Things Could Only Be Genting Better!

Too much of a queue though I'm afraid... After what can only be described as one of the least restful nights sleeps’ I’ve ever had, we decided to cut our losses and just head straight into the park and get our day in the theme park done with, and get back home quickly to a land of hot smog-filled air and normal prices. Having assessed that all food options in Genting were significantly beyond our price expectations, we decided for breakfast,... Read More

And Then There Was The Price…

Andy Mac reads up on what else is available at Genting... To be honest, it didn’t take us too long before we were able to draw the parallels between somewhere like Disneyland and the Genting Highlands; everything costs money, a whole heap of it in fact. The local ‘convenience store’ when you’re a few thousand feet up in the air doesn’t sell bottles of water for a Ringgit like my local Carrefour Express; it sells them for at least 5 Ringgit.... Read More

Ever Wondered What’s Above The Clouds?

This weekend, for a break from the usual pace, we set off for Genting. Now, I’ve mentioned it before on this very blog, but just to recap, the Genting Highlands is a place that deserves at least something of an explanation. First of all, it’s home to Malaysia’s only casino. Second of all, it’s probably the only entertainment resort reachable in any sort of reasonable time frame from Kuala Lumpur. But the third and most unusual element of the... Read More

Where Do We Start?

Ho ho ho from Kuala Lumpur... Well, it’s certainly been a while since the last time I wrote! Over here, whole shopping mall seasons can seem to come and go in the time it seems to take me just to write a blog entry – right now, for example, we’ve moved from living in a 30-degree plus tropical landscape to somewhere with Christmas trees, snow and Lapland-esque huts. Needless to say, in a place where the chance to draw a couple of extra shoppers... Read More