Immediately after spending the Christmas holidays in Atlanta, I boarded a flight back to Asia to explore Malaysia. I landed in the capital city Kuala Lumpur and spent one night walking around the city. I was shocked to find prices to be very similar to Hong Kong (AKA, very expensive) for food and drink. Since Malaysia is a Muslim country, it is not a very good place for a guy to get a massage unless you like getting massaged by other guys. Taxi drivers had their standard inconsistencies in pricing where you could literally have a 100% difference in price to do the same trip in 2 different cabs which were each running a meter. I attempted to visit the twin towers and found that they had sold out of tickets for the day.
After a day in KL, I went to Langkawi to check out the beaches for a few days. Nothing too special about the beaches, mostly families visiting on vacation from various parts of Europe or Australia. One unpleasant surprise was that there was no fun young person scene, no place to enjoy a pina colada. The food was not very good and expensive when you consider that only 50miles away was Thailand which had delicious and cheap food. The hotel in Langkawi cost around US$30 per night, had no hot water, a TV that didn't have the proper plug outlet and a refrigerator that didn't work. Luckily, the Aircon did function quite well.
I'll probably wait a while before visiting Malaysia again. For the price you pay, Thailand is a much more enjoyable trip.
No comments:
Post a Comment