Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Pavilion KL is located at the heart of the KL city , Bukit Bintang area. This is a brand spanking new mall, launched on last October 2007. This 7 level building mall is very big and beautiful, built for for the upper class society. I’ve been here a couple of times. I prefer this mall than KLCC, well maybe because I am already got bored with KLCC, and sometimes KLCC for me is too crowd at week ends, and I like the people and atmosphere in Pavilion better than KLCC.
What I really-really like in Pavilion is a place called Food Republic. Reading the name you can guest what kind of place it is. Yes, this is a place for food lovers where you can taste the wide variety of international and local cuisines. There’s also a one place called JCO Donut & Cofee in Food Republic . The lines are very long all day everyday. To satisfied my curiosity, I waited for 30 minutes and bought a dozen of donuts. Read more
Taxi in Kuala Lumpur
For whatever reason I always keep my self away from using a taxi in KL. Taxi in KL for me is the last choice if I don’t have any other transportation. Why? Well, because most of the taxi drivers I have met were mostly rude, never smile and sometimes they don’t want to use the meter. Yes, we have to bargain with them if we want to go somewhere else that they feel too far or have a traffic jam. And also, most of the taxi’s in KL were still using an old car and sometimes smell strange inside.
Don’t expect that you will get a taxi around KL at the rush hour between 7am - 9am or 5pm - 8 pm. All the taxi in KL at that time somehow were disappeared, because they don’t want to be stuck in the traffic jam. Or if you lucky and still can get taxi at that time they will charge you double the price and won’t using a meter! Let me tell you a story about my bad experience with taxi in KL. Read more
KLCC or Kuala Lumpur City Center
This is the first shopping mall I had visited in Kuala Lumpur back in 2005. I was on my way to Mandarin Hotel which is near to KLCC by using train, and when I stopped at the KLCC station and got out, wow, I was amazed of how well is the transportation infrastructure system in Kuala Lumpur. I just realised that day, that the KLCC Station is exactly under the KLCC shopping mall! Call me an idiot, but I came from Jakarta, Jakarta until now still doesn’t have the railway system like the one in Kuala Lumpur. That’s why I amazed of how well is the railway system in KL.
KLCC is located exactly nestled with the Petronas Twin Towers building, so if you visit Petronas Twin Towers don’t forget to visit this mall also. There are many stores in KLCC ranging from the international brands and local brands. I am a guy, I don’t do shopping a lot, but what I like most in KLCC is the Kinokuniya Book Store, the food court and the cinema. There are also a digital camera stores, but the prices is crazy, I prefer to buy digital camera or digital gadget things at the Lowyat Plaza than KLCC. If you like rock music you should go to the Tower Records, located at the ground level. It’s full of rock music CD ranging from 60’s to 90’s rock era. Read more