Trip to Kuala Lumpur (June 2022) - 1

 Trip to Kuala Lumpur (June 2022)

Day 1 - Journey by Coach, from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur

Above: Crossing the immigration custom and the Second Link.

We are now at  the Second  Link,  and 345km from Kuala Lumpur city. let's begin our journey!

Trip to Malaysia December 2018 (coming home)

Our trip home started slightly before 12pm, from the Transtar Office at Jalan Imbi, KL.

It has been a fun-filled 3 days and I am definitely going to miss my dearest grandma and relatives.

We took the Solitaire bus by Transtar. Spacious seat and lunch provided. the only drawback was that the aircon was not cold enough.

The trip was relatively short, apart from the congestion at the Singapore Tuas Checkpoint.

Trip to Malaysia (2018 December) ...........Day 3 (cont')

Our dinner today was at Italia & Ribs Gastronomia, in Bukit Damansara.

We enjoyed the food immensely, the pizza, the steak, the pasta and the bruschetta - perfect!

I only wished I had a spare stomach to fit in all the nice food...😋

Trip to Malaysia (2018 December) ...........Day 3

Today is SHOPPING day!

We were going to spend the whole day at Midvalley, getting this and that for everyone.

Lunch was nice at Ying Ker Lou (迎客楼) at The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City, where we had our favourite Thunder Tea Rice (擂茶) with other Hakka dishes.

Read more about Thunder Tea Rice here.

Trip to Malaysia (2018 December) ...........Day 2 (cont')

After a short rest after our Berjaya Hills trip, we made a trip down to Bukit Bintang to soak in the hussle and bussle of the Christmas season.

Trip to Malaysia (2018 December).........Day 2

Today, we have decided to visit Bukit Tinggi and the Berjaya Hill Resort. Reason? simply because we had not been there. During my childhood days, going to Genting Highlands, Fraser Hills or Cameron Highland during the school holidays were a real treat. Back then, there was no Berjaya Hills, which was established in year 2000.

Our trip up was a complicated one, as the driver mistakenly missed the exit. Also, while going up, we happened to take the alternate road which led to some mountain top restaurant instead of any resorts.

Nevertheless, in my opinion, we had a pleasant time when we finally reached.

We had a good lunch up on the hill - Ayam Masak Merah (chicken cooked in spicy tomato sauce), sweet and sour fish, and curry chicken.

Cheras Mall

Trip to Malaysia (2018 December).........Day 1

For this trip, we traveled to Kuala Lumpur by Transtar. I chose an early departure of 8am, from Golden Miles Tower. It was a Sunday morning, and the immigration checkpoints were relatively peaceful. We stopped over at Yong Peng for a quick drink before another 2.5 hours of journey up north.


At Ming Ang Yong Peng Rest Stop

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 3: Cameron Highlands).........Part 3

Fresh Air, nice weather, green mountains, simple home style cooked food....

After visiting Tan's Camelia Garden , we spent the day in Cameron Highlands exploring gardens, mountain trail and nice food of course.

We went on the Jungle Walk number 3, which is more family friendly.















Following the trail walking, we visited a nearby Strawberry Farm.














Visited the Kea Farm Market, near Brinchang Town.
The stores sell mainly the local produce such as tomatoes, corn, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, sweet potatoes, beans, flowers and toys.









In the evening, we returned to Brinchang Town, where we had our dinner. There were many restaurants, many of which family-owned.

Our favourite dishes were mixed vegetable with tofu and meat in claypot, stir fried pumpkin and other stir fried local vegetables (long bean, Chayote leaves (Chinese name is 龙须菜) and omelette. There are also various meat dishes such as black pepper venison, sweet and sour meat, lemon chicken and many more.





Steamboat eateries are everywhere.






Brinchang Town Center.




Stir Fried pumpkin


Stir Fried Chayote Leaves


Mixed Vegetables and tofu in a claypot.


Stir Fried beef with ginger and onion.


Simple onion omelette.

Hotel Jasmine - where we spent our nights

View of Brinchang Night Market, from our hotel room

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 2: Cameron Highlands)................... Part 2

...... continued from Part 1

After a hearty Dim Sum meal Ipoh, we started our ascend up Cameron Highlands.




First stop - the Cameron Lavendar Garden

http://cameronlavender.com/
Tringkap, Cameron Highlands, 39100 Pahang, Malaysia.

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 2: Ipoh - Cameron Highlands)...............Part 1

Saying goodbyes are never easy. We bid grandma and relatives well and set off from Kuala Lumpur at about 8.30 a.m. It was a smooth ride on the North-South Expressway. Took us about 3.5 hours to come into sight the famous caves of Ipoh outskirts. 

Ipoh was once an important town for the mining of tin. Big houses and grand mansions can be seen in the city and older parts of the city area. These were once the residential area of the rich immigrants from the north who made a successful living out of tin mining industry and other related businesses.

2017 Trip to Malaysia (Day 1: Kulai - Mantin - KL).........Part 3

...........continued from Part 2


After we finished the "photo shoot" at Sekolah Menegah Mantin (Secondary School), we drove a short while along the narrow and quiet lanes of the small town.






We also visited the old houses where my mom and family once lived, including the one where I lived as a baby...



The house where I spent my childhood (baby-hood actually)....

see it below... nothing has changed much, even though it's been 30 over years.......... seeing the house after all these years really brought back endless memories...



Dad carrying me beside his first car