Maxims Genting @ Genting Highlands

Now, this is another place that my kids always like to go......normally, I would only do a  one night stay at Genting Highlands. My normal 02D/01N itinerary would be:

10am 

- Arrive Genting, go out-door Theme Park for whole day playing. Lunch / tea  or whatever at the Out-Door theme park. In between, check in hotel. Out-Door theme park opens till 6pm on weekdays, but runs till 10pm during school hols & saturdays. So make sure you make full use of the park the whole day as we normally buy a 01 day full pass. 

7pm

- Dinner then play In-Door Theme Park as they are open till 1am during school hols & saturdays, and till 12midnite for weekdays. So , make use of the night time here.

The next day, because we only bought a 01 day pass, spend some time shopping if you want, but for us, we normally would just go back to KL ......

Anyway, we stayed at the latest converted hotel in Genting. The Maxims Genting, which is definitely on the top. 

Lets see some photos, shall we ? 

Lighted door way to the rooms 

Rooms are slightly tight, comes with single beds for twin rooms 

Nice his and hers vanity

Toiletries Set by Aigner

Toiletries Set in this bag, like the airlines concept 

M - Maxims

Nice gadgets on the table

Safety Box , Mini Bar, all in one cabinet 

Limited King Size beds if you come during peak days 

Yay ! Kids Channel

Just another angle shot

Nice landing area on each floor 

Chating area outside the rooms 

This is how Maxims looks like, from outside...I got this from Genting's website though...all my facade pictures have my photos or the family's :D


So, ok,lets talk....what can I say about the hotel ?

1. I would honestly prefer to stay at the Theme Park Hotel since I have 02 children with me. For a simple reason, their rooms are bigger and of course, rates are too :)
2. This hotel is above the arcade centre, so it would be so easy to just play at the arcade and then go up and sleep.....
3. OK, since its near the arcade, so it is near the casino as well *huhuhuhuhuhuhu
4. Unless you are coming typically only 02 persons, then this hotel is fine
5. But as a family, it is not so much of a family oriented hotel
6. Oh, they have a nice cafe at the Lobby.....with nice pastries.
7. Again, it is not a family oriented hotel

Right, so that's my 02 cents worth of thoughts..... you may like or you may don't but its all up to you..... 

xoxo

Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa

Hey peeps, 

My daughter has bugging me to go to Sunway Lagoon, the theme park. The last time we went there, she was like 1 year old :=) :=) 

But I didn't want to go to just Sunway Lagoon, so I made the arrangements to be put up at the same owner's hotel too. I opted for Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, instead of the Pyramid Tower.

Now, as you all may know by now, my travellings are 02Adult + 02 Children. If I can't get everyone in the same room due to the bedding, then I would have to take 02 rooms.... so not cost effective !!! 

So I am kinda like hotels that have Super Single or Junior Queen beds for the twin sharing. Because....hubby and I can take one child each for each bed !!! Or at the most, just take 1 additional Extra Bed !

Sooooo.....for those families like mine, when you go to this hotel, ask for the twin sharing room, instead of 1 King Size bed and everyone pop on the bed !!!! Muuahahahahahahaaa....

Let's look at the pictures now, shall we ?

A seating area at the poolside to hang around.....

Some decorations at the Lift Landing

The view from the lift landing of our floor and that's the hotel's pool 

And this from our room

We can see Sunway Lagoon pretty clear !

More pictures from our floor of Sunway Lagoon

The twin bedded Premier Room

I so like the curtains !! Its dragonflies inprint

Its Junior Queen bed, so can fit an adult and a child :=)

So in conclusion, or whatever my thoughts are worth, I feel that the hotel :-

1. Is very child friendly and also cater to both corporate and leisure business....so daddy can go all meetings, while children enjoy the pool.
2. Mummies would be happy as well as the shopping mall is just next door and connected to the hotel !
3. Rates can be sky rocket high when it is the Middle East Season, so choose your dates wisely. 
4. Otherwise, if you feel that you just want to go to the theme park for a day, spend another day at the pool and shopping, then you can do all these here at this hotel
5. Food wise as well, since its next to a Mall, so lots of choices, and also there are shop lots in front of the hotel....you can run for a teh tarik anytime.....
6. When the hotel runs high in occupancy, you may feel that its too crowded....but then , just escape to the pool , your room or the mall !

Now, these are all my thoughts ya, you may like it, and you may don't.....but with the school hols coming, or any long weekends, this could be a short all 3 in 1 hotel ?


xoxo       

More Hotels yet to be posted *sigh*

I am doing a spring cleaning, a doodle check actually on the hotels posted, while looking at the memories....

And so , I have found out, I have more than a dozen hotels yet to be posted , the pictures and review and yet this weekend, I would be staying at another hotel * haiz *  ( so many "and" la in this sentence ;p ) 

Anyway, yours truly promise to at least do 3 hotels this week........

xoxo

p/s: do you want my overseas hotels as well ?

The Family Villa @ Four Seasons Langkawi.

For my last birthday, God is great and He gave me the opportunity to go to a lovely resort to celebrate with my husband, 2 kids and of course, the nanny .


In actual, it was my 3rd time at that resort. I think I am such a bias person, but so far, that resort has been so far, the best resort that I have been to...( perhaps I have not been to many )


So off we went to the Four Seasons Langkawi....now, let me say something about this resort. Some of you may have been to some other Four Seasons, but this Four Seasons is not the typical building structure hotel that you have seen worldwide. This is a beautiful landscaped resort with a private beach and nature.

Seri Nyonya Peranakan Restaurant @ Equatorial Melaka

Part of my holidays, is to go and eat !!! I love eating, my kids love eating, hubby loves eating.... so we would make sure there is somewhere that we would go just for eating.


