Finally a break for me!
14th April was Good Friday, a public holiday in Singapore. So I seized this opportunnity to have a break midst preparing for my A level exam. Furthermore, I did not travel to Malaysia during the March holidays.
14 APRIL
It rained on Good Friday. But lucky all of us were on the car, so we did not have to drench ourselves even before we set off.
It was not a very good day though, even it's so-called the good day for Christians. There were traffic jams everywhere, before Singapore customs, before Malaysia customs, on all main roads in Malaysia. Guess lots of people were getting out of Singapore for a short holidays.
And that time was the dismissal time for Malaysian schools, this added more cars on the road. It did not look nice though.
Had lunch at Senai, a small town in Johor (about 25km from Johor Bahru). It was char kway teow. Though nice, but I found it a bit too salty. I got thristy not long after the lunch. =.=
Next was a few hours on the highway, nothing to look at though. As I felt tired, I went for a very short nap. As we were near to the destination, I felt excited and couldn't sleep thereafter. haha
Short chit-chats between parents and relatives were unevitable. I sat there stayed quiet, as I felt a bit tired lar. Then we had early dinner at a nearby mamak stall=.=
I ordered hor fun. The plate had a generous filling of hor fun for the price of RM3.50 (approx. S$1.60). Surprisingly, I did not finish it. I was not hungry at that time! What's more? I had my lunch at 2. Then we set off to Genting Highlands after dinner.
It was raining whole day long in Malaysia and the weather did not showed any indication that the rain was to stop immediately. The driving condition on highway was rather hazardous as you could not see far in front of you and the lane marking blurred by the rain.
After Sungei Besi Toll Booth (south of Kuala Lumpur), our car was tightly packed among other hundreds, if not thousands of cars which were heading to Kuala Lumpur city. It was an unusual sight as normally this road is jam-free.
Never mind, I thought, after making a turn into another road (MRR2), we might avoid the horrific traffic jam. But to my dismay, we just meet another traffic jam! Sian to the max now...
It was not declared as public holiday on 14 April and yet there were traffic jams everywhere in Kuala Lumpur! Maybe the office workers were heading home from the stressful work for the day? Or people just come out out of nowhere?
The speed of traffic was slow, far slower than the speed limit of 80km/h. I don't think anybody sped though.
Here's one thing I want to comment: two mighty trucks carrying cars
They were the slowest lot and yet they took up the right most lane... What nonsense?! In front of them was nothing but clear of traffic! We could have been faster if not for these 2 trucks
What made me feel very ridiculous is they kept changing lanes from left to right and from right to left. The traffic was slow, you cannot escape from it anyway, just stay in the lane.
Forget about that. We turned into Karak Highway. One thing about this highway is that it cuts through numerous mountains at the start near Kuala Lumpur and gradually flatten itself as it nears Karak. I really liked the reflectors on the road though. They were so bright upon shining of the headlamps of the cars and felt as if we were on the airport runway! :p
Landslide occured near the bypass at Genting Highlands which leads cars down the mountain. We did not know this. So we were puzzled why the one way road became double way road.
The weather up there was cold. About 15C outdoor I would say, and about 17/18C indoor. I had my jackets on. hehe The hotel room we got was ok, at least better than prevoius trip here.
15 APRIL
Woke up at about 8.45 in the morning. As usual , the weather was cold but it did not rain. I had a nice sleep throughout the night. We thought the cup noodles manufacturer was kind enough to include forks but to our disappointment we did not find any. As a result, we could not eat noodles!
Then we headed to a restaurant which served Chinese cuisine, i.e. dim sum. The dim sum they served tasted good, I would say and the price was ok for the service quality we got.
Then the whole afternoon I was at the arcades getting tickets for redemptions of gifts.
We descended from Genting at the evening and the moment we hitted the sea level, it rained again. The city of Kuala Lumpur was in the wet throughout the day.
16 APRIL
Set off at 11 AM, arrived in Singapore at 4 PM
Cut crap short, here are the pictures!
14th April was Good Friday, a public holiday in Singapore. So I seized this opportunnity to have a break midst preparing for my A level exam. Furthermore, I did not travel to Malaysia during the March holidays.
