you should try www.tripadvisor.com - best site ever

I agree, I use it ALL the time when I travel abroad.

When you refer to Penang is that like Penang Island/Georgetown? That looks pretty nice.

Hi , i am a Malaysian myself and i am wondering is it really legal to play online poker ? There are many cases where the police are trying to close down gambling operators and stuff like that . Just wondering any Malaysians here could give me a solid answer . Thanks

I"m from Indonesia & me & my husband (we are currently living in USA) are planning on moving to either Malaysia or Singapore in the future & this is very important to us.

Its not legal, but I doubt anyone cares really. Checks cash no problem(takes a month though) and you can also use neteller. If anyone asks anything just say you trade online. Just don't go around bragging you play online and you should be fine. The cops have better things to do, like shooting 15 year olds.

Hi guys , i am trying to use Neteller to deposit money but it says that my card has restriction or something like that . I am using public bank's debit card btw . How do you guys deposit using Neteller ?

Seems like extorting poker players would be more +ev than shooting 15 year olds, but I guess they haven't figured that out yet .

My girlfriend might get a job in Malaysia, no way I'm staying here in rainy Holland .

I was wondering one thing, how much do you earn as a Bachelor graduate? Ive studied International Business. Is it hard getting a job there as a non Malay? Thanks

Malaysia it's the only country more rainy than Holland ;-)

moving to the tropics to escape the rain hmm

agreed... north is better (i.e. thailand...). watch out for those pickpockets in kuala lumpur...

what ^ said

I just want to add further to what others have said. I've been to KL many times for business in the past 10 years or so (~50 times), so I think I'm quite familiar with the place. Can't comment about rental prices though because I stay in hotels all the time I'm there.

ATM - Very easy to withdraw money from ATMs so long as they have the Star/Cirrus logo.

Online poker - Technically it's illegal but I haven't heard of it being enforced at all. The govt's focus is on the illegal betting on football games, very little to no news whatsoever on online poker/casinos. I've played on PokerStars numerous times from my KL hotel, no problems whatsoever.

Transport - Within KL, you can get around using their LRT system, however, I personally don't find them very accessible. The KL-network consists of a few different LRT lines operated by different companies. You actually have to leave the station and walk a bit to get to the next line. However, if you know your way around, it's quite useful.

I usually get around by taking the taxi. Taxis are super cheap here compared to the States. I'd say that a 15 min trip in decent traffic will set you back only US$5-6 max.

Food - KL is amazing for food. It's very similar to Singapore and it's got to do with the various races found here. The food can be broadlly split into Malay food, Indian food and Chinese food. For all these food, you can either go to nice places and spend a fair bit or go to the local coffeeshops (or "Mamak stalls" as the locals say). There, you can get a good plate of fried noodles and a cup of hot milk tea for only about US$2. Or a plate of rice with vegetables and meat for about US$3. I prefer to eat at these places even though my expense account allows me to spend up to US$70 on lunch + dinner per day. The food is so much nicer (and I get to keep the difference :P)

If you need your comfort Western-style food, you're not short of options either. There are numerous fast food chains (eg Macs, KFC, etc). Also, a lot of the coffeeshops I mentioned above offer Western-style food. And if you want to cook, the supermarkets in KL are all well-stocked with a wide variety of stuff.

Travel - KL is a great place to use as a base for travelling to other places in Asia. There's this Southwest-style airline called Air Asia that operates from KL. They have super redic cheap fares to many places in Asia, eg you can fly to Eastern Malaysia for about US$50 round-trip. From KL, the following places are within a 4 hours flying radius: Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives, etc. As you can see from the list, you won't be short of places to explore for short trips of about 3-5 days.

Safety - I'd say that KL is about as safe as NYC. Crime happens once in a while, but if you know how to take care of yourself (eg don't flash your money, don't hang around weird places), you'll do fine. I heard from the locals that they are facing a bit of a problem with illegal immigrants, but personally I've never faced it myself.


Hope the info helps. Do PM or ask questions in this thread if you have any.

Anyone have any recs on good long term serviced apartments? Would like to keep it around $1k.

I just booked my flight from singapore to redang and was planning on staying for a couple weeks. The hotel I stayed at before is closing so I will not be able to use internet there. I was going to get a 3g card in KL before I went out the the islands but i stupid stupid stupid booked my flight direct. I have 3g sticks from other countries, can you just buy a sim from someone else and its good to go? Obviously I would be willing to pay 5x the cost to take care of the internet issue. Anyone have any ideas? Can't live on the island for a couple weeks with no internet.

How about just getting another hotel with internet?

If not u can always go to Starbucks and have a 8h session with a few coffees :P

dont think there is a starbucks on redang lol? the hotel I stayed at when I went had pcs with internet in the lobby cost money tho and the 3g sticks were really slow there

Def no starbucks on redang, and the internet is ok at best at the very few hotels that have internet.... def not ideal.

In langkawi now, east is soooooooo much better then the west. Go to perhentian or anywhere east, maybe i've become a beach snob but the beach isn't good here at all. Trash everywhere, sand is like cement and the water reminds me of merky mud puddles in canada. I'll head to the north beaches before I go but pretty disappointed so far. If anyone has any ideas within 100 miles of langkawi, I would love to hear them.

Well Im going to pulau besar mersing tomorrow so Ill let you know how that one is

Malaysia is one of the nicest place to live in Asia, but i think poker in malaysia is prohibited since their a Muslim country.

I would suggest that if you want Poker then you must go to Philippines, Philippines offers you the best and the cost of living in Philippines is not too expensive, if you have $1000 a month then you are rich! plus you can play poker at the same time.

However, Malaysia is also a good place, but one thing is for sure, they are muslim country, but there's nothing wrong with that, the only thing is they are more strict when it comes to gamble.

so how is it with the internet? can you play from penang georgetown? or is impossible and you can only go visit Malaysia but not stay there and live because of the internet connection

hey bro.... i m an indian by race but actually a canadian studying in malaysia, was wondering about if u guys had any new year games on and if you did was it possible for a guy like me 2 join in and where abts would it be and wat abt the stakes?

or if than its okay...

That's interesting. What made you decide to come to Malaysia?

Will be heading out to KL again. (went there once couple years ago) Gonna visit some friends for a couple weeks, do some golfing and possibly go away for a few days to one of the local islands or Bali using airasia.

Last time I went, the internet at my friend's house was horrible. Kept disconnecting in middlle of pots. I asked why and the answer was apparently the neighbourhood shares the internet or some sort causing connection to be horrible.

Should I even bother bringing my poker laptop?

Will be going to malls, KLCC etc... not sure what else there is to do. Are there any live games in the mountain casino? (Gentang sp?)