Malaysia Round Trip - Day 2
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 1
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 2
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 3
The next morning, I was woken up by a chorus of alarm clocks from our handphones. We washed up and checked out of the hotel and was on our way at about 8.15am. I wanted to get out of KB before the traffic got bad again. Driving around in KB wasn't pleasant as the traffic was heavy and road rather congested. From there, I plotted a route to Jeli, starting off our cross country to the other side.
Leaving Kota Bahru
Village road with custom post here
Yikes. A flood
Police check
More police check point
From KB, the road took a quick change to more village roads and from the GPS, I found myself very close to the thailand border. At some places, thailand was like a stone throw away. The atmosphere of the drive here was a bit different as there were presence of police customs and soldiers along the road. We had to pass by a few road checks, and some custom post. I wasn't sure as to why I had to go through custom as I shouldn't I still be in Malaysia? Another thing was there were more thai influence in this area, and quite logically so.
Long road straight road
Roti Prata house in the middle of nowhere
Man preparing our prata
We were near the thai border
Delicious prata
Prata eating cat
We were getting hungry as we hadn't had our breakfast since our hurrid departure from Kota Bahru. I was hoping to find somewhere clean to have a good meal. However, the roads seemed mostly deserted and the food stalls at the villages were not too clean for our city standard. But as I was driving along a long straight stretch of straight road, I saw a house/shop selling prata that looked decent. I actually overshot it but I jammed brake and reversed back to get closer. It was around 9.30am.
The food was pleasant and served by a nice traditional malay family. There, roti prata was known as roti chanai and they took awhile to understand us. They must have been thinking what a Singapore car was doing here and not in some Shopping malls. We chatted a little and I told the lady in my smattering of malay that we were heading towards Jeli, and then to Sg Petani. She sounded shocked and replied "Tamat". Tamat I was to learn meant the end. Hmm, I learnt a new word that day.
Going up the mountain
Lots of majestic mountains
Reaching the rest point
Everyone here for hot drinks
Where we were
Were were 1.06km above sea level
This biker came in all drenched
Brrr...
An accident here
I next continued the drive down to Jeli. From there, we found ourselves going higher and higher up the mountain. Not unlike the drive at Cameron. We arrived at a large open area with lots of car parked. There was a canteen with all the travllers stopping there for food and rest. It was drizzling at that time and the air was very cold especially when a strong wind would blow at us once a while.
My trip meter reading at Lake Temenggor
This is the Royal Belum State Park
Strict regulation here
Street fighters at the Heli pad
The bridge that we came over
From there, I drove to Gerik further west of the route. We passed by the Temmanggor lake and there was a look out for rest and recreation. We stopped there for some pictures at this famous lake and then continued along the way to Gerik. I was tempted to take out my fishing rod, but evidently there was to be no fishing there.
Gerik rest point
Going for food
All the same fare from every shop
At rest point, we had our lunch at around 1.30pm. Lunch was traditional malay rice with fried fish. Simple fare and nothing to shout about. From there, it was the drive towards Baling and then Sg Petani. The place I was heading for was the Carnivall theme park that I had found on the internet. This was like the furthest north theme park and coming here was by no means an easy feat for us Singaporeans.
Arriving at Carnivall!
At the main entrance
Nice "monkey island" resort feel to this
Pleasant decor
Hmm, the floats were free, unlike other theme parks
Lazing around
Spa pool
Even the first aid house looked cute
Arh..the dress code is stricter than usual for Malaysia
Giant slide (quite scary according to D)
We arrived at the theme park at 4pm, with a sleepy headed D. When she woke up, she was all excited and wanted to jump into the water immediately. We got tickets and proceeded on to the water park. I asked the counter girl if the resort was nearby and was given a number to call.
Shot of someone else on it
I love this horse
Onward horsey!
This is a boring life
You could hear her scream from Kota bahru
Knick Knack shop outside the park
Leaving the theme park
Did I grow taller?
On the road again, towards Kampar
Leaving Sg Petani
Theme park was rather nice, and the standard here was comparable to those in Sunway Lagoon. The park was constructed with good material, unlike some of the other themeparks done with local craftmanship. However, the park itself was quite small, but I find it sufficient for an afternoon fun. Furthermore, it wasn't crowded at all and the time there was very pleasant.
We checked out the resort and found that the place was reasonable, BUT no room for the night. By now, I was worried that we would again find ourselves "homeless" for the night. I was thinking if I should head for Kampar straight away. That would reduce the distance needed to travel the next day as Kampar would be further down south. But as a precaution, we thought that it would be wiser to call and book the room. Luckily we did that as room was still available, but the hotel was rather full. So with our accomodation settled, there were no need for anymore worry on that part.
After D had her fill of the fun at the theme park, we started off driving out of Sg Petani and down to Kampar. From there, the distance would be about 200km. My expected arrival time from GPS was 9:30pm. That should be ok, and we would do dinner at the hotel when we reached.
Arriving at Kampar around 9.15pm
Checking in
Do I look cute like this god of fortune?
Tired travellers
From the window, I could see my Pica
Reunion dinner
From there, the road was more expressway and the drive was easier. Good thing as the drive was to be at night which would be more tiring than day driving. I reached the place a little earlier at 9.15pm. My girl loved this place from the last time we visited as it was big, clean and had a bath tub. :). Indeed, I would recommend this hotel for anyone in the vicinity as it was cheap for us Singaporeans, and I would easily put this hotel as 3 stars. Only gripe was that the food was kind of clinicky. (can eat, but nothing much to shout about).
