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 Traveller's Tales: Advise for travellers in Malaysia
Heed our handy tips on safe travel in Malaysia. You may read about travel warnings, health, what to wear, travel with kids, travel with pets, local weather, local government, medical information and traffic information in the area.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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| T Abdul rahman |
14 February 2004 |
Stayed at Suitestay, Executive Residences - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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To traveller's going to KL. Don't be conned by taxi driver. Some taxi drivers don't turn on the fare meter. So they just impose the fare according to the destination. Bargain with them. Or just close the door and find other metered taxi. And if you are lucky to get one, they will drive slowly and pretend they don't know the destination. Can be very frustrating too. Are they too desperate for money? I hope that the Malaysian Government will look into this matter. If u wanna attract tourists. Please change the system. Vehicles are not abiding to the traffic rules and regulations. I wonder if there is a rule there? Cause we nearly got knocked down by car. No vehicle stop at the zebra crossing. Maybe all of them are blind!
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| V Parameshwaran |
21 June 2003 |
Stayed at Beach Garden Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Best to visit Langkawi by car. You get to rent a car for 60 ringgit a day(automatic). Nothing much to see around. Tanjong Rhu is the best beach. Cable car is worth taking. Gunung Raya was nothing great. There are better hills, especially for those coming from India, this place is nothing in comparison to the hill stations of India.
There is an indian restaurant called Popadums. Please do not go there. Very high price and they serve stale food. I complained to the staff but they didn't bother. Please do not go to this restaurant.
Black sand beach was a disappointment. Nothing there really. Basically Langkawi is a place to relax, not much sight seeing here.
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| M Underwood |
15 June 2003 |
Stayed at Equatorial Melaka, Hotel - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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a nice little town, well worth a weekend away. Only hassle - all the Sunday coaches back to Singapore (and even JB) were booked solid by the time we arrived on the Saturday - we ended up having to take a cab back.
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| A Miyamoto |
01 June 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Villa Subang - Selangor, Malaysia.
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There's only one airlinr company at Subang at the moment, Berjaya Air, and the sirport is totally empty.
No coffee shops or restaurant is opened anymore.@They've shifted to someother place...
So if you are using Subang Airport to go to Tioman ISland, make sure you get your drinking water and snacks beforehand!
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| G Barnes |
18 April 2003 |
Stayed at Crown Regency Serviced Apartments - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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KL is a terrific place to visit. Make sure when you use taxis be firm - demand that they use their meters. We had one driver from KLCC who was going to charge us RM35.00 to go to Mid Valley Megamall a trip that costs approx RM6.00!!
A visit to the Petronas Twin Towers is a must - take the Skybridge tour and also go back at night for some spectacular photographs.
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| M Akmat |
06 April 2003 |
Stayed at Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Since the hotel is near to most major shopping malls, it's easy to get around - for those who are adventurous you can have a slow walk, enjoying the "atmosphere" but for those who have doubt of the ways around KL, you could take a public transport. A little reminder though, for those who take cab, know how to bargain, see the distance between your destination from the place you took the cab. Some taxi-drivers took advantage of charging tourists at a very high price just for a short distance. Most cabs in KL charged on per head basis (minimum MYR2.00 per head) not based on meter.
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| K Hoon peh |
20 March 2003 |
Stayed at Century Mahkota Hotel Melaka - Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia.
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Have not visited any posh restaurants as I am more keen in the local food which are what makes Melaka famous. Visited the restaurant at Jalan Bunga Raya, opposite the Mimosa Hotel. Food is ok, but beware of overcharging. I was overchargeg for the plain white rice (3 bowls instead of 4) but managed to claim back this small amount of 70 cts. But later discovered that one dish of mixed vegetables which was not served but was charged RM10.00.
should have taken the dinner at the roadside stalls. The food looks tastier.
Anyway, visited the Portuguese village but the food at a restaurant there was good. So would not recommend anyone there. However, had not dined at the side stalls which shows good fresh fish and crabs. These stalls may serve better food and might be cheaper.
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| C Lidstrom |
09 March 2003 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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The island of Langkawi unfortunately did not give us a very good impression. There was a lot of rubbish thrown out everywhere along the streets. People just didn't seem to care about their environment. This made me sad, because the island really was beautiful, but all the rubbish made it look ugly.
Anyway, if you want to buy some electronic equpiment, this is a good place to do it. Go to Khua Town and visit all of the shops in the central parts, they have a lot of nice handicraft shops too.
Some good restaurants I would like to recommend are T'Jays (Italian), they had the best pizza I have ever tasted, and The Eagle's nest with exceptionally good steaks. Both of them are at Pantai Tengha and Pantai Cenang. They also had a lot of good Malaysian and Indian food along those two beaches (roads).
We also went to the northern part of the island, to Jang Rhua beach, because we had heard the water was supposed to be much more cleaner there. It wasn't. Sometimes it was so dirty it was impossible to see your own hand under the water surface. But the beach was much cleaner than Pantai Thenga and Pantai Cenang. From here we took a boat trip to see the Mangrove area and the eagle feeding area. We also had a look inside some caves and saw bats hanging upside down, sleeping. At the end of the day we were dropped off at a private island beach for an hour or two. Sadly this small island was as full of rubbish as Langkawi was and the water was the same.
We heard that the only place where everything was much more cleaner was up in the northwest part of Langkawi, around the Andaman Datai Hotel, which is a five star hotel (very expensive), but unfortunately we never went there to see if that was true.
Finally I would NOT recommend anyone to visit the Crocodile Farm or the Snake Farm if you are not interested to see poor unhappy animals taken from their natural environment into captivity and treated in a cruel way. Carola Lidström in Kiruna, Sweden.
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| D Miller |
08 March 2003 |
Stayed at Cititel Penang - Penang, Malaysia.
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Did we miss something, or is Georgetown a boring dump with no major attractions where you risk being run over whenever you want to cross the road? There was semi-picturesque squalor without any accompanying buzz. The Komtar tower has good views, but is very tatty, and on no account should you waste good money on a tepid powdered beverage in the 'cafe'.
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| J Ryan |
20 February 2003 |
Stayed at Agora Hotel - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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If you are female be prepared for lots of unwanted male attention - they will call out to you and beep their horns even when you are getting the paper in the morning! Don't go out at night on your own. The humidity is difficult to get used to especially if you are from a colder climate.
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