TIME STAMPS: 1:02 Green Line from Bukit Bintang to KLCC; 1:27 Overview of GoKL Buses; 4:31 Green Line Stops; 8:26 Getting on Purple Line at Pasar Seni; 11:11 Transfer to Green Line; How?; 13:46 Boarding the Green Line GoKL Bus; 18:27 Onboard Announcements and Info?; 21:58 Menara KH Stop; 23:00 Grand Hyatt Hotel; 23:42 Traders Hotel; 24:09 First Glimpse of Petronas Towers; 24:22 Binjai on the Park; 25:13 I'm Sorta Lost; 25:35 Menara PNB Stop; 26:31 Ampang Park LRT & CitiBank Stop; 27:18 Robinsons & Four Seasons; 28:38 KLCC and Changing Buses; 32:44 MaTic Stop (Malaysia Tourism Centre); 34:18 Concorde Hotel; 35:22 Back at Wisma Cosway/Pavillion; 36:26 StarHill Gallery; 38:43 Green Line Review/Summary; 43:21 Why so many hotels?; 45:48 Mydin & Cota Raya; 49:55 Wrapping Up My Green Line Trip
min 38：35 ,i think not a official main stop for the gokl. .... the reason why the bus stop there , because the street is pack with car all the time . so everytime the bus reach this place in go stop and go mode plus waste a lot time just in this street . so most of the rider is request the driver to open the door let them go down over there. day of the day with this action by driver ...so this place become an official stop . .... i guess ...
Tourism Malaysia and Ministry of Transport! Rope in this guy. He's doing an amazing job giving information and critical assessment on KL's public transport system!
Hello Douglas, please continue your series on the GoKL bus: I am sure it will be very useful to a lot of people preparing their trip to KL. I wish I had this video one year ago! Thank you for the good work. Always a pleasure to listen to you. There was a durian festival sign at the Malaysia Tourist Center... if you dare! ^^
Melina Brunet The durian festival is probably over but there might be the tail end fruit of the season being sold here and there. As you might already know, durian has a strong pungent smell. Some people may think durian has a bad smell but others may find durian smells like perfume. To be able to eat durian, you need to slowly acquire the taste. A very young child may just run away when asked to eat durian for the first time. Eating durian is actually quite a social thing. A child starts to eat a small bite of durian with the family. After a few eating, the child acquires the taste bud for durian and will come to like eating the fruit. Strangely the acquired taste can also be lost if you stop eating durian for a long time. I personally had experienced it after years living abroad. Having enjoyed eating durian all my life, I definitely wanted to eat durian after my return home to Malaysia. On my returned first attempt to eat durian, the strong smell overtook me and I threw out immediately. It was so shocking. So for several years, I avoided eating durian. And I thought I could never eat durian again. But one fine day, I saw myself enjoying the king of fruits again. Finally I see myself having acquired the taste bud back for durian. For that I just couldn’t believe myself too.
I've been planning to ride on at least two more of the GoKL lines. I'm very curious to see where the different lines go in Kuala Lumpur. We'll see if I can find the time to do it. 🙂
To working class and students, to be able to save 2 or 3 ringgit a day can make alot of differences in their lives. People in KL are so lucky to have this service, at least they do not have to be worried about transportation, unlike other low income workers in many major cities in the world. And free wifi also is a plus :) Great video man! I watched the whole 52 minutes and it flew by like 30.
@@0408tk Paling teruk waktu bulan puasa, dekat nak raya dan bila Pesta Pantai. Puasa tahun ni, hampir setiap 2 hari takde elektrik. Mengarut sungguh. So lepas saya tukar ni, buat komen kat channel berita youtube, rasa macam dah kurang black out dah. Tak pun sekejap je. Hehehehe.
After 52 minutes watching your adventure in the concrete jungle of KL, I salute you Douglas Nienhuis. I want to ride the GoKL buses the next time I'm in KL. Never rode on one before but a Canadian just showed a Malaysian how... Thanks Cikgu...
What better person than Douglas to observe and evaluate the GoKL bus system. Hailing from Ontario, I am sure Douglas would have taken the TTC (Toronto Transit Corporation) trasit system that includes Buses, Trolley Buses, Streetcars (Trams) and Subway Trains as vehicles in their transit system. I petsonally, would say TTC has one of the most efficient transit system in the world. Since Douglas has lived and travelled within Toronto, he would be the most appropriate person to provide a proper evaluation of the efficiency, comfort and ease of use of the GoKL Bus system. His observations and findings need to be viewed by the GoKL Management, to improve the services and maintain their professional image. Another great vlog Douglas.
It's been a long time since I've used any of the TTC network. I can't even remember the last time. But my memories of it are not that great, actually. Maybe it has been updated since then, but the subway systems I encounter in Asia always seem much nicer than what I remember using when I lived in Toronto. I remember the subway cars being quite old and small and crowded. The same goes for the subway system in Montreal that I remember. After all, the original lines were built in those cities a long time ago. The modern lines being built in places like Seoul, Taipei, and Kuala Lumpur have the advantage of being new and using the best of new tech. It makes the systems in use in North America seem antiquated for the most part. But, as I said, it has been a long time. Perhaps there are new subway lines in Toronto that are just as spacious and modern as the ones here.
The Cycling Canadian I have used the TTC a very long time ago too. I found it very convenient and I use to travel solo without the need for guidance. Compared to the London Tube and the Montreal Metro, I found the TTC network to be very efficient and cheap in it's wholesome transport system, where you can move from point to point with much ease. When I say point to point, I mean start and destination using the subway together with bus or streetcar. Here in KL, we have a very good network of MRT/LRT/Monorail/Kommuter trains. The shuttle or "link" buses are very inconvenient when going from "point to point". Travellers have to resort to other forms of transport like Grab or Taxi, having come out of the train stations.
Back in the old days, there used to be a small bus stop station right infront ot Star hill and Pavilion used to be a School called Bukit Bintang Girl School (BBGS). I remember me and my friends always hang out at the small bus station and waving to the girls inside of the school haha.
Most local are likely to use air conditioned walk away between Pavallion and KL Convension Centre which also connected to KLCC Complexes through an air conditioned tunnel which end at Suria KLCC. It faster because the GoKL bus will going through KL traffic jams especially peak hours.
A few people have mentioned this tunnel. I'm very curious about it now because I don't think I've ever seen it. I have no idea where it starts or where it ends or what it looks like. Next time I'm in the neighborhood, I'll look for it. 🙂
A little interesting fact about the road in front of the Kota Raya department store - There used to be a stream in the median flowing all the way to Klang River (and the road is narrow back then). They covered over the stream and built a railway line, on the median, from Kuala Lumpur Station to the Sultan Street intersection where that railway line continues off to Ampang (LRT Ampang Line takes over the disused line's alignment from there to Ampang). If you stand on the platforms (bound for Ampang/Putra Heights) of the Plaza Rakyat LRT station today you'd see the abandoned construction site of what would be Plaza Rakyat filled with water. There used to be a pond there, the source of the old stream. I reckon the flooded construction site today is still the source of the buried stream today. You could see the outflow of the buried stream under the bridge that crosses the Klang River, near the place where you usually start your KL excursion videos. It's like the Fleet River/sewer in London in a way.
