The Majestic Station Hotel Ipoh

We decided that after our experience of an overnight train from Singapore to KL, that we would travel to Penang via Ipoh on the bus instead - and get a hotel in Ipoh before continuing onto Penang the following day.<br>Left KL on the 5:30pm bus from Puduraya Bus Station (crazy bus station)....had no idea where our bus would leave from so just followed everyone else and luckily got on ...

... the guy was chatting away for an hour explaining the different grapes, different types of barrels, the timing involved in crushing and mixing grapes and all the storage and everything. With the tea tour though it was ' well we cut the leaves off the plant, dry them out, chop them up and hey presto you have tea. Easy. I'm not saying I though it'd be like making wine but, I don't know, I just expected some trickery involved.<br>We had the mandatory cup of tea and ...

... waarvan de meerderheid spijtig genoeg veel te pikant was, maar dat deert natuurlijk niet. Savonds nam de gids, Ashri, me dan mee naar een afgelegen stukje strand waar veel maleisiers samenkomen om pinten te drinken &#8211;onlangs de prijs is bier heel geliefd- of om met behulp van een stukje opgerolde palmboomschors wiet te roken. Iedereen leek het wel plezant te vinden om met mij engels te praten ik vond het weliswaar de max om zoveel maleisiers te leren ...

... had actually saved her life :D He thought he was in Baywatch. It was hilarious. What a guy! Inbetween all the water slide action, we decided to see the Tiger feeding show/presentation which the park also had to offer. At 3pm we wondered over to see the three tigers being fed. Having never seen tigers being fed, despite the countless trips to zoo's, I was fairly excited. First off, some food was wrenched across a wire above the tiger pen. I thought they were going to drop the ...

... my score). ON the second game I managed to improve and Tom and I drew top with 113 each, with Chris trailing behind on 87 points. Having noticed that I was getting back on form with the final two bowls of the 2nd game, I wanted to play a third game. Chris didn't want to, so Tom and I decided to play the deciding round. I was indeed back on form and managed only 3 round without getting a strike or half-strike; Tom wasn't best pleased. I ended on 150, having messed up ...

... lake on the other side. After that it was a quick shower and back to the pub. We had decided that as we still had a couple of things we wanted to see, and the pub seemed on the cards each night, we would have a lazy day the next ...

... and stay with them as it was one girls birthday - unbelievable! I slept the whole way to KL and we arrived around midnight - 3 hours later than planned! Feeling pretty irritable I caught sight of the Petronas Towers lit up as we entered the city and it suddenly all seemed worth it - and thus started my love affair with the architectural wonder! At the bus station I shook off Yusra and set off to find a guesthouse - as arriving late on a Saturday night in a big city was not ...

... an opportunity to wear long pants and even long sleeves. You could see the europeans (and us) luxuriating in the damp coolness of the place which felt like God had installed an air conditioner in this one region surrounded by equitorial heat everywhere else. The cool climate attracted tea growers way back in the early nineteen hundreds. It now attracts lots of farming -- strawberries, flowers, veggies, and even butterflies. Not only ...

... because they're also Christians like us. Our Itinerary: From Awana Hotel &gt;&gt; shuttle bus TO&gt;&gt; Genting Skyway Bus Station (free of charge) From Genting Skyway &gt ...