Days since my last post: 10
Is this the start of a new series? Kind of, sort of, maybe. But I figured that since my other half and I are considering to make more trips to Malacca to experience the state a little bit more now, I might as well had started something on it. In this post, I'm going to first talk about how to get to Malacca by bus if you're from KL. For starters, it's a 2 hour journey that starts from the Terminal Bas Bersepadu (TBS) located at Bandar Tasik Selatan to the Melaka Sentral Bus Terminal.
Open in 2011, the TBS was meant to be a replacement for the old Pudu Bus Station where most locals would be familiar with. It has now been 7 years since the opening of the TBS and it's the first time I've ever been here but I have to say that I was blown away by its operations. Big, bright, and clean, the first noticeable thing about TBS is that it is ultimately tout-free. None of those dodgy uncles standing around trying to sell you tickets, and none of those screaming sales people trying to push you to pick their buses - at TBS they practice a centralized ticketing system.
An interesting thing we found at the Melaka Sentral Bus Terminal however was that they had a book shelf where you were most welcome to pick up one of the books donated by members of the public to the library of Malacca. A good time waster if you're there and waiting for your bus to depart, and sometimes you'd see a classical Enid Blyton or two there as well!
As an overall, I think it's really easy to get to Malacca and back to KL by bus now and it's all thanks for the ever improving public transportation. It will cost each person RM 23.40 for the interstate buses only, but you'll be on a stress-free ride. No more thoughts of traffic jam, no more worries of petrol prices. Just pack up and you're ready to go! So when will you be heading to Malacca?
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