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PLAN YOUR TRIP UNDERSTAND G Lo “All you’ve got to do is decide to go and the hardest part is over. So go!” TONY WHEELER, COFOUNDER – LONELY PLANET Get the right guides for your trip PAGE PLAN YOUR PLANNING TOOL KIT 1 Photos, itineraries, lists and suggestions YOUR TRIP to help you put together your perfect trip 17 Top Experiences ........ 4 4 Welcome to KL, Melaka & 17 Penang ............................ 13 TOP Need to Know ................. 14 EXPERIENCES What’s New ..................... 16 If You Like ........................ 17 Month by Month ............. 19 COCOUNTRYOUNTRYRY &CI& CICITYTYY SHOESTRINGSHO ENCOUNTERENCCOUNTTER PHRASEBOOK 14 Itineraries ........................ 21 Need to BigBi trip Know • The original • • Pocket-sized Currency Language » MalaysianPetronas ringgit Towers» Bahasa Malaysia and Multicountry Shopping ......................... 23 (RM) English • Comprehensive • • Easy-to-use It’s impossible to resist the magnetic allure of the Petronas Towers (p 40 ): the 452m-high struc 1 ture is beautiful to look at, as well as being the embodiment of Malaysia’s transformation into a fully developed nation. Designed by architect Cesar Pelli, this glistening, steel-wrapped structure Maximise budget is the focal point of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), a 40-hectare development that also • Adventurous • • Highlights When to Go? includes an imaginatively Your designed Daily tropical park, a fun aquarium, an excellent kids’ museum, a Travel with Children ....... 26 world-class concert Budget hall and one of KL’s best shopping malls. Petronas Twin Towers Budget less than RM100 » Dorm bed: RM12–35 # Georgetown » Hawker-stall meal: GO year-round Regions at a Glance ....... 29 R10 » Plan sightseeing ‚ around walking tours Batu Caves Midrange (11km) RM100 #• Kampung –400 Baru # Kuala Lumpur GO year-round » Double room in midrange hotel: RM100–400 Melaka # GO year-round » Two-course meal in midrange restaurant: 29 RM40–60 Tropical climate, rain year-round » Ticket for theatre Tropical climate, wet & dry seasons Little show: RM40 Top End India High Season Shoulder Low Season Looking for other travel resources? regions more than #• Menara KL (Dec–Feb) (Jul–Nov) (Mar–Jun) #• » End-of-year school » July to August, vye » The west coast RM400 at a holidays followed with visitors escaping monsoon season » Double room in five- by Chinese New the heat of the Gulf is over during this star hotel: RM450–1000 Year push up prices States as Malaysia time, when visitor and mean advance enjoys what it calls numbers are at their » Three-course meal glance #• booking of transport Arab Season. The end lowest. plus wine in top-end Merdeka Square and hotel rooms is of Ramadan, usually restaurant plus bottle (Dataran Merdeka) T important. in September, also of wine: RM200 Kuala Lumpur sees increased travel » Half-day Malay Lake cooking course: RM230 Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur #• activity in the region. Shopping33 Gardens (or KL as it’s commonly called) Food 333 #• Chinatown is where you’ll most likely arrive Art Galleries 333 and spend the bulk of your time. Surrounding it is the state of Selangor, a prosperous industrial Super Shopping powerhouse with an excellent Shopaholics will be thrilled by KL’s multiplicity of malls. range of easily accessible tourist #• There’s also classic South- Brickfields attractions including the urban east Asian fresh-produce day planning showcase of Putrajaya, markets and several atmo- the federal government’s spheric night markets, the most famous of which is the administrative hub. one along Chinatown’s Jln Bangsar Two hours’ drive south is the Petaling. Also don’t miss the historic city and state of Melaka; its Central Market, an Art Deco Village II glory days as a leading Southeast souvenir treasure house. #• Asian entrepôt may be long Fantastic Food Mid Valley ‚Megamall (1.5km) over, but this charming low-rise Allow your stomach to lead the way around KL. Tuck in community continues to draw with locals at the fantastic the tourist crowds. The island of hawker stalls along Jln Alor, Penang, 350km north of KL, may Imbi Market or Madras be Malaysia’s smallest state but it Lane. Sample Indian food in BrickÀ elds and Little packs a considerable multicultural India and a brilliant array punch with its fantastic food scene, of international options in heritage buildings of Georgetown Bangsar and along the city’s and cool hill station. party strip, Changat Bukit Bintang. Contemporary Art Access Malaysia’s vibrant contemporary art scene at the National Art Gallery or at exhibitions held in com- mercial galleries such as the Annexe Gallery and Valen- tine Willie Fine Art. p 34 09-regions-kmp2.indd 29 16/03/2011 11:02:13 AM LONELYPLANET.COM APPS EBOOKS MAGAZINE GET MORE FROM YOUR TRIP PAGE For travel information, Location-based Guidebooks For travel stories, UNDERSTAND Learn about the big picture, so you advice, tips & digital guides for the street for your reader inspiration & ideas 185 chapters lonelyplanet.com/mobile lonelyplanet.com/ebooks lonelyplanet.com/magazine KL, MELAKA & PENANG can make sense of what you see KL, Melaka & population per sq km KUALA Penang Today ................. 