Tourist Attractions in Kuala Lumpur

Yes for Australians and Americans Starbucks is a familiar brand like MacDonalds however in Malaysia the prices are very high and will burn your budget.

Unique Suggestions: Buy a short black or limit your daily coffee at Starbuck to every second day

Fun Alternatives: The Chocolate Lounge

Do not buy or book tours from hotels' doorman, bellboys or even the reception counter.
When you buy tours from these people, you'll end up being toured around by some unscrupulous and unlicensed private tour operators.

Let say you pay MYR60 per person for a half day (3hours) city tour to these people, they will just pay the private unlicensed tour operators MYR 25 per person and pocket the balance MYR35 for themselves. Since these private operators were underpaid, they will in turn bring the tourists to sometimes up to 6 shopping stops just to get some incentives from the shops even if the tourists did not buy anything.

Imagine to spend 2 hours for shopping stops instead of a full 3 hours sightseeing tour..!!

Fun Alternatives: Look up the internet for responsible and honest tour operators.

I do not tolerate companies and employees who are inefficient. I have used this travel agent several times for flight booking. My first purchase with them from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne went well. That was in 2005. And I must have been very lucky that it was ok. No hiccups.
I'd give the benefit of the doubt to people. With this travel agent, not only they were slow in responding but they have screwed up my bookings which costs me money, a few times if I may add.
I confronted the owner of the company and he had apologized, also said the previous staff handled my bookings were no more employed with the company. My respond to him was, "Sure, but you've been c.c-ed in all my e-mails and you had also insisted I did after I made the verbal complaints over the phone with you before this meeting. I understand that's a problem internally but they're at my expense. I had to change my plans, book a place to stay during my transit in LA (this also affected my schedule and internal flight bookings). Please sort it out. I cannot tell you how to manage your staff. It's your company. It's your responsibility to train your staff and step in when there's a crisis". The guy then pleaded for one more chance. I was skeptical. I'm not heartless, but maybe I'm too dumb to be generous and trusting. Look, when you screw up, won't you buck up? It's a business you're running here.

That wasn't the only screw up I encountered with them. They had once booked my husband and I on a different class. It was again a long haul flight. Flight details e-mailed to me did not reflect that we were on a different class. I called and sent text messages to the staff and that employer from SFO. They did not solve the crisis. Instead, I had to beg the airline to put us together.

Would you pay the additional cost to the travel agent when a booking and payment's been done?
I was asked to pay them a surcharge a week after I had made my payment to them. Not only were they very rude, they didn't want to budge.
Asking them to change the flight details like the date takes too much effort on my side. 3 months to my flight date and I have given them enough lead time to work on it. A reply from them will not be sent to me unless I sent multiple sms and calls. A reply from them has never been specific and detailed.
I believe that good management and
Why are these people still in business baffles me. This will be my last time dealing with them.
There were more incidents or shall I say mishaps. I'll spare you the other details.

I found this article just this week. I think I am having it worse from Nazar Travel & Tours. They are in Bangsar Baru above Pelita Restaurant. The guy managing the company is Ashley.
http://www.consumer.com.my/message/index.php?itemid=751
Notice the reply from Nazar: "just know that the person is no longer employed with Nazar"
Those people may have left the company. So what? The problems remain and who is to pick up the pieces?
I did, because it became too much of a problem for me.
How lame. Try cooking up another excuse or be creative if you wanna cop out. And sound like a professional.
I have all the e-mail historical from 2007 on stand-by to bring my cases to the relevant authorities.

Please, you guys... do not even think about using that company. I hope not for anyone else to go through the stress I went through (and still going through). That'll be uncalled for. Companies who think it's easy to keep the current and get future clients with zero effort deserves to have a taste of their own medicine.There's a reason for why people use travel agents and not book through the internet!
Anyone who wishes to have in-depth discussions about this, e-mail me.

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Jalang Dulang
Kuala Lumpur 43300 Malaysia
+60 3 8942 5010

www.mines.com.my/

Unique Suggestions: This whole new world of excitement is just 20 minutes away from Kuala Lumpur city. Colourful and unique, this night-time theme park brings you a thrilling journey of fun and adventure. Set amidst the 150 acres of man-made lake, the charming environment features attractions such as the popular Musical Fountain shows, the Aqua Laser Show and the ever famous Snow House.

3 Jalan PJS 11/11 Selangor 46150 Malaysia
+60 3 5639 0000

www.sunway.com.my/lagoon

Unique Suggestions: Situated 20 minutes from Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia's first international-standard water theme park. The park are water-based attractions, such as giant waterslides, twin speed slides, a river, a waterfall garden and a lagoon express. There is a shopping mall known as the Pyramid, which adds to the limitless range of activities at this theme park. There is also the charming Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel nearby.

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Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown, which is based in Petaling Street. Today, it is Kuala Lumpur's own Chinatown where you can find all things Chinese from herbs to dry goods and toys to clothes. There you can get the duplicate & copy of the top most brands of the world, and the best thing is that the duplicate & copy is so true like a original brand.

Unique Suggestions: Noisy and crowded. The street is always a hive of activity as the traders know not the meaning of being tired, as they relentless pursue customers, shouting out prices as visitors pass by the stalls. Around the area, there are also traditional Chinese shops that sell medicine, herbs and roots. Do bear in mind that the area is frequently jammed, so taking a train from any LRT station is recommended.

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If you are buying a coach ticket for inter-city travel at any transport terminal, you will be approached by touts selling coach/bus tickets... They will way lay you on your way to the ticket counters... and they are very persistent, and sometimes agressive... Touts are most active when the normal ticket counters of the various coach companies are closed for business for the day... This is usually during the later part of the night... Tourists, who are usually hard press for time, will try to buy tickets at night for the next morning departures... This is when they are most venerable to these touts... Tickets bought thru touts are usually forged and the coach companies will not accept them... The major coach transport companies issue computerised tickets while a tout will just sell paper tickets...

Fun Alternatives: To avoid being cheated, customers are advised to buy tickets only at the companies' ticket counters... Don't try to save time and ensure that you get a ticket by buying the previous night (from touts) for morning departures... Tickets of major coach companies are also sold at selected Petronas petrol stations...

You will see this carb island mentioned in all malaysian tourism guide books. Well it should be renamed as crap island. You have to go to portklang from kl central , from port klang half hour journey on jetty will take u to this crab island.
When u think of an island, the first thing that comes to your mind is its magnificient beaches. Well guess what there is no beach, no sports activities as a matter of fact no activities at all. Unless u r making a documentry on fishermen's life u dont have any reason to go there. If u r making a documentry on sea pollution , pulau ketam is a place u must visit.
Morale of the story dont believe every thing u see in travel guides. Take info from locals before u go there or spend some time on net reading tousit traps.

Unique Suggestions: If u decide to go anyway take lots of beer and get so drunk that place would look like hawai to u.

Fun Alternatives: U can go to beach dickinson that is half an hour away from kl, clean water and lots of stuff to do there.