17 days to split between Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Indo - Raja Ampat, Komodo or Bali??
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Ok, for the diving, have been in Sulawesi several times and Bali once. Based on everyone's comments, Bali and Komodo sound like solid choices for surfing & diving.
Lived in KL from 2003-2006, and visited again in 2009. It's a good city with great food, but do your research, my info is dated. The train from the airport to town is quick and reasonably priced.
Some suggestions, checked and they're still around, with pretty good reviews. Try sunset drinks at the rooftop Luna Bar, fantastic views of the Petronas twin towers, chill. Hakka restaurant is a good choice for Chinese food in the KLCC area. If you want some giant crabs, take a taxi over to Mei King Fatt. The big hotels like Mandarin Oriental have excellent breakfast & lunch buffets.
Malaysia is a mix of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures, so in KL all three are very good and authentically local. Surprisingly good Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese restaurants, research online if interested. Have had some fantastic Penang curry in KL, the stuff is catnip.
For a wide variety of tasty treats on a budget try the food courts. Not the ones at KLCC mall but places where the locals eat. Go online to find, they tend to be tucked away. Singapore food courts might be a bit better but different, and KL is probably less expensive for more upscale dining, so decide what you want to do where.
And there's nothing like a bowl of peanuts & salty crunchy dried guppies with a cold Tiger beer, yum.
Have fun!!
Lived in KL from 2003-2006, and visited again in 2009. It's a good city with great food, but do your research, my info is dated. The train from the airport to town is quick and reasonably priced.
Some suggestions, checked and they're still around, with pretty good reviews. Try sunset drinks at the rooftop Luna Bar, fantastic views of the Petronas twin towers, chill. Hakka restaurant is a good choice for Chinese food in the KLCC area. If you want some giant crabs, take a taxi over to Mei King Fatt. The big hotels like Mandarin Oriental have excellent breakfast & lunch buffets.
Malaysia is a mix of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures, so in KL all three are very good and authentically local. Surprisingly good Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese restaurants, research online if interested. Have had some fantastic Penang curry in KL, the stuff is catnip.
For a wide variety of tasty treats on a budget try the food courts. Not the ones at KLCC mall but places where the locals eat. Go online to find, they tend to be tucked away. Singapore food courts might be a bit better but different, and KL is probably less expensive for more upscale dining, so decide what you want to do where.
And there's nothing like a bowl of peanuts & salty crunchy dried guppies with a cold Tiger beer, yum.
Have fun!!
Ok, trying to finalize a few flights and need to make some adjsutments.
So we actually arrive at 11:35 PM on the 11th of May. So right off the bat this schedule get's a bit tighter. Am I getting an overwhelming no on KUL? We have a friend that recommended it and I'm thinking we need to detox from the plane ride a bit so maybe an extra night in KUL is warranted. So instead of flying out the 11th for Lombok we would fly out the 13th ($46 with Air Asia0
Sounds good but because of the previous delay I have this for the 17th
This would get moved to the 19th (losing a day)
This would get moved to the 21st.
Should I skip this because of my previous delay? It's also the only non-direct flight and costs a little more than the others. We also want to save some time for Singapore. LBJ doesn't fly many places that flys to Singapore except for Jakarta. So maybe we head back to Bali for a night to catch up on the lost days earlier. Or instead of going Lembongan > Ubud I go Lembongan to Komodo, and then Komodo to Ubud.
This would get bumped up to the 24th so we can spend 3 nights in Singapore.
In all that would be 2 nights in KUL (though one of those is pretty much just getting to hotel and crashing), 4 nights in Lombok, 2 Nights in Bali/Lembongan, 2 night in Ubud, 3 Nights in Komodo and 3 nights in Singapore.
So we actually arrive at 11:35 PM on the 11th of May. So right off the bat this schedule get's a bit tighter. Am I getting an overwhelming no on KUL? We have a friend that recommended it and I'm thinking we need to detox from the plane ride a bit so maybe an extra night in KUL is warranted. So instead of flying out the 11th for Lombok we would fly out the 13th ($46 with Air Asia0
Sounds good but because of the previous delay I have this for the 17th
This would get moved to the 19th (losing a day)
This would get moved to the 21st.
Should I skip this because of my previous delay? It's also the only non-direct flight and costs a little more than the others. We also want to save some time for Singapore. LBJ doesn't fly many places that flys to Singapore except for Jakarta. So maybe we head back to Bali for a night to catch up on the lost days earlier. Or instead of going Lembongan > Ubud I go Lembongan to Komodo, and then Komodo to Ubud.
This would get bumped up to the 24th so we can spend 3 nights in Singapore.
In all that would be 2 nights in KUL (though one of those is pretty much just getting to hotel and crashing), 4 nights in Lombok, 2 Nights in Bali/Lembongan, 2 night in Ubud, 3 Nights in Komodo and 3 nights in Singapore.
Looks good.
I would definitely say skip YogYakarta.
Stay one more night in Bali/ Lembongan or Komodo and drop one in Singapore (so 2 nights in Sing).
I live in Sing and LOVE it!! BUT given your tight schedule I think two nights is enough for now. Drop me a PM and I will give you a heads-up on a few must see places).
I would definitely say skip YogYakarta.
Stay one more night in Bali/ Lembongan or Komodo and drop one in Singapore (so 2 nights in Sing).
I live in Sing and LOVE it!! BUT given your tight schedule I think two nights is enough for now. Drop me a PM and I will give you a heads-up on a few must see places).
Luko
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The description you write further was the KL I knew and always overnighted at this same period.
Since 2012, I thought it became too much of a luxury mall park (You wouldn't believe the evolution of jl. Bukit Bintang) with hectic traffic and taximeter scams I thought you'd only experience in Istanbul.
I think my last stay in KL was in 2014 and promised I would try to avoid whenever... compared to KL, S'pore looks like a calm quaint city.
The good thing with KL is that 5* hoteIs are cheap, I often stayed at Renaissance or NewWorld, twin hotels which are nearby KLCC, with a room view on the Petronas and least expensive than the Mandarin.
The most extraordinary breakfast buffet I had was at the Grand Millenium Bukit Bintang though (better than the Oriental Bangkok, better than the Raffles PhnomPenh, better than the E&O Penang, better than the Ritz KL, better than the Manila Hotel or the ShangriLa Cebu city, to name a few landmark hotels where I stayed)
@AlMitch correct me if I'm wrong, but Lau Pa Sat in S'pore is (was) a cheap no brainer when it comes to varied SEA cuisines in a food court.
For the reasons I mentioned above, the association of "KL" and "detox" doesn't seem obvious to me, add on top a 1h taxi ride to your hotel (if you take the airport train you'll be in the middle of KL looking for another KL taxi to your hotel to KLCC that will anyway take half an hour more)
Luko, great photos btw ...
"The description you write further was the KL I knew and always overnighted at this same period. ... I think my last stay in KL was in 2014 and promised I would try to avoid whenever... compared to KL, S'pore looks like a calm quaint city."
Will defer to the more recent experiences. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be ....
"The description you write further was the KL I knew and always overnighted at this same period. ... I think my last stay in KL was in 2014 and promised I would try to avoid whenever... compared to KL, S'pore looks like a calm quaint city."
Will defer to the more recent experiences. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be ....
Dan
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