir in der Malaysischen Hauptstadt "Kuala Lumpur" und wohnen in einem kleinen gemuetlichen Hostel( Equator Hostel)im zentrum der Stadt. Wir planen ...

Chaotic KL
Jul 15, 2003 (1 photos)

First stop on our Asian odyssey - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We stayed in Chinatown amidst the markets, fruit stands, crumbling building and loud constructions noises. The markets were crammed with fake everything - designer watches, sunglasses and handbags ...

Sunway Pyramid and Lagoon
Sep 16, 2006 (22 photos)

We have decided that we will take the train to Singapore on Sunday so we need to book our tickets and since we have to go to KL Sentral (yes it is spelt with an S) to book them we may as well spend the day at Sunway Pyramid/Lagoon. We are late up ...

High Tea High Up!
Jun 22, 2004 (10 photos)

... with, for an Indian Thali at a banana leaf restaurant. Wednesday 16th June We had some breakfast and decided to make a move to Kuala Lumpur today. We got the 10.30 bus which took 5 hours to KL. We got ourselves a guest house in Chinatown and headed ...

Cental KL and Masjid Jamek
Oct 30, 2007 (18 photos)

... in varying degrees, but it is most often malleable.  It's the rigidity of Islamic custom that strikes me.  However, Malaysia immediately proved that it's not as rigid as one might think.  In Bangkok, there are some women who cover their ...

Bird Sanctuary
Oct 31, 2007 (22 photos)

I heard this bird sanctuary is the largest in Southeast Asia.  But I heard the same about the one in Singapore, so who knows.  I didn't have my theodolyte on hand, so I can't make any statements about the veracity of these claims.  ...

Managed to have a short wander round KL
Oct 4, 2008 (22 photos)

... 276 meters) to get some good views of Kuala Lumpur. Got to say that the views are fantastic - you can see everything in Kuala Lumpur (better than Petronas). The good thing was, you got a free individual audio tour at the top, pointing out all the sights ...

Jalan Jalan, going for a walk
Feb 9, 2006 (19 photos)

... spirituality I felt and sensed in these temples and the surrounding grounds reminded me of the other religious places I had visited in Malaysia. I think that no matter what you believe, in what way you are religious, just being in a place of worship, no ...

Back in the northern hemisphere!
Mar 17, 2006

Hey hey, I'm back in Malaysia! It's been a whopping thirty months since I left Kuala Lumpur heading for Auckland; now that I'm back it feels like I never even left. Nearly everything is the same here, even the hostel staff at Anuja recognised me! ...

Designed to Perfection
Oct 23, 2006 (2 photos)

... buses with enough legroom even for Shrek sized people with only 6 of us on the whole bus. Driving into Kuala Lumpur I was struck immediately by how modern looking the city was with numerous skyscrapers and glass fronted buildings intermingles with the ...

Penninsula Malaysia
May 2, 2008 (20 photos)

... are ruining the natural habitat of the Earth. One more thing, we will be drilling for oil, hope you don't mind." Unthinkable. Kuala Lumpur is a funny city. Its developing at a rapid speed and juxtaposition of old and new is strangely bizarre. The ...