Thursday 25 July 2013

Cameron Highland ; experience the freshness of nature , tea , strawberry , flowers , mossy forest ...

This is the last highlands that we going for holidays  during this trip , the Cameron Highlands . So welcome , let's feel and appreciate the beauty of nature . We spends at this highlands for 3D2N . There are a lot of places of interest you can visit  such as tea plantation , waterfalls & jungle walks , rose valley , butterfly farms , strawberry farms , vegetable farms , mossy forest .... mostly related to freshness and beauty of nature .

We stayed at Hotel De La ferns . It is just 3 min drive from Tanah Rata and a 5 min drive to Brinchang . This hotel is ideally located between Tanah Rata and the golf course of Cameron Highlands . Named after the leafy green plant , the hotel stands out on the highlands with its exquisitely designed English tudor structure offering an exotic ambience in a local environment . It is not very far from another English design tudor structure hotel , the Ole Smoke House . This hotel strategically located just beside the famous steamboats restaurant , The Glory 78 and the convenience shops where you can buy souvenirs , goodies etc ....

Among the activities that we explored    :
1- driving up to Brinchang mountain ( 6,666 ft ) and exploring the Mossy forest ( Oldest forest )
2- visit Sungai Palas Boh Tea plantation and Bharat tea plantation at Tanah Rata  , really enjoyed the hot
   lemon grass tea and delicious brownies and scorne while watching the beautiful green scenery with a
   pampering mild winds blowing after your face .
3- visit Mardi Technology center , where you can find that they grows  grapes and apple  !
4- have a dinner at The Glory 78 restaurant , one of the famous steamboats restaurant in Cameron          Highlands.

In my opinion , Cameron Highlands really suitable for family outing and for the couple who wish to have their honeymoon or celebrate their anniversaries .

On  our route to Cameron Highland  , we follow North South PLUS highway , Simpang Pulai  and follow Raub , Bentong route on our back to our hometown .

As a conclusion , this is the best holidays ever that we spends in this truly Malaysian domestic holiday with the concept of " Highlands " , ....to have a truly experience like us .... follow our schedule ! and plan your highlands holiday today  !!


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On our way to Tanah rata , Cameron Highland ... towards our hotel location... The greens really awesome !

The entrance of our hotel

1st impression the hotel is very nice ...  english style !


the hotel compound

at the lobby

reading newspaper while waiting for check in

the watch model .......

the begs on the sofa


the clean bathroom

view from our room ... level 1

infront of the hotel

infront of " Ole Smoke House " hotel .. not very far from our hotel

the view really classic with beautiful green gardens

plus beautiful flowers too .... my boys

among the significance attractions in Cameron Highlands

a local shops near to our hotel for souvenirs

view of our hotel at evening

a  nice fresh strawberry fruits drinks

have a steamboats as our dinner

view of our steam boats fresh seafoods

The Glory 78 Steamboat Snack Corner .. worth to try.. the foods is nice  and just beside our hotel

Hotel De La Ferns ... the name of our hotel

view of Brinchang Mountain from our room

Sungai Palas tea BOH plantation

still early in the morning .. the weather is cold

another fresh view of the tea plantation

climbing up the Brinchang mountain

Welcome to the famous Mossy Forest

see the mossy tree

the background view of Perak state ... full of frost and mist !

the mossy tree ... really another dimension of view

at the highest peak ... 2000 meter

its cold  ... especially when the winds is blowing


all in a family ... infront of Mossy Forest signboard

Saturday 20 July 2013

First World Resort , Genting Highland .... theme park on the sky !

Resort World Genting (RWG ) is another theme park attraction in Malaysia . It is under same brands with Resort World Sentosa (RWS ) in Singapore but  RWG famous of his tagline " Fun at the peak " ie  it is situated at the highland whereas RWS on the island . The weather is more cooler over here and during night time it may drop to 15 degree C which make me remember of Everland in South Korea   You feel more comfortable and enjoyed the rides and attractions available at this theme parks with this kind of weather . By the way , the theme parks was divided into 2 ,  Genting outdoor theme park and First world indoor theme park . They comes with children rides , family rides and thrill rides . But the outdoor thrill rides are the one which really test your  adrenalin . Among others signature attractions are sky venture , flying coaster , Genting skyway and Snowworld .

I booked club world room for 2D1N stayed at the First World hotel . From my opinion this is the best hotel at Genting Highland . Since it is school holiday , there are so many guest and visitors either staying at the hotel or at the theme park . It is really recommended to buy the express pass or else you will wastng your time Q for the rides . Unfortunately . I bought the ticket from internet which is  cannot be add on for the express pass ! Really hope they do something on it for improvement !

The rest of the days , we really enjoyed the rides ( eventhough it is not all been covered due to long Q )  , watching the shows at times square and have a chance experiencing the snow world . Something to share , the real snow from my previous experienced visiting countries with 4 weathers , is not as cold as this place . We only managed to stay for 10 min at this attractions then we went out ... we just cannot stand the temperature .... they really push the temp to the negative limit inorder to create the snow !

There are a lot of eating places offer over here but it is a little bit pricy .  For muslim there are plenty of choices , just look for halal sign , order and have your meals .

So comes and enjoyed this theme park on the sky !!!!!!!!!!!!!!



LATEST  &  IMPORTANT INFORMATION  :

Resort World Genting ( RWG ) teams up with Twentieth Century Fox to revamp outdoor theme park . They will add 1,300 rooms at the resort with attractions to include a " Dream Parade " - a one-of-a-kind animatronics parade based on all the characters featured at the theme park - Ice Age , Alien , Predator , Life of Pi , Rio - which expected to spend at least RM 3bil over next five years .
The theme park , to be developed on a 10,12ha plot, will feature more than 25 rides and attractions, from media-based rides, thrill rides and dark rides to children's and water rides . The Genting outdoor theme park will be closed from Sept 1 this year to facilitate the construction of the theme park . The projected soft opening is scheduled for 2016


source : RWG website ...   rwgenting.com

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On our way to Genting Highland ... by car

another option ... by cable car or they called it , Genting Skyway

here we are ... the colouful First World resort !

inside the resort ... heavy traffic of peoples

view of the theme park and the resort ... outdoor


most of our time watching and Q ...

come girl ... we move to another attraction

Q here for almost 1 hour... future must choose Express ticket to cut short your Q

busy himself with photography

a view , nice to be capture

pirate ship ... not so many visitors over here 

walking out from the pirate ship

i would like to see dinosour

yes ! ... dinosour Island

at the lobby .. the temperature show 19 degree celcius

after check in ,  walking towards the lift

our spacious Club World room  .. 2 queen bed


the living room

view from our room .... you can see the frost outside !

the indoor theme park ... enjoyed ourself at the snowworld !
inside the snow world

the temperature really freezing !!

more shop lots at indoor theme park

we try this rides

another view 

the times square area

the deer rider

morning view ... at night , you can hear winds blowing and temp drops to 15 degree C

breakfast for 2 at the Club World lounge .. the highest floor 24th

view from the lounge ... the casino ( white building )

at the Club World lounge floor


at the lobby for check out

ready to leave our room

23rd floor ... very nice comfortable Club World room

view at 10 am before we left Genting Highland ... still frosty with cool wind blowing and low temp


BYE