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Taxi Driver Scams Kuala Lumpur
48 Reviews Just wanted to give a credit to a guy (I guess) Mohammed (moh.hampden1@yahoo.com.au), who also posted on this topic earlier, being at that time a cab driver too... Although he isn't in the business...
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Eateries w food at cut-throat price Penang
3 Reviews no doubt you can find varies of penang hawker food here nonetheless, ask for the price before you order. there is no price listed on the food. hee.. if you speak in hokkien (local dialet), you get the...
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Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur
16 Reviews One word: Fantastic, extraordinary. All the buildings are very beautiful, very early book his place at the counter, plus they speak a little French. The tower staff is very friendly, and more for...
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Snake-less Temple Penang
3 Reviews I read everyone's comments about the snake temple but i still decided to go. Yes there really arent many free reigning snakes around however for a small price the temple has a mini zoo enclosure of...
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Chinatown Kuala Lumpur
12 Reviews Use bargaining to your advantage, start with 50% of quoted price and retreat softly . Never be violent as these fellows can be nasty. Go around the market once or twice without touching or asking but...
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Fake Goods Kuala Lumpur
3 Reviews If you are in Petaling Street, KL, being a Westerner or having 'different physical features' (I'm being polite here, okay) makes you a likely target for a sales pitch and/or con job. Any goods on...
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Menara Telecommunications Tower Kuala Lumpur
4 Reviews I paid the expensive price to the tower at dusk hoping to get some nice shots oly to find at the top too many people hogging the few areas to take shots from. Also the windows were rather small with...
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Churches, temples & mosques Kuala Lumpur
1 Review These limestone caves are 7 miles out of the city Kuala Lumpur and are the sacred place for the Hindus in Malaysia. The place looks wonderful from the outside but after climbing 272 steps to the top...
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Delinquent Primates Kuala Lumpur
1 Review Those little monkey doesnt really afraid of people. They even like to chased. If you go to Batu Caves for visit their caves, you will absolutely face the problems. well,... it's not biting just...
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if u travel in kuala lumpur especially in pudu raya area, please beware of the taxi drivers , sometimes they purposely charged you more than regular prices. they ripped off tourist as well as locals. : (
Good thing I read all of KL tips here before traveling coz what they say about taxi drivers not using thier meter were all true! So beware! If a taxi driver asks for a fixed price and doesn't want to use his meter, then all you need to do is transfer to another descent and honest taxi driver in KL. There still are honest drivers here you know.
This is an old tourist trap. Hopefully you will not encounter it anymore. In the 1965, Malaysian, Brunei and Singapore currency were at par and used interchangeable and commonly called "Dollar". Malaysian currency is now called "Ringgit" (RM=Ringgit Malaysia) but the word dollar is still used by some.So if you are bargaining on a price and the seller is using "dollar", do confirm that you are talking about "ringgit" and not "US dollar" when agreeing to final price.
KL sentral as the name suggests, connects many public transport systems such as the monorail, train and light railway transit. I stopped here to take a cab to JW Marriot Hotel and it cost me RM9 as you have to prepay at the counter before entering the cab.The same journey later from the hotel to the station only cost RM6. Perhaps it is cheaper to stop at the station before or after KL Sentral and take the cab from there as you can use the meter.
You will find the occassional salespersons that try to sell you that tries to con you, however it helps to go to check out alot of places before making your mind up ;) you will find that it is worth it at the end. Cab drivers are as always the worst if your thinking of getting a cab to travel to a long distance location. Make sure when your there, you try to be more casual cause dressing up like its your first time in the country can get you into one of those tourist traps. Try to read a bit about the country and make yourself feel at home. When you go into a cab, make sure they onn the travel meter which they are by law supposed to use.But the best alternative is to always have a few cab numbers with you, which you can get off any cab you take or even from the taxi adverts that are stuck on the outside of cabs.If your travelling long distance, make sure you call a few hours earlier to...
This is a specialist in the other kind - tricking unsuspecting folks, not you I hope.Probably a practitioner of traditional medicine. He's been healing some sick people, no doubt. Go the the city or town where there are properly trained physicians to deal with your nose, eyes, body, head, heart or soul.
I think that Johor Bahru (just over the causway from Singapore) itself is a bit of a let down. It is one of those places that you can only stay 1 night. You'll probably end up doing that anyway. Sorry to anyone that lives here! Have a walk around the city or go shopping. Head straight for Kuala Lumpur.
Being a local doesn't exclude you from the occasional mountebank. Taxi drivers are required to use the meter, yet many charge a fix rate. Always discuss with the driver before actually getting in to the car about the destination and the rates they charge... tip is not obligatory, though i do it on habit.
Don't believe the taxi driver at pudaraya, not matter how you bargain, you will find out the price is much higher than the normal rate. If your luggages are too heavy, you are no choice, then you should start bargaining, any trip within Kuala Lumpur City should not over RM15. Make use of the public transport, i.e LRT, it is a LRT station right behind puduraya, study to route, if your destination is close to any LRT station, it cost you not more than RM4.Another way to avoid "cut throat", away from Puduraya, hire those running taxi or Q at the taxi station near Kotaraya, instead those stopped roadside do compare the different and decide yourself.
If you plan on hiring a driver to tour you around, which is economically viable, this driver won't take you where you ask to be taken. Instead, he'll stop at every single one of his friend's local shops or rubber factories. It's really annoying - no matter how firm you are, or how insistant that you absolutely refuse to go anywhere except for where you ask, it doesn't matter - you'll still end up nowhere that you want to be anyway. All we wanted was to go to the rice paddies - we tried five times and didn't get there once. Alternatively, I would rent a car, buy a map, and hope for the best.
Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
23 Reviews and 1115 Opinions Had a comfortable night sleep in the hotel. Nice Bathroom and bedsheets. Wide spread of Breakfast....
Eastern And Oriental Hotel Penang
16 Reviews and 473 Opinions Like other reviewers, we didn't actually stay here, we had a drink the bar which overlooks the...
Aldy Hotel Negeri Melaka
1 Review and 55 Opinions Aldy Hotel is situated in centre of Melaka Town next to the Police Station and opposite the...
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