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| Dolphin Show, Sentosa Island, Singapore. Photo Copyright @ RohanSinha |
Once upon a time I wanted to be a Photographer and a
Travel Blogger. Luckily, I have written something about our maiden trip to
South East Asia. I am taking it out in its original form. You will see more
posts about my travels and places I have explored. I love travelling. It takes
us out of our comfort zones; it stretches our limits and let us forgets our day
to day routine to truly relax and enjoy what life has to offer.
Now at 12:20 (IST) on 8th June, 11, I am on
the flight for Bangkok from Singapore. I wanted to write about my travel and my
experiences on a daily basis but I became busier in clicking pictures. Anyways,
I had a nice time in Malaysia & Singapore. I have never dreamt of going
abroad. But, Life is full of Surprises.
Yesterday, we have been to Sentosa Island in the
afternoon. That is a wonderful place. We reached Sentosa Island via an
ultramodern cable car. The city looks very beautiful from the cable car. It
provides a bird eye view to all having a ride on it. I think we need more than a week to explore
everything which is in Sentosa.
In Sentosa, we had first explored the Wax Museum named
“Images of Singapore”. It shows us how Singapore transformed from a fishing island
to a Hi-tech country with beautiful Skyscrapers. The wax statues looked so
natural and they were depicting the journey of Singapore from a fishing island
to a modern picturesque country.
I love Museums and so I wanted to spend more time there.
But no worries, Internet will help me in a virtual tour of this Museum. Then,
we had been to the Underwater World. There we enjoyed the Dolphin Show. The dolphins
danced and showed her other prowess to delight the audience. In the Underwater world, we were moving on a travellator
with glass boundary all around us through which we enjoyed the luxury of relishing
the beauty of the exotic sea creatures so closely in their natural habitat.
After that we went for a half an hour show named “Song of
the Sea”. It was first of its kind that I have ever seen. Seats were arranged
on the beach and the setup resembled an open air amphitheatre on a sea beach.
The show started in the evening at 7:40 PM (Singapore Time) and we were
mesmerized with the light and sound effect. The laser light show blended well
with the soothing music, the picturesque location and the cool breeze which
made the show more memorable. The visuals were impeccable and we were
completely awestruck. I must recommend it to everyone going to Singapore.
Yesterday, we went for Singapore City Tour. The tall and
sky high buildings of Singapore were greeting us. I love greenery and Singapore
is really very green. The country is really neat, clean and beautiful; we loved
everything there. The same day we went on the Night Safari. Night Safari is a
half hour tram ride in the Singapore Zoo. We got the real life experience of
seeing many exotic animals in their natural habitat, i.e. the Rain Forest. It really
feels great to have a ride in a forest and this night safari was simply
mind-blowing.
So, it was a life time treat to come to Singapore with my
Family. We came to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We knew that it was
amazing to take a bus ride from Malaysia to Singapore rather than taking a
Flight. So, we had booked a Luxury Bus from Malaysia to Singapore. On the way,
we saw the beauty of this part of the world. It was one of the most memorable
road trips of our lives. One interesting
thing happened in this journey.
It must have been half an hour of the journey and my
brother wanted to go to a loo as he got call of nature. He went to the driver
and he informed that a loo is some 12-15 kilometers away and the bus can be
stopped then only although it was not a regular stop. I was laughing at the
expression of my brother and can feel the relief he got after visiting the loo.
I was informed that the washroom and loos were similar to the one we have at an
International Airport. I hope that in our country also this kind of facility
will be developed.
I have also felt that Safety and Cleanliness are given
top priority in both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The under-construction sites
are operated in such a way that there is no inconvenience to the passerby. The
construction goes on which making its presence felt. If I join L&T
Construction, I will love to work here.
On the 3rd Morning we reached KLIA, Kuala
Lumpur from Chennai, India. The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is a
construction marvel. On the same day, we headed to Genting Highlands. We covered
first part of the journey via a luxury car and then, for the first time, we relished
the experience of taking ride in an ultramodern cable car to reach our
destination.
I liked Genting a lot and would like to go there again.
The hotel we stayed there had more than 6000 rooms and would be definitely one
of the largest hotels of the world. In Genting, our hotel has interconnected
facility to Amusement park. The indoor theme park with so many people was a
great experience all together. We had shopping malls with the hotels. I didn’t
remember the exact number but more than 50 reception counters were there for
check-in of Guests. It was such a happening place under the same roof and we
had so much fun that can’t be expressed in words. There is no difference between day and night
at Genting. There was full on entertainment going on. A casino was also there
in the Hotel but it was closed when we went and didn’t tried as we were already
enjoying what was on the offer. Somewhere magic show was going on. It was a
hotel where entertainment goes over the top.
We were fortunate that our close relative stayed in Kuala
Lumpur. So, apart from our Itinerary, we have also explored places like
Putrajaya and many other local places with them. Also, we went to their home
and it was great to receive the royal treatment in Malaysia. Really, my
relatives have retained their Indian Values and we all loved that. It was great
to see that NRIs have great attachment with India and they follow what is
happening in India more than many Indians.
We had extensively explored the city of Kuala Lumpur and
it was also a very beautiful city. In Malaysia we got the opportunity to take
photos with two newly-wed couples and it was like topping on the cake. Also,
one famous road in Malaysia is there which has outstanding lighting at night.
As per our itinerary, we were to see that at day time only but with my
relatives had explored the beautiful buildings with different lights at night.
In Kuala Lumpur, the Twin Tower was visible from our Hotel and we really
enjoyed the stay at that Hotel also.
This is a journey we will remember for a long time. Let’s hope to have an
amazing experience in Thailand at Bangkok and Pattaya.
To be continued……..
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