South East Asia - Final part posted (on page 3, girl!)
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Jake
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Thanks for the comments so far!
Some of you may find this the most boring section of the TR, but i'm really into my skyscrapers and views so this was one of my favourite days. Plus, i've always had a secret obsession with the Petronas towers
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Day 5
I was supposed to visit Sunway Lagoon and the Caves on this day, but I massivley overslept so figured an afternoon/evening wandering around the city was a good idea. I'll also throw any random KL city photos from other days in here to pad it out a bit.
I got RapidKL (the metro) to KLCC (which I assume stands for Kuala Lumpur City Center, although the transport system here was confusing and poorly designed IMO, but I won't go into that!).
You are greeted by a cute park...
... then you turn round...
<3 <3 <3
It was BOILING so I couldn't hang around to take many photos, and planned to return in the evening.
From here, the KL Tower is visible, although the walk seemed like miles in the heat.
I opted for the 'nature walk' way of getting to the tower, which was on a hill (rather than the free shuttle bus).
Monkeyssss... but more of them in the next part
So, to fill the awkward moment of me being the only person waiting for the lift up the tower the guy started telling me about how this glass was from Iran...
'it's not crystal or anything, just normal glass'
way to excite me and pimp up where you work... LOL
The lift took under a minute to get up 1,000-odd-ft, resulting in popped ears.
Petronas towers from an angle
(the building which looks like twin towers but are connected lower down is Times Square, where Cosmo's World is).
By the time I got back to my hotel it had started to get dark, so I had just enough time to freshen up for some night-time petronas time.
Expecto Petronas!
moooooooonbridgeee (not pig)
Fin.
Some of you may find this the most boring section of the TR, but i'm really into my skyscrapers and views so this was one of my favourite days. Plus, i've always had a secret obsession with the Petronas towers
.Day 5
I was supposed to visit Sunway Lagoon and the Caves on this day, but I massivley overslept so figured an afternoon/evening wandering around the city was a good idea. I'll also throw any random KL city photos from other days in here to pad it out a bit
.I got RapidKL (the metro) to KLCC (which I assume stands for Kuala Lumpur City Center, although the transport system here was confusing and poorly designed IMO, but I won't go into that!).
You are greeted by a cute park...
... then you turn round...
<3 <3 <3
It was BOILING so I couldn't hang around to take many photos, and planned to return in the evening.
From here, the KL Tower is visible, although the walk seemed like miles in the heat.
I opted for the 'nature walk' way of getting to the tower, which was on a hill (rather than the free shuttle bus).
Monkeyssss... but more of them in the next part
So, to fill the awkward moment of me being the only person waiting for the lift up the tower the guy started telling me about how this glass was from Iran...
'it's not crystal or anything, just normal glass'
way to excite me and pimp up where you work... LOL
The lift took under a minute to get up 1,000-odd-ft, resulting in popped ears.
Petronas towers from an angle
(the building which looks like twin towers but are connected lower down is Times Square, where Cosmo's World is).
By the time I got back to my hotel it had started to get dark, so I had just enough time to freshen up for some night-time petronas time.
Expecto Petronas!
moooooooonbridgeee (not pig)
Fin.
Jake
Strata Poster
As you wish brad! Oh, and ed, i'm glad someone got it
Part 6
I was meant to do this the day before but overslept, so, here it is.
Sunway Lagoon is about 30 minutes from where I was staying in central Kuala Lumpur, and because taxis in Malaysia are so cheap, and it was hot, I was lazy and got a 30 minute taxi ride.
It was less than a fiver, on the meter, although you have to ask for the meter or you'll get ripped off (even though there is a sign on every taxi saying that haggling is prohibited).
Sunway Lagoon is a giant resort including hotels, casino's, a large shopping mall, an amusement park, a water park and a wildlife park.
Of course, I headed for the amusement park, to my annoyance that I had to purchase a ticket for all 3 'parks'... it was about £15 though so i'll survive!
You have to get a giant escalator down to the entrance, but have to go back up on the other side to get to the creds...
The scenery and theming was pretty good here, although it was pretty run down in places.
I gave the inverting ship a miss...
First cred (because the other wasn't open yet) here was the powered coaster, which of course was distinctly average and doesn't need a review
... the log flume looked pants too...
Map-porn
The map specifically for the amusement park
I then proceeded to the other cred, which had opened.
Soquet <3
It's american adventure all over again...
It was dodgy but FAB
Strange supports that don't touch the track...
It ACTUALLY had some quite fab airtime!
Good but run down theming
Exclusive-taken-without-permission-but-they-don't-care-here photo:
Photo of a carousel with post spite...