Interesting. I often stand at the side of the Klang River after heavy rains and I watch the large amounts of water coming in from the sides through those drainage openings. I imagine one of them is the water coming from that now-covered-up stream you mentioned.
and by the way Doug...your vlog is FREE and ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! Been enjoying your ramblings ever since...keep 'em coming mate - your faithful subscriber
As always very good review Doug. I always walk from G Tower (next to Tabung Haji building) to Bukit Bintang through KLCC walkway bridge for dinner at Jalan Alor. Never know that this Green line system exist haha. Next time I'll use this bus system for sure.
Haha, the two sweet ladies enter frame to be part of your video 😄 On the Green line two aunties replaced the young ladies and the untie seems to be excited to appear on your video. LOL
I didn't really notice them, of course, until afterwards when I saw the video myself. The GoPro doesn't have a front-facing screen, so I can't see what is going on behind me. I was glad to see that they were smiling and seemed to be okay with a foreigner sitting in front of them running a camera and talking into it. 😀👍
Thank you mr.doug even tho im malaysian. I find this very informative for someone who is not staying in kuala lumpur. I once master every LRT,KTM n monorail line when i was working at kuala lumpur back in 2011, but its been a few years im back to my hometown, and kuala lumpur has rapidly change.😊 wish to visit kuala lumpur again when i have time. And now that i know this, i'll surely try this go kL bus..its free anyway.😉
There are many hotels in Kuala Lumpur because of packaged tour groups into Malaysia. The country has the second highest tourist arrivals in the region after Thailand due to families and group tours that are abundant. It has nothing to do with the locals staying there. Also Malaysia is a big conference and seminar country attracting a lot of MICE packages that often pack a large group into the hotels.
Yup, just as I remember it...the bus will stop at KLCC and have to board the next one. Never made sense to me. Don't worry Douglas, the GoKL bus is bewildering to the locals as well due to lack of proper sign or info. But GoKL bus is still a good alternative to travel round KL on a budget.
I haven't been to the National Zoo, yet, but I did visit the Science Center. That was before I was making videos. I've got a few pictures from that visit, but no videos.
Wisma Fui Chiu used to house a mall; few levels of outlets, one level of supermart and the top floor is a food court which many of us, including me and my family have our meals there whenever we come here for visit. Basically in Bukit Bintang there are 3 stops to interchange to other GoKL buses. 1. The Wisma Cosway stop, 2. the Star Hill stop and 3, the Bukit Bintang stop. Disregarding the colour of the bus and the newer ones which I might not be familiar, i know that GoKL buses ride are from 1. Pasar Seni-Bukit Bintang, 2. Bukit Bintang-KLCC, Bukit Bintang to Titiwangsa LRT station, and KL Sentral to Titiwangsa station (I might be wrong but these are what I had explored previously). I agree with the absence of GoKL signboards and it frustrates many people. I believe that these stops were not meant for GoKL buses to stop in the past, but they do stop cos of demand from passengers. The Wisma Cosway stop i believe should have a GoKL Map. I think i had seen it but there again i might be wrong.Sadly there is no direct bus from Pasar Seni to Titiwangsa or KLCC though; you need to interchange at other places which I think walking will be much faster at the interchange.
Hi Dough, I liked and followed most of ur latest videos, & find them informative & very interesting Today is Msia Day, a public holiday. I was told a Canadian, Mr Bobby Gimby wrote a very popular folk song, Malaysia Forever in 1963. Can u tell me more info about him? No details in Wikipedia. All the best.
There actually is a Wikipedia entry about Bobby Gimby. It tells the whole story of his life and his career. Even though I am a Canadian, I had never heard about him until I started reading about Malaysia Day. He was born in 1918 in a small town of just 300 people in Saskatchewan, Canada. He lived for 79 years and passed away in 1998 in North Bay, Ontario. I guess he was a member of a lot of different bands over the years and he wrote songs for other people, too. Another thing I didn't know is that he wrote a song for Canada, too. That was in 1967, and the song celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the country. So he wrote a popular song for Malaysia and one for Canada. 🙂 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Gimby
You are at the KL Golden Triangle Area (GTA) . KL CBD area. Other CBD area are at KL sentral and Bukit Damansara. For many foreigners they prefer to walk from KLCC stop back to Central market along Jln Ampang and from Ampang Park to the embassies row.
Great review by the person who is becoming somewhat of an expert on KL's nooks and crannies. BTW Doug, you should really check out the memorial of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's founding prime minister, at Jalan Dato' Onn. It's a treasure trove of this nation's history, not too far from where you are and it's also free. www.kuala-lumpur.ws/magazine/tunku-abdul-rahman-putra-memorial.htm
Thanks for the tip. Considering the amount of time I've spent scouring the Kuala Lumur tourism sites, it's surprising I didn't know about this place. But I didn't. Somehow I missed it. I'll try to carve out some time to visit this place.
@@PlanetDoug Here's an article lifted from Time Magazine's April 12, 1963 issue that should give you a good primer on the emergence of this country called Malaysia. malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/2009/06/flashback-from-time-magazine-1963.html
I love watching a tourist make his way around Malaysia , it's interesting how it's like from your eyes. I suggest spending a day or two in Penang or one of the outskirts. Driving to Penang cam take up to 5-8 hrs depending on traffic. I suggest take an ETS train under the KTM services
First to comment but I just started viewing, ha, ha, ha! Your Rode mic is just wonderful making your voice so crisp. Trying to enjoy the blog now on 4K TV. Will comment further.
Just finished watching your video. The views are breathtaking. I have seen these places many times but it is still very nice to view them from a different perspective. The KLCC Twin Towers are really impressive looking far away from your bus window. The Rode Wireless works well. Your voice is so clear even the engine of the bus can be heard quite subtly.
Thank you. Yes, I'm still pretty happy with the Rode Wireless Go microphone. It seems to sound good, and it's nice to be free of any cords and to not have to worry where the camera is pointed. It doesn't even matter where the camera is at all, in fact, because the microphone is attached to me and not to the camera. You do get some odd effects with a lavalier microphone system, though. I was recently on a RapidKL bus, and some seats at the back were loose, and so they were rattling like crazy while the bus was moving. It was so loud, I couldn't hear anything but that rattling. It was like a couple of machine guns going off for minutes at a time. I even aimed the microphone at it directly to record the sound because it seemed so crazy loud to me. But, afterwards, I noticed that the video didn't really record that sound. The lavalier mic is designed to isolate your voice and block ambient sound to a certain extent. So, in a way, the microphone captured false sound in that situation. I WANTED it to capture that loud crashing and banging and rattling, but it didn't. So that was kind of funny. An unintended consequence of having a good lavalier microphone setup.
38:30 Previously, there were a big bus stop at the same spot of Star Hill bus stop, but after management of Star Hill Gellery Mall made a kind of renovation, after they demolished the bus stop, there are not substitute for that. I wonder why Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL - City Hall of KL) do not doing anything for this. Maybe the owner of Star Hill (YTL Corporation is some rich corporation can deal with them.
Seriously? Can they do that? Because bus stop is a public property. If I took a bulldozer and destroyed a bus stop, I would be arrested in jail immediately.
The Tourism Ministry and Mayor of KL, please take note of the lack of information and all the good suggestions. Its so disorganised and not Tourist friendly. Thank you bro. I am a Malaysian and appreciate your reviews.
I'm a Malaysian and its been a long time I don't come to Klcc. My college was used to be around that area. Can I ask that what is that new Robinson building call?
