Disclaimer: Hi, if you've stumbled upon this blog to research on your next trip, I'm gonna go ahead and apologize because there's not much information here. The tourists spots that we visited were briefly described since it can be easily searched on the web. Have a good day!

This is a very long overdue post. I went to Malaysia in March of last year (2017) for my parents' wedding anniversary but got too lazy to sort out the photos and write about it. Anyway, I'm still on break and I'm very bored so here we go. We had a travel agency do everything for us, from booking a flight to hotels and arranging our tours. They were very accommodating and so were their contacts in Malaysia. If you're from Ilocos Norte, try checking out Travelcent Travel and Tours on Facebook (no, not sponsored).  

We stayed at Arenaa Star Hotel which was quite good (3-star hotel) and cheap. The room wasn't that spacious but since we were out most of the time and only used it for sleeping and whatnots, it wasn't a big problem. We got free bottled waters and they refilled our coffee supply everyday. The room was clean and so was the bathroom/restroom (this was the most important thing ever). Arenaa Star Hotel is near shopping centers/pasalubong centers like Chinatown and Central Market. Fast foods like KFC and McDonald's and food restaurants serving Indian and Chinese cuisines are within walking distance. 

Malaysia reminded me so much of the Philippines except it was cleaner. The weather felt a lot like Manila, the people looked like Filipinos (Hekasi 101: They're one of our ancestors) that a lot of people talked to me in Bahasa Malay only to end up feeling bad cause I didn't know what they're talking about. However, some of their words are quite similar to my dialect (Iloco) like their numbers.

Our first day was spent on airports and hotels. We arrived at around noon, got picked up from the airport, checked in, and went out to have lunch. 

Our hotel was near a university so there were food stalls and other restaurants. Up until today, I still don't know the name of the food we had for lunch. Everything was written in Chinese and when the store owner saw us, he gestured for us to take a seat and served us chicken and rice. It was good but the soup that came with it was kinda oily and salty. The food was also cheap. 

Second day was my least favorite. We visited the Batu Caves in Selangor, just north of Kuala Lumpur. Batu Caves is an important religious site for Hindus and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malaysia. After that, we went to a duty-free shop in the same town where I bought a pack of milk tea (Royal's Teh Tarik or something) and tried out local sweets. I'm gonna be honest, I was expecting a bigger store with a lot of products but it just looked like a typical grocery store.

We drove up to the mountain and rode a cable car to reach Genting Highlands. During our visit, the outdoor theme park and the shopping center were under construction so there was nothing much to see. They do have indoor theme parks and other exhibits but since we weren't interested, we just walked for a bit and went back.