Sunway Lagoon Impromptu trip

 

"BOOK A TICKET & JUST LEAVE."

Yup, I just did that last weekend. Super short notice, but it was nearby - Kuala Lumpur.

Decided to do a surprise trip for the boy because he is there for 2 weeks on business.

 

Took the earliest flight out on Sunday morning because I had a wedding dinner on Saturday.

 

 

Arrived at Kuala Lumpur shortly, and went straight to Sunway Lagoon Resort and Spa.

It was GRAND!

I didn't expect such a big hotel, and apparently, it is quite good.

Needless to say, it is. It boost a good class gym facilities. :)

Of course, the bathtub is bigger than normal.

 

It was a surprise trip hence he didn't know about it. Reached there around 9plus and when I rang the doorbell like 3 times, he didn't open. So I thought he went for breakfast...

Went to the front desk and request to call his room for testing... and turn out.. he is still sleeping ... Plan partial fail. haha. but he was still very much surprised and his happiness didn't hid away.

:):):)

 

His happiness mood in a super messy hair. lol. he still dare say he only hear the last bell.

Because I woke him up from slumber, he decided to stay awake and head out early. hehe.

 

 

The entrance of the Sunway Lagoon.

 

The view from his room.

 

The swimming pool.

 

 

 

The entrance of the shopping mall.

Here, the theme feels like Egyptian style, with all the gold decocations.

Feels grand, and very spacious.

During nightfall, it is beautiful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Went to Bukit Bintang area for the day for movie, bowling and eating food street!

Really enjoyable I don't know why. haha.

Took the public train back to the resort cause it's cheaper, and we wanted to experience it.

Taxi from KLIA to Sunway Lagoon typically RM65-70 (45mins) so it's expensive if you are alone.

Travelling using the express train to KLCC, take bus/ train is definitely cheaper by RM20.

Nearest train station is Kelana Jaya and taking a bus to Sunway is only 20min, cost RM1.

Think about it.

 

 

 

Had a great relaxing me time the following day with rainbow cake :)

The café called Library Café is good!

Go try their coffee and cakes!

 

 

Did not regret going on this impromptu trip cause I seldom see his "so-happy" face. haha...

Memories collection. :)

 

 

Eat. Beach. Sleep. Repeat. Phuket 2015 Part 2

On our second day, we both went gym (yes, I managed to psycho him!) and chanced upon a table tennis room! Oh, it brought back so much memories of playing table tennis back in school days.... ahh... those days..

He managed to beat me and then told me he was in school team. What?! Should have given me handicap right?! Unfair.

But well, it was an enjoyable moment playing together. :)

 

Then, we ventured other beaches using the motor cycle we loaned for 24 hours.

It was seriously hot that sitting on a bike get suntanned faster than if you were at the beach.

 

Because of the heat, we didn't have the mood to eat as well, hence we just brought some food at the mart and bring it to the beach to relax, enjoy the breeze.

It was really much cooling under the coconut tree and enjoying our romantic beach picnic. hehe.

 

 

 

Mid afternoon, we returned the bike and stayed in our hotel and enjoy the facilities - Swimming pool, tan, and drinking coconut juice. Enjoyment. Life is great just like that.

 

 

 

Personal opinion, the swimming pool is quite impressive for this so-so hotel. Didn't expect this though.

 

 

We bought Fantasea tickets and went for it at 6pm. The bus picked us up and sent us there.

This is my first time and I was quite amazed by the grandness of this place.

Thought it would be only a small place, but it looks big.

 

Because I was so hungry, we went for dinner first. The dinner is buffet and it was big! Like Expo hall size. Note that when you enter, walk straight to eat first, don't go right side and take picture because they will think you have eaten your dinner, and cannot go back into the dining hall again.

When you exit, you have time to take picture.

 

You will be allocated seats when you purchased your tickets, so just go to your assigned seats to eat.

Dinner was good!

 

 

 

 

We decided to have some fun before entering the show and played all the kiddy stuffs. And he won! haha... :) He is good at shooting games, think that's what his NS trained him well.

 

Overall, I enjoyed the show and think it's worth watching one time. But I wouldn't go back and watch again.

Our next day was just totally nua until just eat, swim, massage. haha...

Went to this apparently popular food place, called No. 6 Restaurant near Bangla.

Soup is great! :)

But noodle.. not good.

 

 

Till the next holidays! :)

 

 

 

Eat. Beach. Sleep. Repeat. - Phuket 2015

Ah. Being back from a super relaxing beach break - Phuket.

Booked this during some fare sale and just do it.

Phuket wasn't on our "to-go" list but heck it. We need a break!

 

Booked sea sun sand resort which is near the end of patong beach.

It's true that most reviews says it's confusing because you have to change lifts here and there to get to your rooms.

But that's a minor issue.

To me, the major issue was the sound proofing was bad. People close door and hear very loud.

But i'm on holiday, so having the seaview, sunset view, and the pool view was just comforting for me.

 

 

Since it was already close to dinner time, we decided to take a walk down the beach and over to Junceylon for a nice good dinner. GGH wasn't feeling well, hence we went for steamboat at MK Gold Restaurant.

Ordered ala carte and had a very filling meal. Cost ard $40 for 2. The most expensive went to the shabu shabu meat.

Went around for a walk and just within 1 year of returning back here, Junceylon is getting very international. There's even Pandora there! Sometimes I kinda hope that such places don't so internationalised so that it keeps the local feel and us, tourists, can appreciate their culture.

Most of the people shopping inside are all tourist, I wonder does the locals visit...

 

 

Settled down early in preparation for the next whole day event.

We bought island hopping trip from one of the street, costing us THB1,200 per person.

Different operators quote differently, so try and get your best price.

We also got the Fantasea tickets for THB 1,600 including dinner.

 

The Phi Phi Island trip is the whole day, and it was a 45min bus ride from our resort to the marina.

 

Started off with the Monkey Island where we get to see monkeys. Not very interesting considering zoo has a lot of monkeys. haha.. even Machritchie has monkeys roaming. hahaha...

 

 

After that, we went to the middle of somewhere where we got to jup off the boat and snorkel in the middle of the sea.

The water was so clear and beautiful. You could see many small fishes!

 

 

After that, we went to an island where they served buffet lunch. This was slightly different from what I experienced during Krabi.

In Krabi, my island hopping lunch was brought to the beach itself and they just laid a mat and serve us food.

This, was a proper restaurant type.

And the food is quite good. Had ourselves ice cream cause it was too scorching hot! It was like 36 degrees??? I was like applying sunblock every hour.

 

 

Beautiful sight.

 

We reach Maya Bay where we could snorkel/ swim over there.

Damn shiok. The scenery was beautiful, and lying in the waters under the sun was super cooling.

My skin was burning!

 

Our last island was Khai Nai Island, equally beautiful.

Much bigger and there were shops selling bbq food.

Again, we snorkelled and saw more fishes here.

I think this place has the most types of fishes I've seen so far. 

 

 

Beautiful beach seats, but it cost THB150.

 

 

 

After our whole day island hopping trip, we had a very quick dinner because we booked our massage at sweet lemon grass which was rather far from our place.

 

We settled for an eatery just beside our resort, and it serves good thai food! I was surprised, cause I didn't really expect that type of standard lah... Thumbs up!!!!

 

And we decided to try renting a bike to ride!

Super nervous cause both of us never try riding a bike!

The rental is cheap so it's definitely worth renting than going by taxi.

One day rental was THB300. Quite standard. Unless you choose those newer ones or more trendy ones.

Bravo boy!

We made it safe to our massage place and had a wonderful massage.

A 90min aroma massage cost only THB500! :)