Preface:
We had our Family Overseas Vacation Last week. It was much
awaited and came to reality after Air Asia Announced their 5th Anniversary
Offer on November 2013. My Daddy is most interested to see Singapore hence I
Booked Tickets for Kuala Lumpur. Schedule Journey is on Sep 13-18, 2014. Yes It
was big gap from the date of booking to date of Journey.
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Real Experience |
I booked 8 Tickets and
we all set to go Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Then My Brother Marriage got
Engaged and Booker another separate ticket for his fiancée. ( Before Marriage J ). I discussed with
Make My Trip, Balmer Lawrie, Cox & Kings and Thomas Cook Also with Separate
Tour Operators in Singapore & Kula Lumpur. I received Positive response
from Balmer Lawrie, Cox & Kings and Local Abroad Tour Operators. I avoided
Local Abroad Tour Operators due to Disconnect and Trust issue. Cox & Kings
Quoted 30% higher than Balmer Lawrie for the same Itinerary. So I decided to go
with Balmer Lawrie which is Govt of India Enterprise. We all applied for Visa
and received the same with a suspense of uncertainty. We started our Tour on
Sep 13, 2014.
Day 1 – Sep 13, 2014:
We are Total 9 persons but Two groups. One group is ( My bro and
Bro Wife) going for their Honey Moon which is planned only in Malaysia. Another
Group ( Me, Priya, Abhinav, My Mom, My dad, Priya’s Uncle and Priya’s Aunty) is
going for their Overseas Vacation which is planned in Malaysia and Singapore.
Our Air Asia flight took off on time and many of the group persons cleared their maiden
flight / maiden overseas flight.
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At Trichy Airport |
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Inside AirAsia Flight |
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At KLIA 2 |
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At KLIA2 |
We started at 925am from Trichy, India and
reached 355pm at Kuala Lumpur. Meet and greet was missing but the fellow left
with Welcome message and Driver contact number. Immediately got Malaysia Sim card from Maxis which is available at Airport arrivals gate. Maxis has good plans
than cellcom. Driver took Meet and Greet responsibility and took us to Hotel.
Honeymoon group went to Domestic Departure for their Langkawi flight. Driven
Kannan explained well about his country, his origin, Palm tree, Putrjaya city
and KL people & Life style. Even we talked about Real Estate….
We stayed in Hotel Sentral Pudu which is very near to
Berjaya Times Square ( Big Mall, Mono station, Singapore Coach Pick up
place….).
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View From Room |
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At Berjaya Times Square |
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Selfie @ Room |
Room is really good and neat & We had better View. Had dinner in Muslim Restaurant near by
Times Square.
Day 2 – Sep 14, 2014:
Hotel Breakfast is
like half European ( Corn flakes, Bread Toast, Coffee / Tea), Quarter Chinese
& Malay. Had breakfast for Stomach
not for Tongue. My father had hard time to digest those food by seeing itself.
Picked up at hotel for Singapore travel by Starmart Coach which is really good
in terms of Big Seat with inbuilt Massager, Fully Air Conditioned and Very high
suspension.
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At Starmart Coach |
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Selfie @ Starmart |
Reached Singapore by 315pm after exit immigration at Malaysia and
Entry immigration at Singapore. Checked in at Hotel Cultural and left Luggage
immediately for Sentosa Tour. My Friend Vignesh Kanna met us in Hotel with his
wife and kid. He gave us Bag full of Snacks and Singapore currency for our
Expenses. Cable Car ride enjoyed by all of us. It provided Hawkish view of
Island. Then we had our Late Lunch at 430 in Subway ( luckily they had Veg
Pattie). Under water world is really amazing place with different Sea Living
things, Corals and much more live
species. Dolphin Lagoon is fantastic but it should be renamed as Sea Lion
(Seal) Lagoon show.
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On Travellator @ Underwate World |
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Testing Shark Teeth |
80% performance contribution by Two Sea Lions. 20%
contributed by 3 Dolphins. Had some time at Beach station. Wings of Time is mix
of Laser Show, Dancing fountains, Live Graphics Projection with theme/concept
on open air where sea breeze hits us.
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Wings of Time Show @ Sentosa Island |
The Show was great though it began with
little noisy. Had Superb dinner at Jewels of India Restaurant.
Day 3 – Sep 15, 2014:
After Hotel Breakfast, We all had Mini City tour Viz:
Merlion Park in fulletron road, Singapore Office Buildings, F1 Race tracks
& Stadium, China town, Little India and Shree Mari amma Temple ( Built
1827). Weather helped a lot to us for roaming around for Photo snaps.
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At Merilion Park |
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So thirsty Abhinav |
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Taller than Skyscrapper |
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Shree Maha Mariamman Temple (1827) |
Then we
all reached Universal Studio, Singapore by 1130Am. It was already crowded and
we were standing in Long Queue for each Rides. Though My Father and Priya Uncle
& aunt are 60+ in their age, they all had fun with almost all rides. Total
world in theme parks are 7 ( Hollywood, Sci-fi city, New york, Ancient Egypt, Lost
world, far Far away and Madagascar).
