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Theft & Pickpocketing Kuala Lumpur
29 Reviews My wife and me were having lunch at the busy basement Lot 10 food court and my wife put her handbag behind her back on a covered chair and leaning on it at all times. Halfway, I went to buy another...
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How safe is the seawater Penang
4 Reviews Honestly speaking, the beach at Batu Ferringhi, Penang isn't quite what the tourist literature makes it up to be. The sandy portion is narrow, there are rocky outcrops everywhere and there's jellyfish...
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Taxi Driver Scams Kuala Lumpur
27 Reviews If you intend to go out for a drink or see how the nightlife in Kuala Lumpur is, then I'd suggest that you should take this warning seriously. After Midnight, there will be taxi drivers who are more...
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Don't temper with the wild monkeys Penang
9 Reviews I can't really say that I like monkeys too much. Yes, they're cute and everything but they're also very unpredictable and can attack even if not intimidated. When you exit the funicular at the hills...
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Scams & Confidence Tricksters Kuala Lumpur
11 Reviews There are people in Kuala Lumpur (I encountered a man of middle-eastern origin accompanied by a man who looked Malay) posing as "tourist police". They claim to be investigating fake currency and ask...
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Mosquitoe bites Penang
2 Reviews Penang is in the tropics so mossies are commonplace. And yes, what you heard is true, they don't bite the locals, only the tourists;p If you're thinking of escaping the mossies, going to the...
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Traffic & Roads Kuala Lumpur
30 Reviews Just came back from KL recently. While the city was fine, I feel the need to warn everyone (especially those travelling with young children) about the chaos thats going on outside of KL Sentral. We...
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Weather, Climate & The Environment Kuala Lumpur
12 Reviews The night view of Eye On Malaysia may be stunning and beautiful, and during a clear night the view of KLCC & city is clearly seen. A walk along or seats beside the lake to enjoy the view is the best...
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Dodgy People Kuala Lumpur
10 Reviews There are these orange robed monks (Buddist?) that I find in Bukit Bintag and KLCC. Nearly every time I go to KLCC they approach me . Their MO is to hand me a shiny gold colored card. They are very...
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Drugs Kuala Lumpur
7 Reviews I read this sign in some night clubs and stuff saying not to do drugs here in Malaysia as if you are caught with the drugs on you , you will face the death penalty. I guess if I saw these sign put up...
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Toilets & Sanitation Kuala Lumpur
6 Reviews The horror of public toilets. OK - the public toilets around the world are notorious for being disgustingly dirty and unhygienic; so smelly that you need oxygen masks just to enter. They are so bad...
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Banned Items & Activities Kuala Lumpur
6 Reviews There are so many places to buy fake designer watches in KL that it is amazing. The area around Chinatown seems to have the highest concentration. Man, they look good. The price typically starts at...
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Delinquent Primates Kuala Lumpur
6 Reviews When you are visiting the Batu Caves please be careful of the mischievous macaques who do a good trade when unwitting guests arrive. Whether or not you intend to feed these playful primates they may...
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Smelly Fruit Kuala Lumpur
2 Reviews l have tried and tried to eat durian, but every time the smell drives me away, its like a mixture of cheese, sweaty socks and a few other things you dont want me to mention there are signs in most...
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Of course, this is a common sales gimmick everywhere by some shops that it is clearing stock, moving sale or last 3 days left. Sometimes the sale is genuine.There are a few China porcelain sales which are cargoed by local businessmen and manned by Mainland Chinese. They will from location to location, different shopping malls or different towns. So it may be true that it is the last 3 days but they will show up with the same stock at a different location and will be back again.
