PART 2: 2 Days in Kuala Lumpur & Genting Highland
From the arrival hall, I went down to the KLIA bus station, to hop an express bus to Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS), KL's main intercity bus terminal. There I would buy a ticket of intercity bus to Penang.
From the KLIA, the bus took some passengers in klia2, KLIA's low cost terminal.
The congested traffic of KL.
Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS) literally means "southern integrated terminal". It is currently largest intercity bus terminal in Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia, serving routes to all states in Malaysia and international routes to Singapore and Hat Yai, Thailand. Entering the terminal, you will feel like in the airport, with great design and bus operation management.
Here I bought my ticket to Penang for the day after that. I was affraid that the tickets would be sold out, so I bought it in advance. You can buy the tickets either through the e-ticket machines or through ticket counters served by terminal's staffs.
From the terminal, I took the KLIA Transit train to KL Sentral, from where I would later take the bus to Genting Highland.
KL Sentral is a KL's main transport hub, containing stations of intercity train, commuter train, Kelana Jaya Line LRT, KL Monorail, and express buses to KLIA and Genting Highland.
I arrived there at around 4.45 p.m., while the bus bringing me to Genting would depart at 7.00 p.m. So there were still 2 hours and 15 minutes to spend.
I decided to go out from KL Sentral and explore the Brickfields area. This was KL's "Little India". There were so many Indian shops. Here I have my dinner, knowing that the prices in Genting were 2-3 times more expensive than in other places in Malaysia.
Nasi lemak, chapati, and "teh tarik". Not a perfect combination, but I think it's enough.
At 6.30 p.m. I returned to KL Sentral, to hop the bus to Genting Highland. The bus journey took a hour to reach Awana Skyway Station, from where we had to take cable cars to First World Hotel.
This was my first experience taking a cable car on the night, with strong winds. Very scary. I could not do anything but pray any prayers I know. Our Father, Hail Mary, Gloria Patri, and others. Actually I tried to take some snapshots, but the pictures were terrible. Inside the cable car, I was together with an Indonesian migrant worker. He came from Surabaya and was working on the casino.
Then finally I arrived at First World Hotel. I proceed to the hotel's lobby and did the check in process through machines. As the Guinness World Record holder of World's Largest Hotel, with more than 7.000 rooms, it will be very inefficient if the check in process must be done in counters, so the machines are very helpful.
Here is my room. I was so lucky to book this comfortable room for only USD 14. You will have more chance to get cheap price from MYR 50 on weekdays.
I spent only a night here, and I spent majority of my time here only to sleep and relax. I also visited the shopping centre for a while, but I did not enter the casino.
You can read more pictures and story about Genting Highland in my previous trip report here:
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