I'm not sure what the name of the building is. It looks like there are a lot of businesses in that building: Robinsons, Four Seasons Hotel, restaurants, etc. But the name "Robinsons" is the most prominent. There's a giant Robinsons sign on the front, maybe it is known as the Robinsons building? That's just a guess.
@@PlanetDoug Thanks for sharing this amazing video of a most fascinating city that KLCC is today! I lived in KL during my A levels andUniversity years from 1968 - 72. Robinson's stirred my memory of a supermarket at the corner of Japan Ampang... but it looks expanded, much bigger than before. Ampang road used to be a suburban road lined with individual detached houses and old government colonial type bungalows. I wonder if they'd made way for the pretty new high rise hotels? This is a great video!
Sure, that would be true if there was a route map there. But there wasn't one. There was no map at all. And not a single sign of any kind. 🙂 Once I got off the bus and looked around, there was nothing to even indicate it was any GoKL stop. There wasn't even a sign indicating it was a regular RapidKL bus stop. It was really just a bench at the side of the road. To make things more confusing, there was no way to even know the name of the stop itself. I remember when I rode the Purple Line bus there on a previous trip, I heard an announcement over the speakers saying it was Wisma Cosway stop. Yet some maps I had seen online called it Pavilion stop. So I wasn't sure which was correct or where exactly I was. I've since learned that some people and some maps call it Wisma Cosway. And some people and some maps call it Pavilion. But they have to call it Pavilion Utara because the StarHill Gallery stop is also called Pavilion. But it is called Pavilion Timur to distinguish it from Pavilion Utara. Yet, neither of the two Pavilion stops have any signs of any kind. They're just places where the bus pulls over to the side of the road. So the only piece of information I had to go on was the announcement on the first bus that called it Wisma Cosway stop. And the bus I was taking on that day (my second Purple Line bus) didn't have any announcements at all. So I didn't even have that. Given all of that, I think I can be forgiven for being at least a little bit confused. 😀It all worked out, of course. A Green Line bus showed up, and I hopped on. But a simple sign giving at least the correct name of the stop would have been a big help.
Hi Douglas. I see many great videos you have made. I am in Tecate Mexico and leaving for Jalan Kuchai (KL) on the 28th of this month. Would you tell me where the restaurant is near a temple that has a view. I think it was a Hindu temple???? I will get my wife to take me there. I am from the US. Ohio. You are very good making the videos and wonder if you would make one for me. My wife is Pearlly Chua and is a known actress/ celebrity and I would like to have a special one of her. A documentary is being made of her acting career. This would be one more personal. Regards.
That restaurant is called JM's Cafe, and it's on the 18th floor an office building on Jalan Tun HS Lee. The building is called Plaza First Nationwide, but you don't really need to know the name to find it. It's the only giant office building on that street. It's right beside the Hindu temple you mentioned - the Sri Mahamariamman Temple. Just go that temple and look up. You'll see the office tower. Thank you for thinking of me for a special video about Pearlly Chua. I've always loved monologue-style performances on stage. I'd love to have seen a performance of Emily of Emerald Hill. Unfortunately, I don't think our time in Kuala Lumpur is going to overlap by very much. I'm leaving for Myanmar in the first few days of October. But I really look forward to seeing the documentary they are making about her life and her work. 🙂
Thank you for the reply Douglas and I so wish that we can someday meet you. I like your presentations. To the point and I would call you "The KL Trail Blazer". Poh Choo which is her real name is very bright and she speaks better English than I do and much more. I told her about your videos. Poh Choo is very humble and helps many people as she also consoles individuals. My step-son is a prince as Poh Choo was once married to one. Have a safe visit to Myanmar and is there a way to get in touch with you other then these reply's? I will be arriving late on the 29th of this month. Thanks so very much Douglas.
I hope KL City Hall, the Mayor, RapidKL operator can take note of your observation for better operation. Also notice, there is no indication to bus passengers on where to wait for the first available bus. The elderly man had to rush to the other side of the bus stand as the bus came in. If he is fully aware of where to wait, he would not need to run over.
The lack of signs was the one major issue that I noted. It surprised me, actually, how many of the stops had no signs at all. I guess that local people living and working in Kuala Lumpur don't need the signs. They know how the GoKL buses work and where they stop. But if they really do want the GoKL service to be useful to foreign visitors, a few more signs would be nice. 😁
Great video. Maybe you should stop at the tourist center and provide suggestions on how to improve the KL bus service for tourists. Better signage at each stop. Announce each stop on the bus and have electronic signage boards on the buses. Update the route maps so that people can follow the routes better. Really surprised that these common sense tips have not been incorporated. If they want to encourage more tourists then these would go a long way. Ypu need to get to the right people responsible for the KL bus line and get this feedback to them. These are not expensive fixes, just comm0n sense simple fixes that would really improve what is really a great service other cities should mimick.
I feel the same way. To me, it's simple common sense that a bus stop should have a sign saying that it is a bus stop. How else would anyone know to stand there and wait for the bus? 😀 So I'm not sure that giving that suggestion to the people at GoKL would have any effect. They must know themselves that a bus stop without any signs at all is a bit of a problem if they want visitors to use it. I'm guessing that there are internal organizational reasons why the signage has never been updated or improved. They have been opening brand new GoKL lines with all kinds of new buses (and salaries for the drivers), so they've got a major budget. Maybe someday, they'll toss a few ringgit towards putting up a sign here and there and updating the maps.
min 38：35 ,i think not a official main stop for the gokl. .... the reason why the bus stop there , because the street is pack with car all the time . so everytime the bus reach this place in go stop and go mode plus waste a lot time just in this street . so most of the rider is request the driver to open the door let them go down over there. day of the day with this action by driver ...so this place become an official stop .
That's probably what happened. On the original route maps - like the physical sign at Pasar Seni - the Starhill Gallery stop isn't listed at all. But it does appear on later maps. So maybe it wasn't an official stop at first. On my trip, though, it was by far the most popular stop with the most people getting off and on the bus. 🙂
If I were correct...The Gokl blue bus terminal stop is at Pekeliling Bus Terminal near Titiwangsa monorail station...there the transfer is needed if you want to continue your journey....
Yup, Pekeliling Bus Station (officially) or Tun Razak Bus Station or Titiwangsa Bus Station as it been called by other, is GoKL bus hub for 3 lines, Blue, Red and Orange. Only the Pink line do not have any connection to other GoKL lines, only can reach (via public transport) by Kelana Jaya LRT Line (Universiti station) or some bus lines (RapidKL or other bus operators).
I can't remember now exactly how it was organized. But there were lots of signs at the bus stops and on the buses themselves that told you if the bus was on the blue line or green line, etc.
