Category Archive: Kuala Lumpur

Luxury Travel Tips: The Best Rooftop Cocktail Bars Around SE Asia

Luxury Travel Tips: The Best Rooftop Cocktail Bars Around SE Asia I am most decidedly a cocktails girl. I’ve never acquired a taste for either beer or wine. If only beer or wine are available, I always prefer to go without. But cocktails, now that’s an entirely different story! I’ll gladly sip a sweet colorful …

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Asia’s Amazing Shopping Malls

Asia’s Amazing Shopping Malls Let me start this article by qualifying that I am not into shopping. At all. For instance, whenever making plans with friends or on my own, I would never come up with the idea, “Hey, let’s go shopping!”. Not gonna happen. I’m much more inclined to head outdoors for hiking or …

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Kuala Lumpur City Walking Tour: A Review

Kuala Lumpur City Walking Tour: A Review  In 2012 I discovered the great merits and fun of joining small localized specialty tours. Until recently, I’d generally avoided them, even scoffed. “I’m an independent traveler! I don’t need to join a tour. I can manage on my own. I don’t want to be herded around like …

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LUXURY TRAVEL TIPS: BEST ROOFTOP COCKTAIL BARS IN KUALA LUMPUR

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LUXURY TRAVEL TIPS: BEST ROOFTOP COCKTAIL BARS IN KUALA LUMPUR I’m a cocktails girl. Always have been. Somehow, I’ve just never acquired a taste for beer, nor wine for that matter. All those fermented and yeasty beverages just don’t gel with my palate. Over the years, at the strong insistence of friends, acquaintances, colleagues and …

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TRAVEL TIPS: OVERLAND TRAVEL FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO SINGAPORE

 OVERLAND TRAVEL FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO SINGAPORE In 2011 overland travel from KL to Singapore, and visa versa, became considerably more complicated and expensive, much to my and any other budget travelers’ chagrin. In fact, travel from KL to all points south and east has also been affected.  This unfortunate state of affairs is primarily …

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REVIEW: KUALA LUMPUR BIRD PARK

Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thanks> REVIEW: KUALA LUMPUR BIRD PARK I’d been yearning to visit Kuala Lumpur Bird Park for several years. I love birds: their brilliant colors, cheerful voices, and quirky mannerisms. Every time I pass through KL, (several times per year) I …

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TRAVEL TIP: SECRET PLACES TO EAT IN KUALA LUMPUR

Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free monthly newsletter. Thanks> TRAVEL TIP: SECRET PLACES TO EAT IN KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur is packed with loads of inexpensive local eating shops, many of which are well-documented in guidebooks and easy to find. For example, Jalan Alor – KL’s …

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PHOTO GALLERY: BRILLIANT BIRDS OF THE WORLD

I love birds, especially unusual, exotic, vibrantly colored, and cute birds, such as this super cute and striking spotted owl. I saw plenty of gorgeous birds recently at Taman Burung, Kuala Lumpur’s Bird Park, boasting the world’s largest free-flight walk-in aviary. I met with all sorts of birds: elegant, cheeky, bold, shy, arrogant, sociable, solitary, humorous, …

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10 Free Things to do in Kuala Lumpur- pt 2- 10 MORE

10 Free Things to do in Kuala Lumpur- pt 2- 10 MORE When I visited Kuala Lumpur in early 2012, I discovered heaps more free things to do there. Some I’d already done ages ago and forgotten about. Some were new to me, even though I’ve been in and out of KL several times per …

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HIKING IN MALAYSIA: ‘DRAGON’S BACKBONE’ ON CHINESE NEW YEAR

Welcome! If it’s your first time here, you might want to subscribe to my free  monthly newsletter. Thank you! —> ‘Abah Niesa’ be-friended me on Facebook. He’s a Malaysian man fond of hiking in Malaysia. When I was preparing to return to Kuala Lumpur recently, we agreed to finally meet and go hiking together. Hiking …

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