Navigating Kuala Lumpur by LRT & On Foot

[@jamiebutikofer1378]

CC. Enjoyed the editing. Keep up the great work! Thanks for the video. BTW, your guest throughout this video is a rock star! More videos with him should increase your subs and views by at least tenfold 😂. Thanks, Doug!

[@PlanetDoug]

I was thinking the exact same thing. If I ever have any success on KZbin, I'm sure it all started right here with the rockstar guest - The Master of City Navigation. There is an EXTENDED CUT of this video, by the way. More of everything. 😀 I'll be posting that in a day or two.

[@MojoZ20]

couldnt agree more, Masjid Jamek LRT station is pretty messed up design-wise. im guessing this was partly influenced by the challenging site topography (?) being next to a river bank, plus poor soil condition. i remember working at the bank muamalat HQ building next door way back in the '90s when the station was under construction. and constantly worrying if we would be affected by the underground piling/structure works ie if our building would tilt or sway 😬.

[@PlanetDoug]

It makes sense that the design/engineering/construction of the Masjid Jamek station would be affected by the nearby river system and the soil condition there. I never thought about that before. All I know is that more than once, I've found myself standing on the wrong platform and wondering how the heck I even got there. 😀

[@AlfaReed]

Hi Doug, now that you are in KL and during the month of Ramadhan, now most of activities happening at night,, try to visit one of the Ramadhan bazar taking place at evening hours before the fast breaking time. cheers👍

[@PlanetDoug]

That's definitely something I should do. The other day, I think I walked through the site of one quite near my hotel. This was during the day, though, and it wasn't open. I could go there or seek out one of the more popular and well known ones.

[@haniaj2023]

@@PlanetDoug Doug..if you"re still staying in Jamek area and its not raining... i'd suggest you join in the Iftar(break-fasting) event infront of Merdeka square every saturday during ramadhan called Six-day Iftar@KL Programme organised by the Ministry of tourism.

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Drain covers are sometimes stolen or they caved in due to wear and tear (the metal inside eroded due to water and rust)

[@thelighthousehunter9303]

18:42 - the main road is Jalan Cheras and the small road you standing is Jalan Shelley whereby if you follow straight can get u to MyTown shopping mall

[@lizcarlyle2477]

Hello from CA, who is Jamie? Great exercise walking around KL! Restoran 68 enak sekali!

[@PlanetDoug]

Jamie is an American traveller. I met him through my KZbin channel. He had plans to spend some time in Kuala Lumpur a year or two ago, and he sent me a message on one of the social media platforms. He treated me to a coffee at Starbucks way back then. 😀 And we stayed in touch. And he just happened to be back in KL when I got here this time. We both like to wander around on foot, so we managed to get together for a couple of small adventures while he was here.

[@irishque]

They are all "real" kl...skyscrapers in city centre and outskirts are where ppl live with no skyscrapers obviously. But recent apartments or condos are mostly more than 20 storeys high so u cant really escape tall buildings as long as u are in kl basically

[@InternationalBigshot]

Nice one Doug! I'm here in a cloudy and cold Pennsylvania jealous of the sunny and, I'm guessing, warm days you have in KL. Your video looked great. Nice color and sound! Tell Jaime I said hello.

[@PlanetDoug]

No doubt about that. The days have been very warm in this part of the world. There's been a lot of talk about heat waves and such things. Sunny days like this certainly help the video when you are wandering around with a GoPro. That's when they perform at their best. Jamie just left, unfortunately. I'm going to miss the guy. He was a great walking companion for going out there and exploring the city and for just hanging out in a Starbucks and chatting non-stop.

[@johanharris2806]

CC now I know why ... and 18:18 egg plants are national secrets 😅

[@Pphhhht]

Just watched John Saboe and his recent "Kuala Lumpur - Best Way To Get Around" vlog. Have you watched it yet?

[@PlanetDoug]

I watched most of it. I enjoyed it just as a fellow KZbinr interested in his editing style and the information in the video. But I did have a ton of thoughts. I really didn't like the constant use of the transition with the loud sound of tearing paper. That got annoying really fast. Way too loud and abrasive. And I enjoyed seeing all the video of the various parts of the city, particularly the shots from the monorail. However, I don't think the information he gave was very useful. It all seemed to be quite disorganized and incomplete. It was a bit of a scattershot jumble. I don't see how it would help very many people to actually understand how to get around Kuala Lumpur using the RapidKL system. It felt incomplete and random to me rather than a helpful guide.

