4 Days Trip in Kuala Lumpur and George Town, Malaysia (2019)
After
spending a night in Indonesia, we went to Malaysia right away and spent 5
days and 4 nights exploring different cities. Malaysia is one of the visited
country in Southeast Asia because of its beautiful tourist attraction that is
why I am so excited for this trip.
Upon
landing, we decided to change our money from dollars to ringgit in the money
changer inside the airport because we need to purchase a sim for internet
connection and we need to eat our dinner. Cringy as it may sound, but we ate
our first meal in KFC. What I notice about the KFC there is that they have a
different menu and they don’t offer rice in every meal so you need to buy it individually. They don’t have gravy but they have a lot of
sauces from sweet sauce to spicy sauce. The foods are big and much more delicious.
I also noticed that their mashed potato is very different from Philippines
because it is so mashed and soft in the mouth. After eating, we then booked a Grab going to
our Airbnb. The place where we stayed at is spacious
enough for 5 people. The unit is composed of 2 bedrooms, one big living room, a
kitchen and dirty kitchen, dining area, and laundry area and it only costs
5,000 for 5 days already, such a nice deal! And since we are exhausted from our flight, we just
called it a night and decided to explore the city the next day.
During
our second day we decided to go to Batu Caves, a limestone hills that is
compose of caves and cave temples. If you’re planning to go there you must wear
a conservative clothes in order to pay respect to their culture. But if
you still want to wear clothes that is higher than your knees, it is still okay
as long as you have balabal or sarong. But in case you didn’t have one
you can rent yours there. I also advised you to go there early in the morning
so that there will be no much people and the sun will not be too hot. You must
bring a water with you but you can also buy a water bottle there if you find it hassle in bringing one. I wasn’t able to
count the steps going to the temple because I am too busy taking photos,
breathing, and avoiding the monkeys because I heard that these monkeys can be
aggressive. Our next destination is the Petronas Twin Tower which is known for
its twin skyscrapers. We went inside and explore the mall that usually caters
luxurious brands and we also ate our lunch there though it is quite pricey. We
also took a picture in the middle of the scorching sun because that is the only
time that there are only a few people who are trying to get photos with the twin
tower too. It is much better to take a photos using wide lens because it can
really capture the whole building but if you don’t have, there are vendors who
are selling a clip lens composing a micro, macro, and wide lens. After that, we
went to Mydin Wholesale Hypermarket to buy some pasalubong like chocolates. I recommend this place because it is
way cheaper to the point that I was able to buy many chocolates that costs for
only 3,000 PHP. If you want to know what I bought in Mydin you can watch it on
my YouTube channel.
For our
third day, a local approached us and offered us a ride going to Resorts World
Genting located in Genting Highlands. We stopped by a restaurant first
that the driver suggested and it is called Restoran Up & Up, which is a Chinese restaurant.
After eating we then continued travelling to Genting. Going to Resorts World,
you need to ride a cable car and that was my first time riding a cable car.
During the whole ride, I must say that it was such an experience because the
view is majestic and it is also cold because the clouds is within our reach.
