What is kuala lumpur like?
It’s a medium sized, modern city with a population of 1.8million and 7.2million of metro population. The public transportation system is mediocre, transporting in downtown shouldn’t be a problem but to the suburbs, traffic is often congested and the metro system isn’t that extensive. The buses are dirty and poorly maintained except Rapid KL, which is the bets among all IMO. The cost of living is extremely low, foods are cheap (normally RM3 onwards), hotel fares are cheap, transportation is cheap, fuel is cheap, real estate is cheap. The only expensive thing is Liquor. Downtown Kuala Lumpur is still considered safe for tourists or westerners but do be noted that bag snatching is on the rise. This city is multi-cultured, so you’ll be able to see lot’s of colors in this city. Night life is good but it shuts down before 2am. It’s a typical south east asian city, buildings rising Take a look of Kuala Lumpur in it’s wikitravel site.
