Sunday, March 31, 2013

Travel Blog: Weekend Staycation At KSL Resort, Malaysia, 30-31 Mar 13

What's a good weekend getaway? We wanted to find that out by booking a night's stay at KSL Hotel & Resort in Johor, Malaysia. We booked a Superior King room with 2 breakfast online. Final price is RM340, which is about SGD130+. Quite a good deal I guess, for a 5-star hotel in JB. Getting there from the customs is fairly easy. Take a bus from JB Sentral, which wouldn't cost you more than RM2. The bus will stop right at the drop-off point of KSL,...

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Travel Blog: Malaysia Day Trip - Legoland, 乐高乐园一日游, 3 Mar 13, Part 2

Part 2 begins with the Miniland section. Here we can see landmarks from all over Asia. Let the pictures do the talking! Pirates section. Little barn and waterwheel. The buses can actually move around the roads. Patuxai, Laos Angkor Wat, Cambodia Hoi An, Vietnam Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, Brunei Roadside stalls. Nice boat from Brunei. Bolinao, Philippines Purah Tanah Lot, Indonesia Wat Arun, Thailand Karaweik...

Travel Blog: Malaysia Day Trip - Legoland, 乐高乐园一日游, 3 Mar 13, Part 1

It's another trip to Malaysia. No, not just any other Malaysia trip. It's quite an impromptu trip to Legoland Malaysia! We only decided to go just the day before. Nothing planned, just went ahead the next day. Spontaneity gives pleasant surprises. We took the bus from Queen Street bus terminal as usual to Woodlands Checkpoint and then took the bus LG1 from JB Sentral. It's really convenient and the ride didn't take long. Probably less than an hour,...