Blogs from Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Asia - page 12

This time I headed to the Batu Caves and it was nice, but i only stayed there for about 20 minutes and got a little bored. Climbed about 267 steps or something and the caves are at the top of the hill, but theres a bit of grafitti and a bit dirty, did see some monkeys. Apart from that I did hardly anything, I was on a very limited budget eating the same cheap food on a continous basis. I did manage to get up at 4am to watch the Man Utd vs Arsenal game and then straight back to bed.... read more

26th November 2010 Our first full day in Kuala Lumpur, so we got up and headed, as I’m sure many tourists do, for the Petronas twin towers. Having been the night before and the “we are full” sign not being displayed but tucked behind another sign we had decided we wouldn’t rush but instead go when we got up. We also had to post yet more stuff home (it seems a never ending task - yet we don’t seem to have anything less?). We got to the mall under the towers and located the post office, which wasn’t hard. The friendly guard armed with a pump action shotgun pointed us to the counter for parcels, we queued and when we were seen we were told that they don’t have packaging materials. (Surely fairly fundamental for ... read more

Saturday, 13th November 2010 12 years have passed since I first stepped into Kuala Lumpur with K and SZ. Even though we had since lost touch with one another after all these years, the 1-week trip was inspiring and helped to cultivate what became known as my life-long hobby of travelling, backpacking and more recently travel blogging. Certain things in KL remained unchanged after all these years. The bustling food stalls along Jalan Alor, the 24-hour KFC in Bukit Bintang where we had our first meal after an overnight bus journey and the ugly green façade of Lot 10 Shopping Mall were still surviving since my first visit in November 1998. I’m always happy to return to KL and relive those fond memories even though this was going to be my 6th time. This was mum ... read more

We only stayed in Malaysia for two nights because we spent so much time in Thailand. As soon as we got to Kuala Lumpur (KL) we were immidiately reminded how cheap thailand was. We were spending 1 pound a pint in thai and lee had just bought 1 for 9 pounds in KL. Very expensive, food is also expensive so we decided we wont go out drinking......untill we met these dutch lads who had a great idea to get drunk at the hostel on cans and go straight to a club at 1ish to save money. It cost 10 pound just to get in the club! Anyway, we went to the KL tower which is the 3rd highest telecommunication tower in the world, great views how ever it was very smoggy so couldnt see as far ... read more

Hi everyone. After a tedious 12 hour flight from London we arrived in Kuala Lumpur. I hate flying and am very glad to be off the plane (for now!). K L is a very modern city and the transport system is amazing. So with our backpacks hoisted for the first time we were off on the high speed connection from the airport into KL. It is very easy to buy tickets for the high speed train and only a short walk to the platform. When we arrived at KL Central we had to make a decison - do we take the Metro or get a taxi? We decided on a taxi - wrong decision. We bought our taxi ticket from the official booth and we were immediately ushered into the next avalible car. The driver took ... read more