1.Travel light. Bring long pants and long shirts incase you are visiting religious places such as mosques. Women are required to wear head scarf. Bring a jacket incase it might get chilly.Umbrella is good too.
2.If you are back packing, decide on good shoes. There are plenty of flip flop in asia so don't bother bringing from your home. If you plan to hit some clubs, some places might not care much like if you are at the beach, but if you are hitting the city, you might require to wear casual clothes - no shorts for guys.
3.Bring your own medication especially if you are on holiday near the beach. They might not have pharmacy or such and if you suddenly have an astma attack, you definitely depend on your inhalers.
4.Depending where you are going, make sure you get some shots against malaria or anything that would make you feel safer before travelling.
5.Bring Euros, USD or GBP.These are acceptable currencies in Asia. Make sure you change your money at the airport or anywhere in town before heading off to rural areas.
5. Hand sanitizer/baby wipes and toilet rolls.You don't have to bring it, but it would be great if you get the opportunity to buy when you arrive.
6. Insect repellent. There are always mosquitos around. Depending where you might go at night, bringing some of those roll on insect repellent never hurt anyone.And there are always mosquito nets sold in rural area.
7. Oh yes, staying on islands can be expensive.Buy whatever you need from the mainland before heading of the islands.
8. Drink mineral bottled water or boiled only.
You can buy most things listed above in the visiting country itself. You don't have to bring loads of stuff unless you are going partying on a yacht and wearing high heels or prada shoes etc. You can always shop for them at the shopping malls in the city anyway.
Have fun!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Travelling in Kuala Lumpur
There are various ways for you to explore KL. You can go around with the lrt(trams),taxis,walking,bus or monorails.There are no tuk-tuks like in Bangkok, nor can you rent a motorcyle to go around. You can rent a car though.
This is the link for lrt: http://rapidkl.com.my. You may find the cost of your fare and routes for your travel.
Do take note that most of the lrt stations do not have lifts(infact i think none). If you are travelling with pulled luggage,my suggestion is take the cab.There are escalators but only going up for most places.
There are toilets at most lrt stations .But basically I find that it is not quite friendly to the disables,for strollers or those on crutches. There is also no assistance buttons at the stations.
You will not have any problems though finding assistance at the station counter as there are always staff.
Best way to connect from lrt to your next destination is by taxis. There are usually plenty of taxis queing up for customers.
This is the link for lrt: http://rapidkl.com.my. You may find the cost of your fare and routes for your travel.
Do take note that most of the lrt stations do not have lifts(infact i think none). If you are travelling with pulled luggage,my suggestion is take the cab.There are escalators but only going up for most places.
There are toilets at most lrt stations .But basically I find that it is not quite friendly to the disables,for strollers or those on crutches. There is also no assistance buttons at the stations.
You will not have any problems though finding assistance at the station counter as there are always staff.
Best way to connect from lrt to your next destination is by taxis. There are usually plenty of taxis queing up for customers.
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