We had been to KL a couple of times so wanted to do something different this time round. Our initial plan was to go watch turtles in Terengganu or Cherating, but the car journey there is quite long and we only have a couple of day for this getaway so decided to go KL instead.
Intially, the plan is to travel to Colmar Tropicale and stay one night there. Then travel to KL and stay 2 nights. Later on, decided to just stay all 3 nights in KL so that we don't need to move our luggage around. Plus, Colmar Tropicale is about an hour away from KL so we could do a day trip from KL. KidZania is situated in Petaling Jaya so we decided to try out Hilton Petaling Jaya...
11th October 2014
Departing JB at 9.30am, we began our journey...30 minutes down the road, little boy fall asleep and he only wakes up 2 hours later so we had a pretty peaceful trip.
Halfway through, little girl commented "Mummy, I am very happy we can go to KL"... that is so sweet, kid's happiness can be so simple :)
By 11.30am, little girl also fall asleep after looking out the window for most of the journey. She slept for 1 hour and 15 minutes before we reach our lunch destination.
Our first lunch will be at this seafood restaurant at Port Klang. Hubby ate there before and he said it is nice so we are gonna give it a try.
If you are travelling from the south (JB, Melaka etc), exit 602 Ebor (U). Then turn right at the T-junction. Go straight until reach Lebuhraya Plus (Klang). Follow the signboard to Pelabuhan Barat, all the way straight and then turn left when you see a overhead bridge above you. Continue straight and then take the right lane (don't go up to Pelabuhan Klang). Now, there will be a signboard for the restaurant and just follow it...
Or you could just use the GPS coordinate 2.990176, 101.399667
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| Entrance |
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| Most of the tables are occupied |
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| Watching mini crabs crawling below.. |
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| Kids enjoy watching the mini crab crawling... |
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| Many mini crabs |
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| Also spotted a huge lizard |
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| Fishing village |
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| Restaurant on GPS |
We ordered Seafood porridge, salted egg slipper lobster etc...Food are generally good here.
Seafood porridge. Flavourful porridge with generous amount of seafood-slice fishes, clams, prawn, squid, salted egg and century eggs. This is one of their signature dishes here, almost everyone has a pot of this on their table.
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| Seafood Porridge, RM 35. |
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| Close up to Seafood Porridge |
Stir fry vegetable- this is "qing long" vegetable- not sure whats the name in English though, one of my favourite vegetable.
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| Vegetable, RM 12 |
Salted egg crayfish.. super yummy. Crayfish meat coated in salted egg... and best of all, shell has been removed so every mouthful is just full of meat and salted egg....
We love this so much that we ordered a second serving.
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| Salted egg crayfish, RM 30 |
Spare ribs with curry leaves... soft and juicy ribs with a tinge of spiciness... yum!
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| Spare ribs with curry leaves, RM 15 |
Happy us after a good meal!
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| Great meal! Leave the restaurant full and satisfied. |
After lunch, we continue our journey and reached our hotel at about 3pm. Check-in is relatively fast and the room is spacious well equipped with iron, hair dryer and in-room safe on top of the usual basic amenities.
Shower head is good, they have 2... one removable and the other is the type that place on top of your head... but no bath tub though for deluxe room.
Free parking within the hotel basement and there are quite a couple of shops nearby for food etc (e.g.: Giant, Secret Recipe, KFC, Subway, 7-11)
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| Comfortable bed |
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| Toilet and bathroom |
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| Coffee and Tea making facilities |
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| Grace baby cot |
Few things worth mentioning:
Housekeeping is super efficient. We made a few requests- baby cot (did i mention they provide Graco baby cot?), additional pillows (they have a few types to choose from to) etc... and the housekeeping staff reach our room with our requested items within 30 minutes... and i am impressed. Once, we accidentally press on DND button while we were out and when we came back, obviously the room wasnt made... we made a call and housekeeping staff came quickly and help us tidy up the room. Thumbs up for their housekeeping staff.
The shower gel is super good!!! They actually use PeterThomasRoth brand and it is really very moisturising and smells nice too! First time i am impressed with shower gel provided by hotel! Another thumbs up!
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| Peter Thomas Roth Toiletries |
However, we were quite disappointed that they only provide adult pool. So no kids pool for our kiddos to play.. and no kids club too...
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| Playing around while daddy and mummy settle in |
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| He loves the toilet!!! |
The kids played while i un-pack.... at about 4.30pm, we went to 1Utama to walk walk and have dinner. We had dinner at Chili's. It serves Mexican-based food and i think it is not too bad. Free kids meal as well.... even the kid's fresh milk is free flow...
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| Kids meal-Sausage bread with fries, FOC |
Spicy chicken which is real spicy and super crispy.. hubby love it!
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| Spicy Crispy Chicken, RM 28.95 |
Beef quesadillas, doesnt look appetising but it is actually quite good. Melted cheese with well cooked beef, taste good with the accompanying sour cream and tomatoes dip...
