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extras · 13-09-2007, 03:11 PM

cheers BH and torrance.

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Originally Posted by buad hai

There used to be a great old hotel by the train station. Has that been ripped down as well?

hmm... i don't recall seeing any hotel around there.

Begbie · 13-09-2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by sharon

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingwilly

malaysian food is usually pretty rubbish!

I disagree on this, I quite liked them.

I agree with Mr T. Three types of food Malay, rendang and old fish, boring after a couple of days, Chinese, bland, Indian ok but very oily. Never been impressed by the food in KL.

astasinim · 13-09-2007, 03:32 PM

Great pics of the toewers

Butterfly · 13-09-2007, 03:47 PM

I might do a VISA run there next year, I haven't been there for over 5 years, their Skytrain downtown wasn't even finished back then

KL is a small city and very easy to go around because traffic is light (compared to Bangkok) so taking a taxi you can go everywhere in town for less than 100 THB

Also a lot of good value hotels downtown, Food is ok (it's mostly like South Thailand)

Partying was a bit of a problem outside the happy hours

stroller · 14-09-2007, 02:20 AM

Nice pics and report.
Where are the girlie-bars, though?

Whiteshiva · 14-09-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sharon

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingwilly

malaysian food is usually pretty rubbish!

I disagree on this, I quite liked them.

I agree - and there is more variety in Malaysian food than in Thai.

Every tried Indonesian or Filipino food? - now there's rubbish food for you!

extras · 14-09-2007, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stroller

Where are the girlie-bars, though?

i didn't see one around the bits of Bukit Bintang i went to.

Happyman · 14-09-2007, 03:20 PM

Girlie-bars are not so in-your-face , being a good muslim country, but they are there!!!
Try Bangsar ( just a little way out of the city centre )
Or in the city around the junction of Jalan P Ramlee and Jalan Sultan Ismail

gos · 17-09-2007, 09:14 PM

I can recommend the beach bar just outside Bukit bintang plenty of friendly people there

jizzybloke · 17-09-2007, 10:56 PM

Nice one Extras, was supposed to go to KL last year but couldn't make it
will do one day though.
Thanks!

Mr Pot · 15-04-2008, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by stroller

Where are the girlie-bars, though?

Not girlie bars as we know but in the Golden Triangle; a road right near towers and not far from Hard Rock Cafe are loads of freelancer. Open market Vietnamese, Thai, Phillipino - I even had some Kenyan peice try to make me succumb to her charms.

Personally I think KL is an expensive shithole however...couldn't belive it when I walked in a bar and saw SKOL on tap at 240 B. Las time i saw that battery acid was when my father used to buy 24 cans for 3.99.

wspykerman · 21-04-2008, 07:40 PM

no girlie bars in KL ... not like thailand ...

but karaoke's aplenty for "other than drinking" activities

expect to pay a bomb to visit these joints

beach club is of course popular for pick up ... it came out in the news sometime back as a scoop article on vice in the heart of the city ...

hillbilly · 04-05-2008, 07:21 PM

Great trip report!

Happyman · 04-05-2008, 07:51 PM

Great travel report - just re-read it !

240 baht for SKOL was for a jug ! Standard price in town !
Glass around 80 Bhat
Took me back a few years !!!
Ask E.G. about dens of iniquity though

boatboy · 28-09-2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by buad hai

Nice thread, nice photos.

I haven't been to KL in 30 years.

There used to be a great old hotel by the train station. Has that been ripped down as well?

That'd be this one possibly

Kuala Lumpur Hotels: The Heritage Station Hotel, Budget Kuala Lumpur Hotel

I reckon the food is great as well

BB

*Edited by dirtydog to show the hotels url*

plorf · 03-10-2008, 08:24 PM

I liked KL as well, most people speak some english, it's clean and much more orderly than BKK. Quality of life certainly isn't that bad if you got an expat salary, I would definetely prefer it to BKK as a workplace and just go to BKK for party and holidays.

wspykerman · 06-10-2008, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by extras

^^ the KLIA Ekspres? don't think they run from LCC-T, though (i didn't arrive in KLIA). the first shift who had been down one day before me told me a local staff suggested i took the sky bus from LCC-T. the express train would of saved a lot of time and pain.

KLIA Express runs from the main airport only. You could take a taxi to the main airport but it would be easier to take a taxi direct to town .

KLIA Express to the Sentral Station 28 mins
LCCT by taxi to KL City about 40 - 60 mins depending on when and where you are headed

Khun Custard · 07-10-2008, 03:45 PM

^^ best way to KL (Sentral station) from the LCCT is the Airaisia express bus which is very cheap and frequent .

As of mid last week:
Be careful of the taxi set up as you walk out the door (veer right via the renovations) - the deluxe taxis are in front but you need to buy a ticket from inside the terminal - expensive.

