Travel Planning Tips and Experiences
Read about Focused Travels’ sights, hotels and itineraries for visiting Malaysia. To date cities visited include Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi and Malaka.
I was sad to discover from Yun Qing’s blog that the night train from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore is no longer available to travelers in the region. The latest update on trains between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore is here! I had used this train while visiting Malaysia and Singapore a while back. Thinking about the …
We spent two days in Penang, Malaysia during our last trip to South-East Asia but we had a blast. We knew nothing about Penang when we got there, but there were so many things to do and see, and we never got to all of them! I would love to go back to Penang and …
We found the Langkawi Bird Paradise quite by chance. Our second day in Langkawi was a Friday. Since most of Malaysia’s population is Muslim and Fridays are their holy day; it meant that many of the attractions in Langkawi was closed or had reduced opening hours. Luckily, our hotel had brochures of the attractions in Langkawi, and we …
When we wanted to travel from Kuala Lumpur to Penang, there were flights available, and they were not too expensive either. The flight from Kuala Lumpur Airport to Penang International Airport only takes an hour and cost on average about $75 and upwards. The train journey takes about 6 hours and only cost about $15 …
We arrived in the afternoon in Kuala Lumpur after taking a relaxing train ride from Butterworth to Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. We were quite tired, but looking forward to what Kuala Lumpur offers. Excitedly we made our way from the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station to the Royale Bintang Hotelwhich we had booked for the few days …