Kuala Lumpar (Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia))

Member Name: clairedooyoo

Product:	Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Date:	08/10/09 (20 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: lots to do and see

Disadvantages: Didnt find anywhere nice to stay

During a three month trip around South East Asia, I was desperate to visit Malaysia. We travelled up from Singapore on an overnight train which was interesting. We joked that this train was like the Hogwarts express, with its wooden frames. We were a little hungover from the evening before so dropped to sleep quite quickly, not realising that they wake everyone up after an hour to go through passport control (we probably should have realised that this would happen). I found the rest of the journey ok, but my friend was disturbed a lot by the train constantly stopping and starting, people boarding and alighting. The train which was advertised as arriving in Kuala Lumpar (often referred to as KL) at 7am actually kicked us off at 5:30am!

The guide book advised us to stay in Chinatown so that's where we headed. I am not sure if because we had just come from very clean Singapore, but Chinatown appeared dirty to us. Other travellers we met agreed with this.

On the first day we did the 'hop on hop off' tour bus around the city, although it took us ages to find the bus stop as everyone kept pointing us in the wrong direction, once we got on it was a really good thing to do. The ticket lasts for 24 hours, so not only does it help get your bearings, you can also use it to see the sights

You can go up the Patronas towers to get a fantastic view of KL, this is an activity that all travellers love... it is free! However you have to queue to be given a time slot to go up, which is not always convenient.

Can go up the patronas towers for free, but a waiting list or pay to go up the sky tower, view amazing.
Guide books advice staying in Chinatown, although we found this area quite dirty.
We went out at night, but in many of the pubs there were a lot of Malaysian men sitting around the dancefloor watching which made us feel uneasy
Batu caves - worth a visit, monkeys - adrenaline made us run up the steps.

Summary: Another different culture in South East Asia