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Favorite thing: For a trip from the city to the airport, always call a cab! You'll end up paying for the metered charge + the toll + RM13 (if I recall correctly!).

I always use Sunlight taxi company (03 90575757). In fact you can call the taxi company in advance, e.g. the night before to book a taxi (for airport only).

Never trust quotes given by taxis that are waiting outside a hotel! They almost always refuse to use the meter and overcharge!

As for travel within KL I would also recommend calling a taxi - you pay a nominal sum for the call service (still RM2 I think!) on top of the metered charge but you save yourself the heartache and hassle of haggling/arguing with the cab driver or him giving you the run around on a longer, more circuitous route! Especially after they ask you, which way you want them to drive you (a test to see if you know your way around town)!

And once you find an honest cab drive, take down his number, so you call call him the next time round.. I do this whenever I need a taxi to the airport or anywhere else, when necessary.

Favorite thing: Thanks to all for their advice

I would like to share a few things for the travelers as regards the foreign exchange in KL : -

Pros of changing at airport
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1. All the denominations have the same exchange rate be it $1 or $5 or $100 notes

Cons of changing at airport
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1. Airport Forex counters only accept USD notes which are printed after 2006 i.e. only 2006 series and after
2. If your dollar bill has any mark like ink spot etc they will not change
3. Rates are lower though not by much (exchange rate was 2.948 MYR for 1 USD)

I exchanged some at the money changer in KL Sentral 1st floor - beside the Police station (this guy gave better rate than the ones the alley at the ground floor beside McDees)

Here I got
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1. Acceptability of older series notes
2. Better rate i.e. 2.96 MYR/USD but there was a catch, this fellow is only interested in USD 50 and USD 100 notes , for lower denominations he paid lower rates MYR 2.8/USD for $20 note, 2.6/USD for $10 note and 2.5/USD for $5 and $1 notes

He also told me this is the usual norm with all forex like GBP,Euro etc.

So my suggestion is if you are carrying lower denomination notes, change in airport/banks, while for the higher ones go for the agents/forex dealers in the city

Fondest memory: The readiness of the people to help and the cleanliness

Favorite thing: As of January 2012, there are seven (7) money changers in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) of Kuala Lumpur. Five in International Arrival area and two in International Departure area.

Islamic Bank is located in the mezzanine arrival hall before (and in front of) the immigration counters.

Kuwait Bank & RHB are located side-by-side in the luggage claim area.

CIMB & Hong Leong are located in front of each other at the public concourse between departure and domestic arrival.

At international departure area CIMB & Maybank are at the farthest corner (both offers mostly the same rate).

Fondest memory: You can get the best Ringgit rate at CIMB or Hong Leong (mostly same rate).

Favorite thing: of course you can, if there is available credit, but there is hefty roaming charge.
My advice, use up whatever credit you have and discard the card, if you are in Vietnam, buy a local card - this tip applies anywhere in the world!

Favorite thing: airport is the worst place for exchange- one of the most expensive places.
change some local currencies at the airport for your taxi fare - or you can buy taxi coupon using your credit card.
Change the rest at money changers - the give the best rate- better than hotel.

Fondest memory: Food - you can get almost any kind of food from anywhere in the world.

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Favorite thing: have your own van for convenience instead of a big bus of big group of tourists. You can do this kind of tour if you want the convenience of extra time to spend on each destination around kuala lumpur and this set up is ideal fro groups of 8 persons or less and if your a big spender, why not do a personalized tour of Kuala Lumpur by your lonesome!

the usual areas of interest of personalized tours is as follows:

- Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur Tower
- National Museum, National Palace, National Mosque
- Central Market, China Town (Petaling Street)
- KL Lake Gardens, KL Bird Park, Aquaria KLCC
- KL Craft Complex, The Heritage Centre
- Batu Caves
- Royal Selangor Pewter Factory, Batik Factory

the price per person will cost about RM 100 or more depending on the number of persons.

Fondest memory: the personalized tour vans that go to:

- Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur Tower
- National Museum, National Palace, National Mosque
- Central Market, China Town (Petaling Street)
- KL Lake Gardens, KL Bird Park, Aquaria KLCC
- KL Craft Complex, The Heritage Centre
- Batu Caves
- Royal Selangor Pewter Factory, Batik Factory

the phone number is: (6012)-6619599

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Favorite thing: there is a huge network of Interconnected Roadways, tollways and Highways in Kuala Lumpur to other areas of malaysia and they are wide, clean and efficient so that driving in malaysia is a pleasant esperience and even if you are riding a van or bus, you cannot fail to see that the roadways are really sights to behold here and the Malaysian Highway system especially in the peninsular malaysia area is one of the most developed network in the whole of south east asia hence travel time to and from Kuala Lumpur is faster than in other areas of the region.

Fondest memory: the very efficient and cheap tollways and highways of the Peninsular Malaysia.

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Favorite thing: Again a word of caution, if your are not the type who wants pass on charges on withdrawing money through international Automated Machines and rather use your credit cards to save on withdrawal fees, then just use your credit cards ok. Like in major cities, the ATM's here are mostly affiliated to international consortiums like Plus or Discover or Cirrus. Again a caveat, when you withdraw money via atms, there are 2 pass on charges (the first is by your local bank in your country and the second is the local bank here in Malaysia) so I would recommend you withdraw large sums since the charges are the same whether you withdraw a pitiful amount or a large one.

Fondest memory: Automated Teller Machines are numerous here in Kuala Lumpur.