Thank you for such a comprehensive comment, it puts many bloggeries I’ve produced to shame!

I’m on no time limit, I have a friend who lives in Singapore that I’m going to crash at, just have to give him ~24-36 hour notice so I could be in KL earlier.

Haven’t heard much about it before so wasn’t sure what to think.

You’ve given me quite the list of things to look up, they all sound interesting and worthwhile. I am particularly fond of #4 though, and I can see how that would transpire.

Thanks for the comment and if you do setup a blog, please let me know, I’d like to start reading it.

Anyway, since Twitter isn’t well suited for ‘long’ drawn out discussions, here’s just a couple of more hints/tips for KL

1. Staying only 1 or 2 nights? That’s the common mistake people make, because they underestimate what a cool town KL has become. It’s a nice place to just hang out and be a part of in a sense – at least that’s how I personally see it. People do differ in tastes, though, so I’m not saying you MUST stay longer. But if you can, I think it’d be good. I like KL so much that I’m actually planning on renting a flat and staying for a good few months next time I go. I’d have done that already (even had my paws on a place for a while) if my music stuff hadn’t ‘gotten in the way.’

2. My experience with taxi drivers in KL has been somewhat bad. If you’re new to the place, be a bit wary about letting them know, as there are those that will be happy to take you on a ride around the whole metropolitan area and overcharge you like mad while only taking you to a place you could have walked to yourself in five minutes. Others are rude and pretty much tell you to sod off if they don’t want to drive to where you’re headed. MOST of them are not bad at all, but there are those that make you remember them for all the wrong reasons.

3. Since you’re short on time and (I’m assuming) will be going to see the Petronas towers (as it’s such a great building): Be there early or you could miss out. They only issue a limited number of tickets to go to the sky bridge each day, and when they’re out they’re out and you have to come back the next day. While regular visitors are only allowed to go as far up as the sky bridge, you COULD get to the top if you pull a ‘Catch me if you can’ and pose as a student working on a related project or something lol. I know there are people who have done that, but I haven’t had the heart to do it myself, though.

4. KL Tower is of course also a must see, and the view from up there is actually better than the view from the Twin Towers – plus, you get to actually see the Twin Towers themselves almost from up above, and the sight is super impressive. The fee to go to the top is well worth it, in other words. I once brought a girl there on a date and we were pretty much a couple by the time we left, so I don’t have any complaints personally.

5. There’s lots of great, cheap food to get in KL. If you like ‘coconutty’ things get a coconut curry laksa at some cheap place (I used to eat one every day at the food court in the Lot10 shopping mall in the Bukit Bintang area, where it was cheap and super, super tasty, however new people seem to work there all the time so I can’ guarantee success, only state that it’s very, very probable!

6. Batu Caves, a bit out of town but worth going to.

7. Little India is also worth seeing, although it really is pretty ‘little.’

8. It’s not easy to be impressed coming from such a superb place as Thailand, but Malaysia has it’s own things to offer, and much of what is great about Thailand you’ll also find in MY. And KL, compared to Bangkok, is much more pleasant IMO. What I also personally find really fascinating about Kuala Lumpur is the intriguing mixture of the very old and the very modern. That aspect of it is pretty cool. If you go about 50 kilometres south of KL you’ll even find a place called Cyberjaya, a fairly new planned town dedicated to high tech stuff. I missed it last time I was in Malaysia, so I’m not absolutely sure if it’s worth visiting (planned towns like that tend to be a bit dead in some ways no matter where they are situated – I went to Canberra and Brasilia and they are both like that), but it’d probably be an interesting place to report from to fellow bloggers and online/tech enthusiasts. At the very least it can be seen as a demonstration of Malaysia’s intent to really modernize itself while still holding on to much of its traditions.

Anyway, have fun and enjoy yourself!