Let's see if you get another set of tourist "stalking" you/going on the loop just like you had last time on Purple Line. :p You made the wise decision of transferring between Purple and Green line at Bukit Bintang, as you already notice, the traffic going into Bukit Bintang area only goes one way, so there's no "wrong side" of the road to contend with. Also, the stop you alighted was Pavilion North (Utara meaning North), but lucikily it does also serviced by the Green Line. The other option would be at the front entrance of Pavilion itself (marked as just "Pavilion" on the route map), but that stop is usually where most (if not all) passengers would alight just because it's the heart of Bukit Bintang right next to that Pavilion Mall. So again, a wise decision to slight at Pavilion North stop, less traffic to contend with, and also, if you notice the steps leading up to the bridge over to Pavilion, that's where the KLCC-Pavilion walkway ends! You're so close to your "undiscovered" walkway we talked about earlier! :D As for your fear of uncertainty for a bus that may or will never come, I'd say that 's a common concern among bus riders. Myself taking that RapidKL 580 bus 2 days back from Southgate building in Chan Sow Lin area (which I hardly even step foot on) was the same concern of fear, but once you've confirmed that that bus indeed does make that route, it's etched in your mind forever. Just a matter of confirming a well-educated "guess" if you will, based on the information you get either from the Moovit app or even Google Maps. Can I ask why you're not subscribed to a data service here? Cost reason or just that you don't spend enough time here to warrant subscribing? Because with data service through mobile broadband in your phone, all these fears and concerns with which bus goes where on which line is basically eliminated since apps like Moovit and Google Maps shows updated information about when the next bus arrivals are. At 14:12, you see the elevated walkway that connects Pavilion to KLCC. At 19:16 is the "Pavilion" stop. Mainly because it drops you straight infront of the mall itself. At 27:33, kinda hilarious that you mentioned "Petronas Tower" is somewhere around here, when Four Seasons is practically right next to the two towers themselves. :p Probably your view blocked by the walls of the bus from inside. KLCC, as you noted earlier, being the first/last stop in the Green Line loop, would mean drivers either take a break and wait till it's time for them to start driving the loop again at scheduled time, OR change to different drivers at this stop itself. That said, because the drivers are taking a break from driving before starting a fresh loop on the scheduled time (or changing drivers), they'd lock the bus down, until it's time to go again. Hence why you had to alight. This wasn't a problem for you, Doug, on the Purple Line, because the point you get on the bus on the Purple Line, which is Pasar Seni stop, is the where the loop begins and ends for the Purple Line. I'm sure if you observe the Purple Line bus at Pasar Seni, you'd see the same situation as what happened in KLCC. A comment about your "confusion" with the Green Line: I'd likely attribute that to your familiarity with the Purple Line by now, compared to the new unfamiliar sights of the Green Line. Routine and habit breed familiarity, they say. Just like how you're already so comfortable with the LRT and MRT line here, that you were apprehensive at trying the bus system when it was suggested. :p Once they're ingrained in memory, it'll just come as second nature..........until you start exploring Greater KL outside the city center, and then your apprehension will start back again. :p That's when you either have to take up the paid bus route service by RapidKL (still using your Touch n Go card), or use taxis or Grab. Your comment about how many hotels there are in KL, brings back to the point that KL now is 2019's 5th most visited city in the world by foreign tourists by a survey done by Mastercard. Here is the link: www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/09/518721/kl-5th-worlds-most-visited-city-bangkok-takes-top-spot-mastercard . So with all these influx of visitors, even the hotels cant cater to them all, the AirBnB business is flourishing here in KL. Kota Raya Shopping Complex (its original name) was indeed very popular with shoppers during the era you mentioned. In fact, right across the mall across the street was the old Rex Cinema, one of the very first "theatre-style" (ground level, and second-tiered level above it towards the back) cinemas in the country, with huge multi-storey screen, and last before it was decommissioned, was the first cinema in the country to adopt the Dolby Digital sound system. I first remembered my first experience watching the first "Jurassic Park" movie in "Dolby Digital" sound system format, and the oooohs and aaaaah we'd get when the demo reel for that sound format first came on screen, with multi-positional audio coming from different areas inside the cinema hall. And once you're done with the movies, right across it again, was the last "White Castle Burger" fast food restaurant left in the country, until the brand completed left the country in the early 2000s. So, it was a perfect trifecta of shopping (KotaRaya Shopping Complex), entertainment (Rex Cinema) and food (White Castle Burgers), and for a teenager growing up in the late 1990s and the 2000s like myself at the time, this was "heavenly". :p Enjoyed your trip thoroughly, I'd say that's a successful trip. And this time, no "stalkers"/persons following you throughout your trip (unlike last time :p) . Probably due to the "transfer" nature of the trip. What's next for Doug the Cycling Canadian?
And I stand corrected with regards to the "colorful" odors you'd experience on the Green Line. Most definitely due to the fact that it wasn't the rush hour, and it's a weekday trip. Else you'd be experiencing what I mentioned earlier in the community comment/chat. :p
It’s amazingly how commuters can get onto the bus from the rear door instead of using the door at front of bus. Usually the rear door is meant for passengers alighting from the bus. It will definitely be more orderly if commuters conform to such travelling etiquette.
One advantage to the GoKL buses that I didn't anticipate is that because you don't have to pay when you get on, passengers can use the front and rear doors. So loading and unloading can go much faster and more efficiently than on a bus where every person has to scan their card or find money and put it into a slot at the front door only , etc. So I think it's fine that people get on the bus through the rear doors and the front doors. I think it's meant to work that way. But for this to work, the people getting on have to stand to the side and wait until everyone gets off the bus. When they try to push on first, then nobody can move on or off and there is a problem. But if people develop the habit of waiting for people to get off first, then loading and unloading passengers should go really quickly and easily. 😀
Free shuttle bus service indeed but still lacking in many areas. They just don’t think of everything, do they? Still a long way to go in terms of efficiency and planning. In Malaysia, even if they have signboards for directions, half the time they are not clear and even confusing!
I don't think the haze had fully struck yet when I made this video. It took me a few days to finally upload this video, so it was actually shot a few days before that. And I don't think it was so hazy yet.
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TIME STAMPS: 1:02 Green Line from Bukit Bintang to KLCC; 1:27 Overview of GoKL Buses; 4:31 Green Line Stops; 8:26 Getting on Purple Line at Pasar Seni; 11:11 Transfer to Green Line; How?; 13:46 Boarding the Green Line GoKL Bus; 18:27 Onboard Announcements and Info?; 21:58 Menara KH Stop; 23:00 Grand Hyatt Hotel; 23:42 Traders Hotel; 24:09 First Glimpse of Petronas Towers; 24:22 Binjai on the Park; 25:13 I'm Sorta Lost; 25:35 Menara PNB Stop; 26:31 Ampang Park LRT & CitiBank Stop; 27:18 Robinsons & Four Seasons; 28:38 KLCC and Changing Buses; 32:44 MaTic Stop (Malaysia Tourism Centre); 34:18 Concorde Hotel; 35:22 Back at Wisma Cosway/Pavillion; 36:26 StarHill Gallery; 38:43 Green Line Review/Summary; 43:21 Why so many hotels?; 45:48 Mydin & Cota Raya; 49:55 Wrapping Up My Green Line Trip
Ah Doug you need to start to put ads on your Vlog. It's so much valuable information in here for everyone. You need to earn tokens for your hard work.
It is Kota Raya (spelled with K, not C).
Cota in Malay is baton/truncheon.
min 38：35 ,i think not a official main stop for the gokl. .... the reason why the bus stop there , because the street is pack with car all the time . so everytime the bus reach this place in go stop and go mode plus waste a lot time just in this street . so most of the rider is request the driver to open the door let them go down over there. day of the day with this action by driver ...so this place become an official stop . .... i guess ...
the nub/stop for pavillon / bukit bintang stop , should be at the mcd or the hsbc buiding at jalan sultan ismail.
Douglas, let me share your feedback with some people in the rapid kl bus, they may be able to do something about the signs at the interchange stops.
Tourism Malaysia and Ministry of Transport! Rope in this guy. He's doing an amazing job giving information and critical assessment on KL's public transport system!
