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 …
Category Archive: Kuala Lumpur
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …