Travel: Malaysia - General
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We are just back from Colmar and Genting. Colmar is really boring and rooms condition are ...... Doubt we will go back again. Genting for us is great fun (for adult and kids). The kids just love the theme park and the weather.
For those who don't have a touch and go card, you can still opt to go cash.
We were hit by TP shortly after clearing Tuas at 9plus on friday morning. Well... hubby asked if can settle and gave RMB 50. He went on to give us tips on other sites that are doing speed check for the day
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Hi, where to get the Touch and Go card?
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Went for a week driving holiday with a 21 car convoy to Bukit Merah Town Resort (BMTR), Cameron Highlands (CR) with my two young kids. wife and maid during the June school holidays. Stayed two days each in BMTR and CH. I extended the holidays to include an extra two-day stay at Kuala Lumpur.
a) BMTR – Located in Perak, it took more than nine hours to reach there. We started off at 6am and reached there at about 4pm. Took our meals at the NS Highway Yong Peng / Ayer Keroh / Rawang & Tapah R&R outlets. BMTR is a nice decent quiet resort located next to the Bukit Merah Lake. The hotels looks like old 4-storey army camps and the F&Bs outlets are limited. Not much to do at nite. The water resort is not bad though and is quite big. They have the usual wave-pool, slides and flow-pool similar to Sunway Lagoon. My kids love the chair lift and the eco-garden which I find interesting as you can see and pet some exotic animals like bear cats, squirrel monkeys… You can also see families of ducks wading in the lake waters. Very good for the children to learn abt nature. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see the main attraction Orang Utan Island due to the low water level which couldn’t take the ferry boat.
b) Cameron Highlands - Enroute to CH, we stop by at Ipoh town to do some shopping and bought some pomelos and ‘pong piah’ for my grannies back home. We took the Simpang Pulai route to Cameron Highland. The roads are good and wide and we get to see lots of scenic mountain views, forests and wide expanse of open space. We stayed at the Equatorial Hotel and from my 12th floor balcony, we could see the whole countryside view and enjoy the mountain sunrise and sunset. The mysterious grey mountain mists enveloping the mountains make good conversation topics with my kids……what is this and what is that??/ must be an eye opener for them!!
c) For dinner, we took the Hotel steamboat as we were too tired to drive out. At night the view is pitch dark with the occasional headlights of cars travelling along the winding slopes………very nice just to sit in the balcony and soak in the pitch dark, chilly and quiet countryside.
d) The next day, we took the half-day hotel guided tour and visited the Rose Garden, Butterfly Garden, Vegetable Farm, Honey Bee Farm, Boh Tea Plantation, and Strawberry Farm. Of these, only the Butterfly, Boh Tea and Strawberry Farms are worth visiting and the kids will love them, especially picking and eating strawberries straight from the trees.
e) In the evening, we drove to Tanah Rata and Brinchang which are small laid-back towns less than an hour drive from the hotel. Tanah Rata is a touristy town so we drove back to Brinchang to have our steamboat dinner (RM15/head) at a roadside stall. They have lots of fresh, crunchy and sweet vegetables which we really enjoy.
f) The next day, we drove from CH to Kuala Lumpur and stay at KL Renaissance Hotel for two days. Drove around KL and had dinner at the newly open mega Pavilion Shopping Centre at Bukit Bintang. There a giant Food Republic food court at the Basement which we had our dinner there.
g) On the second day, we drove to Genting Highlands and have fun at the amusement rides there. Took my kids to take the skytrain and they had a thrilling ride there. In the late afternoon, we drove back to KL and visited Jalan Petaling for some bargains. Had our dinner at Suria KLCC.
h) Enroute back to Singapore, we stopped by at Malacca and had lunch at Palahwan Markhota. Did some last minute shopping and finally reached Singapore at 7.30pm.
