Farewell Malaysia... Hope to see you again!

Got up late. Lazed around, bathed and got ready to get back home. Kumudu had ordered a cab which was to pick us up at 10.00. We took some pictures and then all too soon it was time to leave. Packed ourselves and our luggage into the limo and were soon on way to the airport on our way home.

Another tip for those doing duty free shopping at the Malaysian Airport. Do NOT buy your stuff from the so called duty free shops before you cross the barrier guarded by security personnel. Those are ‘regular’ shops.

There was this place called the ‘Choc Stop’ where we had a bit of a bad experience. We bought some chocolate because we wanted to finish off all our coins and little notes. So we put all our change together and then added a $50 note to cover the price of it all. The ‘lady’ at the counter gave me $2 dollars change and went back to her books dismissively. Fortunately I handed the money to sister who was doing the transaction and she realized we had not got the balance from the $50 (which was $40!!!!). Cunning huh? Giving the change to the person not involved in the transaction. All the other party would see is that balance is being tendered. When my sister queried about the balance from the $50, the ‘lady’ took the money from the register and gave it to her with no apology. Later looking at the bill we found that she had not indicated on the bill that we had given her a $50 so that the only balance recorded officially was the $2. Future travelers beware; I get the impression that this is a regular scam, so experienced was the person at the counter and also the damning evidence of the bill not showing that a $50 had been tendered. Where do you reckon the balance goes (since it is not registered in their cash register)?? The people behind the counter know their customers are leaving the country and can easily be taken for a bit of a ride, if they are not vigilant.

So a word of advice to those wanting to buy duty free from KL; wait until you cross the barrier guarded by the security people and then you are in ‘duty free’ territory. How I wish someone had told me that earlier!!

Did some more shopping in the ‘proper’ duty free shops where they accept credit cards with no percentages taken for using your credit card. Took an aero train ride to our departure lounge and boarded our flight to get back home.