Hello Douglas, please continue your series on the GoKL bus: I am sure it will be very useful to a lot of people preparing their trip to KL. I wish I had this video one year ago! Thank you for the good work. Always a pleasure to listen to you.
There was a durian festival sign at the Malaysia Tourist Center... if you dare! ^^
Melina Brunet The durian festival is probably over but there might be the tail end fruit of the season being sold here and there.
As you might already know, durian has a strong pungent smell. Some people may think durian has a bad smell but others may find durian smells like perfume. To be able to eat durian, you need to slowly acquire the taste. A very young child may just run away when asked to eat durian for the first time. Eating durian is actually quite a social thing. A child starts to eat a small bite of durian with the family. After a few eating, the child acquires the taste bud for durian and will come to like eating the fruit.
Strangely the acquired taste can also be lost if you stop eating durian for a long time. I personally had experienced it after years living abroad.
Having enjoyed eating durian all my life, I definitely wanted to eat durian after my return home to Malaysia. On my returned first attempt to eat durian, the strong smell overtook me and I threw out immediately. It was so shocking. So for several years, I avoided eating durian. And I thought I could never eat durian again. But one fine day, I saw myself enjoying the king of fruits again. Finally I see myself having acquired the taste bud back for durian. For that I just couldn’t believe myself too.
I've been planning to ride on at least two more of the GoKL lines. I'm very curious to see where the different lines go in Kuala Lumpur. We'll see if I can find the time to do it. 🙂
To working class and students, to be able to save 2 or 3 ringgit a day can make alot of differences in their lives. People in KL are so lucky to have this service, at least they do not have to be worried about transportation, unlike other low income workers in many major cities in the world. And free wifi also is a plus :)
Great video man! I watched the whole 52 minutes and it flew by like 30.
Hi Saya org Rompin jgk...dan saya setuju dgn nama awk...Rompin mmg selalu blackout sbb ada masalah elektrik 🤣
@@0408tk Paling teruk waktu bulan puasa, dekat nak raya dan bila Pesta Pantai. Puasa tahun ni, hampir setiap 2 hari takde elektrik. Mengarut sungguh. So lepas saya tukar ni, buat komen kat channel berita youtube, rasa macam dah kurang black out dah. Tak pun sekejap je. Hehehehe.
After 52 minutes watching your adventure in the concrete jungle of KL, I salute you Douglas Nienhuis. I want to ride the GoKL buses the next time I'm in KL. Never rode on one before but a Canadian just showed a Malaysian how... Thanks Cikgu...
you're a kind of the senior whom i'd love to listen to a lot of stories from. thank you for the nice footage of our imperfect city. ❤
most of the footage maybe lengthy. but I just love his pace.... clear, detail, informative, relevant., accurate.
👍🏼x99
What better person than Douglas to observe and evaluate the GoKL bus system. Hailing from Ontario, I am sure Douglas would have taken the TTC (Toronto Transit Corporation) trasit system that includes Buses, Trolley Buses, Streetcars (Trams) and Subway Trains as vehicles in their transit system. I petsonally, would say TTC has one of the most efficient transit system in the world. Since Douglas has lived and travelled within Toronto, he would be the most appropriate person to provide a proper evaluation of the efficiency, comfort and ease of use of the GoKL Bus system. His observations and findings need to be viewed by the GoKL Management, to improve the services and maintain their professional image.
Another great vlog Douglas.
It's been a long time since I've used any of the TTC network. I can't even remember the last time. But my memories of it are not that great, actually. Maybe it has been updated since then, but the subway systems I encounter in Asia always seem much nicer than what I remember using when I lived in Toronto. I remember the subway cars being quite old and small and crowded. The same goes for the subway system in Montreal that I remember. After all, the original lines were built in those cities a long time ago. The modern lines being built in places like Seoul, Taipei, and Kuala Lumpur have the advantage of being new and using the best of new tech. It makes the systems in use in North America seem antiquated for the most part.
But, as I said, it has been a long time. Perhaps there are new subway lines in Toronto that are just as spacious and modern as the ones here.
The Cycling Canadian I have used the TTC a very long time ago too. I found it very convenient and I use to travel solo without the need for guidance. Compared to the London Tube and the Montreal Metro, I found the TTC network to be very efficient and cheap in it's wholesome transport system, where you can move from point to point with much ease. When I say point to point, I mean start and destination using the subway together with bus or streetcar. Here in KL, we have a very good network of MRT/LRT/Monorail/Kommuter trains. The shuttle or "link" buses are very inconvenient when going from "point to point". Travellers have to resort to other forms of transport like Grab or Taxi, having come out of the train stations.
Great video Doug, I usually stay in the area around the Pavilion where there is a great walkway to KLCC. I recommend the walk.
Back in the old days, there used to be a small bus stop station right infront ot Star hill and Pavilion used to be a School called Bukit Bintang Girl School (BBGS). I remember me and my friends always hang out at the small bus station and waving to the girls inside of the school haha.
@faridah hanum nah i got a wife from ISKL instead. But not because i hang out infront of ISKL haha
Most local are likely to use air conditioned walk away between Pavallion and KL Convension Centre which also connected to KLCC Complexes through an air conditioned tunnel which end at Suria KLCC.
It faster because the GoKL bus will going through KL traffic jams especially peak hours.
A few people have mentioned this tunnel. I'm very curious about it now because I don't think I've ever seen it. I have no idea where it starts or where it ends or what it looks like. Next time I'm in the neighborhood, I'll look for it. 🙂
A little interesting fact about the road in front of the Kota Raya department store - There used to be a stream in the median flowing all the way to Klang River (and the road is narrow back then). They covered over the stream and built a railway line, on the median, from Kuala Lumpur Station to the Sultan Street intersection where that railway line continues off to Ampang (LRT Ampang Line takes over the disused line's alignment from there to Ampang). If you stand on the platforms (bound for Ampang/Putra Heights) of the Plaza Rakyat LRT station today you'd see the abandoned construction site of what would be Plaza Rakyat filled with water. There used to be a pond there, the source of the old stream. I reckon the flooded construction site today is still the source of the buried stream today. You could see the outflow of the buried stream under the bridge that crosses the Klang River, near the place where you usually start your KL excursion videos. It's like the Fleet River/sewer in London in a way.
Interesting. I often stand at the side of the Klang River after heavy rains and I watch the large amounts of water coming in from the sides through those drainage openings. I imagine one of them is the water coming from that now-covered-up stream you mentioned.
and by the way Doug...your vlog is FREE and ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! Been enjoying your ramblings ever since...keep 'em coming mate - your faithful subscriber
Thank you! And you make a good point. 😀 GoKL and RUclips - two good things that are free.
As always very good review Doug. I always walk from G Tower (next to Tabung Haji building) to Bukit Bintang through KLCC walkway bridge for dinner at Jalan Alor. Never know that this Green line system exist haha. Next time I'll use this bus system for sure.
Haha, the two sweet ladies enter frame to be part of your video 😄 On the Green line two aunties replaced the young ladies and the untie seems to be excited to appear on your video. LOL
hahahaha
I didn't really notice them, of course, until afterwards when I saw the video myself. The GoPro doesn't have a front-facing screen, so I can't see what is going on behind me. I was glad to see that they were smiling and seemed to be okay with a foreigner sitting in front of them running a camera and talking into it. 😀👍
@@PlanetDoug Anyway your video is very informative especially for travellers from outside Kuala Lumpur
Thank you mr.doug even tho im malaysian. I find this very informative for someone who is not staying in kuala lumpur. I once master every LRT,KTM n monorail line when i was working at kuala lumpur back in 2011, but its been a few years im back to my hometown, and kuala lumpur has rapidly change.😊 wish to visit kuala lumpur again when i have time. And now that i know this, i'll surely try this go kL bus..its free anyway.😉
Before this GoKL system started, KL bus service is very bad and very unreliable, credit to KL City Hall and Rapid KL to improve KL bus service.
