In advance of the group tour of Borneo, I spent two night in Kuala Lumpur and joined the rest of the group in Kota Kinabalu.  I splurged and stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel Kualala Lumpur, which was a wonderful hotel with great services in the city center.   I, also, had another full day in Kuala Lumpur at the end of the tour.

It's a nice modern city with many interesting sights, but I was surprised to see such heavy traffic.  Streets were crowded with cars and a large number of motorcycles.   Motorcycles were very annoying - noisy, smelly and unruly.  Public transit was very convenient, however.