I got bored of the amusement park and headed for the wildlife park, seeing as i'd paid for it and all...
I want one <3
Exoticness
I especially like the next two plants...
Everyone says this is nice, but I think it's REALLY tacky:
Across the lake, more run-down-but-good-once-upon-a-time stuff...
This isn't cruel/irrelevant whatsoever;
After an hour or so i'd had enough and headed to the batu caves, and took a couple of pics of the waterpark on the way out.
This slide looked cool...
I PROMISE I don't take photos around semi naked children very often!
I walked through the mall on the way out. Naturally, I walked through the M <3
Ice Rink
...and the most pointless ferris wheel EVER
View from the carpark/smoking area:
As the park was on the very south of the suburbs and the Batu caves were just outside the city, but the north, the taxi ride was nearly an hour, and only cost about a tenner! If taxis were that cheap here my life would be complete...
According to the taxi driver this is the parliament building... not very impressive.
The caves look great as soon as you step out the cab/bus/limo/caravan or whatever else you may be travelling in.
As monkeys like food, and tourists have food, the steps were littered with crazy wild monkeys that would do anything in their power to gain ownership of whatever you had on you (I even saw someone get attacked for a bottle of water). Thus, I made sure I had nothing interesting on me as I don't want diseases...
(don't ask what that white stuff is... i'm not into beastiality so have no idea!)
baby monkey <3
From behind.
(your minds are filthy, these caves are religious!)
I then did a bit of caving myself...
religion
On the way out I managed to capture action photos of a monkey LUNGING at some people <3
It's looking... they're looking...
Attack! You can see them almost crapping themselves too <3
I'll end this part with the view from the top of the steps, looking towards KL
Fin
Part 6
I was meant to do this the day before but overslept, so, here it is.
Sunway Lagoon is about 30 minutes from where I was staying in central Kuala Lumpur, and because taxis in Malaysia are so cheap, and it was hot, I was lazy and got a 30 minute taxi ride
.It was less than a fiver, on the meter, although you have to ask for the meter or you'll get ripped off (even though there is a sign on every taxi saying that haggling is prohibited).
Sunway Lagoon is a giant resort including hotels, casino's, a large shopping mall, an amusement park, a water park and a wildlife park.
Of course, I headed for the amusement park, to my annoyance that I had to purchase a ticket for all 3 'parks'... it was about £15 though so i'll survive!
You have to get a giant escalator down to the entrance, but have to go back up on the other side to get to the creds...
The scenery and theming was pretty good here, although it was pretty run down in places.
I gave the inverting ship a miss...
First cred (because the other wasn't open yet) here was the powered coaster, which of course was distinctly average and doesn't need a review
... the log flume looked pants too...
Map-porn
The map specifically for the amusement park
I then proceeded to the other cred, which had opened.
Soquet <3
It's american adventure all over again...
It was dodgy but FAB
Strange supports that don't touch the track...
It ACTUALLY had some quite fab airtime!
Good but run down theming
Exclusive-taken-without-permission-but-they-don't-care-here photo:
Photo of a carousel with post spite...
I got bored of the amusement park and headed for the wildlife park, seeing as i'd paid for it and all...
I want one <3
Exoticness
I especially like the next two plants...
Everyone says this is nice, but I think it's REALLY tacky:
Across the lake, more run-down-but-good-once-upon-a-time stuff...
This isn't cruel/irrelevant whatsoever;
After an hour or so i'd had enough and headed to the batu caves, and took a couple of pics of the waterpark on the way out.
This slide looked cool...
I PROMISE I don't take photos around semi naked children very often!
I walked through the mall on the way out. Naturally, I walked through the M <3
Ice Rink
...and the most pointless ferris wheel EVER
View from the carpark/smoking area:
As the park was on the very south of the suburbs and the Batu caves were just outside the city, but the north, the taxi ride was nearly an hour, and only cost about a tenner! If taxis were that cheap here my life would be complete...
According to the taxi driver this is the parliament building... not very impressive.
The caves look great as soon as you step out the cab/bus/limo/caravan or whatever else you may be travelling in.
As monkeys like food, and tourists have food, the steps were littered with crazy wild monkeys that would do anything in their power to gain ownership of whatever you had on you (I even saw someone get attacked for a bottle of water
). Thus, I made sure I had nothing interesting on me as I don't want diseases...
(don't ask what that white stuff is... i'm not into beastiality so have no idea!)
baby monkey <3
From behind.
(your minds are filthy, these caves are religious!)