There are many hotels in Kuala Lumpur because of packaged tour groups into Malaysia. The country has the second highest tourist arrivals in the region after Thailand due to families and group tours that are abundant. It has nothing to do with the locals staying there. Also Malaysia is a big conference and seminar country attracting a lot of MICE packages that often pack a large group into the hotels.
You really good teacher .. you explain by details ...I enjoyed watching your video
Yup, just as I remember it...the bus will stop at KLCC and have to board the next one. Never made sense to me. Don't worry Douglas, the GoKL bus is bewildering to the locals as well due to lack of proper sign or info.
But GoKL bus is still a good alternative to travel round KL on a budget.
You should check out thr National Science Centre near the Muzium Negara MRT station and the National Zoo
I haven't been to the National Zoo, yet, but I did visit the Science Center. That was before I was making videos. I've got a few pictures from that visit, but no videos.
Wisma Fui Chiu used to house a mall; few levels of outlets, one level of supermart and the top floor is a food court which many of us, including me and my family have our meals there whenever we come here for visit.
Basically in Bukit Bintang there are 3 stops to interchange to other GoKL buses. 1. The Wisma Cosway stop, 2. the Star Hill stop and 3, the Bukit Bintang stop. Disregarding the colour of the bus and the newer ones which I might not be familiar, i know that GoKL buses ride are from 1. Pasar Seni-Bukit Bintang, 2. Bukit Bintang-KLCC, Bukit Bintang to Titiwangsa LRT station, and KL Sentral to Titiwangsa station (I might be wrong but these are what I had explored previously).
I agree with the absence of GoKL signboards and it frustrates many people. I believe that these stops were not meant for GoKL buses to stop in the past, but they do stop cos of demand from passengers. The Wisma Cosway stop i believe should have a GoKL Map. I think i had seen it but there again i might be wrong.Sadly there is no direct bus from Pasar Seni to Titiwangsa or KLCC though; you need to interchange at other places which I think walking will be much faster at the interchange.
I can see all the immigrant workers is taking advantage of this free bus. Hope you enjoy the ride.
Yes!!! Another interesting video which Im really interested with....thanks for the upload sir!!!!
Fantastic & very informative. God bless you.
Hi Dough, I liked and followed most of ur latest videos, & find them informative & very interesting
Today is Msia Day, a public holiday. I was told a Canadian, Mr Bobby Gimby wrote a very popular folk song, Malaysia Forever in 1963. Can u tell me more info about him? No details in Wikipedia. All the best.
There actually is a Wikipedia entry about Bobby Gimby. It tells the whole story of his life and his career. Even though I am a Canadian, I had never heard about him until I started reading about Malaysia Day. He was born in 1918 in a small town of just 300 people in Saskatchewan, Canada. He lived for 79 years and passed away in 1998 in North Bay, Ontario.
I guess he was a member of a lot of different bands over the years and he wrote songs for other people, too. Another thing I didn't know is that he wrote a song for Canada, too. That was in 1967, and the song celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the country. So he wrote a popular song for Malaysia and one for Canada. 🙂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Gimby
Great sharing of KL streets and bus routes, at least the windows are not shattered like the ones on KTM komuter trains, haha...
You are at the KL Golden Triangle Area (GTA) . KL CBD area.
Other CBD area are at KL sentral and Bukit Damansara.
For many foreigners they prefer to walk from KLCC stop back to Central market along Jln Ampang and from Ampang Park to the embassies row.
Appreciate your videos very much.
Thank you. I'm glad you are enjoying them. 👍
Great review by the person who is becoming somewhat of an expert on KL's nooks and crannies. BTW Doug, you should really check out the memorial of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's founding prime minister, at Jalan Dato' Onn. It's a treasure trove of this nation's history, not too far from where you are and it's also free. www.kuala-lumpur.ws/magazine/tunku-abdul-rahman-putra-memorial.htm
Thanks for the tip. Considering the amount of time I've spent scouring the Kuala Lumur tourism sites, it's surprising I didn't know about this place. But I didn't. Somehow I missed it. I'll try to carve out some time to visit this place.
@@PlanetDoug Here's an article lifted from Time Magazine's April 12, 1963 issue that should give you a good primer on the emergence of this country called Malaysia. malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/2009/06/flashback-from-time-magazine-1963.html
I love watching a tourist make his way around Malaysia , it's interesting how it's like from your eyes. I suggest spending a day or two in Penang or one of the outskirts. Driving to Penang cam take up to 5-8 hrs depending on traffic. I suggest take an ETS train under the KTM services
Haha, "particularly confusing"! Welcome to KL! :)
First to comment but I just started viewing, ha, ha, ha! Your Rode mic is just wonderful making your voice so crisp. Trying to enjoy the blog now on 4K TV. Will comment further.
Just finished watching your video. The views are breathtaking. I have seen these places many times but it is still very nice to view them from a different perspective. The KLCC Twin Towers are really impressive looking far away from your bus window. The Rode Wireless works well. Your voice is so clear even the engine of the bus can be heard quite subtly.
Thank you. Yes, I'm still pretty happy with the Rode Wireless Go microphone. It seems to sound good, and it's nice to be free of any cords and to not have to worry where the camera is pointed. It doesn't even matter where the camera is at all, in fact, because the microphone is attached to me and not to the camera.
You do get some odd effects with a lavalier microphone system, though. I was recently on a RapidKL bus, and some seats at the back were loose, and so they were rattling like crazy while the bus was moving. It was so loud, I couldn't hear anything but that rattling. It was like a couple of machine guns going off for minutes at a time. I even aimed the microphone at it directly to record the sound because it seemed so crazy loud to me.
But, afterwards, I noticed that the video didn't really record that sound. The lavalier mic is designed to isolate your voice and block ambient sound to a certain extent. So, in a way, the microphone captured false sound in that situation. I WANTED it to capture that loud crashing and banging and rattling, but it didn't. So that was kind of funny. An unintended consequence of having a good lavalier microphone setup.
Well explained .. great video . Thank you 🙏
38:30 Previously, there were a big bus stop at the same spot of Star Hill bus stop, but after management of Star Hill Gellery Mall made a kind of renovation, after they demolished the bus stop, there are not substitute for that.
I wonder why Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL - City Hall of KL) do not doing anything for this.
Maybe the owner of Star Hill (YTL Corporation is some rich corporation can deal with them.
Seriously? Can they do that? Because bus stop is a public property. If I took a bulldozer and destroyed a bus stop, I would be arrested in jail immediately.
The Tourism Ministry and Mayor of KL, please take note of the lack of information and all the good suggestions. Its so disorganised and not Tourist friendly. Thank you bro. I am a Malaysian and appreciate your reviews.
I'm a Malaysian and its been a long time I don't come to Klcc. My college was used to be around that area. Can I ask that what is that new Robinson building call?
I'm not sure what the name of the building is. It looks like there are a lot of businesses in that building: Robinsons, Four Seasons Hotel, restaurants, etc. But the name "Robinsons" is the most prominent. There's a giant Robinsons sign on the front, maybe it is known as the Robinsons building? That's just a guess.
