My experiences in my 7 days tour in Malaysia....?

Question

I do like the place before i entered.

But i realise it is not as wonderful as i thought.

The first thing happened when we reach KL, me and my husband was rob by a guy riding motorcycle. He was trying to snatch my bag away. Luckyily we hold our bag tight and the theft can't achieved what he wants.

We do not report to police as we don't know how to speak malay.

We believe other countries have such cases too and i am not angry about it.

To my horror, we saw about 3 to 4 beggers on street asking for money. One even spilt on me when i donated RM 1. I not really sure what is he talking but i am sure he not really happy...

I enjoy the food there and as well as the shopping.....

The LRT services are old and should upgrade.

When we took a taxi from KLCC to my hotel, Hillton, it cost us costs about RM45. But it only cost us less then RM 10 (by meter) from our hotel to KLCC. We then realise we was cheated by the previousdriver...

I hope my next visit will be better..

Now i'm back Taiwan... At least i do not encounted such problems here before....

Hey, i gave each of them RM 1...... total about 5 RM given... yet i still recieved irritating face from them.....

When i walk pass a police station, i intend to go in... but realize the policeman were drinking and smoking.... we don't feel secure....

The police seems firece... i do not dare to go near......

i heard from my husband that they don;t know English....

As i said, i think those rob case are common in many countries, that's why onv take it to heart....

Why you saying me make up story?
I did say i enjoy my stay in Malaysia.. you sound like a babarian

Answer 1

as per my visit i found malaysia a good place for tourism but in kl i find taxi drivers cheating many tourist . i also got cheated the first time ,secondly surely the majority of the policemen are not friendly.

Answer 2

sorry to hear about your bad experiance in malaysia.but seriously you should have reported to the police station because english is widely spoken in malaysia.snatch theft does occur in malaysia..so im really sorry about that.

about the beggars,its either you give them each an equal amount or just dont.i know i sound rude and mean but they should find a job than sit and beg.

about the taxi..well i read an article about it in a newspaper and yes they tend to knock your money off because you are tourist.rm 45 was way too much..it should cost around rm 10 or less.if you stayed at the Hilton hotel near KL SENTRAL then,you should have taken lrt or what we call putra from klcc to kl sentral.it goes directly..it has only 1 or 2 stops.from kl sentral you can walk to the hotel which will take you less than 5 minutes because it is right in front of kl sentral.

thank you for visiting malaysia although it was a bad memory and thank you for enjoying the food and shopping.hope you will come back again but this time hopefully nothing will happen.

Answer 3

Where ever you go, there are people who is waiting to take advantage of tourist. Your experience highlighted the ugly site of Malaysia although the crime are well under control but to clarify certain things;

1. Malaysian Policeman CAN speak english. Most not perrfectly but rather they directly translate malay to english, so it will be a bit difficult to understand. BUT they are quire helpful

2. Policeman are allowed to smoke and in non-airconditioned office.

3. Malaysia has 2 mil foreign workers and the bad experience you had might not be done by malaysian.

4. Taxi are suppose to use meter, if they don't and overcharged you, pls ask for a receipt and make a police report as evidence.

Answer 4

Sorry to hear that. But in malaysia, people do speak english and mandarine. U should have reported it to the nearest police station.
As for the 3 to 4 beggars, is either u dont give at all or u donate RM 1 to all 4. How to share RM1 by 4 people? They r doing something about the LRT sys 4 your info. And u should make a complain against the taxi driver so that nescessary action will take against him.

Answer 5

7 day-vacation is a little while to confirm all in Malaysia and Singapore. you may start your journey from Penang, and taking a prepare or bus, go back and forth all the way down to Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. alongside the way, you may also visit Cameroon Highlands once you've an pastime. From Kuala Lumpur, you may take the prepare or bus to Johore Baru, and then, flow the causeway to Singapore. Have a delightful journey.

Answer 6

Come on, take your crap and get out of here!

Sound like you want to sabotage Visit Malaysia 2007!
The police could speak Malay and some English. Why not ask your embassy to help you instead? Did not feel safe because the police was smoking? In any countries, 30-40 % of adult/people smoking. Thus, no country is safe enough for you then! If people ask for money in the street, you don't have to give, walk away. Just ignore and say no! Why play a victim and naive and then complaining?

Sound like a cheap story on your behalf, I dont believe any single cents of your sad stories!

Sorry, try harder next time!