I then did a bit of caving myself...
religion
On the way out I managed to capture action photos of a monkey LUNGING at some people <3
It's looking... they're looking...
Attack! You can see them almost crapping themselves too <3
I'll end this part with the view from the top of the steps, looking towards KL
Fin
Jake
Strata Poster
Part 7
This was my last proper day in Malaysia, and it was being spent at the Genting Highlands resort.
I had already booked my bus/park entry for an amazing £10. The bus took about an hour, and went from KL Central
The bus drops you off at the foot of the gondola lift called 'Genting Skyway', which is neaely 4km long! This sign was chilling out in the station;
Every time you reach the top of a hill more and more just appears... it lasted about 15 minutes.
Once at the top, I appeared to be in a cloud. The pattern of being able to see fine and not being able to see more than a few feet changed throughout the day... more of that later.
I'll start with Flying Dragon, which was closed all day spite.
It didn't look hopeful. They gave it a colonic and it still wouldn't budge!
Shame, as it looked fab in a messed up way...
Nearly in tears from missing a cred, I cheered myself up on the Volare, which was an upcharge (the outrage!) of about £2.
Naturally, it was HORRIBLE. Although, it broke down shortly after me riding and was closed for the rest of the day, so I'm lucky in a twisted, perverted way...
What's that coming over the hill, is it a vekoma? is it a vekoma?
Again, it was putrid.
Next up was the Pinfari. I think it might have been the first cred in malaysia or something?
Then suddenly... clouds passed through and I couldn't see any of the creds!
Once it had cleared and I could see again, I grabbed my mine train cred, which was actually pretty cool. Although, the park was designed badly and I had to walk through a shopping center to get to it!
I had all the creds from the outdoor park, so headed into the indoor park. The theming was actually REALLY good in here, and was themed to various global cities.
London
Paris
Venice
In this one I can spot New York amongst other things...
The coaster was called 'euro express', and oddly enough goes around the european section.
They had their own petronas towers!
Near the coasters entrance area there were big windows with views across the park;
Time for some random park photos...
^(do you think energizer batteries are a sponsor, by any chance?)
Dark ride, which I didn't bother with, although it's probably fab...
Entrance plaza
It started pissing it down, so I got the cable car back down to earth, which was TERRIFYING.
I then spent the last night in my hotel (which I stayed in after checking out of the hostel after one night, as it was foul)... the view:
After a good lie in, the whole day was spent on a bus back to Singapore, for my flight back to Heathrow the following day. It was quite luxorious for a coach <3
COMING HOME
My a380 <3
The route
So in all... this trip was amazing. It's the first time i've travelled on my own, and I was slightly anxious beforehand, but it really isn't difficult at all. There are moments where you want to talk to someone, but if you stay in hostels you are free to natter away and go off with people if you want to, but also have some 'me' time if you're not in the mood.
Note: Singapore is a great place to start in Asia, as the british influences prevent it from being overwhelming. It really isn't that different, but it is at the same time... <3.
Thanks for reading!
This was my last proper day in Malaysia, and it was being spent at the Genting Highlands resort.
I had already booked my bus/park entry for an amazing £10. The bus took about an hour, and went from KL Central
The bus drops you off at the foot of the gondola lift called 'Genting Skyway', which is neaely 4km long! This sign was chilling out in the station;
Every time you reach the top of a hill more and more just appears... it lasted about 15 minutes.
Once at the top, I appeared to be in a cloud. The pattern of being able to see fine and not being able to see more than a few feet changed throughout the day... more of that later.
I'll start with Flying Dragon, which was closed all day spite.
It didn't look hopeful. They gave it a colonic and it still wouldn't budge!
Shame, as it looked fab in a messed up way...
Nearly in tears from missing a cred, I cheered myself up on the Volare, which was an upcharge (the outrage!) of about £2.
Naturally, it was HORRIBLE. Although, it broke down shortly after me riding and was closed for the rest of the day, so I'm lucky in a twisted, perverted way...
What's that coming over the hill, is it a vekoma? is it a vekoma?
Again, it was putrid.
Next up was the Pinfari. I think it might have been the first cred in malaysia or something?
Then suddenly... clouds passed through and I couldn't see any of the creds!
Once it had cleared and I could see again, I grabbed my mine train cred, which was actually pretty cool. Although, the park was designed badly and I had to walk through a shopping center to get to it!
I had all the creds from the outdoor park, so headed into the indoor park. The theming was actually REALLY good in here, and was themed to various global cities.
London
Paris
Venice
In this one I can spot New York amongst other things...
The coaster was called 'euro express', and oddly enough goes around the european section.
They had their own petronas towers!