@@PlanetDoug Thanks for sharing this amazing video of a most fascinating city that KLCC is today! I lived in KL during my A levels andUniversity years from 1968 - 72. Robinson's stirred my memory of a supermarket at the corner of Japan Ampang... but it looks expanded, much bigger than before. Ampang road used to be a suburban road lined with individual detached houses and old government colonial type bungalows. I wonder if they'd made way for the pretty new high rise hotels? This is a great video!
Selangor states also got its free shuttle bus services for each districts..
Was a great breakfast indeed Doug.. let's catch up again before you depart for Myanmar buddy
For sure. I'd like that. I'll get in touch and we can set something up.
The go KL route map clearly show pavilion stop services blue green and purple line. Don't see how you can be confused.
Sure, that would be true if there was a route map there. But there wasn't one. There was no map at all. And not a single sign of any kind. 🙂 Once I got off the bus and looked around, there was nothing to even indicate it was any GoKL stop. There wasn't even a sign indicating it was a regular RapidKL bus stop. It was really just a bench at the side of the road.
To make things more confusing, there was no way to even know the name of the stop itself. I remember when I rode the Purple Line bus there on a previous trip, I heard an announcement over the speakers saying it was Wisma Cosway stop. Yet some maps I had seen online called it Pavilion stop. So I wasn't sure which was correct or where exactly I was.
I've since learned that some people and some maps call it Wisma Cosway. And some people and some maps call it Pavilion. But they have to call it Pavilion Utara because the StarHill Gallery stop is also called Pavilion. But it is called Pavilion Timur to distinguish it from Pavilion Utara. Yet, neither of the two Pavilion stops have any signs of any kind. They're just places where the bus pulls over to the side of the road.
So the only piece of information I had to go on was the announcement on the first bus that called it Wisma Cosway stop. And the bus I was taking on that day (my second Purple Line bus) didn't have any announcements at all. So I didn't even have that.
Given all of that, I think I can be forgiven for being at least a little bit confused. 😀It all worked out, of course. A Green Line bus showed up, and I hopped on. But a simple sign giving at least the correct name of the stop would have been a big help.
Hahaha I saw you on the bus that day!!! 😆 very detail explanation!!!
Were you riding on the same bus, or did you see me from the outside? 🙂
@@PlanetDoug Yes I was in the same bus 😆 but I couldn't find myself in your video
Sir, your videos inspire me to travel and vlog.
If you do start a travel vlog, be sure to send me the link to the first episode. I'd love to watch it. 🙂👍
Hi Douglas. I see many great videos you have made. I am in Tecate Mexico and leaving for Jalan Kuchai (KL) on the 28th of this month. Would you tell me where the restaurant is near a temple that has a view. I think it was a Hindu temple???? I will get my wife to take me there. I am from the US. Ohio. You are very good making the videos and wonder if you would make one for me. My wife is Pearlly Chua and is a known actress/ celebrity and I would like to have a special one of her. A documentary is being made of her acting career. This would be one more personal. Regards.
That restaurant is called JM's Cafe, and it's on the 18th floor an office building on Jalan Tun HS Lee. The building is called Plaza First Nationwide, but you don't really need to know the name to find it. It's the only giant office building on that street. It's right beside the Hindu temple you mentioned - the Sri Mahamariamman Temple. Just go that temple and look up. You'll see the office tower.
Thank you for thinking of me for a special video about Pearlly Chua. I've always loved monologue-style performances on stage. I'd love to have seen a performance of Emily of Emerald Hill. Unfortunately, I don't think our time in Kuala Lumpur is going to overlap by very much. I'm leaving for Myanmar in the first few days of October. But I really look forward to seeing the documentary they are making about her life and her work. 🙂
Thank you for the reply Douglas and I so wish that we can someday meet you. I like your presentations. To the point and I would call you "The KL Trail Blazer". Poh Choo which is her real name is very bright and she speaks better English than I do and much more. I told her about your videos. Poh Choo is very humble and helps many people as she also consoles individuals. My step-son is a prince as Poh Choo was once married to one. Have a safe visit to Myanmar and is there a way to get in touch with you other then these reply's? I will be arriving late on the 29th of this month. Thanks so very much Douglas.
Very informative doug...great job
A great service in a great City. I just love KL.
I hope KL City Hall, the Mayor, RapidKL operator can take note of your observation for better operation. Also notice, there is no indication to bus passengers on where to wait for the first available bus. The elderly man had to rush to the other side of the bus stand as the bus came in. If he is fully aware of where to wait, he would not need to run over.
The lack of signs was the one major issue that I noted. It surprised me, actually, how many of the stops had no signs at all. I guess that local people living and working in Kuala Lumpur don't need the signs. They know how the GoKL buses work and where they stop. But if they really do want the GoKL service to be useful to foreign visitors, a few more signs would be nice. 😁
Great video. Maybe you should stop at the tourist center and provide suggestions on how to improve the KL bus service for tourists. Better signage at each stop. Announce each stop on the bus and have electronic signage boards on the buses. Update the route maps so that people can follow the routes better. Really surprised that these common sense tips have not been incorporated. If they want to encourage more tourists then these would go a long way. Ypu need to get to the right people responsible for the KL bus line and get this feedback to them. These are not expensive fixes, just comm0n sense simple fixes that would really improve what is really a great service other cities should mimick.
I feel the same way. To me, it's simple common sense that a bus stop should have a sign saying that it is a bus stop. How else would anyone know to stand there and wait for the bus? 😀
So I'm not sure that giving that suggestion to the people at GoKL would have any effect. They must know themselves that a bus stop without any signs at all is a bit of a problem if they want visitors to use it. I'm guessing that there are internal organizational reasons why the signage has never been updated or improved.
They have been opening brand new GoKL lines with all kinds of new buses (and salaries for the drivers), so they've got a major budget. Maybe someday, they'll toss a few ringgit towards putting up a sign here and there and updating the maps.
@@PlanetDoug maybe you should visit the tourist office, do a video, and make the suggestions about the signs and maps.
It might have some effect.
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Thanks for the review!
min 38：35 ,i think not a official main stop for the gokl. .... the reason why the bus stop there , because the street is pack with car all the time . so everytime the bus reach this place in go stop and go mode plus waste a lot time just in this street . so most of the rider is request the driver to open the door let them go down over there. day of the day with this action by driver ...so this place become an official stop .
That's probably what happened. On the original route maps - like the physical sign at Pasar Seni - the Starhill Gallery stop isn't listed at all. But it does appear on later maps. So maybe it wasn't an official stop at first. On my trip, though, it was by far the most popular stop with the most people getting off and on the bus. 🙂
GoKl bus service is amazing 😄😁👍🇲🇾
If I were correct...The Gokl blue bus terminal stop is at Pekeliling Bus Terminal near Titiwangsa monorail station...there the transfer is needed if you want to continue your journey....
Yup, Pekeliling Bus Station (officially) or Tun Razak Bus Station or Titiwangsa Bus Station as it been called by other, is GoKL bus hub for 3 lines, Blue, Red and Orange.
