Phuket to Kuala Lumpur great pictures and video tons of info

On the way to Kuala Lumpur is one of the best Malaysian National Park, Taman Negara, its great stuff, almost a must when you travel in Malaysia.

There is another flights from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Its from Firefly, a commuter airline owned by Malaysian Airlines, for firefly have a look here.

What also could be done is to go to Satun, that is on the southern west coast of Thailand, proceed to Bak Para, all by bus. Bak Para is the gateway to the Tarutao Archipelago with Ko Lipe. When you are at the small port at Bak Para just ask around you will easily find a ferry to Langkawi, there are also some ferry from Ko Tarutao and Ko Lipe to Langkawi but no regular, they go or they don't.

Flights from Phuket Airport to Kuala Lumpur

Rent a Car in Phuket

There is no possibility to rent a car in Phuket and give the car back in Kuala Lumpur. What could be done on car travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur is, y ou could rent a car in Phuket using Pure Car Rent in Phuket Town drive with the car all the way down to the Malaysian border, cross into Malaysia and very important, make a full Malaysian car insurance, covering everything and proceed to Kuala Lumpur. The car insurance will cost about baht 1500,- for a few days. In Malaysia the Thai car insurance is not valid and if they catch you without insurance it costs Malaysian Ringit 300,- fine, you run into deep trouble when having an accident and no insurance. The insurance offices at the Thai - Malaysian border are only open from about 8 am to about 6 pm.

Use a insurance office before the border on the Thai side, there are small booth on the right side of the road. Don't do it on the Malaysian side, the people in the offices there are very lazy and unwilling to work at all.

You must understand the system, the people in both countries can get their driver license without any driving education, means a real helter skelter on the roads. If a accident happens on your drive from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur, they, in both countries, will always blame the foreigner to be responsible for the accident. It wont matter even if it absolute and 100% clear that you might not be responsible. They will bend and twist and come up with some strange excuses to make you responsible.

If you do this relatively easy trip from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur also consider that the border crossing between Thailand and Malaysia is closed from 11pm to 5 am. At Serdao, that�s on the Thai side of the border are some hotels, discos, bars and quite a very active and vibrant nightlife to serve the people who got stranded on their way from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur.

The road from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur is a excellent 4 lane road except for the segment Phang Nga to Phatthalung, that's behind Trang. But even the 2 lane road is in very good conditions. Just watch out for the small motorbikes, they are totally chaotic and careless just a flies, this is in both countries.

On your Phuket to Kuala Lumpur trip you could first drive from Phuket to Phang Nga, on the motorway just before Phang Nga and right behind the Phunga Hotel is a right turn to Phang Nga Bay. At the end of the road is a jetty with plenty of long tail boats hanging around there. Just take one for about baht 800,- for maybe 3 or 4 hours and have a look around in the Phang Nga Bay area on your travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur.

Road Phuket to Kuala Lumpur

James Bond Island

Cave kayaking tour at Ao Luk

You will see "James Bond Island", Ko Panyi with the Muslim fisherman village built on stilts and other great limestone formations in this part of the Andaman Sea.

The next stop on your travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur between Phang Nga and Krabi could be at Ao Luk.

The road passes through Ao Luk, have a look for the great limestone caves, mangrove forest and maybe do a kayaking tour at Ao Luk.

Ko Panyi

From Phuket to Malaysia Video

On your travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur just before Krabi the turn to Trang will come, keep on going straight and after a while the right turn to Ao Nang or Ao Phra Nang bay will come. At the end of the road is starts one of the most exiting beaches in the world, this is Railay Beach at Ao Nang.

Take a long tail boat at the end of the road an have a small Krabi beach tour along Railay Beach, passing some limestone islands, around the cap to Railay beach east and have a look for some of the most spectacular rock climbing area on the world. The long tail boat is about Baht 300,-.

If you want to stay on Railay beach Krabi on your travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur, no problem, there are several small beach resorts on Railay beach.

A few minutes further south is Krabi fossil shell beach cemetery with a marvelous panorama over the beach and the islands one of the islands is Chicken Island, because the limestone formation there really looks like a gigantic chicken. A top Krabi sightseeing spot attracting several hundred visitors per day.

The Krabi fossil shell slabs are about 80 million years old and have been layered with shell fossils over time. Today a flat platform of slabs from compacted fossils is along the shore. You can se the slabs in the middle of the picture on the very left

About 40 million years ago today's Ban Laem Pho Cape in Krabi was an large freshwater swamp with large amounts of snails. More on Krabi fossil shell beach is here.

-The next sector on our Thailand travel trip from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur is Trang province and Trang Archipelago.

Trang has miles of fine sandy beaches along the coast and on the islands of the archipelago. There are plenty of Trang beach resort on

Waterfall between Pak Meng Beach and Trang City

the islands.

The best beach resort in Trang Thailand is at the southern part of Pak Meng Beach, its the Amari Trang Hotel, be aware that its very isolated, there is no village.

This Trang beach resort is very popular by Guys from Bangkok who go for a weekend with their girlfriends without being seen. On the Trang islands are all kind of other hotels and resorts.

Morakot or Emerald Cave Trang

There are also quite cheap hotels and resorts on the islands in the Trang archipelago. More on Trang is here.

