I always take my vacation at home every December break, but to make a difference, I booked a flight to Kuala Lumpur, I've been to Malaysia before but not on it's capital, it was at Penang.
Its supposed to be "Kuala Lumpur -Hatyai -Phuket Thailand trip", I wanted to be in Thailand because I never been there, and I want to have a Baht currency.. hehe... (pwede naman bumili). We've already drafted an itinerary, but we found it complicated considering the minimum 8hour by land trip to the border of Thailand and another 4hours to Phuket...
So instead of Thailand, we chose to be in Singapore as per my sister's request because she's never been there.. See you someday Thailand..
Day 1 (27Dec14)
We arrived at Kuala Lumpur at past 4am.. that's almost 4 hours delayed from our original schedule. We're supposed to be picked up by the hotel service but since the plane arrived late, they maybe got tired of waiting. So we took the taxi going to our Hotel Barry Inn at 35MR... We cancelled our schedule for the morning -the Putra Jaya tour, we chose to sleep instead, we needed it... we don't wanna walk around Kuala Lumpur like zombies. Haha
The hotel was just fine.. it's far away from the city center, so we asked the hotel staff how we can go to KL proper, she said we need to get back to the airport and take a taxi or train from there.
The Kl express. It's a bit expensive but it's the most comfortable and fastest way to get to KL proper.. Travel time is about 40 minutes.
You'll know you're almost there when you'll see this scenery.
We arrived at the KL sentral at about 2pm, it's the station where all of Malaysia's transit rails meet. We took a taxi from there going to hour hotel.. The Maju Point - it's the worst hotel we got, I've expected that because it gained poor reviews, but it doesn't really matter, the good side is, it's at the city center, it's affordable, and the female receptionist was too accommodating... there's a bus stop just walking distance from there where a Go KL bus passes, its a free ride going to KL Sentral.
Later that day we went to The Batu Caves. As soon as our train reached Batu caves station, the rain was pouring heavily, so we bought umbrella on the local vendor.
Glad the rain stopped when we reached the main attraction.
So this is how monopod works.. haha...
The Petronas Twin Tower
Maybe nowadays, there are too many attractions and skycrapers that are newly built, but the Petronas Twin Tower is truly enchanting. When you're just down there, it's like you are looking up in a huge painting in the sky.
Day 2 (28Dec14)
Another cancelled plan was going to Genting Highlands, we knew that the place was partially closed for renovation, but maybe we could atleast try the cable car.. But that day, we changed our minds and visited the Merdeka. We met first our friend who works at Malaysia at the Kl Sentral. Anyway, this is how the busy KL sentral looks like.
Medeka Square. This place is packed with with cultural, historical and architectural sights.. Such a nice spot to walk around.
After strolling around at this area, we headed to Berjaya Time Square
In the afternoon, we headed to TBS to take a bus going to Malacca. It is just 2 hours south of KL. Only our bus for Malacca to SG to KL was booked online so we have to join the crowd falling in line for tickets.
The bus drop off point was at Melaka Sentral and we took a taxi to our hotel - Hallmark Leisure Hotel. We had a beautiful room, but the staff weren't the helpful. Guess that's the balance of nature.
I Just loved this picture with my sister.. despite that stain in my teeth.. haha! I was eating chocolate donuts.
Day 3 (29 Dec 14)
Exploring Malacca. The Jonker street is just few meters from our hotel.
For me, the foods were okay, I'm actually overwhelmed that I have variety of choices, not much of pork..
But my sister didn't like it that much.. so we kinda overfed ourselves with Mcdonalds..
Before checking out, we had this group pictures.. hehe..
We checked out at 12noon to catch our 2pm bus schedule to Singapore. That's about 4 hours from Malacca. You need to alight at the bus twice. First to exit at Malaysia then enter to Singapore. You need to be quick on doing things on the immigration, the bus might leave you at Singapore border if you're taking it too long.
Day 4 (30 Dec 14)
Universal Studios
The Merlion. I said, I needed to get back here because the last time I was here, it's under construction.
Bought souvenirs at Lucky Plaza.
Gardens by the Bay
And thanks to my friend's brother for our accommodation.
Day 5 (31 Dec 14)
Time to leave Singapore... just the two us. Margaux will be extending her stay at SG.
We left 8 am at Singapore and reached Kuala Lumpur at around 2 pm. Drop off point was Berjaya Time square. We hired a taxi for our hotel, the driver had a rough time in search of our hotel. Anyway, we rested for an hour then had our late lunch at Kenny Roger's KL Sentral.
Then we had our shopping spree at Berjaya Times square.
Our hotel, Bagasta Botique Guesthouse. We're lucky to get a room overlooking the Petronas. They had a nice rooftop where we watched the fireworks at midnight.
Day 6 (1Jan15)
We're too tired to go somewhere, so we consumed our time in the guesthouse the whole morning.
Checked out at 12 noon, had lunch at KL Sentral (suki na kami ahaha)... Took KL Express again going to KLIA2.
Skybridge at KLIA2.
Our flight was supposed to be at 6:35pm but once again, it was delayed for 2 hours. We had a rough flight, it was too bumpy up there. There were moments we thought we're going to fall. Maybe its because of what happened to one of Air Asia's flights recently that made us more terrified... May the passengers of that flight rest in peace, my condolences to their families. After 3 and half hour of feeling tense and ill at ease, Thank God, we landed safely.
Anyway, to sum it up. This trip with my sister and friend was something I will always remember.. Its one of my best days, traveling makes me happy. Getting yourself outside of your comfort zone is like an achievement. Getting lost is totally fine, when you find your way, it's a great feeling.
If you're to ask me about expenses. I'm not really computing things. All I know is that we can always earn money but not the experience.. when we get too old, traveling could be a little hard I guess but I hope not, I still have more places to see.. hehe
Hotel bookings thru agoda. Bus tickets thru bus online booking and easy booking.
That would be all!