Only the Pink line do not have any connection to other GoKL lines, only can reach (via public transport) by Kelana Jaya LRT Line (Universiti station) or some bus lines (RapidKL or other bus operators).
wow they had to cut a hole in the middle of the station roof to acommodate the tree
KL bus system should invest in bus tracking system as already implemented in Penang. And you know it is very convenience.
how would you know if the pink bus is the blue line or green line and so forth
I can't remember now exactly how it was organized. But there were lots of signs at the bus stops and on the buses themselves that told you if the bus was on the blue line or green line, etc.
Let's see if you get another set of tourist "stalking" you/going on the loop just like you had last time on Purple Line. :p
You made the wise decision of transferring between Purple and Green line at Bukit Bintang, as you already notice, the traffic going into Bukit Bintang area only goes one way, so there's no "wrong side" of the road to contend with. Also, the stop you alighted was Pavilion North (Utara meaning North), but lucikily it does also serviced by the Green Line. The other option would be at the front entrance of Pavilion itself (marked as just "Pavilion" on the route map), but that stop is usually where most (if not all) passengers would alight just because it's the heart of Bukit Bintang right next to that Pavilion Mall. So again, a wise decision to slight at Pavilion North stop, less traffic to contend with, and also, if you notice the steps leading up to the bridge over to Pavilion, that's where the KLCC-Pavilion walkway ends! You're so close to your "undiscovered" walkway we talked about earlier! :D
As for your fear of uncertainty for a bus that may or will never come, I'd say that 's a common concern among bus riders. Myself taking that RapidKL 580 bus 2 days back from Southgate building in Chan Sow Lin area (which I hardly even step foot on) was the same concern of fear, but once you've confirmed that that bus indeed does make that route, it's etched in your mind forever. Just a matter of confirming a well-educated "guess" if you will, based on the information you get either from the Moovit app or even Google Maps. Can I ask why you're not subscribed to a data service here? Cost reason or just that you don't spend enough time here to warrant subscribing? Because with data service through mobile broadband in your phone, all these fears and concerns with which bus goes where on which line is basically eliminated since apps like Moovit and Google Maps shows updated information about when the next bus arrivals are.
At 14:12, you see the elevated walkway that connects Pavilion to KLCC.
At 19:16 is the "Pavilion" stop. Mainly because it drops you straight infront of the mall itself.
At 27:33, kinda hilarious that you mentioned "Petronas Tower" is somewhere around here, when Four Seasons is practically right next to the two towers themselves. :p Probably your view blocked by the walls of the bus from inside.
KLCC, as you noted earlier, being the first/last stop in the Green Line loop, would mean drivers either take a break and wait till it's time for them to start driving the loop again at scheduled time, OR change to different drivers at this stop itself. That said, because the drivers are taking a break from driving before starting a fresh loop on the scheduled time (or changing drivers), they'd lock the bus down, until it's time to go again. Hence why you had to alight. This wasn't a problem for you, Doug, on the Purple Line, because the point you get on the bus on the Purple Line, which is Pasar Seni stop, is the where the loop begins and ends for the Purple Line. I'm sure if you observe the Purple Line bus at Pasar Seni, you'd see the same situation as what happened in KLCC.
A comment about your "confusion" with the Green Line: I'd likely attribute that to your familiarity with the Purple Line by now, compared to the new unfamiliar sights of the Green Line. Routine and habit breed familiarity, they say. Just like how you're already so comfortable with the LRT and MRT line here, that you were apprehensive at trying the bus system when it was suggested. :p Once they're ingrained in memory, it'll just come as second nature..........until you start exploring Greater KL outside the city center, and then your apprehension will start back again. :p That's when you either have to take up the paid bus route service by RapidKL (still using your Touch n Go card), or use taxis or Grab.
Your comment about how many hotels there are in KL, brings back to the point that KL now is 2019's 5th most visited city in the world by foreign tourists by a survey done by Mastercard. Here is the link: www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/09/518721/kl-5th-worlds-most-visited-city-bangkok-takes-top-spot-mastercard . So with all these influx of visitors, even the hotels cant cater to them all, the AirBnB business is flourishing here in KL.
Kota Raya Shopping Complex (its original name) was indeed very popular with shoppers during the era you mentioned. In fact, right across the mall across the street was the old Rex Cinema, one of the very first "theatre-style" (ground level, and second-tiered level above it towards the back) cinemas in the country, with huge multi-storey screen, and last before it was decommissioned, was the first cinema in the country to adopt the Dolby Digital sound system. I first remembered my first experience watching the first "Jurassic Park" movie in "Dolby Digital" sound system format, and the oooohs and aaaaah we'd get when the demo reel for that sound format first came on screen, with multi-positional audio coming from different areas inside the cinema hall. And once you're done with the movies, right across it again, was the last "White Castle Burger" fast food restaurant left in the country, until the brand completed left the country in the early 2000s. So, it was a perfect trifecta of shopping (KotaRaya Shopping Complex), entertainment (Rex Cinema) and food (White Castle Burgers), and for a teenager growing up in the late 1990s and the 2000s like myself at the time, this was "heavenly". :p
Enjoyed your trip thoroughly, I'd say that's a successful trip. And this time, no "stalkers"/persons following you throughout your trip (unlike last time :p) . Probably due to the "transfer" nature of the trip.
What's next for Doug the Cycling Canadian?
And I stand corrected with regards to the "colorful" odors you'd experience on the Green Line. Most definitely due to the fact that it wasn't the rush hour, and it's a weekday trip. Else you'd be experiencing what I mentioned earlier in the community comment/chat. :p
It’s amazingly how commuters can get onto the bus from the rear door instead of using the door at front of bus. Usually the rear door is meant for passengers alighting from the bus. It will definitely be more orderly if commuters conform to such travelling etiquette.
True. But if you have a stroller, you can only enter from the door at the middle of the bus. Not the one at the front.
One advantage to the GoKL buses that I didn't anticipate is that because you don't have to pay when you get on, passengers can use the front and rear doors. So loading and unloading can go much faster and more efficiently than on a bus where every person has to scan their card or find money and put it into a slot at the front door only , etc.
So I think it's fine that people get on the bus through the rear doors and the front doors. I think it's meant to work that way. But for this to work, the people getting on have to stand to the side and wait until everyone gets off the bus. When they try to push on first, then nobody can move on or off and there is a problem. But if people develop the habit of waiting for people to get off first, then loading and unloading passengers should go really quickly and easily. 😀
you the man
Wow u know all about kl
now we have Orange line to bro
Free shuttle bus service indeed but still lacking in many areas. They just don’t think of everything, do they? Still a long way to go in terms of efficiency and planning. In Malaysia, even if they have signboards for directions, half the time they are not clear and even confusing!
Anybody knows a bus going to Menara KL?
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I wonder what the 11 pm bus is like depending on the person it is either early or late.
Malaysia really need to spend more money on information advertising...
I wonder what speed one can get on it's WiFi?
21:40 Fear of the Dark - IRON MAIDEN
Do you think he was listening to Iron Maiden at the time? Or he just likes the shirt? 🙂
during this video, haze not strike yet?
I don't think the haze had fully struck yet when I made this video. It took me a few days to finally upload this video, so it was actually shot a few days before that. And I don't think it was so hazy yet.
We Malaysian donot talk loudly at Public Area. Foreigner like chinese ,Indian ,Bangladesh love to talk loudly ,Thats are so embarrassing
Chinese from China/?
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Yes
@@partiubikayu5698 Saya ingat chinese from Malaysia
the yellow shirts guy looks unsatisfy..
another torturing trip hey 😂
Look at that immigrant with riding a scooter with no concern for other people safety ❗👉 11:34