Hey guys! It's been a really long time and now, finally I could take some time to blog.
Well then, it's obvious, from the title you see, I'll be talking about the trip to KL from 14/8 to 17/8.
Anyway, a good news first, rmb that I will be going to university this September? And YES!!! I WILL BE GOING TO UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM) in Johor!!!
This is the first choice which I think I should expect as well lol.
But anyway, the registration process is unexpectedly tedious and I took a lot of time with my parents to complete most of the documents.
Well alright, after a busy week to prepare those documents, now I had completed about 80% of them, so let's get started to the main post today.
Before the trip, Yi Fong informed Kar Oon and I that he couldn't manage to join us to this trip due to personal reason.
Well, that's really sad but anyway this trip still carried on. By the way, "The RM500 Challenge" is still going on, so let's see how we made it.
Well, I would not recommend this hotel to you guys if you don't like crowded place. But truly, since this is a budget trip, so this hotel would be a perfect choice, early booking only takes RM45 per night through agoda.com
Wash up and tidy ourselves, we went to Kim Lian Kee Restaurant to have the famous Hokkien Char as our dinner.
Well, Hokkien mee in KL is different from Penang, where the noodles are fried in black soy sauce. For Penangites, this noodle is called 大碌面. We also add another side dish for fun lol? But this dinner costs both of us RM33.
This portion looks big even though the menu mentioned it small lol, and costs RM10.
After the dinner, we took a walk around Suria KLCC, but everything looks expensive for us to buy so we just done window-shopping lol.
And then, we took photos from the outside, of Petronas Twin Towers!
So that's the end of our first day, which already costs more than half of the budget, but we made miracle for the next few days haha.
15/8/2017 (Tuesday)
The next destination in Kuala Lumpur is the best recommendation for those who really love Science. Yup, it's PetroSains exhibition in Suria KLCC.
To be exact, I went here before like about 9 years ago lol, yet everything looks almost the same to me. But then, it's still a nice spot for us to learn about different fields in Science through experiments and explorations.
In fact, one of the facilities I like the most is the F1 driving simulation. Although it's not VR type but it's worth the try since it's included in your ticket fee.
Guess what? The entering fee only costs RM20 only! And you can explore everything for almost 6 hours! This is really really the best value.
Moreover, since there are some sections closed, so the price deducted to RM16 only, which made us saved even more!
Well, once a gamer, this seems pretty fit to me haha XD
This driving simulation needs extra RM2 to enter.
We ended our trip in the exhibition around 4.30pm, so we decided to straight go to Pavilion to have a walk and dinner.
To be exact, we walked underground to Pavilion.
Yupe, you don't need to take LRT or walk on land to Pavilion. There's a very long underground tunnel straight from Suria KLCC to Pavilion, which is very convenient but took a lot of muscle work haha.
Busy street in KL.
Right, since we are at Pavilion, there are even more branded items here, and the mall is even larger than Suria KLCC.
Under recommendation by Kar Oon, we went to Rocku Yakiniku to have a buffet dinner.
Like BarBQ Plaza (Well I'm not doing comparison), you can refill the food and heck ya it worth about RM60 included GST.
Ya since it's a Japanese restaurant so you will get Japanese cuisine too, such as sushi and chawanmushi.
We really took a full dinner that day but quite satisfied, yet this made our budget a quick hike.
Fyi Pavilion is located at Bukit Bintang, or rather we say Golden Triangle. It's a bustling city where night life comes alive.
So basically you can find a lot of shopping malls and grand hotels here.
Don't be amazed by the scenery here, it's common at the district like this.
16/8/2017 (Wednesday)
The third day at KL, we looked up on Internet and found a so-called "roti banjir" at a mamak stall which is reachable by walking from our hotel.
Yup we came to a district where most Malays and Indians locate, so it may seems weird suddenly appear Chinese customers.
Anyway, food is the most important thing here haha. So, we ordered roti banjir and teh tarik. Well, in the roti banjir u get roti canai "flooded" with curry, some sambal and two half-boiled eggs.
Surprisingly, this breakfast only cost us only RM5 per person!
This is really cheap and the portion is enough for a person as breakfast, so I do recommend this if you don't mind the place is a little bit tough to find.
The taste? Way to say, it's too good to mix eggs in roti canai and sambal too haha.
Our next destination is out of KL and we visited Batu Caves.
This is a tourist destination that is accessible through KTM Komuter, but you have to be patient while waiting the train because it is not the same system as LRT or MRT.
And here we are, Batu Caves! Of course, that's not it, you have to prepare yourselves again for more muscle works, by climbing the stairs to reach the Hindu temple in the cave.
Welp, just see at the stairs, it is not easy to climb, as you got 272 steps to reach the top haha.
Mind that the steps are steep, and there are monkeys too, so good luck to you guys.
Here we are, after reaching the top, a close look at the roof of the cave.
Phew, it's really high up here, but worth the climb.