14 APRIL
It rained on Good Friday. But lucky all of us were on the car, so we did not have to drench ourselves even before we set off.
It was not a very good day though, even it's so-called the good day for Christians. There were traffic jams everywhere, before Singapore customs, before Malaysia customs, on all main roads in Malaysia. Guess lots of people were getting out of Singapore for a short holidays.
And that time was the dismissal time for Malaysian schools, this added more cars on the road. It did not look nice though.
Had lunch at Senai, a small town in Johor (about 25km from Johor Bahru). It was char kway teow. Though nice, but I found it a bit too salty. I got thristy not long after the lunch. =.=
Next was a few hours on the highway, nothing to look at though. As I felt tired, I went for a very short nap. As we were near to the destination, I felt excited and couldn't sleep thereafter. haha
Short chit-chats between parents and relatives were unevitable. I sat there stayed quiet, as I felt a bit tired lar. Then we had early dinner at a nearby mamak stall=.=
I ordered hor fun. The plate had a generous filling of hor fun for the price of RM3.50 (approx. S$1.60). Surprisingly, I did not finish it. I was not hungry at that time! What's more? I had my lunch at 2. Then we set off to Genting Highlands after dinner.
It was raining whole day long in Malaysia and the weather did not showed any indication that the rain was to stop immediately. The driving condition on highway was rather hazardous as you could not see far in front of you and the lane marking blurred by the rain.
After Sungei Besi Toll Booth (south of Kuala Lumpur), our car was tightly packed among other hundreds, if not thousands of cars which were heading to Kuala Lumpur city. It was an unusual sight as normally this road is jam-free.
Never mind, I thought, after making a turn into another road (MRR2), we might avoid the horrific traffic jam. But to my dismay, we just meet another traffic jam! Sian to the max now...
It was not declared as public holiday on 14 April and yet there were traffic jams everywhere in Kuala Lumpur! Maybe the office workers were heading home from the stressful work for the day? Or people just come out out of nowhere?
The speed of traffic was slow, far slower than the speed limit of 80km/h. I don't think anybody sped though.
Here's one thing I want to comment: two mighty trucks carrying cars
They were the slowest lot and yet they took up the right most lane... What nonsense?! In front of them was nothing but clear of traffic! We could have been faster if not for these 2 trucks
What made me feel very ridiculous is they kept changing lanes from left to right and from right to left. The traffic was slow, you cannot escape from it anyway, just stay in the lane.
Forget about that. We turned into Karak Highway. One thing about this highway is that it cuts through numerous mountains at the start near Kuala Lumpur and gradually flatten itself as it nears Karak. I really liked the reflectors on the road though. They were so bright upon shining of the headlamps of the cars and felt as if we were on the airport runway! :p
Landslide occured near the bypass at Genting Highlands which leads cars down the mountain. We did not know this. So we were puzzled why the one way road became double way road.
The weather up there was cold. About 15C outdoor I would say, and about 17/18C indoor. I had my jackets on. hehe The hotel room we got was ok, at least better than prevoius trip here.
15 APRIL
Woke up at about 8.45 in the morning. As usual , the weather was cold but it did not rain. I had a nice sleep throughout the night. We thought the cup noodles manufacturer was kind enough to include forks but to our disappointment we did not find any. As a result, we could not eat noodles!
Then we headed to a restaurant which served Chinese cuisine, i.e. dim sum. The dim sum they served tasted good, I would say and the price was ok for the service quality we got.
Then the whole afternoon I was at the arcades getting tickets for redemptions of gifts.
We descended from Genting at the evening and the moment we hitted the sea level, it rained again. The city of Kuala Lumpur was in the wet throughout the day.
16 APRIL
Set off at 11 AM, arrived in Singapore at 4 PM
Cut crap short, here are the pictures!
过了吉隆坡以南的Sungai Besi收费站，马上就遇到塞车，还是几公里长！
这就是吉隆坡通讯塔跟国油双峰塔，不好意思拍到蒙蒙了:p
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大象？！
