Tips

Discover the heart of Malaysia through its language. Learn essential phrases and cultural tips for a more enriching travel experience.

Here’s the thing about Ipoh: if you’re looking for hustle and bustle, you won’t find it there. Which is precisely why a day trip to Ipoh is a perfect respite to the mad frenetic pace of Kuala Lumpur.

As a solo traveller, one of my priorities when I land in a new destination is to get out and make some friends.

Many travellers share how travelling has taught them this and that, how they've become better at adapting to new environment, how they've learnt to...

Armed with these tips and tricks, you can plan the next trip, pack away and have a fab time exploring the world with your little one!

You're a travelling musician hungry for new experiences, a new scene and a fresh audience. So why choose Malaysia? Well on a short visit last year, I was fortunate to discover that there is indeed a healthy music scene in Kuala Lumpur.

In an age where buying a plane ticket can be done on a whim with a click of a mouse, it is tempting to just buy tickets during those travel fairs and online sales.

Let's face it - packing for trips can be stressful. That is why many put it off until the very last minute only to regret it later.

After a string of unsavoury experiences, I’ve learned that public transportation really comes with its warnings.

When you’re travelling for work, easy access to the Internet is essential. How do you do that in Kuala Lumpur?

Yes, language barrier can be daunting, but sometimes it’s better to be lost in translation than sitting at home admiring at your friend’s travel photos on Facebook.

When it comes to creature comforts, I would list toiletries as essential companions wherever I go.

No Miss Nice or Miss Trusting when you are in a foreign land alone. If you have been known to be an overly trusting person, stop that. If you are a helpless naive, maybe solo travel isn’t for you.

Nothing gets my pulse racing faster than the sound of a train whistle. I may not know where the train is headed, but knowing that it’s nearby and about to leave soon for wherever gets me excited.

When you think about it, it makes sense people are far more afraid of being in an aircraft than say, driving a car.

There is a reason why travellers never want to stop travelling. It’s the same reason why college kids go on Gap Years and why frustrated working adults quit their jobs and spend all their savings on flight tickets.

Sometimes it's difficult to communicate when we're travelling and we don't speak the local language. How do we ask where the toilet is? How do we order

Whether you’re an avid or aspiring traveller, you would probably have heard of Airbnb.

That may sound like an unfortunate title since professional escorts at the top of their game are known to jet round the world to service their clients.

Traveling with a child is often a daunting task. It’s more than just looking for the right activities that your kids can partake in, or whether the restaurants serve up nutritious yet delicious – meals made specifically with mini-you in mind.

Depending on where you’re coming from, Kuala Lumpur (always called KL by the locals) is either orderly or chaotic. Those coming from neighbouring countries marvel at our ‘orderliness’; the fact that we actually stop at traffic lights, don’t normally run down pedestrians on zebra crossings and do not have hawkers clogging our pavements.

Landing in KLIA2, I’m greeted by the welcome sight of the lavatories with payphones next to them. Cleanliness of the toilets was average and the cubicles were spacious enough to accommodate someone with larger hand carry luggage.

At first, I was skeptical about Couchsurfing. That was until I needed to plan my trip to Brazil as a FIFA World Cup volunteer. I had to plan my trip wisely as FIFA provided neither accommodation nor flight tickets.