By Grab through Kuala Lumpur
Now that we’ve been living here for about two months, you’ll notice the difference between the Netherlands and Kuala Lumpur. The roads, the people, the culture, the food, the public transport, everything is different. And it took some time getting used to, especially public transport. In the Netherlands, we are used to riding our bikes everywhere. If that is too far away, we take the car, bus or train. I don’t think they’ve ever heard of a bike path here, so we often take the Grab.
Metro
If we look out the window of our apartment, we’ll see the subway station. Ideal, because that way you are a lot faster in the center of Kuala Lumpur than by car. Often there are long traffic jams, unbelievable but the traffic lights here are much longer on red than in the Netherlands. We just don’t get to the city center that often, but we have to be more around it. And you can guess it, there are no metro lines.
Rain
Now the price varies from hour to hour. In the morning between 7 and 9, you are in rush hour. This means that the demand for Grab is very high and the supply is low. This causes the price to rise. The same goes for lunch and between 5 and 7. And when it rains, the prices also shoot up. Nobody wants to walk in the rain, because if you do this you are soaked within five seconds. I say this from my own experience…
Emergency
I use Grab every day. It works so easily, it is reliable and safe. You will find a security button on the app. When you press this button, the police are immediately called and your ‘contact persons in case of an emergency’ receive a message. I also have to say that you get used to this service very quickly. You hang back, don’t have to think about where to go and where on earth you are going to park your car. A hell. No thanks, I’ll order Grab.
Buying a car
With the car, you can, of course, get anywhere. This was a consideration before we came here, do we buy a car? Heroical as I am, I didn’t want to have to drive with the steering wheel on the right side on the left side of the road. Besides that Jeroen works abroad a lot so buying a car plus gasoline and insurance would be more expensive for us than taking a taxi once in a while.
Taxi
And I have to say, it is very easy to get a taxi here, but it seems that they are not always reliable. The meter sometimes ‘falls out’ and the driver throws a few ringgit on top of it. We haven’t experienced this yet, because we always choose to travel with Grab.
Grab
This works very simply. You download the Grab app and as soon as you are in the country where Grab is active, it works immediately. I had already downloaded the app in the Netherlands and didn’t understand why it didn’t work. In the Netherlands we don’t have Grab, so that’s why we don’t have one. You can pay in cash or with your credit card. Use the app to find your starting point (the app already helps you with this and searches for your current location) and enter your ending point. The app shows you how expensive the ride is and as soon as you accept it, he will start looking for a driver. A child can do the laundry.
By Grab through Kuala Lumpur
Now that we’ve been living here for about two months, you’ll notice the difference between the Netherlands and Kuala Lumpur. The roads, the people, the culture, the food, the public transport, everything is different. And it took some time getting used to, especially public transport. In the Netherlands, we are used to riding our bikes everywhere. If that is too far away, we take the car, bus or train. I don’t think they’ve ever heard of a bike path here, so we often take the Grab.
Metro
If we look out the window of our apartment, we’ll see the subway station. Ideal, because that way you are a lot faster in the center of Kuala Lumpur than by car. Often there are long traffic jams, unbelievable but the traffic lights here are much longer on red than in the Netherlands. We just don’t get to the city center that often, but we have to be more around it. And you can guess it, there are no metro lines.
Buying a car
With the car, you can, of course, get anywhere. This was a consideration before we came here, do we buy a car? Heroical as I am, I didn’t want to have to drive with the steering wheel on the right side on the left side of the road. Besides that Jeroen works abroad a lot so buying a car plus gasoline and insurance would be more expensive for us than taking a taxi once in a while.
Taxi
And I have to say, it is very easy to get a taxi here, but it seems that they are not always reliable. The meter sometimes ‘falls out’ and the driver throws a few ringgit on top of it. We haven’t experienced this yet, because we always choose to travel with Grab.
Grab
This works very simply. You download the Grab app and as soon as you are in the country where Grab is active, it works immediately. I had already downloaded the app in the Netherlands and didn’t understand why it didn’t work. In the Netherlands we don’t have Grab, so that’s why we don’t have one. You can pay in cash or with your credit card. Use the app to find your starting point (the app already helps you with this and searches for your current location) and enter your ending point. The app shows you how expensive the ride is and as soon as you accept it, he will start looking for a driver. A child can do the laundry.
Rain
Now the price varies from hour to hour. In the morning between 7 and 9, you are in rush hour. This means that the demand for Grab is very high and the supply is low. This causes the price to rise. The same goes for lunch and between 5 and 7. And when it rains, the prices also shoot up. Nobody wants to walk in the rain, because if you do this you are soaked within five seconds. I say this from my own experience…
Emergency
I use Grab every day. It works so easily, it is reliable and safe. You will find a security button on the app. When you press this button, the police are immediately called and your ‘contact persons in case of an emergency’ receive a message. I also have to say that you get used to this service very quickly. You hang back, don’t have to think about where to go and where on earth you are going to park your car. A hell. No thanks, I’ll order Grab.
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