Answer 7

really??me as malaysian feel sad too..
but about the beggar..rm1 for 4 people???
with 25cents wat can u buy in KL???
u shud ask the driver first when u want to take a taxi..some irresposible taxi driver like to take advantages to foreigners...
n u think malaysian police do not know how to speak english???
even if they dont know,u cud just ask sumone to help u....
i used lrt for lots of times..but i have never had problems except some late arrival...so i hope u dont feel bad about malaysia now..

Answer 8

Another RON Lim nicknames?
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dont be cheated fellow ppl..

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the event u said never happened
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by the way it's odd when u said KLCC.. most of the tourist will say Petronas Twin Tower... its quite odd.. probably u r from singapore?

Answer 9

Sorry for what happened to you, After 20 yo live in Malaysia, I'm so lucky because the robber never choose me. hehehe... but, everyone got their own experince. Some of them will be lucky and some of them not. Here is another experience from Jessica Page ( Canada ), I took from NST :

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In response to Hardev Kaur’s article on ways Malaysians can make this country more inviting for foreigners (“No rude shocks, please, in Visit Malaysia Year ‘07” – NST Jan, 5), I just want to say, ‘so far, so good.”
I just finished traveling through Thailand for a month, and I was surprised to find many Thais I encountered, particularly those in the frontline of the tourism industry, to be unfriendly, indifferent, and even outright rude at times.
Fortunately, this was not the case with all the Thai people we met. But the negative attitude was enough to prevent me from looking back when I boarded a flight from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur.
What a difference I experienced in Malaysia~! I’m embarrassed to say I knew absolutely nothing about your country (Malaysia) before I arriving here, but I can assure I will be singing Malaysia’s praises at home.
For the most part, everyone has been extremely friendly and courteous, from the hostel and hotel operators to taxi drivers (though I’ve only taken two), bus drivers and shop owners. Even strangers on the street come up to me, asked me where I was from to strike up a conversation.
I’ve noticed a particularly strong effort on the part of KL citizens to be friendly on Saturday – perhaps it’s because that night was the big VMY 2007 kickoff.
I have a travel blog of my travels and a few KL residents have taken the initiative to respond to my posts with helpful tips on things to see, of places to go to. It’s really lovely.
There is another big reason for my enjoyment of the Malaysian portion of my trip: Your country’s respect for the environment. To see a protected forest in the middle of the city and public-use garbage bins on the street nearly brings tears of joy to my eyes.
I’ve even seen recycling bins here and there, a sight I’ve sorely missed!
I commend Hardev kaur for her call to Malaysians to stop littering, for the benefit of tourism as well as the environment. It seems to be a particular problem in Chinatown, where people indiscriminantly chuck wrappers on the ground. Come on, Malaysia. Make that walk to the garbage bin or, better yet, the recycling bin.
Keep up the wonderful friendly attitude, Malaysia, and don’t forget that your country’s natural beauty is worth doing anything to protect! Thanks for a great time.

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I'm so sad when you not report to police. Most of Malaysian can speaking london lah ( English )

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By Sulaiman Dufford
( an American, white, converted to Muslim & working at Malaysia )

My love affair with Malaysia started in Indonesia. In 1994, after teaching nine years in Jakarta, things weren’t going too well. At 3 a.m. one morning of that year, some ruffians came to the door of the fine old woodframe house where I was staying and threatened to burn it down if I did not give them USD $10,000 then and there.
The owner was away on Hajj, so I woke up the servant and asked her to call the police. She took one look at those big, muscular ruffians, said “Those ARE the police”, and went back to sleep.
I invited those moonlighting Indonesian police to go ahead and burn the place down, then went into my room and prayed fairly sincerely until they went away a few hours later, as the sun was coming up.
A few months later, I joined the faculty of UIA (International Islamic University of Malaysia) here in Petaling Jaya. When I has occasion to visit the Brickfields Police Post, I noticed certain differences from the Indonesian police. First, I didn’t have to pay anything to file a report. Second, the Sikh Indian Commandant gave me the definite impression that I had better NOT try to pay him anything. In a word, he inspired confidence. I actually felt protected. Was it possible this local policeman really WAS ‘my best friend’, as my parents had always taught me?
( to read the full article, http://islam-around-the-world.blogspot.com )

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Why you give them money?! Huh, if everyone give them money, so they will feel happy & do it again, again & again... maybe not to u but to others. Be careful next time, k! and feel regret to visit us again, again & again! Thanks because chose our country as ur vacation. Terima kasih!

Answer 10

I don't believe you. Why don't ya take that bullshit story & shove it up your ***.