Then, we decided to go south to Putrajaya. This time, it is not easy to reach.
First, we have to travel to Bandar Tasik Selatan by KTM, and then took KLIA Transit to Putrajaya.
Fyi the train fee is not really cheap so take not of that. After reaching Putrajaya Sentral, you can either take the bus or Uber to the main location, or the most iconic Masjid Putra, in specific.
After a long ride, we finally reached Putrajaya! Look the bridge there, it's Seri Wawasan Bridge.
Well, to be honest, Putrajaya is an administration city, so basically you can find every department here.
But mostly, tourists only focus on Masjid Putra, Dataran Putra and Prime Minister Office.
Masjid Putra.
Hey I'm here haha.
Returning to KL, we had our dinner at Seng Kee near Petaling Street, to have 瓦煲老鼠粉, also recommended by Internet.
Oh wow the taste is really good and authentic, and the aroma couldn't be forgotten forover.
Yup, this is another dish we ordered, it's like wantan mee topped with 烧肉.
The night visit went on to Merdeka Square, however the place is closed at night due to set up for the National Day, but we still can access just don't mess up with the workers there haha.
Ya it's quite weird but anyway it's still beautiful to take the photos at night.
After that, we went to NU Sentral to have a short walk.
17/8/2017 (Thursday)
So, the last day in KL. We planned to make KL Tower as our final stop. Well, before that, we went to Kin Kin Restaurant to have the authentic chili Pan Mee, which is located near to Sultan Ismail LRT station.
Honestly, I couldn't eat spicy food but actually you have to add the chili by yourself, so I added a suitable amount for me and the taste did taste good too.
Anyway, you can order an additional soup with fishballs.
So, here we are, KL Tower! Honestly, it is very tired to climb up the hill before reaching the base of the tower.
A very useful advice: Take the free shuttle provided or else you will be very tired and sweaty reaching there, and don't be stupid like us lol. (Get what I mean?)
Since we are here, why don't we visit the observation deck?
Yupe, you have to pay RM32, which is a bit expensive, but worth the view from there.
You could see the scenery of KL in 360 degrees, including the neighbouring Petronas Twin Towers!
At least, we took a good rest before going down back.
After that, we packed our baggage and left the hotel to KL Sentral.
This time, we made it right by buying the right ticket to KLIA 2.
Our flight scheduled to depart at 8.15pm but delayed for 3 hours to 11:15pm!!!
This made us waited there, well to be honest I never experienced such a long delay before.
But hey, at least I reached home the next day, midnight lol.
And that made our KL trip came to an end.
So let's see the expenses here (per person):
Day 1
Return Flight Ticket (PEN ⇆ KUL) - RM155 (Promotion rate)
Hotel - RM78
Bus to Bandar Tasik Selatan - RM11
LRT to Plaza Rakyat - RM1.50
Dinner at Kim Lian Kee - RM16.50
Ice cream at FamilyMart - RM2.90
LRT to KLCC - RM1
Bought a sweet - RM2.45
LRT back to Petaling Street - RM1
Soya at Petaling Street - RM1.70
Day 2
LRT to Pudu - RM0.60
Breakfast - RM9.05
LRT to KLCC - RM1.30
PetroSains + Driving Simulation - RM18
Mineral water - RM0.75
Rocku Yakiniku - RM58.20
Buying stuffs at KLCC - RM5.20
LRT back to Petaling Street - RM1
Longan drink at Petaling Street - RM2
Day 3
Breakfast (Roti banjir) - RM5
KTM to Batu Caves - RM2.30
Toilet - RM0.30
KTM to Bandar Tasik Selatan - RM3.80
KLIA Transit to Putrajaya Sentral - RM8
Uber to Masjid Putra - RM4
Bus back to Putajaya Sentral - RM1
KLIA Transit back to Bandar Tasik Selatan - RM8
LRT to Plaza Rakyat - RM1.50
Dinner (瓦煲老鼠粉) - RM15.50
LRT to KL Sentral (Visiting NU Sentral) - RM0.80
LRT back to Petaling Street - RM0.60
Buying stuffs at 7-Eleven - RM10.30
Day 4
LRT to Sultan Ismail - RM0.70
Chili Pan Mee Brunch - RM13
Monorail to KL Tower - RM0.70
Coca-cola drink - RM3.05
Observation Deck on KL Tower - RM32
Free Bus back to Sultan Ismail - FREE
LRT back to Plaza Rakyat - RM1
Longan drink at Petaling Street - RM2.50
LRT to KL Sentral - RM0.60
Buying stuffs at NU Sentral - RM5.80
SkyBus to KLIA 2 - RM12
Total = RM499.60
*If you see some weird values, like 5 sens, it's because we shared the price half.
SEE!? It's really under RM500! That's how we made it!
Well of cuz' the train fees especially LRT are cheap because the prices are halved in conjunction to The National Day.
So basically, traveling smart will make you earn the most and a valuable trip.
That's the end of this long post. See you soon.
Bye!
