Kuala Lumpur
Travel Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
To the big KL we go!
After the great day at the park we were ready to go to the big city. While we were waiting in the lobby before we went to catch a train our guest house manager let us know there was a bus station just a short walk away that had buses to KL so we didn't ...
Where is Bus 11???
... 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 ...
Kuala Lumpur - the last stop before home
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 ...
flesh eating fish....
... made. 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 ...
KL the town of two towers
After a short night of sleep we pack up our suitcases ready to head out to Kuala Lumpur, the buzzling capital of Malaysia. We arranged a transport with Edmond around noon, but first we have our last lunch in Malacca. We found a cute little cafe in a side ...
It's just so...clean...
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 ...
Kuala Lumpur - Back in a big city
... 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 ...
The Hub of Malaysia
... gave us a good overall impression of the city. This allowed us to plan for upcoming day trips. One of our first was to the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. The Bird Park houses more than 5000 birds (or more than 50 species) of birds in an enclosed aviary. Out of ...
Xmas in Kuala Lumpur
... la main devant votre bouche ?"... vous pouvez imaginer que par le temps que nous sommes arrivés à notre hôtel pour routards à Kuala Lumpur, personne n'était de belle humeur! Pour aggraver les choses, ils n'avaient pas compris la réservation pour 3 ...
Kuala Lumpur
... them resembling the minarets of a mosque and the Star of Islam. At night this is a truly breathtaking structure. With Malaysia celebrating its 50 years of Independence (Merdeka) last year, the namesake square with the world's largest ...
Kuala Lumpur...the opposite of India
... hop 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 ...
Petronos Towers!
On the saturday we took the bus to the Batu caves. When we arrived it looked like we would have to do another 290 steps striaght up to get to the caves. To make things even more interesting there were damn cursed monkeys everywhere! We witnessed one ...
Damn you lonely planet!
So lets start with this, lonely planet is full of shit! We jumped on the train and left for the jungle canopy walk after figuring out where it was a little better. When we arrived at the taxi stand after our train ride they informed us that it would ...
Last day in KL
After mailing a postcard back home we headed back to the hotel because I (James) had a major headache and didn't feel too great. We had planned to go to the lake are of central KL to see the architect walk and deer park and other sites surrounding the ...
Walking around KL's shopping malls
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
... 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 ...
Two Towers and the return of the King
... 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 ...
Sport Weekend Extravaganza
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
... . 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 ...
"Zoo Negara"
... species of Malaysian and exotic mammals, reptiles and birds. The National Zoo is situated 20 miles from the center of Kuala Lumpur. In the Zoo are numerous paths meandering between wooded groves and tree-lined enclaves where the animal enclosures are ...
Kuala "umpa" Lumpur
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 ...
KL gets 10 out of 10!
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
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 ...
Time for Tea
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
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 ...
Day 64: Bad First Impressions of KL
... yer backwards arse system the machines there can actually read the fraking ticket." Sigh. Did I mention how much I hate hate hate the Kuala Lumpur rail system? It's expansive and will get you where you need to go, but along the way there are so many ...
*Days 65-66: The Blackjack Scam
... concert, filled with dancing North African and Middle Eastern men, some with colored hankerchiefs wrapped across their faces. Malaysia is more economically developed than Indonesia but the Islamic population here seems much more devout. Woman in the ...
Kuala Lumpur
... been very exciting for them to party in a big hotel. And we're not likely to starve with all these restaurants around us here in Kuala Lumpur. It rains every evening during this season at around 5 o'clock, so it's up with the prolly when we go out for ...

