Nuya's Travelogue: April 2011

Genting Highland March 2011, Day 1

We took the 9.30 PM Grassland Royal VIP bus to Genting Highland and finally reached Genting at 5.30 AM :D

The first thing we did is to go to the Resort Hotel to get our queue number for check-in

After getting the queue number and deposited our luggages, we walked to the Mc Donalds at Genting hotel

Our hot Milo drinks at Mc Donalds. Time is 6 AM.. lol.. so early..

After breakfast, we walked around while waiting for the hotel check-in at 11.30 AM. The view outside Genting Hotel lobby.. Still very dark outside :D

We were feeling tired so we went to First World hotel lobby sat there and ended up dozing off till about 8 AM.. lol..still so early.. After the short nap, we seemed to finally regained our energy to kick start the day.. haha..

Since there is still about 2 hours to spare before the check-in, we decided to go for dim Sum :)

Hot tea for the cold weather

Left: Prawn with Chinese Chive Chee Cheong Fun
Right: Yam Puff

Egg Tart

Finally we managed to check in at around 11.15 AM! So happy.. lol..

Our nice spacious deluxe bedroom at Resort Hotel

Left: Nice relaxing corner
Right: My comfy bed ^^

Left: Safe Box
Right: Water boiler and tea cups

Left: Writing desk
Right: TV set

Our booking

Misty view from the room

Hot milo :)

We took the free shuttle van to the Mushroom farm for dinner

Note to self: there are 2 restaurant at the mushroom farm, 香菇园海鲜饭店 and 美景海鲜饭店

You need to know which shuttle van to take to visit the different restaurant which is just next door to each other.

For 香菇园海鲜饭店, the shuttle van is numbered 9100 (Tel: 03-6101 2864)
For 美景海鲜饭店, the shuttle van is numbered 9919, 1226, 8346, 5135 (Tel: 03-61012566)

(I didn’t know the differences until we reached there.. sob sob.. too late )

Personally, I have tried both and will definitely recommend 香菇园海鲜饭店!

Simple settings

We took the wrong van so had to settle at 美景. Food is just so-so.. sad..

After dinner, we took the shuttle back to our hotel

View from our room. The iconic Genting Hotel light. It has been there since I was still a little blur kid.. lol..

Left: Earth Hour Poster
Right: All the hotels are FULL for the night! Amazing.. Even for the 5000 rooms First World Hotel.

We end the night with visit to Karaoke! :D Sang for 3 hours.. no voices left by the end of the night.. lol..

Total damage: RM140.. exp..

Genting Highland March 2011, Day 2

Good morning Genting!! Rise and Shine

We started our day with breakfast at OldTown coffee shop located at basement 5 of our hotel

Left: Soft boiled eggs
Right: Nasi Lemak

Left: Xi Mut Milk Tea
Right: Kaya and Butter Thick Toast

After breakfast, we went to watch “World Invasion” which is the only decent movie to watch, really.. lol

After the movie, we walked around First World hotel

Indoor Theme Park with some eateries spread across the area

Outdoor view of the First World Hotel

The Spiderman ‘Roller coaster’. You have to be on your back to take this ride. I have not tried it.. I don’t know why.. lol

Here’s my precious.. lol.. Had a fun time taking pix using both the Lumix GF1 and iPhone for this trip. Am posting a mixture of pix from both devices this time.. :) So fun to do that..

We had our late lunch at the nearby Hou Mei chinese restaurant. Food is so-so

Left: Sugarcane drink
Right: Porridge and Beansprout dish

Their supposedly signature chicken rice. I seriously hope they can improve on it.. I actually see quite a lot of people ordering it. (But then again, we are all tourists, most of us are not regulars customers)