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 Malaysia travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Malaysia.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
Also, you might want to read our
Kuala Lumpur city guide,
Langkawi city guide,
Melaka city guide,
and Penang city guide.
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| C Tham |
02 May 2005 |
Stayed at Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel - Penang, Malaysia.
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Independent travelling in Penang is almost impossible. Hardly see any cab driving pass, and the attractions (except for Penang Hill) are in quite remote places. Join either group day tours or book a van at your disposal. Average RM40 for one hour for a 10 seater van.
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| Y Choo |
01 May 2005 |
Stayed at Royale Bintang, The - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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It's not true that Bintang Walk has lots of pubs, we could not even find more than 1 pub along the whole stretch of Jalan Bukit Bintang. In the end, we went to an Irish pub along Jalan Sultan Ismail (near Bintang Monorail station)
We did a lot of walking and commuted by monorail throughout our trip, which is pretty good, gave us a chance to explore the city on our own.
One point to take note of is the bad traffic is KL, the drivers do not abide by the rules of the traffic light!
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| G Govindan / chithra govindan |
01 May 2005 |
Stayed at Impiana Resort Cherating - Cherating, Malaysia.
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Cherating is a nice place to unwind and get away from it all. However, be prepared for a bit of a long ride after you exit the highway at Kuantan - the rest of the road is a trunk road and not as smooth.
Try the Shadow of the Moon located at Pantai Cherating for a backpackers haven of food and drinks.
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| D Nicholls |
01 May 2005 |
Stayed at Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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There is a great bunch of hawker restaurants which have all the Malay, Indian and Chinese classic dishes directly behind the Concorde Hotel. They are open on weekdays. Leave the hotel, turn left and then left again at the Deutsche Bank building.
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| J Honor |
30 April 2005 |
Stayed at Renaissance, Kuala Lumpur Hotel - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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If there's more than four of you get a taxi (no more than 10 RM/$3 anywhere in center) if your on your own get moto rail
go to Bombay place for a curry china town for all cheap goods-remember to hagle, at least half the price of what they are saying-tshirts for $2 and DVD's for $4.
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| K Soon |
29 April 2005 |
Stayed at Swiss Inn Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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The location was perfect, in the middle of Chinatown you couldn't ask for much better. Within walking distance of buses or for a longer walk up to the big shopping centers. My favorite place to eat is the Kim Lian Kee restaurant just up over the corner great food and the people are really nice as well. It's nice to sit outside and watch people haggle and learn from them. The restaurant isn't much to look at but the food makes up for that 100%. I took the "country tour" which I was told while on it was more of a "shopping" tour but it was still very informative and surprisingly good. Enjoy!
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| N Chow |
26 April 2005 |
Stayed at Equatorial Melaka, Hotel - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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We wanted to try out the hawker stalls at Jonker Street, and had trouble finding the place although we drove in our own car. Melaka is a maze of winding lanes and roads, and it was confusing at times to find our way around, even though we are fellow Malaysians. Later on, we found out that the night market at Jonker only opens on weekends, which was a let down for us. However, there were many restaurants in Melaka Raya, an area which was located just opposite our hotel and within walking distance. We enjoyed good Nyonya food (Nyonya food - a combination of Malay and Chinese fusion food specific to Melaka and Penang) and noticed that there were many of such restaurants in this area. For visitors, there are many trishaws available just at doorsteps of the hotel, for those who fancy such rides. Additionally, this would be a good place to visit historical sites such as A Famosa, Christchurch and a display of a Portuguese ship, although this was in our plan for this trip.
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| C Badman |
26 April 2005 |
Stayed at Sabah Hotel - Sandakan, Malaysia.
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Interesting city and people, not many visitors. If you are going up the Kinabatangan river, then Borneo Eco Tours provide a really good trip. If you are lucky you'll get to see the pygmy elephants, which were around at the end of April 2005.
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| L Wei kang |
24 April 2005 |
Stayed at Legend Hotel, The - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Chinatown: Had our dinner at the roadside stall along Jln Sultan, which is much cheaper compared to those seafood restaurants, whose staff is always asking us to patronise them whenever we walked pass.
Zouk: Sort of a more high-class pub & disco in town, the way the people dress more formal, the feeling is a bit different as compared to S'pore (also visited another disco that plays mostly chinese pops, but the tremble & high bass of the music makes us stay only for awhile).
One-Utama: A huge shopping complex at Damansara, about RM10 from KL by taxi.
Jln Bukit Bintang: One bak kuk teh restaurant along the main street (opposite the Federal Hotel) sells very nice dishes, definitely worth the money.
The Mall: A fairly older shopping complex compared to others in town, but its close proximity to our hotel makes us visit more than once.
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| C Coy |
23 April 2005 |
Stayed at Sabah Hotel - Sandakan, Malaysia.
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Be sure to allow time to stay at one of the lodges on the Kinabatangen River to see the wildlife!
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