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Klang Day Trip

When we were in Kuala Lumpur (KL for short), we took a day trip to the Royal City of Klang. An interesting place with a rich history, it’s an easy trip from KL, and there’s enough to do to fill a day. We met nice people, saw some sights, and had a good lunch on our Klang day trip.

Why Take a Klang Day Trip

The main reason we went to Klang was to pick up a part at a marine chandler outside of Klang. Since it was almost an hour each way from Kuala Lumpur, I researched what to do nearby and realized there was a lot! The Royal City of Klang has interesting history, great street art, and more.

Klang Day Trip from Kuala Lumpur

We took Grabs both ways from KL to Klang, and they are so efficient and inexpensive in Malaysia that it was fine for us. You take a Grab for 45 minutes and it costs less than a 10 minute trip in Toronto.

Klang from Kuala Lumpur map
Klang City is about 35K south west of Kuala Lumpur

That’s not the only way to get there. After our Klang day trip, we discovered that a new train station had just opened and the train was running for free as a new promotion! The LRT makes a lot of stops so would take about 90 minutes whereas the car depending on traffic takes about an hour. Read on for what to see and do.

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A Trip to Kuching

Malaysia, like Indonesia, is a country which loves cats. So much so, in fact, they named a city after them. The origin of the name is under dispute, but it’s a fact that Kuching is the Malaysian word for cat. Located on the island of Borneo, in the state of Sarawak, Kuching is a fun place to visit. We recently took a trip to Kuching from Penang, Malaysia, and it’s not just for cat lovers!

Kuching Background

Kuching is pronounced Koo – Ching. It is the capital of the state of Sarawak, but we didn’t find it very busy. We saw other tourists, but not many, and most places we visited were fairly quiet. The busiest place was Bako National Park outside of Kuching, where we saw monkeys and other native wildlife.

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A Month in Western Australia

After spending a year and a half in Australia, we still never made it to W.A. For non-Aussies, W.A. is the short form for Western Australia, the state that covers the entire length of the west coast of Australia. It’s funny that we had to get to Indonesia to visit Western Australia. We sailed to Indonesia and spent a few months there, then stopped in Lombok when the wind turned against us. That’s when we flew back to Australia. We spent a month in Western Australia and enjoyed exploring some cities, beach towns and more in this sprawling state.

The Busselton Jetty
Busselton Jetty in W.A.

Where We Went in Western Australia

Western Australia is the hugest part of a massive country. It covers over 2.5 million square kilometers, a third of Australia. It’s 4x the size of Texas and 10x the size of the United Kingdom. We knew we could barely see any of it, so we had to be selective. It was hard to choose!

Western Australia map of Australia
Western Australia on a map of Australia

We flew direct from Bali to Perth airport, shorter and cheaper than flying from New South Wales. We got off the plane in Perth and changed terminals for our domestic flight to our first and northernmost destination in W.A.: Broome.

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