Probably the biggest attraction in Trang is the Morakot cave or emerald cave use link above for more on this.

Long tail boat at Railay Beach

Krabi fossil shell beach cemetery

Trang Islands

Travel Trang to Patthalung

From Trang to Patthalung is a ride through a mountain range with breathtaking views and lush tropical jungle. Behind the mountain range is Patthalung and at the first intersection we meet the basic Thailand north south highway.

The big mosque between Hat Yai and Songkhla

Hat Yai

On our trip from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur we have the choice should to have a look into Songkhla or just keep on going to Hat Yai and Sadao on the Thai Malaysian border.

There is moderate nightlife at Songkhla and some museums showing what happen in the past.

Now all the way down to Songkhla and Hat Yai there is not much to see,

Fishing Village at Songkhla

View over Songkhla

its just a flat piece of land with limestone formations popping out from the paddy fields.

Songkhla is for sure a city to do a stop and a look around. they have some good and not expensive hotel such as the Pavilion Hotel Songkhla.

Hat Yai is a fun and nightclub city mainly frequented by Singaporeans, Malaysians, Koreans and Japanese guys. Its sex business and entertainment.

At Hat Yai are the long haul buses for Kuala Lumpur and Penang, the bus terminal from Kuala Lumpur and Penang is a little bit off down town, take a motor bike taxi or normal taxi to go there. From here you also can travel to Langkawi by road and bus.

If you are with a car on your travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur, coming from Trang, just keep on driving the motorway towards Pattani, the road signs are very confusing and not thought through. If you see a road sign indicating Sadao, its not marked orderly, do a left turn and under the bridge a right turn after its only straight on. The problem with this routing is, this part of the road from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur runs from one town into the next. Actually this part after leaving the highway is the worst part of the road on the whole travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur. There is one traffic light after the other and all are switched in a way that you will get red at every intersection. Its the usual nightmare when people do something and don't think first what they are doing.

Arriving at Sadao border and go through is no problem, at the Thai side as usual its confusing, no straight line through with long cues, just as Bangkok Airport. At the Malaysian side its very well planned and organized, you go through in 2 minutes. The Malaysians charge money for going through, be aware that they sometimes ask the foreigner a much higher price as they are allowed, especially when you pay in Baht, the Thai don't charge anything.

If you are with a car on your travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur keep in mind what was written further above concerning insurance. The next stop could be the island of Langkawi, actually a nice place.

For a couple of kilometers on the road to Kuala Lumpur, behind the border there is a four lane road merging into a toll highway after a while. Petrol is much cheaper on the Malaysian side but if you didn't already change money it might be a problem to get money since the first ATM at the Petronas Station is manipulated in a way only allowing you to take Ringits 50,- and this is for sure not enough to fill your tank.

Anyway enjoy your drive towards Kuala Lumpur to the south and the fact that the Malaysians obey at least a little bit traffic rules and also not driving all the time on the overtake lane, as it is usual in Thailand, the whole is a little bit more civilized.

A couple of km behind the border is a road sign to Langkawi. Langkawi is almost a must to have a look for on your road travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur. At the end of the road, when you take this turn you can find a ferry to Langkawi also used for the car.

Langkawi

Its about 3 hours drive from the Thai - Malaysian border to Butterworth, the gateway to Penang.
The other Penang Bridge	Try to avoid coming into Penang in the morning between 7 am and around 9 am since the ride over the Penang Bridge is a traffic
nightmare. It is also very difficult to find the

Penang Bridge

Penang Ferry

way to the Penang ferry, means better use the road over the Penang bridge for inbound. When leaving Penang its better to use the ferry since there is no problem to find the way to Kuala Lumpur from that side. Here is the Penang Bridge Video Here is Penang at night More on Penang is here.
Ferringhi Beach Penang	Penang is a very interesting island with a rich colonial past, which still can be see everywhere. This colonial times brought a very interesting mix of culture. The different ethnic groups in Penang express themselves by lots of unique food, houses, villas and great views. They have their with roots in India, China, Thailand England and Indonesia.	Goddess of Mercy Temple Penang

After leaving Penang join the Motorway towards Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. The motorways in Malaysia are toll ways it always needs to have some cash ready. There are plenty of more interesting destinations on the road travel from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur, have a look around Ipoh.

Before you go on the trip from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur buy a good map and a travel guide from Malaysia, do this at home before you leave or at Penang, it is difficult to find this in Thailand. More on Kuala Lumpur is here.

When you arrive at Kuala Lumpur you have the primary choice to use a hotel on the lower level of Kuala Lumpur down town, that area includes many old government building and China Town with a very good situated hotel the Hotel Malaya.

At the upper level of Kuala Lumpur, means up the hill are most of the big hotels and Kuala Lumpur Nightlife spots, but not only there. Both are connected by a elevated train called the

monorail and a underground all this public transport is badly organized but usable at least off rush hours.

Taman Negara		Taman Neagara National Park

Phuket to Kuala Lumpur

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-Phuket to Kuala Lumpur road travel is a scenic drive, passing Phang Nga Bay, Krabi, Trang, Hat Yai, Langkawi, Penang and Ipoh.

-The next sector on our Thailand travel trip from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur is Trang province and Trang Archipelago.