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| Beef Quesadillas, RM 31.95 |
Saw that 1Utama features this Secret Garden with some plants... wanted to take a look but not so nice.. the place is quite dark at night with minimal light... kids are scared so decided to give it a miss.
Went back hotel to rest as the kids are tired today. After the kids sleep, daddy and mummy had KFC as supper...
12th October 2014
The next morning, after a good night sleep, we woke up at almost 9am. I love holidays cause we can sleep late and no rush... we don't like to set alarm and rush here and there... love how we can take our own sweet time and just slowly enjoy... that is why it is called "holiday" and not "work"...
Hubby went to "mamak stall" opposite the hotel to takeaway some roti prata for breakfast. After breakfast and shower, we got out from hotel at almost 11am.
There is this new implementation and changes in road just outside the hotel today! Aren't we lucky?!!
So traffic jam.... OMG! But we still manage to make it to Bukit Tinggi in an hour time... so not too bad!
Our first stop is the Animal Farm... We spend about 45 minutes here. Entrance fees is RM 3 for everyone except those under 2 years old who gets to go in for free. In here, you get to feed rabbits, deer, and guinea pig. The feeds can be purchased at the ticketing counter for RM3 per packet...
If you wanted to go for a donkey ride, you can do so for RM 6... i think prices are quite reasonable here.
But i realise that the rabbits are not so keen to eat... i think they are pretty well fed or maybe they are sick of the "feeds"....well, you have to do trial and error, go to the rabbit and deer who are more hungry! Haha!
The farm is open 10am-6pm from Monday to Friday and from 9am-7pm on Saturday, Sunday and PH.
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| Feeding the deer |
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| Feeding deer |
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| Feeding rabbits |
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| Feeding guinea pig |
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| Our little scaredy cat touching rabbit |
Girl girl had been wanting to go for a donkey rides after watching Hi5 on TV... so now that we had the chance, it is time for donkey rides!
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| Very proud girl |
Little boy on the other hand, also always says wanted a donkey ride when watching TV, but now when he gets the chance.... he is scared... i think it is the scared 2 years old period.. i recall that girl girl also very scared of almost anything when she is around 2 years old.. but now that she is 3 years plus, no longer scared of everything.... so we just gonna work pass this period for my boy.
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| A little scared |
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| Although scared but manage to smile when posing for photo! |
There is also an outdoor playground and indoor playground for the kids to exhaust their bursting energy!
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| Outdoor playground |
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| Indoor playground |
After the Animal Farm, our next stop is Colmar Tropicale , the famous French Village. The architecture is based on a French Village in North-Eastern France called Colmar.(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colmar) Note the similarity in the design....
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| Colmar Tropicale |
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| Entrance... note the similarity to Colmar Town in France |
Entrance fees is RM 12 for adult. Kids under 3 years old are free. The entrance fees include Colmar Tropicale, Japanese Garden and Botanical Garden.
We had a late lunch at Le Poulet Roti at the French Village at 2.15pm. Was raining when we reached so had to double back for umbrella....
Food are ok, nothing spectacular...good enough to fill our stomach.
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| Menu |
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| Black Pepper Roast Chicken |
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| Roast chicken |
While daddy finishing up his food, i bring the impatient kids to walk around and stumble upon a mini amusement park. So they get a ride :) See the happy faces, waving at me every time they see me...
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| Happy with their rides |
After daddy finishes his lunch, we climb up the observatory tower..
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| Picture from the top |
After exploring the French Village, it was about 4pm, time for boy boy afternoon milk time. After milk, he fall asleep, so daddy accompany him to sleep in the car while girl girl and me make our way to Japanese Garden.
It was a long and steep way up so be prepared... after bracing though lots of uncountable staircase, we have to walk up a steep slope to reach the Japanese Garden.
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| Japanese Garden this way please |
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| Jap Garden |
Took the opportunity to let girl girl try on kimono. Rental of kimono is RM 20 per person (adult or children), and she looks so kawaii in it.. .so took a lot of photo to maximise the rental... after you rent, can take photo inside the Jap house and the surrounding garden, pond etc..
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| Some other tourist also take pic with girl |
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| This is how it looks like at the back |
Unfortunately for us, rain started to pour and we ended up stuck in the Japanese House cause it was so heavy that we will drenched even with umbrella....and lots of people got stuck too... it rained for over an hour... :(
When the rain subside at 6pm, we walk down to the carpark after purchasing an umbrella, cost us RM 20... was flooding after the rain so got to walk really slowly.... then halfway saw hubby coming up to pick us.. so sweet of him.
Everyone is cold and hungry so went for dinner at Restaurant Foon Lock in Bentung Village, Kampung Bukit Tinggi. Was tired so gobble down the food without taking any pictures.
We had Cat fish, sweet sour pork, vegetable, papaya soup with rib, coconut drink, tea .. everything came up to RM 77, good food and reasonable price!
Drove back after dinner and reached hotel at 8.30pm. After a good shower, the kids sleep... Hubby and me had some Secret Recipe cake for dessert while watching drama together.