186 LUMPUR MALAYSIA UK Lonely Planet in numbers of the Srivijaya Empire, based in southern Sum History ............................. 189 ≈ 120 people ire controlled the entire Malacca Straits, Jav 70 12 100,000,000 190+ and became fabulously rich from trade with Malaysian Cuisine .......... 200 the protection of the Srivijayans, a signiÀ cant M languages spoken seconds pass Lonely Planet guidebooks countries covered up in the Bujang Valley area in the far north KL, Melaka & Culture ............................. 210 Penang Today by our writers between posts sold, and still counting by a Lonely Planet 2nd century on our Thorn Tree guide AD O n e M a l a ysia? Environment & Wildlife .. 219 The t lerant mingling of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures in Ku Langkasuka, one um ur, Melaka and Penang are a large part of what makes these h travel forum of the À rst Hindu- toric cities so appealing. Here, the stories of Mala sia’s diverse ethn Malay kingdoms, is grou s an co onia empires are intertwined – south In ian coo s ser established on the peninsula around the area now known as Kedah. It lasted in one STAY IN TOUCH form or another until the 15th century. lonelyplanet.com/contact AUSTRALIA Locked Bag 1, Footscray, Victoria 3011 twitter.com/ %03 8379 8000, fax 03 8379 8111 lonelyplanet Paper in this book is certified USA 150 Linden St, Oakland, CA 94607 facebook.com/ against the Forest Stewardship %510 250 6400, toll free 800 275 8555, fax 510 893 8572 lonelyplanet Council™ standards. FSC™ promotes environmentally responsible, socially lonelyplanet.com/ beneficial and economically viable UK 186 City Rd, London, EC1V 2NT management of the world’s forests. %020 7106 2100, fax 020 7106 2101 newsletter ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Get the right guides for your trip PAGE ON THE YOUR COMPLETE DESTINATION GUIDE 32 In-depth reviews, detailed listings ROAD and insider tips NEXT TOP EXPERIENCES MAP PAGE Penang p142 COUNTRYCOOUNTRYRY &&CI CICITYTYY SHOESTRINGSHO ENCOUNTERENCCOUNTTER PHRASEBOOK • The original • BigBi trip • Pocket-sized • Comprehensive • Multicountry • Easy-to-use • Adventurous • Maximise budget • Highlights Looking for other travelKuala resources? #_ Lumpur p34 Melaka p113 LONELYPLANET.COM APPS EBOOKS MAGAZINE YOUR AT-A-GLANCE REFERENCE ForPAGE travel information, Location-based Guidebooks For travel stories, advice, tips & digitalSURVIVAL guides for the street for your readerHow to get around,inspiration get & aideas room, chapters225 lonelyplanet.com/mobile lonelyplanet.com/ebooks lonelyplanet.com/magazine GUIDE stay safe, say hello Kuala Lumpur, M Penang all have and guesthouse dorm beds (from Directory A–Z ................. 226 RM10) as well as with shared or p rooms and a cho Lonely Planet in numbers air-con. Transport ........................ 233 Hotels As a rule, budge poky box rooms thin plywood pa Directory and no windows Health .............................. 239 a choice of priva 70 12 100,000,000 190+bathrooms and conditioning. In A–Z tels, ‘single’ norm languagesLanguage spoken ........................ seconds pass 242 Lonely Planet guidebooks countriesone double bed, covered means two doub Promotional rates can aid ventilation, t Accommodation bring rooms at many top-end cheaper rooms by our writers between posts sold, and still counting hotels into the midrangeb y thea ceiling, Lonely whic Planet Index ................................ 257 Accommodation in Kuala category. A 5% government acoustics and p Lumpur, Melaka and Penang tax applies to all hotel rooms earplugs. on our Thorn Tree ranges from sky-scraping (including at cheaper hotelsguide At midrange À ve-star hotels to grungy where it is invariably included con is standard backpacker dives that scrape in the quoted rate), and al- typically have T Map Legend .................... 263 the bottom of the barrel. The most all top-end hotels levy proper wardrob travel forum good news is that accom- an additional 10% service private bathroo modation can be refreshingly charge. Credit cards are wide- midrange hotel inexpensive. Outside of public ly accepted at midrange and restaurants, bu holidays (around major festi- top-end hotels; cash payment tres and swimm STAY IN TOUCH lonelyplanet.com/contact AUSTRALIA Locked Bag 1, Footscray, Victoria 3011 twitter.com/ %03 THIS8379 EDITION8000, fax WRITTEN 03 8379 AND8111 RESEARCHED BY lonelyplanet Paper in this book is certified USA 150 Linden St, Oakland, CA 94607 facebook.com/ against the Forest Stewardship %510 250Simon 6400, toll free Richmond, 800 275 8555, fax 510 893 8572 lonelyplanet Council™ standards. 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