It's just possible (though quite tiring) to walk between the main attractions in Kuala Lumpur. However, it was very hot while we were there so we made extensive use of Kuala Lumpur's public transport - which turned out to be extremely cheap (see the "sample costs" box on the final page for actual prices).
 Quality Hotel City Centre |
Our hotel (the Quality Hotel, City Centre) was quite close to one of Kuala Lumpur's new Light Rail (LRT) stations and we used this quite a bit. The trains were quite frequent, easy to use and clean but, unfortunately, they hadn't quite finished building all of the tracks when we were there and so they were less useful than they might have been.
 Kuala Lumpur's transit map |
We used the busses to fill in the big gaps in the LRT coverage and they were really cheap and quite easy to use. The major bus stops in the city have route maps, which helped us pick which bus we needed to get wherever we wanted to go and the fare was a flat rate no matter how far our journey was. However, the problem with the busses was, of course, Kuala Lumpur's traffic. There were two major roads near our hotel that were particularly bad during the rush hours and we soon learnt that it was worth walking rather than getting on a bus that went along these roads during peak periods.
Another form of transport that wasn't ready when we were there was the high-speed rail link from the new airport (which promises to whisk people direct to the city centre in just 35 minutes). Instead we used an airport bus that was quite cheap but it took 1¾ hours to get us to our hotel - much of which was spent virtually stationary in a serious traffic jam we hit in the city centre.