The cable car is safe to ride because it is sturdy and the ropes are very thick. Also, one cable car is for one
group already so rest assured that there is no stranger riding with you. There is also
a stations, where you can go down and explore it but our group decided not to go
down and head right away at the top where the Resorts World is located. Resorts
World Genting is big where you can enjoy a leisure activities because there is
a theme park inside where the kids will surely enjoy. There are also a lot of restaurants
and stores to choose from. So there will be no doubt that this Resort World is
the largest hotel in the whole world with 7,351 rooms. After exploring Genting, we went back to
Kuala Lumpur and eat a Filipino dish in Kotaraya Complex Shopping Mall. You can see a lot of Filipinos working there and there is also Filipino grocery store where you
can buy chips, condiments, and other things. However, it is pricey than its
usual price. Like for example, we we went to a carinderia
and ordered one cup of rice and one serving of adobo and it already
costs 250 PHP. But I didn’t care much about the price because I am willing to
spend my money just to satisfy my stomach who is already asking for a Filipino
dish. After eating our lunch, we went back to our Airbnb and took some nap. And
when evening came, I attended a mass with my cousin and we just meet – up my Aunties and
her friends in Petronas Twin Tower to see what the building looks like during
night time. We planned to take some photos there again but we decided not
to continue since there are a lot of people in the area and it is not pleasing
in the eyes if there is so much people in the background. And before we go back
home, we decided to stroll the China Town which is located in Jalan Petaling Street and
we are luckily that there are still restaurants who are still open. We ate in a
Chinese restaurant in which I forgot the name. We ordered a lot of Chinese barbeques
and a rice with marinated chopped meat on it and I will tell you that this restaurant
serves the most delicious food among all of the restaurant that we dine in.
Day four is very unproductive day because we spend the whole day in a bus. At frst, we decided to go to Malacca and experience their beach but a kababayan told us that it is much better to go to George Town in Penang Island. So we searched about it and immediately decided to go there instead because of it’s a colorful multicultural place. But little did we know that going there will take us around 8 hours riding 2 bus. One from Kuala Lumpur to Penang (6 hours) and to Penang Island (2 hours). Imagined, we left Kuala Lumpur at around 12 in the afternoon then reached the Penang Island at 8 in the evening. Since it is already evening, most of tourists spots in the island are already close and the only thing that we can do there is to stroll around the streets and eat our dinner. We ate in Red Garden Food Paradise, a food court with a lot of stalls to choose from. This place is very popular to foreigners because they can order alcoholic drinks here, considering the fact that this place is a Muslim country. And there are also performers too that will keep you entertain while you are eating. After that, we headed back to the bus station and kill our time there while waiting for the bus to leave. The ride going to our Airbnb is really exiting because we are riding a 2 – story bus. It was my first time riding on that kind of bus and I really enjoyed it because even if I only spend sleeping on that bus, my experience there is like I am sleeping in a bedroom because of its big recliner seat with a full blast air-conditioned. It was a smooth ride and when we woke up, the sun is already shining and we are already in the capital. We then book a Grab going straight to our Airbnb, took some nap, pack our things, and leave to catch our flight back to Jakarta, Indonesia.
I had
so much fun travelling in Malaysia because there are a lot of places that you can visit and enjoy. And I really think that our stay there is not enough. What I like in Malaysia is that
you can travel the places in different ways. You can book a Grab and ride a
train and a bus. Their transportation system is really nice because they have
time of arrival in different stations and most of it are being followed. Their
train is so big and the air-conditioned is functioning well and their bus is like
a Korean drama type of buses. They also offer free ride to everyone but that is only for
pink or blue buses (Sorry, I forgot. Hehe!).
On the
other hand, we also experienced not so good things there. First, it is quite
hard to communicate with them because they are not really good in English so
Google Translate is such a life saver. I’m really sorry to hate this but the
second is that the locals smells really bad and I think it is because of the
spicy food and sauces that they love to eat. And if you’re going to cover your nose, they might feel offended because that gesture is a sign of disrespect to them so it is much better to avoid big crowds of
locals and remember, do not say mabaho
or baho because the meaning of
that phrase to their language is also the same with them. The third one is the worst that
we experienced because some of the locals will cat call you. It is so
disrespecting and it creeps us out because even if you’re wearing decent
clothes they will still call you names and some will even look at you hardly
and they will not even care if you know that they are looking at you. And if
you try to move away, they will still follow you and during that moment we felt so unsafe during because we never know what they can do to us. Good thing we didn’t
experienced the worst of the worst because we really want to have a fun trip
that will be memorable to us. But even though we experienced those kind of
things we still want to go back and explore the other side of Malaysia because
I heard that they still have a lot of things that they stored to foreigners like us.
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