[@Pphhhht]

@@PlanetDoug After the first instance of the paper tearing I also found it quite irritating but I did like the AR effect of indicating places of interest while in transit.

[@fir6487]

Amazing ~ working in kl 10 years ago ,.. ahh familiar places, this is the real kl, the streets never changes even with all the new building everywhere else😅

[@BethandPaultravel]

Thanks Doug, we really enjoyed this one, especially as we’re back home now! Hi to Jamie 😊 Oh and CC 🤗🤗

[@nuffaildaniaelle977]

Original name of this 45km lrt line is actually named as *Ampang Line* and not Sri Petaling line.. It was diminish later in late 00s as 2 different lines but shares city route and their stations as interchange.... 1st phase of this line was from Sultan ismail station to Ampang terminal (depot) thus the line got its name... The 1st phase opens in 1996..while 2nd phase(Sultan ismail- sentul east) opens 7 months later in 1997..the 3rd phase(chan sow lin - Commonwealth/Sri petaling) opens 1998 along with KJ line...

[@PlanetDoug]

Thanks for the history. It can get quite complicated to understand how big transit systems like this develop. The information that I found and put in the video came from this short section on Wikipedia: "In 2006, the government announced the Sri Petaling Line extension project. The extension comprised 11 new stations over 17.7 kilometres (11.0 mi) of elevated track beyond Sri Petaling station. This extended the terminus of the Sri Petaling Line from Sri Petaling to Putra Heights.[7]" What I was mainly interested in was why the LRT line was called Sri Petaling when in fact it ends at the Putra Heights station. And from what I read, that happened because the LRT line originally ended at Sri Petaling. And the custom was to name the LRT/MRT lines after one of the terminus stations. But then they extended the line and the new final station was Putra Heights. But they still kept the old name. I've always found the naming systems for these LRT/MRT lines in Kuala Lumpur to be confusing and illogical. It doesn't make sense to me to use names that are based on the terminal station in just one direction. And this situation illustrates a problem with this naming system.

[@askarsepoi]

This the reality. Every development have the costs, especially when millions foreign workers come in. Almost capitalists just focus their huge profits. Its peoples job to choose the right government to handle with the best solutions.

[@kyalanis]

Wow, nice video on tips and tricks of Kuala Lumpur planet doug style.

[@penukulbesi4006]

If you know the route, it will make the destination easier. Even though grab is the easiest, it is good for you to practice utilizing mrt/lrt.

[@syedputra5955]

Masjid jamek is a flood prone area so it been raised to prevent flood waters going into the undergtound

[@max-lee]

sidewalk deathtrap. XDDD this is nice. me, a malaysian learning about public transport and walkability from a foreigner. 😄

[@ezyryder101]

Pudu where my primary school is located in 1975. Good old days now every things has change with new building as i we're move out from Kuala Lumpur to Malacca.

[@mountaindew20]

hi uncle.. nice to see u again.. greetings from johor..

[@Sparta-jy8mk]

welcome to malaysia my friend..enjoy your days😊

[@christinelhti]

must train staff to follow japan std customer service

[@SteveSleeperTrains]

Cc yes I regret having my daughter's car repaired. It's our old family car, but it feels like it's always something with it. I'm at the point were I could have bought something with lower mileage.

[@SteveSleeperTrains]

Hey Doug. This vid came at a good time for me. I think your walking tour vids are the best u do. Plus I've had a challenging few weeks so this vid was very relaxing. I could have been 60 min and I would have watched the whole thing.

[@kateg1137]

Made it this far😊

[@kyalanis]

Cc 35:26

[@NabilNakim]

Nice video as always, stay safe

[@RaviSingh-cr9mo]

Crunch club ? Nice video Doug . I like masjid Jamek in the evening . There is a night market there and there's loads of food to be bought from there . Yes masjid Jamek train is a bit of a nightmare . Have a lovely evening

[@PlanetDoug]

Thank you. Just yesterday, I grabbed a meal from one of the stalls outside of Masjid Jamek. There's no seating there, of course, but I brought the food back to my room at the hotel to enjoy it.

