Country Info
- Kuala Lumpur
- Capital
- Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
- Currency
- 22,229,040
- Population
- MY
- Country Code
Kuala Lumpur Slideshow
Kuala Lumpur
Travel Blogs from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
It's all coming back to me now
This is a top pick! ... to is the attention I attract from all the asian men, especially travelling on my own, but hey that's travelling in Asia. So Kuala Lumpur was big and hot and humid. I spent 2 days wandering around. Spent a large amount of my time in shopping malls ...
Our first full day
This is a top pick! Our first full day in KL started out in true Jackie 'n James style...we walked and walked and walked looking for the Scotiabank we had seen on our bus ride back to Chinatown the day before. We took a wrong turn and ended up going around an extra block ...
Monorails in Kuala Lumpur
This is a top pick! Hi there folks, first of all, thanks for all the msgs and good wishes waiting for me when I logged on a few minutes ago here in KL. In a transit hotel, at the airport to be exact, for a much needed sleep. The excitement of the journey wore off ...
Gotta love those visa agencies
This is a top pick! ... got better and better. She said we were going to go to a waterfall which wasn't too far away. Bear in mind people that this is Malaysia, and at this time of year it is bloody hot here, so this sounded like an excellent way to escape the heat and put me in ...
Kuala Lumpur
This is a top pick! ... a careful observer, especially when one considers the uneven development level of the rest of the country, that Kuala Lumpur is intended as a display for Malaysia's newly found economic prowess, as a signal to the world that "we have arrived". Nowhere is ...
Eaten my Ox Cock now lets go Bashing...
This is a top pick! I arrived in KL not sure whether to stay for a couple of days, head up to the Cameron Highlands or go off to the jungle.... I arrived early in the morning wondered into Le Village hostel and met Dan again, after a night out and a bus journey for ...
I've arrived in Malaysia!
This is a top pick! The train was a great ride, lovely scenery of tropical bamboo and palm tree forests over the hills. I arrived, took a nap, found a cheap chinese place for dinner and that's about all for today! Can't wait to explore the city ...
From Jerantut to Kuala Lumpur
This is a top pick! ... at the moment does not have up to date software capacities. After having an extended sleep in this morning, I boarded the bus for Kuala Lumpur at 1pm. I was kind of glad to leave Jerantut and move on. Given the challenges of the last few days, I ...
South West Malaysia, The Melting Pot of SE Asia
This is a top pick! ... , Hindus, and Christians. You can hear the call to prayer at the same time you can hear the church bells ringing. Kuala Lumpur is a premier people watching city, and the best site seeing is just wandering the streets. Unfortunately, much of the rain ...
City Life
This is a top pick! ... - Cost of beer - Quality of accomodation - Expensive minivans Places Visited: Perentian Islands, Kota Bharu, Tanmen Negara, Cameron Highlands, Kuala Lumpur. Days Visited: 17-Days Budget: GBP 8.06 per day per person (1GBP=6.8 Ringitt) Total Distance ...
Colonial Times
This is a top pick! Leaving the hustle and bustle of Chinatown I headed out on a self made walking tour around the colonial sites of Kuala Lumpur found within the imaginatively named colonial district. The old railway station was the first spot just a short distance away ...
Back in KL
This is a top pick! I've been back in Kuala Lumpur from Siem Reap for a week now... Gosh, the week has just flown by. I'm starting to lose all sense of time and have to constantly remind myself what day or date it is (Ronan, my (ex)colleague, told me this would happen and ...
Anyone seen two huge towers?
This is a top pick! ... finding them still off on some discounted holiday before returning to the hostel with even the laundry staff apparently away. With Malaysia being a multi-cultural society I was glad to be staying in the heart of Chinatown meaning that there was at ...
Truly Asia
This is a top pick! ... that a station probably not helped much that everyone and their iguana seem to be on the move for the holidays. With Malaysia not having a single national bus terminal you are faced with tons of competing companies with 50+ counters to choose from all ...
Air Asia & Lime Green Excrement!
This is a top pick! ... 10 stories of shopping mall, with a huge hotel on top of it! They had everything in here for all 4 cultures prominent in Kuala Lumpur, Malay, Indian, Chinese and Western. There was Macky D's, KFC, Starbucks, 7-11, fashion outlets, market stalks - endless. ...
Life flashing before me - not a pretty sight!
This is a top pick! ... upon my stomach. (Extra info - the doc was a Malaysian/Indian who used to work at Guy's hospital in London. He came home to Malaysia 5 years ago when his Dad got ill, and he set up this clinic). Moving on. As the doc had listened to my stomach, his ...
And It Looks Like We Might Have Made it!
This is a top pick! Last night, we'd agreed to meet in the hotel 'lobby’ (dirty area where an old lady was peeling fish) at 7.15 for breakfast (muffins bought in a shop – definitely no breakfast supplied here). Tommy was already out there raring to go despite ...
monsoon tears
This is a top pick! ... Monika and I came across was a children's store in the KLCC mega mall. It's just not a Halloween type place here in Malaysia probably much to the chagrin of Martha Stewart who lives for the holiday. I did browse a Martha Stewart Living yesterday and as ...
A Capital City
This is a top pick! ... with high rise buildings and sky scrapers, testament to KL and Malaysia's boom in the 1990's. One of the major landmarks is the Menara Kuala Lumpur, a massive 421M tower in the center of KL. And where better to be for our first rain fall in 3 months. At ...
'Barsie'
This is a top pick! ... a fully uniformed motorcycle police officer taking a leak at the side of the road. I knew right then that I was going to like Malaysia. It took me a while to get my bearings, and for the short time I pottered about laden with luggage I was truly ...
Stomach Wog
This is a top pick! Rowan from Singapore's New Story Hotel was right. According to Rowan, most travellers experience diarrhoea in their first week or two. I was desperate to get through the hotel's breakfast this morning given that I paid a lot for it. I had to go the ...
Birthday boy in kuala Lumpur
This is a top pick! Arrived late in Kuala Lumpur from Perth, the airport is a long way from the city, but taxi was cheap considering....empty roads until you get in the city !! Only had 2 days to see as much as we could....so went for the tours as best way to ...
Greetings from Kuala Lumpur
This is a top pick! (Nicole) After about 20 hours of transferring and flying, we finally arrived in KL! KL is more modern than I thought, yet the females dress very conservatively. There is a good mixture of Muslims, Chinese, and Malay people; I like seeing such ...
Big reunion, big towers
This is a top pick! Coming soon-- a great visit with old friends from my Bulgaria days and a trip through shiny KL and up the Petronas ...
Travel Rehab!
This is a top pick! ... a real luxury!) and generally doing nothing much. We needed the rest, 'travel rehab' as we called it! Well now we're in Kuala Lumpur where we flew to yesterday courtesy of Sian's Dad (thanks Dad!), to avoid the troubles in the south of Thailand. So ...
In Transit at KLIA
This is a top pick! Thought I'd take Kuala Lumpur's International Airport up on its free internet to post a message. One last thought before I hit Australian soil. It's been 24 hours since I awoke in Amsterdam. Since then, I have walked to Amsterdam's Central Train ...