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 1
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 3
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 2
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 3
The next morning, I was woken up by a chorus of alarm clocks from our handphones. We washed up and checked out of the hotel and was on our way at about 8.15am. I wanted to get out of KB before the traffic got bad again. Driving around in KB wasn't pleasant as the traffic was heavy and road rather congested. From there, I plotted a route to Jeli, starting off our cross country to the other side.
Leaving Kota Bahru
Village road with custom post here
Yikes. A flood
Police check
More police check point
From KB, the road took a quick change to more village roads and from the GPS, I found myself very close to the thailand border. At some places, thailand was like a stone throw away. The atmosphere of the drive here was a bit different as there were presence of police customs and soldiers along the road. We had to pass by a few road checks, and some custom post. I wasn't sure as to why I had to go through custom as I shouldn't I still be in Malaysia? Another thing was there were more thai influence in this area, and quite logically so.
Long road straight road
Roti Prata house in the middle of nowhere
Man preparing our prata
We were near the thai border
Delicious prata
Prata eating cat
We were getting hungry as we hadn't had our breakfast since our hurrid departure from Kota Bahru. I was hoping to find somewhere clean to have a good meal. However, the roads seemed mostly deserted and the food stalls at the villages were not too clean for our city standard. But as I was driving along a long straight stretch of straight road, I saw a house/shop selling prata that looked decent. I actually overshot it but I jammed brake and reversed back to get closer. It was around 9.30am.
The food was pleasant and served by a nice traditional malay family. There, roti prata was known as roti chanai and they took awhile to understand us. They must have been thinking what a Singapore car was doing here and not in some Shopping malls. We chatted a little and I told the lady in my smattering of malay that we were heading towards Jeli, and then to Sg Petani. She sounded shocked and replied "Tamat". Tamat I was to learn meant the end. Hmm, I learnt a new word that day.
Going up the mountain
Lots of majestic mountains
Reaching the rest point
Everyone here for hot drinks
Where we were
Were were 1.06km above sea level
This biker came in all drenched
Brrr...
An accident here
I next continued the drive down to Jeli. From there, we found ourselves going higher and higher up the mountain. Not unlike the drive at Cameron. We arrived at a large open area with lots of car parked. There was a canteen with all the travllers stopping there for food and rest. It was drizzling at that time and the air was very cold especially when a strong wind would blow at us once a while.
My trip meter reading at Lake Temenggor
This is the Royal Belum State Park
Strict regulation here
Street fighters at the Heli pad
The bridge that we came over
From there, I drove to Gerik further west of the route. We passed by the Temmanggor lake and there was a look out for rest and recreation. We stopped there for some pictures at this famous lake and then continued along the way to Gerik. I was tempted to take out my fishing rod, but evidently there was to be no fishing there.
Gerik rest point
Going for food
All the same fare from every shop
At rest point, we had our lunch at around 1.30pm. Lunch was traditional malay rice with fried fish. Simple fare and nothing to shout about. From there, it was the drive towards Baling and then Sg Petani. The place I was heading for was the Carnivall theme park that I had found on the internet. This was like the furthest north theme park and coming here was by no means an easy feat for us Singaporeans.
Arriving at Carnivall!
At the main entrance
Nice "monkey island" resort feel to this
Pleasant decor
Hmm, the floats were free, unlike other theme parks
Lazing around
Spa pool
Even the first aid house looked cute
Arh..the dress code is stricter than usual for Malaysia
Giant slide (quite scary according to D)
We arrived at the theme park at 4pm, with a sleepy headed D. When she woke up, she was all excited and wanted to jump into the water immediately. We got tickets and proceeded on to the water park. I asked the counter girl if the resort was nearby and was given a number to call.
Shot of someone else on it
I love this horse
Onward horsey!
This is a boring life
You could hear her scream from Kota bahru
Knick Knack shop outside the park
Leaving the theme park
Did I grow taller?
On the road again, towards Kampar
Leaving Sg Petani
Theme park was rather nice, and the standard here was comparable to those in Sunway Lagoon. The park was constructed with good material, unlike some of the other themeparks done with local craftmanship. However, the park itself was quite small, but I find it sufficient for an afternoon fun. Furthermore, it wasn't crowded at all and the time there was very pleasant.
We checked out the resort and found that the place was reasonable, BUT no room for the night. By now, I was worried that we would again find ourselves "homeless" for the night. I was thinking if I should head for Kampar straight away. That would reduce the distance needed to travel the next day as Kampar would be further down south. But as a precaution, we thought that it would be wiser to call and book the room. Luckily we did that as room was still available, but the hotel was rather full. So with our accomodation settled, there were no need for anymore worry on that part.
After D had her fill of the fun at the theme park, we started off driving out of Sg Petani and down to Kampar. From there, the distance would be about 200km. My expected arrival time from GPS was 9:30pm. That should be ok, and we would do dinner at the hotel when we reached.
Arriving at Kampar around 9.15pm
Checking in
Do I look cute like this god of fortune?
Tired travellers
From the window, I could see my Pica
Reunion dinner
From there, the road was more expressway and the drive was easier. Good thing as the drive was to be at night which would be more tiring than day driving. I reached the place a little earlier at 9.15pm. My girl loved this place from the last time we visited as it was big, clean and had a bath tub. :). Indeed, I would recommend this hotel for anyone in the vicinity as it was cheap for us Singaporeans, and I would easily put this hotel as 3 stars. Only gripe was that the food was kind of clinicky. (can eat, but nothing much to shout about).
Malaysia Round Trip - Day 1
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Comments
That prata shop is really located at a strange place. On a long straight road, suddenly got this little shop run by a man and his pretty wife. Not bad some more! :)
At night I think becomes Pontianak!!
The place at Kampar is Kampar Grand Hotel. It is on the GPS poi.