[@vincentleong]

CC - I’ve not had any regrets so far. Most things that go for repair are large electrical appliances that are expected to work for many more years.

[@PlanetDoug]

That's good. Perhaps large appliances are an exception to the planned obsolescence rule. It's still economically worthwhile to have them repaired it seems.

[@muhammadabdulwahab123]

Tq Good Jobs . Very interesting jobs. KL looks beautiful

[@PlanetDoug]

Thank you.

[@stinglessbeehoney7639]

You could take MRT to get to Sunway Velocity, either Maluri or Cochrane station

[@PlanetDoug]

Yes, you're right. The MRT also goes to Sunway Velocity. I know a lot of people get mixed up coming from there, because the Maluri LRT station and the Maluri MRT station are right beside each other. But it's easy to miss one or the other. People sometimes intend to take the LRT but then they go into the MRT station by mistake, not even knowing what they've done. For me, however, the LRT made more sense. My hotel is right beside the Masjid Jamek LRT station on the Ampang line. It's a straight shot directly to Maluri. To take the MRT, I would have to take the LRT to an MRT station somewhere else and transfer. And that doesn't make any sense because I can just go straight to Maluri on the LRT from my hotel. 🙂

[@darrylk808]

A new place to explore on my next trip to KL. I also walk everywhere... to offset my eating! 😁 Hey, I walked down Jln Pudu also, opposite direction. Went to ICC Pudu to check out the street food. Saw restoran 68's spread, but had a breakfast buffet at the hotel. Neat downtown area. Very precarious...I too walked on what seems like the edge of the highway. Made a break for it when traffic slowed and ran across to get off the hwy.😂 CC

[@PlanetDoug]

All of that sounds very familiar. 🙂 I often myself walking along the edges of highways and then dashing to the median and racing across to the other side. This is the land of highways and cars. Committed pedestrians have to work things out on their own and find their own way. I've been thinking about going back to ICC Pudu. I've been there a couple of times for breakfast in the past. But I haven't been back for a while. Any recommendations from your visit?

[@darrylk808]

@PlanetDoug no recommendations as I had eaten a big breakfast and was not able to eat. That's the problem when you take the hotel breakfast option. You're not hungry till dinner.

[@TME_AL]

Ah, bananas. I grew up in a tropical jungle where I had access to all tastes and forms of bananas; green, yellow, red, small seeds, big seeds, etc... I remember one kind of banana I had in the jungle that was mostly seeds and somewhat astringent. When I was in Malaysia, I made a point of eating all varieties of bananas and mangos. In Italy, all I was able to find was Cavendish and a bit disappointed. Modern electronics are becoming more and more 'single use' and unfixable. Our first TV, when it needed fixing, the technician was able to swap out an individual chip on the circuit board. 20 years later, I was working as electronic technician and we were swapping out the whole circuit boards. Almost everything is glued shut now. My phone back glass broke a few weeks ago and I was quoted $120 for repair from a third party shop and $200 at the manufacture store. The same phone in used condition is going for about $300 and the shop offered me $100 if I sell it to them. It still functions as a phone so I am still debating what to do with it.

[@PlanetDoug]

Bananas are endlessly fascinating. I grew eating bananas (Cavendish, I assume) in Canada that came from the grocery store. And I still remember being astonished the first time I went overseas and saw an actual banana tree. I had no idea what they looked like and how they grew until then. And now I can't help but take another picture or video every time I go by a banana tree. I remember going down a deep rabbit hole one time and reading all about the history of the Cavendish banana. It's a captivating story. I'm sure books have been written about it - like a photographic coffee table book about the history of bananas. I'm still waiting to hear whether my camera is going to fall into that category of being "single use" and unfixable. I've seen that same trend in my lifetime. I grew up at a time when it was still cost effective to troubleshoot electronics and then repair/replace individual components. But then things changed. I guess part of it is that labor became much more expensive. You can't pay anyone an hourly wage to investigate a problem and track down exactly which small piece is defective. It takes too long. So you simply swap out the entire motherboard on a computer and get on with your life. It's wasteful, but that's how things are now.

