Malaysia-Singapore Trip Log

Members: 36 Great Lakers and Allen (the guide)

Start time: 6:00 PM, Monday, 28th Sept, 2009

End time: 11:30 PM Monday, 05th Oct, 2009

Total travel: 7000 KMs

Total expense: 50,000 INR (package + personal)

What went right:

- Awesome experience as expected.

- Covered almost all tourist destination and theme parks

- Party all nights

What went wrong:

- Less of a study tour

- Lack of planning by management

Total duration: 7+ days

Going: Manamai - Chennai – Kuala Lumpur - Singapore

Coming: Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Chennai - Manamai

Weather Conditions: Humid/Pleasant/Cold

Vehicle: Plane, Train, Bus, Taxi, Mono-rail, Metro, Luge, Cable Car

28^th Sep 09

Manamai - Chennai

18:00 hrs – Departure from Manamai

20:00 hrs - Reached Chennai Airport

23:45 hrs – Departure from Chennai

29^th Sep

Kuala Lumpur: Putrajaya - Gentings - Hotel Manadarin court

6:00 hrs – reached Kuala Lumpur


7:15 hrs - reached Putrajaya – palace of Malaysian King

8:30 hrs – Batu caves sri subramaniam temple

10:45 hrs – Reached Genting Entrance for Cable Car Travel

The 20 minutes Cable Car was an awesome ride and an unforgettable experience. We were sailing through clouds all round the travel.

11:20 hrs – Reached Genting http://www.rwgenting.com/

The Genting Theme Park is located 51 kilometers away from Kuala Lumpur. This entertainment park is constructed in the lap of Ulu kali Mountains. The soothing scenic beauty adds to the glamour and glitz of the amusement park. Innocence and spontaneity is heart felt in this part of Malaysia. This park is sub-divided into indoor and out-door compartments. This park treasures skilled games which are highly technical and computer based. The mysteries of Genting Theme Park of Kuala Lumpur will take you in the uncharted terrains of Harry Potter and Hogwart’s whomping willow.

20:30 hrs Reached back to Hotel

30^th Sep

Kuala Lumpur City Shopping: UNITAR – City Tour – Beach Café

 9:45 hrs – Reached UNITAR, got some dose of Guest Lectures.

13:30 – Petronas Twin Power Photo Shoot

13:50 – City Shopping and Strolling

19:00 – Window shopping

22:00 – Beach Café

1^st Oct

Kuala Lumpur City Shopping: City Tour – Minara Tower – Petronas Twin Tower

11:00 hrs – Check out of Hotel and started City Tour

13:00 – Lunch at an Indian Restaurant – The Olive Tree – Great Indian Food

14:00 - @Minara for a 360 degree of Kuala Lumpur.

15:30 – @Chocolate Outlet

16:30 - @Petronas Twin Towers

17:45 - @Reached at Twin Tower Bridge at 185^th floor

19:00 – Sight seeing

21:30 – Departure from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore via Train

2^nd Oct

Singapore: Merlion – Night Safari and Halloween

8:00 hrs – Reached Singapore

9:00 hrs - Sight-seeing

13:30 – Hotel Check-in + Rest

18:00 – @Night-Safari with Halloween theme

with Vodoo Queen...piercing my heart :)

 

Hitesh and I met Fairies too!!

Joker (above) and Gladiator (below)

3^rd Oct

Singapore: Shopping

12:00 Chinatown

 16:00 Orchard road 

4^th Oct

Singapore: City Tour – Sentossa

9:00 hrs – Breakfast @ our Citihub hotel

9:30 hrs – @Merlion

@Merlion

 

Got Chinese Kudiyaan too

10:30 – @Chinese Temple 

11:30 - @Gem Factory

14:00 hrs - @Sentossa Island Beach walk

15:30 – @Sentossa’s Dolphin Show

16:30 – @Sentossa’s Grand Aquarium

17:30 – Luge ride @Sentosa

19:30 - @Sentossa’s Songs of the Sea – An awesome experience

5^th Oct

Singapore: Visit to Singapore Indian Ministry of Commerce – Singapore Airport

10:00 – Visit to Singapore Indian Ministry of Commerce, Guest Lecture and Lunch

14:30 – Aravind and me Rushed to Sim Lim Square to buy camera

16:00 – Out of hotel

17:00 – Singapore Airport

Singapore Changi Airport or simply Changi Airport is a major aviation hub in Asia, particularly in the Southeast Asian region, and is the main airport in Singapore. Located in Changi on a site of 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi), it is about 17.2 kilometres (10.7 mi) north-east from the commercial centre.

 19:30 Depart from Singapore (Singapore Timing)

23:45 Welcome back to home – India (Indian timing)