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Saturday, 21 December 2024

Ode to KL's Public Transport │ Xmas Decs: 7 Mall Hop!

Happy Winter Solstice!

It being a Saturday and with Christmas right around the corner we ventured out of our condo at half past nine in the morning bound for Capital Cafe along Jalan TAR. Alas it was closed so we walked across Jalan TAR and eventually found ourselves at the lower ground floor of Sogo KL where we had breakfast at Bungkus Kaw Kaw. 

We then headed up a floor and walked to the main foyer of Sogo KL, the first of seven mall that we hoped to visit today. The reason? We wanted to capture the Christmas themed decorations at each of the seven malls that we hoped to visit today.

We then exited Sogo KL via its adjoining crosswalk with the Bandaraya LRT station. We then caught a train for a fare of RM1.10 (approximately USD/EUR0.20) to the PWTC LRT station and walked into Sunway Putra Mall to check out the Christmas themed decorations here.

We then returned to the PWTC LRT station and hopped into another train for a fare of RM1.70 (approximately USD/EUR0.40) and disembarked at the Hang Tuah station. We exited the station and walked a short distance to LaLaport BBCC. Here we captured footage its Christmas themed decorations which left us underwhelmed as well.

We then exited LaLaport BBCC and walked across the footbridge onto Jalan Imbi headed east. After a little while we entered Berjaya Times Square. The Chinese New Year themed decorations here were quite underwhelming, but it did not matter since we intended to have lunch here anyway. Be sure to catch the upcoming video of Vinh City Vietnamese Cuisine!

A little under an hour later we walked out of the restaurant then rode an elevator down to the surface level and walked across Jalan Bulan 1. We headed southeast before making our way across a footbridge that took us into Berjaya Times Square.

We were not disappointed as it was obvious that the mall made an effort with its Christmas themed decorations. We then made a pitstop at LC Waikiki to get ourselves matching Christmas T-shirts for our trip to Penang.

We then exited Berjaya Times Square and walked across another footbridge onto Jalan Bulan 1 headed north, before walking across and into Sungei Wang Plaza. Its Christmas themed decorations left us underwhelmed as well and we exited via another footbridge onto Jalan Sultan Ismail headed north before eventually ducking into the MRT station underpass to get across Jalan Bukit Bintang.

Unimpeded by the swell of humans that congregate along Fahrenheit88 and Starhill we found ourselves at Pavilion KL. Here we captured their immaculate Christmas decorations both at its Crystal Fountain outside as well as the main foyer inside.

We then exited Pavilion KL and made our way into the Bukit Bintang MRT to catch a train to the Tun Razak Exchange MRT station for a fare of RM1.20 (approximately USD/EUR0.30). We disembarked and made our way into the seventh and final mall of the day, The Exchange TRX.

The exquisite Christmas themed decorations here was worth the effort, and as our feet ached we returned to the Tun Razak Exchange MRT station to catch another train for a fare of RM1.80 (approximately USD/EUR0.40) to the Muzium Negara MRT station.

We disembarked and negotiated a maze of escalators before finally arriving at Nu Sentral. Here we walked around in search of lunch before finally settling on Tea Garden NU Sentral. We perused their menu then scanned the QR code to order:

  • Cat's Hor Fun Soup
  • my Nasi Lemak with Curry Chicken
  • our Calamansi Juice with Sour Plum
  • and my Ribena Lemon Soda

for a grand total of RM76.00 (approximately USD17/EUR16).

We then walked across NU Sentral and into Nitori in search of a replacement for my tattered old office chair. We found the exact same model and placed our order for the chair which will only be delivered after New Year's.

We then finally made our way to the KL Sentral Monorail station. For a fare of RM3.40 (approximately USD0.80/EUR0.70) the train took us to the Medan Tuanku Monorail station.

We then walked the short distance back to our home.

In our next video we will be catching the Aeroline bus to Penang, so please stay tuned!

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