Malaysia Travel Blog: KUL Airport to Hotel Hilton

Kuala Lumpur Travel Blog: Part 2

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Airport immigration was smooth and fast; the immigration officer did not ask a single question. Once I was out, it was time to arrange my taxi.

I researched before going from the airport to the hotel and I decided to take a coupon taxi. The process is fairly simple. I went to the taxi counter located right before the airport exit. At the counter, they asked for my address and what type of taxi I needed (luxury, budget, etc.). Once I paid for my budget taxi, they gave me a coupon and asked me to go to the transportation hub-specific gate to get the taxi.

Somehow, I ended up waiting at the wrong gate for the taxi. One nice lady helped me and pointed out the right gate. Once I was there, an attendant asked me to wait while he sent a cab from the queue.

I didn’t have to pay or even tip the taxi driver anymore. I still gave him a good tip, though.

The drive was about an hour long and it was raining a lot. Still, I noticed right away that Kuala Lumpur was very green. It’s hard not to notice. It looked like Malaysia cares about the environment and wants to decorate the whole city by nature’s way – lots of green trees everywhere as much as possible.

And they succeed. To maintain the greeneries everywhere, the city definitely had to continue ongoing maintenance for these trees.

The closer I was reaching my destination in downtown Kuala Lumpur, the roadside scenes were changing to citylike with lots of skyscrapers and highways. But still, the presence of green was everywhere, even in the heart of downtown.