Our experiences traveling in Malaysia for 1 month (favorite places, food, budget travel tips)

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In our latest travel video we sit down for a cup of tea and noodles at one of favorite restaurants in the Chinatown district of Kuala Lumpur to discuss and review our one month experience of traveling in Malaysia covering Malacca, Penang, the Cameron Highlands and Kuala Lumpur. We start off by discussing our favorite destinations, food and modes of transportation which are respectively Malacca, dim sum and train rides. We indicate Chinatown as being a great budget option for accommodations in Kuala Lumpur and break down our daily budget which is roughly 150 ringgit per day for the two of us combined while offering some budget travel tips, such as eating street food (Cendol and others). GEAR WE USE Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: http://amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: http://amzn.to/1YdjsYX Olympus 14-150mm II Lens: http://amzn.to/1Y79zeM Rode Video Mic GO: http://amzn.to/1WDKtVM Joby Gorilla Pod: http://amzn.to/1PgoY5F SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro: http://amzn.to/25KEErs SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS AUDREY: blog: http://thatbackpacker.com/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatbackpacker/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatbackpacker twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatBackpacker SAMUEL: blog: http://nomadicsamuel.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadicsamuel twitter: https://twitter.com/NomadicSamuel instragram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadicsamuel/ Not heading to some of the stellar beaches on offer was one of our greatest regrets. With just a short time left in Malaysia we're hanging out and getting work done on our sites before we fly to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to being a new chapter in our backpacking adventures. Many first travelers to Malaysia land in the capital KL. Where would you recommend they stay for budget options in the city? I think most of the budget options are in Chinatown, so I would suggest finding a hostel in that area. We've been paying about 40 Ringgit, which is just over $10 USD for two people and we've been getting a pretty decent space with wifi. That is my tip - go to Chinatown. Your favorite way to travel? That is again a very easy one. Taking the train was by far my preferred method of transportation while in Malaysia. The only actual train journey we took was from KL to Butterworth up in the north but it was just a lovely gorgeous journey. We were passing through all kinds of diverse scenery and the seats were comfortable. The train wasn't crowded and it was almost a bit like a family atmosphere. We had little kids running up and playing with us. It was just an awesome journey and we saw scenery we wouldn't have otherwise seen had we of taken the bus. So for those looking to save a bit of money with their food while in Malaysia what do you recommend? I would recommend eating lots of street food. One of our favorite dishes of mine - that I've tried - is called Cendol. It is basically a really refreshing dessert. You get a bowl of shaved ice and they pour coconut milk and palm sugar over top and it also has kidney beans, rice but it was very refreshing. How much was that? I think it was less than 3 Ringgit wasn't it? In other words, less than $1 USD for a refreshing treat. You can find that in restaurants and you can also find that just right out on the street with people making it with special kinds of ice machines - shaved ice machines. Exactly! So we've been traveling here for a month. What would you say is a good monthly budget to have? Well, Malaysia is one of the more expensive SE Asian countries; however, the budget we had set for ourselves we haven't been spending on a daily basis. We had given ourselves a budget of a hundred and fifty Ringgit per day, which is roughly $50 USD and we haven't come close to spending that. Basically, how we were going to divide that is 50 Ringgit for accommodation, 50 for food expenses and 50 for activities. What we've been finding is that we haven't been spending it so much on the activities. We've been doing a lot of free things around where ever we've been visiting. I would say our roughly daily expenditure is maybe more like 110 or 120 Ringgit. What this has allowed us to get typically is our own private room with air conditioning most of the time, a fan and typically a shared bathroom. It is not posh accommodations by any stretch but comfortable enough. Everywhere we've gone we've had wifi - some has been excellent and some has been not so good. For food typically we've been having (eating) local style restaurants. Restaurants that are frequented mostly by locals and we've been eating a lot of street food. We've been eating really well since we've been coming here. http://nomadicsamuel.com/destinations/dim-sum Proudly presented by: http://nomadicsamuel.com , http://smilingfacestravelphotos.com , http://thatbackpacker.com & http://backpacking-travel-blog.com This video features the song ''Electrodoodle - Kevin Macleod" available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Commercial license.