Things to Do in Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

We spent the first few days of our Malaysia trip in Kuala Lumpur, and our last two days too. We saw the main tourist attractions by taking the city’s only Hop-On Hop-off bus tour (or HoHo bus as I like to call it). We also used the Monorail and walked a lot trying to get a feel for the place. The HoHo bus was not one of the best I’d ever been on. It was not punctual and the stops were hard to find as they were not well-marked. We couldn’t buy the tickets online and we walked around in circles for hours on our first day trying to find a place to buy them. But it was still a reasonably priced way of seeing the city.

It took us to the Istana Negara (National Palace), Petronas Towers (the tallest twin towers in the world), KL Lake Gardens (which incorporate a Deer Park, Butterfly Park, Bird Park and flower gardens), Chinatown, the National Mosque and several shopping stops amongst others. We decided to skip the museums as we didn’t have much time and they would have probably bored the children. The children seemed to be quite popular with other tourists who would come up to us and ask if they could take photos with them. They were happy to oblige. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).