Family Trip to Malaysia

I just went on a self-driven vacation with my family to Peninsula Malaysia during the beginning of the Singapore School Holidays in November 2012. The planning was done about 1.5 months ago and that left us with not much choices for the hotel selection. Fortunately, we were still able to get the hotel rooms at reasonable price and locations we were planning to go.

By the way, the school holiday started from 17 November in Singapore, which was 1 week later after Malaysia. So, most holiday destinations were set to be crowded by the time we head for our vacation.

Day 1
There we went, for a 4 days 3 nights to Malaysia on our mid-sized saloon Toyota Corolla Altis. Before the trip, my car was sent for an engine oil change and tire rotation together with all the safety checks, including brakes, timing belt, radiator water and windscreen water.

Our planned vacation destinations:
1. Malacca, Jonker Street - for our lunch.
2. Kuala Lumpur - visit Petaling Street (with over-night)
3. Cameron Highlands - visit Strawberry Farms and Vegetable Farms ( with over-night)
4. Genting Highlands - visit Indoor Theme Park and Horse Riding (with over-night)
5. Bukit Tinggi - visit the French Village and participate in some of the activities

Malacca - Stop over for Lunch
Knowing that we will be passing by Malacca while on our way to Kuala Lumpur, we decided to stop by for lunch at one of the famous chicken rice stall near Jonker Street.
In the day, Jonker Street was as crowded as it would be in the evening. We spent about half an hour to look for a parking space. Unfortunately, we have to park a little further away from our intended chicken rice stall.
Wow! We were fantacised with the pictures on the wall. Theses pictures were of some famous people who patronised this stall in the past. Some pictures were very old, as you can see from the faded colors and age of some whom we knew in the pictures.
Overall, the lunch was special. We ordered some chicken rice balls, a plate of chicken, a plate of vegetable and 2 Cendol. The chilli were not too spicy and had plenty for our needs. 5 chicken rice balls was equivalent to a bowl of rice. The chicken was flavoured with some soya sauce and not too salty. Well, the vegetable was ok and our children liked it very much. The Cendol was taken last, as a dessert to compliment our lunch with some sweetness to remain on our taste buds.

The Signboard

 

Pictures we found on the wall

 

Cendol

Tender Chicken meat

 

Front of stall

Finally, we arrived at Kuala Lumpur just after 5pm.

 

Entering Kuala Lumpur

We checked in Tiara Inn along Jalan Pudu and without further delay, we headed out towards Chinatown (or Petaling Street). Parking along the street was not recommended so we parked the car in one of the nearby shopping mall.

We walked towards the busy streetand we took some light stuffs so that we weren't be too hungry to eat and shop along Petaling Street when night falls.

 

A busy street with several food providers

 

Table setting with a boiling soup in the middle and cutlery at the side

 

Some cheese-hot dogs and chicken satay

 

Busy Street view from afar...



There were many things you can buy from the night market on Petaling Street. The prices were very competitive. Just in case you may not know, some stalls were 'linked'. The same seller will have serveral stalls selling the same stuffs. So don't be too ready to accept the price.
We did not buy much, except for drinks and food which were too tempting to resist trying....Lou Han Guo drinks, Soya Bean curd and drinks, Steamed Corn.

Shortly after 10pm, we headed back to Tiara Inn for our rest.