The standard taxi's are off to the left (on the other side of the area horded off for renovations) BUT then you have the issue of negotiating a price, checking if the car has any suspension, air conditioning and assessing your tolerance to Vindaloo BO for 40min.

If you want to get to KLIA cheap - keep walking past the standard taxis, about 500m and there is a bus stop which has regular services.

ItsRobsLife · 14-10-2008, 09:42 PM

Excellent pictures again, you're really good with a camera, for a girl that is.

KL looks really nice and clean with plenty to do and see.. it's on the list.

Still need an official photographer for Angkor Wat.

extras · 22-10-2008, 11:02 PM

Cheers, I'll take that as a compliment.

Angkor Wat eh.... let me check my schedule....

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13-09-2007, 03:32 PM	#23 (permalink)
astasinim Small Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,207	Great pics of the toewers

13-09-2007, 03:47 PM	#24 (permalink)
Butterfly Suspended Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,836	I might do a VISA run there next year, I haven't been there for over 5 years, their Skytrain downtown wasn't even finished back then KL is a small city and very easy to go around because traffic is light (compared to Bangkok) so taking a taxi you can go everywhere in town for less than 100 THB Also a lot of good value hotels downtown, Food is ok (it's mostly like South Thailand) Partying was a bit of a problem outside the happy hours

14-09-2007, 02:20 AM	#25 (permalink)
stroller Kraut Last Online: 01-07-2008 11:03 AM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: under the headphones Posts: 17,181	Nice pics and report. Where are the girlie-bars, though?

14-09-2007, 03:20 PM	#28 (permalink)
Happyman Elite Member Last Online: Today 02:24 AM Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rawai Phuket Posts: 2,888	Girlie-bars are not so in-your-face , being a good muslim country, but they are there!!! Try Bangsar ( just a little way out of the city centre ) Or in the city around the junction of Jalan P Ramlee and Jalan Sultan Ismail

17-09-2007, 09:14 PM	#29 (permalink)
gos Udon Thani Last Online: 27-10-2008 12:53 PM Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 148	I can recommend the beach bar just outside Bukit bintang plenty of friendly people there

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jizzybloke Special Member Last Online: Today 04:54 AM Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,478	Nice one Extras, was supposed to go to KL last year but couldn't make it will do one day though. Thanks!

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wspykerman Chiang Mai Last Online: 21-10-2008 11:14 PM Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 12	no girlie bars in KL ... not like thailand ... but karaoke's aplenty for "other than drinking" activities expect to pay a bomb to visit these joints beach club is of course popular for pick up ... it came out in the news sometime back as a scoop article on vice in the heart of the city ...

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hillbilly Still trailer trash Last Online: Yesterday 08:20 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: BKK, 'D&G Resort' & Colorado Posts: 5,492	Great trip report!

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Happyman Elite Member Last Online: Today 02:24 AM Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rawai Phuket Posts: 2,888	Great travel report - just re-read it ! 240 baht for SKOL was for a jug ! Standard price in town ! Glass around 80 Bhat Took me back a few years !!! Ask E.G. about dens of iniquity though

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plorf Kanchanaburi Last Online: Today 04:55 AM Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Switzerland / Chiang Mai / BKK Posts: 180	I liked KL as well, most people speak some english, it's clean and much more orderly than BKK. Quality of life certainly isn't that bad if you got an expat salary, I would definetely prefer it to BKK as a workplace and just go to BKK for party and holidays.

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Khun Custard Udon Thani Last Online: 28-11-2008 07:41 AM Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Not where I want to be Posts: 140	^^ best way to KL (Sentral station) from the LCCT is the Airaisia express bus which is very cheap and frequent . As of mid last week: Be careful of the taxi set up as you walk out the door (veer right via the renovations) - the deluxe taxis are in front but you need to buy a ticket from inside the terminal - expensive. The standard taxi's are off to the left (on the other side of the area horded off for renovations) BUT then you have the issue of negotiating a price, checking if the car has any suspension, air conditioning and assessing your tolerance to Vindaloo BO for 40min. If you want to get to KLIA cheap - keep walking past the standard taxis, about 500m and there is a bus stop which has regular services.

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ItsRobsLife Phrae Last Online: Today 12:53 AM Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The thin ice of modern life. Posts: 527	Excellent pictures again, you're really good with a camera, for a girl that is. KL looks really nice and clean with plenty to do and see.. it's on the list. Still need an official photographer for Angkor Wat.

22-10-2008, 11:02 PM	#40 (permalink)
extras Wat Sri Sawai Last Online: Yesterday 09:21 PM Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bangkok Posts: 933	Cheers, I'll take that as a compliment. Angkor Wat eh.... let me check my schedule....

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