Posted by: klikkarir | November 19, 2008

holidays in Malaysia

holidays in Malaysia – explore malaysia in real good value of money!

Touch down

The 28-minute KLIA Ekspres train journey from the airport to KL Sentral railway station costs RM 35. Once here take a Light Rail Transit (LRT) train into the city centre – a one-way fare costs RM 1.60. Alternatively, the KLIA Ekspres “VIP Service”, costing RM 100, includes the train fare, porter service and limousine from KL Sentral to anywhere in the city.

AirAsia also operates a shuttle bus from KL Sentral to LCCT, for a one way of RM 9.00. It is called Skybus and recognisable with its bright red AirAsia corporate colour.

day 1: Kuala Lumpur

holidays in malaysia hop on hop off bus

holidays in malaysia hop on hop off bus

Start your holidays in Malaysia - Get on ” new hop on hop off tourist bus” now operating in K.L. Takes in most of major sights like national mosque, twin towers, aquarium, islamics arts museum, eye on Malaysia, national museum, sultans palace, china town and more. runs from 8.30 a.m til 8 p.m cost RM 38 per adult and RM 17 per child between 5-12 yrs..

eye on malaysia

eye on malaysia

The Eye on Malaysia allows visitors to experience a 360-degree panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur during a 12-minute ride that goes 60 metres high. Each of the gondola on the Eye on Malaysia can carry up to eight persons. The ferris wheel will operate between 10am to 10pm daily. An “International Watersky Spectacular” will also be held every night from 8pm.
Tickets are available at the sales counter in the Titiwangsa Lake Gardens. It costs RM 15 for adults and RM 8 for children aged 3 to 12 and senior citizens.

day 2 : get away from the heat, Genting Highlands
Genting is by far the more popular resort, Genting has malaysia’s only casino. Many go there to gamble, but others also go there to enjoy the cool weather. Genting is about 90 minutes away by car from KL, and can be done as a day trip.  There are many activites for visitors like The cable car ride is an attraction – At the top of the hill is the main Genting Resort. It boasts of a number of hotels, the casino, an outdoor theme park, and a number of indoor theme parks. Concerts featuring top foreign talent are hosted regularly at their Arena Of The Stars amplitheather.

day 3: Shop til drop!

sungei wang - kl

sungei wang - kl

#1 Sungei Wang Plaza – this is a more “local” shopping centre which sells a large variety of stalls in a huge shopping centre.

starhill gallery

starhill gallery

#2 Bintang Walk – has several shopping complexes along it including Bukit Bintang Plaza, KL Plaza, Lot 10 and a very upmarket shopping centre called Starhill, which is attached to the JW Marriot hotel for those with expensive designer tastes. Here you will find chains such as Guess, MNG, Top Shop and more. Across the road is the swanky new Pavillion shopping complex.

china town petaling street, kl

china town petaling street, kl

#3 Petaling Street – this is in China Town and is the best place for “branded accessories”.  In addition they sell a lot of other great gifts for those at home and delicious fruits.
Tips:
1. You might want to avoid going there on a Friday afternoon as the traffic is too terrible due to Friday Prayers

2. Usually here you can lower the price as much as three times lower


klcc

klcc

#4 Suria KLCC - a very upmarket shopping centre in KL which carries a lot of designer wear as well as the chains you see all over Asia such as Marks and Spencers, Zara, Zara Men and Levi’s. It also has some excellent stores for children on the higher levels. Here you will find Bvlgari, Tiffany and Co, Cartier
Mid-Valley Mega Mall – this is near Bangsar which is a very hip and trendy place with excellent restaurants and bars. Around a fifteen-minute drive from KL centre. This shopping centre has everything you can imagine.
#5 Low Yat Plaza – this is the place to go if you need any piece of technology, the entire plaza is made up of technology retail outlets and stalls with MP3 players, DVD cameras, computers and etc.

so, are you ready to have holidays in Malaysia – explore malaysia in real good value of money ?!

may this informations helps you! and if you have some question, maybe i can help… :)



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