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What do you have to know before traveling to Malaysia? Culture shock when traveling in Malaysia? You may not have enough time to discover Malaysia slowly or having any local guides<\/a> with you. Malaysian loves tourist and like to help them to enjoy their holidays here and here are 10 tips<\/a> (that aren\u2019t in any guidebooks) a Malaysian would like you to know in order to help you understand Malaysia more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beautiful architecture building exterior city in kuala lumpur skyline at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1. You realize our international airport is made up of two parts.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Decorations
Kek Lok Si Temple decorated for the Chinese New Year celebrations, Penang island, Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kuala Lumpur International Airport is made up of two parts which are KLIA and KLIA 2 but they are actually the same airport. Upon arriving the airport, a lot of travelers found that their connected or outbound flight is actually at the other airport. KLIA is used by Malaysia Airline and other international carriers while KLIA 2 is used by mainly AirAsia. Even if you ended up in the other part, there are fast train transfer between KLIA and KLIA 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2. You realize that the international airport is too remote.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Batu
The popular tourist attraction of Batu Caves which are sacred Hindi limestone caves near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

KLIA is located 55km south of the city center. There are two ways to get in\/out of the city, by train or by bus. KLIA express is a train that will take you around 40 minutes to get into the city whereas buses would take around 60 minutes. Plan ahead if you want to get to the airport early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. You realize you can get cheap flights from Malaysia.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The outbound flights with AirAsia from Malaysia are cheap, and the company has been named the world\u2019s best low-cost airline for seventh consecutive years. AirAsia has direct flights to most major cities in South East Asia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. You realize we all can speak at least 3 languages.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Chinese
Thean Hou Temple and Kuala Lumpur skyline at the dusk, Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most travelers traveling<\/a> in Malaysia are surprised at Malaysian\u2019s ability to learn languages. It is because we speak at least 3 languages here! You would find people speaking Malay, English, Tamil, Mandarin and other dialects here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

5. You realize we speak Manglish.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Reflection of Kota Kinabalu City Mosque, Island of Borneo, Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

English education started since the British colonization, as time goes by it has evolved into Malaysian English. It can be a mix of Malay and English or Chinese and English or maybe more! Don\u2019t worry because we try not to speak Manglish to foreigners as it seems embarrassing. Below stated a few common examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got:<\/strong> Instead of \u2018have\u2019, we use \u2018got\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common phrase: \u201cYou got or not?\u201d which literally means \u2018Do you have it?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lah:<\/strong> We add \u2018lah\u2019 to almost every sentence, it doesn\u2019t mean anything but to emphasize.<\/p>

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