Photo trip report: Malaysia, Sabah, Borneo

[buksida]

The following day we headed to Chow Kit station and jumped on the monorail over to KLCC to investigate if going up the twin towers was possible. As I expected there was a three hour wait and an inflated fee of almost a hundred dollars for the four of us to spend 15 minutes up on the sky-bridge.

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We headed through the park and over to the KL aquarium instead which was equally expensive but a bit more to offer for your buck. I've been to a lot of aquariums and this one was one of the more impressive, with the longest sub-aqua tunnel I've seen.

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To follow: final day in KL

[STEVE G]

We headed through the park and over to the KL aquarium instead which was equally expensive but a bit more to offer for your buck. I've been to a lot of aquariums and this one was one of the more impressive, with the longest sub-aqua tunnel I've seen.

There was a large aquarium similar to that in Jakarta and what amused me about it was that right next door there was a huge seafood restaurant, it seems that seeing all those fish just gives Asians an appetite!

[Big Boy]

First time I can remember seeing Jellyfish in an aquarium.

[buksida]

We were on our last afternoon so decided to give the Petrosians Science Discovery Center a look since it was educational and not a complete rip off to get in (53 MYR for all four of us). It turns out this was one of the best things we did - the place was huge and we ended up spending all afternoon there - plenty of interactive and educational activities for kids and adults. They even had a driver education and awareness centre where you could test your observational and driving skills - something that Thailand desperately needs!

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The hotel tried to rip us off on an aiport taxi by double charging as it was early in the morning but I managed to book one online using www.go2klia.com which proved to be a cost effective and reliable service.

Having been to Malaysia three times now I think this will be our last - living in Southeast Asia you get to know the value of things and their worth which makes getting stung as a tourist at almost every opportunity in this country a little harder to swallow.

[migrant]

Thanks, as always, for the great pics

[buksida]

Thanks for the comments - I won't do the full comparison as nothing much has changed from this one I wrote last year: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26342&start=31

I will say now though that after all of the draconian clampdowns and multiple price hikes it is now cheaper and easier to get a beer (and a wider variety) in Malaysia than it is in Thailand.

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Full trip reports and galleries can be found here:
http://ontheroadasia.com/malaysia-legoland.php
http://ontheroadasia.com/borneo-sabah.php
http://ontheroadasia.com/kuala-lumpur.php

Until the next trip ...