[@RaviSingh-cr9mo]

I had two banana trees in my back garden and they were the type which had seeds in them . Here in London where I live now I have told my mates that I've eaten bananas with seeds in them and they look at me like I'm a weirdo 😂 . Need to find better friends 😂😂😂

[@givemecookies5078]

Doug i love ya but not the starbucks....

[@PlanetDoug]

Well, they make a good cup of coffee and offer comfortable seating. 😁 It's hard to argue with that. I've tried out so many small, local coffee shops in my time, but you never quite know what you're going to get. The coffee is usually very small and just lukewarm by the time it is served. I think I keep returning to Starbucks because my latte is always served super hot and has a nice coffee flavor. That's rare for a latte. Everywhere else I go, the latte is more like lukewarm milk. Starbucks is expensive, though.

[@HalimWander]

that NSK staff asking you to turn off the camera is ridiculous...i seen no reason to do so,they probably one of the cheapest supermarket in term of prices but the store itself sometime look miserable with very unpleasant smell especially in the fresh produce section which i tent to not going there anymore

[@zuyrie]

Bangsa D@P punya tuh.... Boikot aje

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Nsk is for the lower income and small businesses(whole sale)

[@DNAOrion]

Get a Sony camera

[@PlanetDoug]

Love to. 😎 There are rumours that Sony will be announcing the ZV E10 Mark 2 within the next couple of months. Hopefully, it's an improvement on the original and they don't cripple it by taking away other features, like they always do.

[@DNAOrion]

@@PlanetDoug and for Sony, always LOL

[@lizreeves8654]

Cc another interesting video.

[@thelighthousehunter9303]

the power of touch & go 😅 [Cc]

[@paulsouthgate7373]

CC: nice video thanks

[@CSChua]

Cc

[@HITILIT]

Did someone really shout out "He Needs Some Milk?" .... cc

[@PlanetDoug]

No, not really. I was being silly, and I copied the audio from the original meme and stuck it into the video.

[@HITILIT]

@@PlanetDoug Hilarious...

[@PlanetDoug]

@@HITILIT Have you ever seen the original video where the meme started? The original video is crazy. I had never seen it before until I tried to track down the audio.

[@HITILIT]

@@PlanetDoug I’m not up on the Meme world. I do like that you’re incorporating third party sources into your content. I also enjoyed the voiceless segment of you describing the roadways to a music soundtrack.

[@PlanetDoug]

I I like the idea of inserting third party content as well: audio clips and movie clips and anything like that. Of course, I don't think you should get carried away with it. I've seen some KZbin videos lately where they tried so hard to insert jokes and memes and references that it just became way too much. And it takes a surprisingly long time to track down a clip and get a copy and edit it or shape it so that it fits in. But it's fun. I've come across the "He needs some milk" meme probably hundreds of times. It's always in connection with someone who gets injured or looks exhausted or needs help in some way. The solution is always to give them some milk. I guess milk is good for your bones and gives you energy. 😁 I kind of liked that voiceless segment as well. I didn't originally choose to do that. But when I inserted the music, I noticed that it played over top of this segment. And I liked how it worked, especially since I was pointing at the highway system around me and I made hand gestures as I talked about how we walked around and under and through and backtracked to finally get to where we were. And the music naturally faded out right when I was pointing ahead to where we were going next. It all seemed to fit together nicely so I muted the audio of me speaking.

[@haniaj2023]

Welcome to my neighbourhood@Maluri and my schoolhood@Pudu.... The yellow building you mentioned used to be called Pudu Plaza in my days....the meeting point where you met with other friends when you skip schools("ponteng") before you walked together to other shopping malls around Bukit Bintang hahahaha...watching your videos brought back memories.

[@PlanetDoug]

I don't know where I got the name, but in my head, I think I always called it Pudu Plaza as well. I first became familiar with the area and with Pudu Plaza in particular because the YL Camera Store is located there.

[@SSxxx18]

You guys walk a lot. I can’t do that.

[@PlanetDoug]

I do tend to walk quite a bit. I'll take the LRT/MRT as far as I can and then walk from there. But my friend Jamie puts me to shame. He'll walk where others fear to tread. 😀

[@leehock4840]

Hi Doug.Welcome back.Enjoy & take care of yourself.