HomeAsiaSouth East AsiaMalaysiaMelaka to Kuala Lumpur Bus & Bukit Bintang Hotel Arrival By Marcos Detourist on November 3, 2011After a quick walking tour of Melaka, we continued our journey to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.We waited for bus #17 at the Dutch Square (in front of Tang Beng Swee Clock Tower). The bus route looped between Melaka City Center and Melaka Bus Terminal.Travel Time took around 30 minutes (RM1.50 fare). On our way to Melaka Sentral, the bus passed by a few interesting spots outside the city center such as the Eye on Malaysia Giant Ferris Wheel and Chinese district with narrow streets lined with old shop houses.Bus #17 stops in front of the Tang Beng Swee Clock Tower and Christ Church in Dutch Square, MelakaMelaka City Center to Melaka SentralView inside the city loop bus in MelakaMahokta Parade (Mall)Holiday Inn Melaka Eye on Malaysia located at the mouth of the Melaka RiverEntering a Chinese districtLooks like colonial shophousesChinese templeUniversiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Kampus BandarAEON / JUSCO (Japan United Stores Company) Melaka Shopping Center Melaka Sentral (Bus Terminal)The Melaka Sentral bus terminal was large but also well organized. It didn’t take us too much effort to find the ticket counters for buses going to Kuala Lumpur. The counters had their bus schedule posted at the window. We just looked for the earliest bus trip, scheduled at 1:30pm, and waited. The bus came on time and left the terminal 15 minutes later. Travel time from Melaka to KL took 2 hours and 30 minutes (RM10).Melaka to Kuala Lumpur bus ticket counters at Melaka Sentral TerminalLunch at the terminal.Melaka Sentral Bus TerminalTransnasional bus in Melaka. All of the interstate buses at the terminal looked similar to this.Melaka to Kuala LumpurWe expected to be dropped off at Puduraya terminal in Kuala Lumpur city center. I panicked a bit when the driver dropped us off at a parking lot. It was already the last stop and the place did not look anything like the dense city center I expected.The vendors nearby were friendly enough to give directions for the city buses headed to the city center. We learned later on that the Puduraya bus station was being renovated (at the time). The provincial buses were temporarily using the parking lot of the (Malaysia) National Sports Stadium located in Bukit Jalil (at the outskirts of KL).Years of lurking at the Asian forums of Skyscrapercity paid off :) I didn’t feel totally lost because I recognized the stadium structure, which was posted many times in the stadium threads. It’s one of the biggest stadiums in Asia and was one of the venues of the 1991 SEA Games.Bus Terminal in Bukit JalilComfortable “Rapid KL bus” between Bukit Jalil and Kuala Lumpur city centerWelcome sight of the Petronas Twin Towers dominating the KL skylinePuduraya / Plaza Raykat to Bukit BintangArrived in Kuala Lumpur city center at around 4:30PM. Dropped off at a busy highway intersection near the PlazaRakyat RapidKL (Elevated rail) station. Got on the RapidKL elevated train from Plaza Rakyat to Hang Tuah RapidKL Station. The MRT system in KL was very nice. Not as nice as the ones in Singapore or Hong Kong but, definitely, way better than the old mass transit rail lines of Metro Manila.Changed to the KL Monorail “Orange” Line at Hang Tuah Station and dropped off at Bukit Bintang Monorail Station.Plaza Rakyat Rapid KL StationKL Monorail StationBukit Bintang Monorail StationBukit Bintang, on our way to Agora HotelAgora Hotel in Bukit BintangWe stayed at Agora Hotel in Bukit Bintang for our one night in KL. The quad deluxe room at Agora Hotel was priced at RM168 (approx. Php2,400). The location was ideal since it was very near the KL monorail station. We even walked our way to the Petronas Towers. It was a very long walk but still doable.There are also a lot of guest houses catering to backpackers / budget travelers in Bukit Bintang, which is known as KL’s version of Khao San Road. If I were traveling to KL on my own I’d most probably stay in one of the cheap guest houses in Bukit Bintang. We decided to spend the night in a budget hotel instead since there are four of us in our traveling group.Agora Hotel in Bukit Bintang, Kuala LumpurDon’t leave yet. There’s more!Melaka, Malaysia Walking Tour5 Days Melaka ItinerarySingapore to Melaka, Malaysia Bus via Johor BahruPetronas Twin Towers at Night6 Days Kuala Lumpur Itinerary — KL City Center, Malaysia6 Days — Georgetown, Penang and KL ItineraryComments Carla saysJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:35 pmHi! I will be travelling to Melaka on Feb and I have a couple of really stupid questions (will be travelling alone @-@).sa bus#17, do you buy the ticket din sa ticket booth or you pay in cash as you get off? nag eenglish ba mga pipz dun? hirap kasi magtravel pag may language barrier hehe, thanks! Marcos saysFebruary 2, 2012 at 2:46 amYou just pay in cash. Most of the people we met in Malaysia spoke good english. I guess it’s due in part of being colonized by an English-speaking nation (just like the Philippines). 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Carla saysJanuary 19, 2012 at 9:35 pmHi! I will be travelling to Melaka on Feb and I have a couple of really stupid questions (will be travelling alone @-@).sa bus#17, do you buy the ticket din sa ticket booth or you pay in cash as you get off? nag eenglish ba mga pipz dun? hirap kasi magtravel pag may language barrier hehe, thanks!
Marcos saysFebruary 2, 2012 at 2:46 amYou just pay in cash. Most of the people we met in Malaysia spoke good english. I guess it’s due in part of being colonized by an English-speaking nation (just like the Philippines).