In summary, we had a great time for family bonding, the kids had many opportunities to see nature, visit the countryside, see exotic animals and had fun swimming and taking many thrilling rides. Now my kids are pestering me to go back again during Sept holidays!!! -
Went for a picnic in Kota Tinggi JB. About an hour drive (if not congested) after we passed by Woodland's custom. Turn out to be an easy drive although about 4 km before reaching the waterfall, the road is extremely secluded and zig zaggy (we are the only car). That four km zigzaggy road has no building nor lights so better leave the waterfall by 6 pm the latest.
When we reached the waterfall area, we were quite relief to see there are a few cars there including those carrying Singapore plate. Here the link to the waterfall site.
http://www.waterfallsofmalaysia.com/98kotatinggi.php
Word of caution. The rocks are full of algae, very slippery. A child going into the water must be tended by an adult, unless swimming at the pool area. -
EN:
I had wanted to go Kota Tinggi too, but many advised that it's crowded & dirty. Pls share more. Are there still many small fishes?Went for a picnic in Kota Tinggi JB. About an hour drive (if not congested) after we passed by Woodland's custom. Turn out to be an easy drive although about 4 km before reaching the waterfall, the road is extremely secluded and zig zaggy (we are the only car). That four km zigzaggy road has no building nor lights so better leave the waterfall by 6 pm the latest.
When we reached the waterfall area, we were quite relief to see there are a few cars there including those carrying Singapore plate. Here the link to the waterfall site.
http://www.waterfallsofmalaysia.com/98kotatinggi.php
Word of caution. The rocks are full of algae, very slippery. A child going into the water must be tended by an adult, unless swimming at the pool area. -
Hello eyktay
It’s not crowded at all. Overall, less than 20 cars on that day but then I reached the place at 3.30 pm. I went up to the top tier of the waterfall – beyond the “do not cross over sign” but with steps leading to the top most waterfall. It is eerily quiet & only a handful of people (literally deserted). At the bottom tier, it is more alive but not crowded. There are some very small fishes that can be seen. The place is clean, no rubbish strewn on the ground. Toilet is clean too. There are two toilets. The one I use is away from the slide. Can’t comment on the condition of the other one.
Of course the water quality of the stream can’t be compared to the non-tropical waterfall. Because of algae, growing on the rocks, the water appears greenish.
PS: Thanks for sharing the Desaru photos. I have seen them. Look like a nice place to go. Would you be able to comment if day trip to Desaru is recommended and how long is the drive to Desaru? -
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Thanks for sharing re Kota Tinggi! Sounds like it's still ok to plan a day trip there.Hello eyktay
It’s not crowded at all. Overall, less than 20 cars on that day but then I reached the place at 3.30 pm. I went up to the top tier of the waterfall – beyond the “do not cross over sign” but with steps leading to the top most waterfall. It is eerily quiet & only a handful of people (literally deserted). At the bottom tier, it is more alive but not crowded. There are some very small fishes that can be seen. The place is clean, no rubbish strewn on the ground. Toilet is clean too. There are two toilets. The one I use is away from the slide. Can’t comment on the condition of the other one.
Of course the water quality of the stream can’t be compared to the non-tropical waterfall. Because of algae, growing on the rocks, the water appears greenish.
PS: Thanks for sharing the Desaru photos. I have seen them. Look like a nice place to go. Would you be able to comment if day trip to Desaru is recommended and how long is the drive to Desaru?
Re Desaru, yes, it's fun la. But shld visit the fruit farm & fireflies. If day trip, doubt u can see the fireflies. Drive to Desaru is about 3-4hrs.... -
eyktay, just manage to download the picture of Kota Tinggi. Not much people as the picture is taken around 4-6 pm.
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxcTCG0
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxcTHFi -
EN:
eyktay, just manage to download the picture of Kota Tinggi. Not much people as the picture is taken around 4-6 pm...
Wah... nice! I've been wanting to drive up there for a long time already. -
winth:
Hi, where to get the Touch and Go card?
Hi Winth.. You can get it at Malaysia's custom... The officer will come to u & sell u the card.. It cost RM20.
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