Shopping in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur . 2012 . Jan 14-15

Our first stop of shopping at KL was to the Pavilion Mall.

As Chinese New Year was just a week away, the mall was decked out in festive colours and dressed to welcome the Year of the Dragon. We also managed to catch a Lion Dance Performance at the Mall.

After our lunch at Grand Palace Restaurant, our next stop was Tokyo Street. This was similar to the ones we normally see in Singapore. It is located at the Level 6 where the restaurants are and is made to resemble a real Japanese street, complete with Japanese restaurants, finger food, bakeries and Japanese wares.

Tip: If you are a tourist, remember to get a copy of your Tourist Reward card at the information counter.  It gives you some discounts at the participating stores.  We flashed this card at the restaurant and got a free dessert!

Berjaya Times Square is located just diagonally opposite our hotel, a short 5 to 10 minutes walk away.

We stayed at Berjaya Times Square on our first trip to Kuala Lumpur in October 2003.  At that time, it was a brand new mall with an indoor theme park and 13 storeys of shopping.  There was also my favourite Thai restaurant with the best ever Tom Yum soup.  But the restaurant has since closed down and the mall is now littered with small time shops at the higher levels.

Took a cab to Suria KLCC...

We were craving for some authentic fruit juice to rejuvenate us, made a beeline for Juice Works at Suria KLCC.

A trip to Suria KLCC will never be complete without a trip to San Francisco Coffee. The coffee chain is also available in Singapore. However, the prices are definitely much cheaper in KL.

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Hotel Review: Parkroyal Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur . 2012 . Jan 14-15

After researching on Trip Advisor, Hotelcombined.com and Agoda, we finally decided on a Deluxe King room @ Parkroyal Hotel Kuala Lumpur. The hotel is located within walking distance to the Bukit Bintang Monorail Station and to the shopping district of Jalan Bukit Bintang.  In fact, we walked to all the shopping malls, with the exception of Suria KLCC which is located further away.

The hotel had cost us MYR $311++ per room per night inclusive of 2 breakfast & internet access.  As we had reached the hotel at 10am, we were allowed to check-in our room early.  We have nothing to complain about; the room is spacious and clean, check-in was smooth and we were a room in a higher floor as requested.

As the room rate had included buffet breakfast, we went for breakfast at the lobby restaurant the next morning. The selection was ok but not fantastic.

Overall, the location of the hotel was quite good as it is close to the Jalan Bukit Bintang shopping area malls. So if you are here in KL for shopping, you might want to consider staying at Parkroyal KL.

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Air Asia Flight to KL

Kuala Lumpur . 2012 . Jan 14-15

This was our second trip to Kuala Lumpur; our last trip there was in 2003, a whopping 9 years ago!  Kuala Lumpur has not changed much over the years, at least most parts of it are still recognizable to me.

We have booked the AirAsia flights on Boxing Day in 2011 when we wanted to take a short weekend getaway trip.

We managed to get a pair of return tickets at a price of SGD$226, which works out to be a comfortable $113 per person. The price included AirAsia Insure at a price of SGD$10 each as well as SGD$6 each for picking our seats.

Detailed price breakdown for the pair of return flight tickets were as follows (in SGD$)

Flight
Air Fare                                  88.00
Passenger Security Fee           16.00
Passenger Service Fee            27.80
Airport Tax                            30.00
Aviation Levy                         12.20
Fuel Surcharge                       20.00
Sub Total                            194.00

Services & Fees
AirAsia Insure Return             20.00
Pick a Seat                            12.00
Sub Total                             32.00

Total Amount                    226.00

As you can see, airfare works out to be around 39% of the total air ticket price.

The outgoing AK720 flight departs from Singapore Changi Airport Termimal 1 @ 0740 hrs and would reach KL LCCT @ 0840 hrs. The return AK715 flight departs KL the next day @ 2010 hrs and we would be back in Singapore by 2115 hrs.

We have taken Air Asia previously on our trip to Langkawi. The rise of AirAsia has enabled many travellers like us to travel more often to neighbouring countries for a quick getaway.

Overall, the flights arrived on schedule. This is important as any delays in the flights would mean an even shorter getaway for us and defeat the purpose of travelling.

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