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Dino's Dentist |
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Infront of Far Far Away |
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Happy After Shrek 4D |
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Liberty of Statue @ Singapore |
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Despicable Pair |
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Universal Globe |
Abhinav had restriction on certain rides
due to his height (102 vs required of 112). We all Enjoyed
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Transformer 3D |
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Revenge of Mummy |
TRANSFORMERS The Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle, Accelerator, Revenge of
Mummy, Lights, Camera, Action!™ Hosted by Steven Spielberg, Sesame Street
Spaghetti Space Chase, Canopy Flyer™, Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure™, Shrek
4-D Adventure, Enchanted Airways, and Madagascar: A Crate Adventure. All rides
are great and very thrilling and fun filled except Space chase. The great point
is “ after 530pm, there are very very less participants in each ride and you
can enjoy your favorite ride multiple times during this time”. Me, Priya and Abhinav
enjoyed Transformer ride Twice. We all lost our energy almost and running on
reserve J.
Again Dinner at Jewels of India Restaurant at Little India, My Dad enjoyed “rasam
as Soup”.
Day 4 – Sep 16, 2014:
We checked out Cultural Hotel, Singapore and dropped at
Starmart Coach Station @ Golden Mile Complex. Abhinav ticket was forcefully
bought due to his age above 2 years, finally it was reimbursed by my Malaysia
Tour agent.
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Relaxing between Long Stretch |
The journey was faster than onward and reached 120pm 2 Kuala
Lumpur. Immigration at both countries went faster. But Our Taxi failed to pick
up us on time. Had Lunch at Same Muslim Restaurant. My bro and his wife joined
us from their Langkawi trip. Relaxed at Hotel Sentral Pudu for a while and we
started our Kuala Lumpur Night Tour. We spent some time in China Town, Shree
Mari Amman Temple, KL Tower and Petronas Tower. We had our dinner at Atmosphere
360 Revolving restaurant which is at KL
Tower ( 250m above ground).
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KL Tower @ Night View |
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Petronas @ Night View |
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Scallop, Mussel and Salmon @ Atmosphere 360 |
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Mari Amman Temple, Singapore |
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Prawns Ready to Go |
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After Dinner @ Revolving Resturant |
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Taller than Petronas |
All elevators shows your floor Number whereas here
it shows in Meters J.
Abhinav and Me enjoyed Mussel, Scallop, Oyester, Tiger Prawn, Salmon and Crab
at restaurant which provided hawkish view of Kuala Lumpur City and its beauty.
Took 30 minutes at Petronas Tower Photo shoot. Reached hotel at 1110PM.
Day 5 – Sep 17, 2014:
We started for Bathu Caves and Genting Highlands. Reached 400
million years old Bathu Caves by 11AM and My Mom decided not to climb 350 steps
due to her joint pain. Monkeys robbed many peoples water bottle, Banana,
Flowers…etc. 42.7m tall Lord Murugan reveals his calmness and beauty. The
Mountain is very steep and really exhausted upon climbing. We all had good
darshan and blessings from Lord Murugan.
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Abhinav with Traditional Costume |
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Lord Murugan @ Bathu Caves |
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Inside the Cave |
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After Darshan @ Dark Cave Entry |
Abhinav played with Pigeon herd by chasing
, feeding and touching. Then we started for genting Highlands, stopped at
another Muslim restaurant for Lunch. We all had Dosa. Genting is 1800 meters of
elevation and we stopped for Asia’s Longest Cable car which is 3.38Km Long with
Scenic View of Misty Mountains at throw away price of just 6 ringgits. Then Abhinav
enjoyed all Indoor theme park rides and we all had fun in Snow world which is
maintained at -5°C. Since my Mom interested in Monorail Journey, we were
dropped at End station of MonoRail and had Complete ride on it. It was very
good upto two stops then, It becomes fully crowded. We spent some time in
Berjaya Times Square mall and did some shopping.
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Awaiting for Our Cabin |
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Inside Skyway |
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Selfie @ First World |
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@ Snow world |
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@ Berjaya Times Square Mall |
We had Dinner at same Muslim restaurant.
Slept at Hotel for our early wakeup due to Early Morning flight.
Day 6 – Sep 18, 2014:
We were dropped at KLIA2 Airport with packed breakfast from
Hotel. Our Bottled waters are dropped in bin at Security clearance whereas
Breakfast was allowed. We booked total weight of Luggage for 80KG; Actual
Luggage weight is at 79.3KG. Enjoyed our flight from KL to Trichy. Landed on
time but with jerky landing.
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View from UtchiPillayar Temple |
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So Happy After seeing his Favourite God |
Spent two days (Sep 18 and 19) in Trichy by visiting following temples.
- Brahmapureeswarar
Temple, Thirupattur
- Samyapuram Mariamman Temple
- Sri Rangam Rangamannar
- Thiruvanaika Temple ( Neer Sthalam)
- Thaymanuvar Temple
- Utchi Pillayar Temple
Reached Chennai on Sep 20, 2014 by Rockfort Express.
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