Malaysia Trip: Day 1 (Genting)

Went for a trip to Malaysia on the Deepavali / Hari Raya Puasa holiday week from 31st Oct to 5th Nov... Was supposed to be there for 3 days but last minute extended my stay til Saturday... Got up at around 530am on the day, washed up, had breakfast then went down to take a cab to pick XY up to go board the coach at Golden Mile at around 630am...

The coach was supposed to leave at 730am but it came about 15 minutes late... The coach then travel to Tuas Second Link, to think that this is my 1st time crossing the custom at this checkpoint.... Then, the bus travel for about 1.5 hours before stopping by at Yong Peng... me and XY grabbed a bite at the place before the journey resumed... Journey was smooth throughout although the bus was rather jerky... However juz before reaching KL, there was a slight traffic jam...

By the time the bus arrived at the Puduraya Bus Terminal in KL, it was nearly 2pm... then went to buy the bus ticket to go up to Genting which is at 3pm... In the meantime, had lunch at the bus terminal... The journey up Genting was less than an hour and by the time we reached the Lower Genting Skyway station, it was already past 4pm... But then we were still quite blur when we arrived, dunno where to go or where our hotel is... Then asked direction from the police at there who said that there is a free shuttle bus going to our hotel... But the bus would only leave at ard 5pm, so we decided to take a cab down instead... The 1st driver quoted RM30 to bring us there which we promptly refused... Finally settled for RM15 with another driver...

So we managed to reach our hotel, Awana Genting Highlands Golf & Country Resort... Waited quite a while for check-in, at the same time got a F & E package coupon from the reception which entitles us to some free meals, skyway rides and discounts... After putting all our barang barang, decided to go up to the top of the highlands... however we would still need to take the shuttle bus back to the Lower Skyway Station, which the next one is at 615pm, as we juz miss the 515pm bus...

It has been a while since I have come to Genting, so much changes have occurred since then... went jalan jalan for a while and planning what we shall or can do the next day over here... Settle down for dinner at ard 730pm at First World Cafe... There was much variety in the buffet, but he food was so-so... however I liked the dessert on offer which was barley with coconut milk...

Then after dinner, continue to explore First World Plaza further... went into the arcade to play a few games as well... Managed to get a map of the theme park (indoor and outdoor) from the information counter and decided to spent the next day at the outdoor theme park... Finally took the skyway back down and caught the last shuttle bus back to our hotel...