Genting Highlands & Bukit Tinggi on a Merdeka Day 2014

Sharing some spots to visit in Pahang... 

1. Ride the Skyway to Genting Highlands Resort

2 way ride: 12 myr

Genting Skyway

 Cool view from the top, cold! 

The outdoor theme park is still under construction so there's not so much to see in the resort.  I heard it will be finished by 2016, let's wait and see.  For the meantime, you can enjoy the cafes, casino and indoor theme park. 

2. Drop by Strawberry farm where you can experience strawberry picking or just enjoy the lavender, daisies, and other colorful flowers.

Strawberries

Surrounded by the beautiful flowers

Lavenders 

Rubber boots are made into pots

3. Make a quick stop at the Chocolate Factory for some free treats and take advantage of their promos.  I recommend the green tea and tiramisu with almond flavored chocolates. 

4. From Gotong Jaya (where the Chocolate Factory is), catch a taxi going to Chin Swee Caves (be careful of rip off taxi drivers, they shouldn't charge you more than 15 myr).  

Tip: if you are in Genting Highlands Resort, get the free shuttle from Resorts World it will take you directly to the temple. Try their vegetarian restaurant at the 11th floor. 

The ten chambers or hell

5. You can travel another 40km to Bukit Tinngi where you can visit a very beautiful French Village, the Colmar Tropicale. Before going inside the village, take the shuttle bus going to the Japanese Garden where you can enjoy the cold breezy weather while taking a walk along the botanical garden. 

Entrance ticket to Colmar Tropicale including Japanese Garden @ 12 myr. 

Japanese Village & Botanical Garden

Japanese Tea Garden ~ Bukit Tinngi 

Don't miss the 12:00 show of the beautiful Russian ladies at the center of the French Village. 

After the show you can go around the village to take a close look at the French inspired structures. 

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TOASTED in KUAH

The Famous Emblem of Langkawi

Kuah!!! The shopping haven of Langkawi because of its Duty Free Shops scattered all over the place.  After a 2 day holiday spent in Cenang, our final day in Langkawi was originally planned for window shopping and some "actual" purchasing but we visited in a time where most Muslim businessmen and women are on a holiday because it's the Hari Raya Aidil Fitri- the day that marks the end of the Ramadan, the end of their fasting, which means it's like the New Year for them where they get to celebrate it with their loved ones.  So, as much as we want to explore the different shops and restaurants, we just contented ourselves dining in Mc Donald's, coffee at Starbucks, window shopping in the limited Duty Free Shops opened, visited the Lagenda Park and the Eagle Square. 

If ever you visit Malaysia on a holiday and you can't dine anywhere because it's closed, run to the nearest Mc Donalds, I assure you they are open. 

The Langkawi Fair 

One of the many shops inside the biggest Duty Free shops in Langkawi where I bought a ring to be added to my collection. 

The Lagenda Park

The Lagenda Park is a nice quiet park if only not for the scorching heat.  I heard they charge 5 MYR for the entrance but when we got there, the ticket counter was closed but the gate was opened. So we just entered and had a look of what's inside. 

This is the entrance of Lagenda Park where you can see a big map of the many islands of MY.

The park has four man-made lakes where Kois freely swim.  Further up a hill is a big statue of a hand as if it just break its way out of the ground.  

The Clasped Giant Hands 

This has an interesting legend which I read somewhere, let me share it with you... 

"This one represents the story of the two giants Mat Cincang and Mat Raya who were once best of friends. But during the wedding of one's son with the daughter of the other, they got involved into a fierce fight with each other when a lighting suddenly struck from the sky turning them into stones. The sculpture of clasped hands signifies that Mat Raya is trying to fend off Mat Cincang."

Just around 500 meters away from the Lagenda Park is the Eagle Square where the emblem of Langkawi stands at 12m high, a huge reddish brown eagle (Brahminy Kite Eagle) where they got the name of Langkawi.  From 2 Malay words: "helang" ~ eagle and kawi: brown. 

 The Eagle Square

If ever you plan on having a shopping galore in Kuah, don't go on a holiday like this, or else you'd be disappointed. 

And, if you wanna walk under the scorching heat, get ready to be toasted especially if you do it in the middle of the day. 

An hour Jetty ride away is the town of Kuala Perlis where you can catch the bus going back to KL. If you still have time, while waiting for your bus, you can visit the Muslim Mosque just near the Jetty port. It's a unique one since it is built on water.

Masjid Al-Hussain- Kuala Perlis (Masjid Terapung)

Fishing in Kuala Perlis