Near the coasters entrance area there were big windows with views across the park;
Time for some random park photos...
^(do you think energizer batteries are a sponsor, by any chance?)
Dark ride, which I didn't bother with, although it's probably fab...
Entrance plaza
It started pissing it down, so I got the cable car back down to earth, which was TERRIFYING.
I then spent the last night in my hotel (which I stayed in after checking out of the hostel after one night, as it was foul)... the view:
After a good lie in, the whole day was spent on a bus back to Singapore, for my flight back to Heathrow the following day. It was quite luxorious for a coach <3
COMING HOME
My a380 <3
The route
So in all... this trip was amazing. It's the first time i've travelled on my own, and I was slightly anxious beforehand, but it really isn't difficult at all. There are moments where you want to talk to someone, but if you stay in hostels you are free to natter away and go off with people if you want to, but also have some 'me' time if you're not in the mood.
Note: Singapore is a great place to start in Asia, as the british influences prevent it from being overwhelming. It really isn't that different, but it is at the same time... <3.
Thanks for reading!
Nic
Strata Poster
Amazing! A thoroughly entertaining read throughout. Although the parks don't actually look all that, it certainly looks like an interesting places. I'm interested that you mentioned Fabapore to be a good place to start in Asia. I've always been quite hesitant about going to Asia, but at the same time would love to.... both because it's so different to here. Will definately consider Singapore once I can get some spare cash together though
Wow, fantastic trip report Jake! Great read from start to finish. So jealous as the majority of the places you went look beautiful and exotic.
The signs seem to all be in English (from what I can see in your pics). Is it quite easy to navigate around etc without knowing the local language? That's one thing I've always wondered about that part of Asia, is it like Paris where most people understand the basics of the English language etc?
The signs seem to all be in English (from what I can see in your pics). Is it quite easy to navigate around etc without knowing the local language? That's one thing I've always wondered about that part of Asia, is it like Paris where most people understand the basics of the English language etc?
Jake
Strata Poster
Well... they're both ex-colony so still retain some britishness. They both drive on the left for a start!
Singapore is more so... everything was in English (even the announcements on the MRT... I guess it's a bit of a melting pot so english is their common language), and most people I approached could speak decent English, if not fluent.
People in KL wern't as good as the Singaporeans, but they really did make the effort, and were REALLY friendly like the Singaporeans. Hell, I dropped some money on the floor (it was only about a quid) and these two kids ran after me to give it back to me... i'd like to see that happen in Morocco.
So yeah, it's really easy to navigate. If you don't mind flying that far for just two places, i'd reccomend it (of course, you could add somewhere else in like Thailand or Indonesia to make it slightly more worthwhile... although I thought 2 countries was enough).
Singapore is more so... everything was in English (even the announcements on the MRT... I guess it's a bit of a melting pot so english is their common language), and most people I approached could speak decent English, if not fluent.
People in KL wern't as good as the Singaporeans, but they really did make the effort, and were REALLY friendly like the Singaporeans. Hell, I dropped some money on the floor (it was only about a quid) and these two kids ran after me to give it back to me... i'd like to see that happen in Morocco
.So yeah, it's really easy to navigate. If you don't mind flying that far for just two places, i'd reccomend it (of course, you could add somewhere else in like Thailand or Indonesia to make it slightly more worthwhile... although I thought 2 countries was enough).
An absolute inspiring and amazing trip report. I don't really have much else to add (apart from the usual "I wish I did that when I was younger" and "looks like you had a nice time" comments), but I just wanted to stop by and comment because this report is fab. Mega fab.
Great trip report. I really enjoyed reading it and wished I could have gone. VERY jealous!
There is so much to comment on. I can't believe the monkey steps, LOL! Or the hotel roof top swimming pool in Singapore. Both places look amazing and looks like an amazing trip. The caves remind me of Tomb Raider, they look amazing. I've always thought Supersonic Odyssey looks great as well. So jealous you've been on it!
Once again looks like an amazing trip and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, despite major jealousy.
xxx
There is so much to comment on. I can't believe the monkey steps, LOL! Or the hotel roof top swimming pool in Singapore. Both places look amazing and looks like an amazing trip. The caves remind me of Tomb Raider, they look amazing. I've always thought Supersonic Odyssey looks great as well. So jealous you've been on it!
Once again looks like an amazing trip and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, despite major jealousy.
xxx
Uncle Arly
Strata Poster
What a brilliant trip report. I found the non-park parts more interesting as it's a place I've always been keen to visit.
Well done, I could never do something like that on my own!
Well done, I could never do something like that on my own!
