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Has anyone been to KL, Penang and singapore before?

the missus and i are holidaying for 14 nights at the end of april, does anyone know some good places?

i have done my research, and there is only 1 casino in the whole of malaysia, and its about 90 mins out of town. but there is also a theme park there as well, so i have convinced the missus to go there, time permitting

Do you dive? SCUBA that is. I can HIGHLY recommend Sabah, Borneo for diving, and there is an abundance of wildlife such as 'rangas etc in parks.

rcon wrote:Do you dive? SCUBA that is. I can HIGHLY recommend Sabah, Borneo for diving, and there is an abundance of wildlife such as 'rangas etc in parks.

not going to sabah/sarawak

we are spending 5 nights in KL, and then another 9 nights that we haven't really worked out yet. but at this stage, we are going to go to penang for a few nights, then singapore for a couple of nights at the end

rcon wrote:Do you dive? SCUBA that is. I can HIGHLY recommend Sabah, Borneo for diving, and there is an abundance of wildlife such as 'rangas etc in parks.

Bacon is in Borneo?

My mate lives in Singapore, I can ask him for a few sights to see, if ya like.

that would be pretty sweet

i have heard the zoo in singapore is like the best inthe world, so we will go there, but other than that its pretty much open for singapore atm

Spent one night in Singapore as a stop-over on the way to Phuket. VERY EXPENSIVE. VERY VERY EXPENSIVE. And this was 8 years ago.

Not really set up as a tourist destination IMO. The only real 2 tourist things I remember was the zoo (completely worth it) and the cable car (didn't do that, mum was too scared.)

it seems to have improved lately, although compared to the rest of asia, i think it is still pretty expensive

Penang is Ok, but not a lot to do there unless you like looking at churches & temples.
Stay at Batu Ferringhi (on the north coast) not Georgetown. Georgetown is a hole. In fact lots of holes put together. Drive through it on the way from the airport, you'll see enough. I stayed at Golden Sands Resort in Batu Ferringhi,

nice enough place with a couple of nice pools, (beaches in Penang are no good most of the year due to jellyfish) no swim-up bar but the staff are pretty good at bringing the buckets of Tigers or Carlsbergs (about $4-5 a bottle).
Don't eat dinner at your hotel, everyone eats at the food court in the main street,
awesome selection of cheap local & western foods, be adventurous, it's all really good, tip big on the first night ($5-10) and you'll be looked after all week, then head to the night markets, about 1km of stalls along side the main road and buy all the crap you usually buy on asian holidays.
The butterfly farm is a good excursion if you have kids, and the tropical fruit farm for a nice walk.
We found it to be a nice place to do nothing for a while.

MP

thanks for that

i think we are staying at the park royal when we are in penang - thats where the travel agent recommended, so thats where we are