At Melaka, on a recent trip, we stayed at Hotel Equatorial Melaka. I ate here before, that was like 9 years ago perhaps, at this restaurant and it was good. So I wanted to see, if it is still good.


Just look at the pictures......

Look at the cup they used for water !!!

Those days, people use this to gargle after brushing teeth !!

Old china plates

Some snacks for appertizers ?

Sunflower seeds

Famous Otak-otak or "brain brain" made of fish flakes

Yes, you must order a lot of dishes !!

and just get fat :)

This is a nyonya specialty i.e. Ayam Pongteh

inside of the restaurant

they used this to put the rice too.

Awesome isn't it ? Price is a bit steep but good food don't come cheap these days.....so if you are in Melaka and want to try some Nyonya food is a proper restaurant environment, come to Hotel Equatorial Melaka. What I can say is, the food is as good as it was 9 years ago . Awesome :)


xoxo

Hotel Equatorial Melaka

Hello my friends, or rather "kawan kawan" in Malay,


And so I have decided to pop to Melaka for a short weekend. Actually it is more of a druve around and eat weekend ....in Malaysia, we call it " Jalan Jalan Cari Makan " or in English, " Drive / walk around on food journey " .....we do that a lot in Malaysia.... we just LOVE eating !!!


So I stayed at a local International Chain hotel, Hotel Equatorial Melaka. Situated right smack in the city, there are shopping malls in front of the hotel and also there is also the Monument Square where any big events would be held.


Meaning, it is perfect for me. Shopping Mall in front, they have a huge pool, and I can walk to Jonkers Street at night too.


Now, as you probably  know now, I have 02 kids travelling with me every time, and also a nanny. So I have to take a bigger room or 02 rooms. Check out the photos :)

the address says it all......

The Address says it all

In front of the hotel, at night.

The view of the building from the pool side

View of the facade from across the street

You don't need big flowers for your hotel. Small ones like these....just nice.

A view of the Melaka town from 18th floor

The pool

Kiddies area

Tennis for some actions ?

Let's walk to my room

A sofa seating area....ok, so the furniture colours are a bit off :p

As you come in, the living hall with the dining table

Pardon my kids...they just needed to mark their territories.....

The view of the room from the bathroom

King size bed

Day Bed by the window

That's a shopping mall !!!!

The view of the room.....actually if you see the bedroom, that is how a normal Deluxe room would look like.

A clearer picture of the mall.

I like the antique fixture of the room

Extra pillows and blanket

Big safe box

*yay* I like rooms with DVD player

Complete toiletries

The only hotel that gives powder

The Jonker Walk

So my girl made this as her bed....

She said it feels princess thingy with the day drapes

another view from the room, you can see those tents over there, over at the square. 

So, I have showed you the room and facilities. I had dinner at their Nyonya restaurant too. Do you want to see ? I will post it in another posting ok ?

Oh  yeah, please bear in mind, Melaka is FULL over the weekends or school holidays and long public holidays, so you could see some price hike and the city get jammed.
Now ,  my 02 cents worth of conclusion about this hotel :

1. It is for BOTH,  Corporate and Leisure stay. 
2. They have big ballroom should you want to have any corporate events and stay here 
3. They also cater for the leisure travellers, being in the city and have the resort feeling
4. Children friendly
5. Value for money
6. I don't really fancy the breakfast spread, but they have nice Deli outside at the lobby and a street deli just outside, so just go there. 

Now, these are all my thoughts ya, you may like it, and you may don't.....but with the school hols coming, Melaka could be a choice ?

xoxo

Historical City of Malaysia ~ Melaka

Hello everyone,

I am sure everyone in Malaysia knows Melaka. Melaka or the English spelling ( Malacca ) is famous with Singaporeans , as it is only 2+ hours driving down from Singapore. Melaka is also famous among Indonesians, for the Medical Tourism.....in fact, Melaka has now an International Airport, mainly catering for the Indonesian small airlines.

For those coming from KL city centre, it would take about slightly more than 2 hours to get to Melaka town itself too. So you can see why people seems to think it is a great place to go for a short break of 1 or 2 nights. 

I grew up leaning about Melaka. You know, how Parameswara was sleeping under a tree, then that's how he decided to name Melaka as what it is , then about Princess Hang Li Poh that came to Melaka , then the Portuguese invasion etc etc.... oh well, I kind of like History when I was back in school.

Melaka has been given the UNESCO Award for its history. So yes, it is an international acclaimed city. Now, in the town centre itself, the state government has declared it as a non-smoking area. Cool ya ?

A lot of people, mostly locals go to Melaka for the food feast ! If you can eat pork, then you would even like it there. Asam Pedas is a local favourite, Chicken Rice Ball is another one.....then when you walk at the Jonker Street night market, you would see hand crafts or little things that for sure would make you buy. 

Along the streets, you would see old colonial buildings, owned by the Chinese Baba & Nyonya. You would see they still keep the old elements, but what I like is to see the karaoke places, where the oldies, would spend time there singing their hearts out....so when you walk along , for sure you would stop and listen....or even, you could see the ladies, doing the line dancing or "poco-poco" . So for sure it would be an entertaining walk.

End of the street, you would see Chinese Opera show. It is cool, but please bear in mind, a walk at night, is still hot !!!

Then if you stay at hotels further away, yes, you can go on the trishaw or "beca". They would ask you for RM15 to RM30 depending on the locations. But you can nego , of course.

Anyway, I have blog before about Casa Del Rio, Melaka in my earlier posting.  I will post another hotel, which I have stayed recently in my next posting. 

Till then.

xoxo.