Summer MAY 2011 : Singapore and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Enjoyed a cross-country trip with Dianne, Apple, Kath, Fred, Hazel, Stan, and Pam.

Met Hazel and Fred at Kota Kinabalu on May 6. We stayed at King Park hotel.

Itinerary included white water rafting at Kiulu River, located in the Tampuruli district and Kinabalu Park and Poring Hot Spring tour at Mt. Kinabalu. The tour was with EXOTIC ADVENTURE . Frankly, it was fun because of the company and not the actual tours. The rafting was tamer compared to our CDO rafting and the hot spring was a disappointment. Poring Hot Spring had small tiled pools with faucets. Not the nature-like pools we were expecting.

It was the island hopping tour that redeemed the Kota Kinabalu trip. Manukan island had lots of activities to offer, including a costly underwater "scuba diving" activity.

And the beach was very nice, with it's white sand and calm waters. Boracay sand is still whiter and finer, though.

A short flight afterwards and we were in Singapore! Stayed at Traveller's Inn which had a common restroom but was clean and nice enough for our short stay. Being near Lavender's MRT station was a plus as well.

Universal Studio's The Mummy Returns ride was so fun that we had to take the ride twice.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - February 2010

Just a few notes of our KL trip last Feb. 2010

Cebu Pacific tix - can't remember how much and can't open the mdi file for the ticket

Stayed at Legend Hotel for 3 nights:
ROOM 1
Room Type: Superior-Room
Type of bed: Twin x 2
Number of adults: 3
Arrival Date: February 19, 2010, 8 pm
Departure Date: February 22, 2010
Stay: 3 Night
non smoking room

Pricing per night
1 Night: 313 MYR
2 Night: 313 MYR
3 Night: 313 MYR

There's a buffet breakfast with our room! Yay!

Went to Genting Highlands with the following directions:
1. Hotel, to RapidKL (station adjacent to the hotel was the PWTC station)
2. PWTC to Titiwangsa Station (make sure train is going towards Sentul Timur)
3. After getting off the train, head towards the exit then instead of going down the stairs, go up the bridge and descend on the other side.
4. From there you'll see a yellow bus with a big sign "Genting".

This bus will take you directly to the Genting Highlands Themepark

Hopped on and off on a city bus tour as well.

And a trip to Sunway Pyramid and Sunway Lagoon.

How to get to Sunway:


1. RapidKL from PWTC to Masjid Jamek
2. Change trains to Kelana Jaya line
3. RapidKL to Kelana Jaya station, the last station of the line.
4. From the station, get on bus number 623 (not sure about the bus number but there are signs in the bus terminal)

For more info: http://amaterasu08.livejournal.com/tag/malaysia