In a few specialty restaurants, wildlife animal meat is served as dishes. As the meat are taste like chicken or beef, why patronized if this may lead to further endangering the survival of Malaysian wildlife. Would like to qualify that ostrich, quail are bred. Also the aborignal tribes have the tradition of hunting wildlife for their own consumption and survival.But as tourists and KFC diners, we should avoid ordering wild pig, deer including mousedeer, fruit bats, snakes, squirrels, monkeys, monitor lizards and pangolins.Years ago, encountered a wild pangolin entering the house. It is a scaly Malaysian anteater that will coil up into a ball when threatened. Let us do our small part to preserve the pangolins in the wild. Leave them alone.
Not so much a danger and not on the scale you get in other parts of Asia such as Thailand but in most large towns you are always getting hassled by people selling DVDs on the streets. Films are highly censored by the government and as a result there is a massive pirate dvd industry. Many of the dvds that I watched in the hostels were of very low quality!!!
One of the tricks by the sellers in bargaining is asking what price you would want to pay for? This is a deadly question for if the seller agrees to the price you named, you are expected to buy the item.For example, a T-shirt. Seller: 10 rinngitYou: Too expensive, can you give me cheaperSeller: How much do you want it for?You: Eh... 9 ringgit?Seller: OK (with a big smile)Perhaps if you bargain, you could get the T-shirt for 5 ringgit. So unless, you are willing to buy at that price, do not name your price.Seller: How much do you want it for?You: What is the cheapest you can give me?Seller: 10% discount, 9 ringgit.You: If I want, I will come back later.
Before I arrived in Malaysia for my one month stay I read in a major Travel guide that the author wished that Taxi Drivers in KL should have their tires slashed. I was rather shocked to see that in print.After traveling there I would add..."Forget their tires....go for their throats...!!!!" Having traveled many places in the world, being ripped off by a Taxidriver is not news. HOWEVER the breed in Malaysia has to be the very worst. Unfortuneately there will be times you MUST get a taxi since there will be no alternative to get to where you want to go.In one month not ONE single driver put on their meter, and acted like deaf mutes. I found the majority not only thieving , but for any practical purposes lazy and completely useless. SERVICE is definitely NOT in their vocabulary.
Malaysia firmly enforces its strict drug laws and their legislation imparts a mandatory death penalty for those convicted of drug trafficking. Any person who is arrested with 15 grams (1/2 ounce) of heroin or 200 grams (seven ounces) of marijuana in their possession are alleged by law to be trafficking in drugs.
Malaysia, both the peninsular part as the States of Sabah and Sarawak hosts some of the oldest rainforests in the world, since they were not affected by the glacial eras. When you fly over the huge forests of Borneo you may think that the green mass is endless...But it is not. In fact, these forests, a real treasure of biodiversity, are highly endangered.
The terrain will be changing very quickly during raining season. Some irregular erosion will happen & creating big hole in the middle of the trail. The fast growing ferns will make the trail more dangerous.Please take my advice for using harness, helmet & tight down your cargo as explain in my Pahang page.
suitcases get ripped by blade in the airport,never ever leave it unattended always check on retrievalpack properly so that no valuables fall out through the rent.carry enough food before travelling to the islands the cost can be double that of mainland.
Two breakdowns, one tyre change and a long dusty wait later, my friends and i ended up in a small village bus station. We weren't dressed appropriately (as, usually, the small villiages are very much Muslim and not used to western styles of dress) and an easy target for the men hanging around.As we were sitting with the bags, one of the men came up to my friend Juian and asked him to open a fruit for him - it looked like a big nut, with an opening in it - so Jules (being the nice guy he is) puts his thumbs in the hole and tries to prise it open. Only to find that the inside if the shell was a fur of cactus-like spines! Not good.So, just a word of warning; if any one asks you to open a starnge looking fruit for them, don't.We laugh about it now, but at the time, Jules had quite a job trying to tweezer the tiny spines out of his thumbs!
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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Q: Hello, I am traveling to Malaysia for the first time, at the end February beginning of March, this is my first trip there and I...
A: 1: Malaysia is a very developed and safe country to travel for anyone. 2: Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Penang and Camerom highlands are some very nice places. 3: That i...
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