Traveling from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur cheaply or at all by land was looking like a nightmare 2 day journey, we took the easier and more expensive 2 hr flight. Arrived at Kuala Lumpur's "Ryanair" version airport so hence got the 1 hour bus to the city and taxi to the hostel. The first thing you notice is how green Kuala Lumpur is and how good the infrastructure is, not what was expected, also the city has excellent public transport, with a monorail and subway system running. Pretty quickly you spot the KLCC Radio Tower, 4th largest radio tower in the world and the famous Petronas Twin Towers. Found ourselves a handy guesthouse, where the girl was really helpful, actually it got a bit annoying, you had to report to her everyday what you had done
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