Good to visit for a few days (Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia))

Member Name: Qaliq

Product:	Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Date:	10/12/08 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good transport, lots to do

Disadvantages: Busy and Dirty

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia, situated on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

It is very well connected with an international airport (where you can fly to Europe, Australia, America and other parts of Asia), a large train station (where you can get an overnight train to Singapore, the jungle train (runs to the north east of the country) or north to Penang (this line actually continues on to Bangkok). There is also a large bus station too with buses going to all over the country. Transport around the city is good too with an underground train system and a monorail. I never took a bus while I was there but the network seemed pretty good.

There is loads to do in Kuala Lumpur and it is pretty "Westernised" for an Asian city. There are numerous malls, shops, restaurants (inc fast food if this is what you want!) and nice hotels. The street food (especially around Bukit Bintang) is really good and very cheap so you can get away with not spending much money if you don't want.

Sights to see include the Petronus Towers, The KL Tower, the Rainforest in the City, the Park, The Planetarium, the butterfly garden, Merdeka Square, the rollercoaster in the mall, Chinatown and lots more. I was there for 4 days and I always had stuff to do.

The city is quite dirty compared with say Singapore but it's not bad for an Asian city and is certainly cleaner than other bits of Malaysia I've been too. It's quite crowed as well, especially on public transport around peak times.

Summary: Go and see the sights, I wouldn't stay there for longer than a week