We finally went to Genting on 14-16 july 2009!! The idea was postponed from May after exams due to lack of cash. We decided to travel there by train since tanjong pagar KTM is going to be teared down next year. its a really small place and zhenjie comment that it feels like Malaysia once you stepped into the station. No wonder because every sign has Malayu on it and there's even a State of Malaysia crest in the station. Passing custom was hassle free and fast, its a good way to enter Malaysia during peak periods, but i think u need to book the tickets beforehand. The trip was 8hours because it stops at various stations but the bed compensated for the time wasted. The price for an upper deck bed is $40 and $46 for a lower deck cos there's more space and larger window to emo...
No queues at the ticket counter! Cos theres only 2 trains a day to KL and a few shuttle trains to JB Danga City Mall
The train was real long! About 10 cabins?
Zhenjie in the train...not as lok kok as we expected...
L6 was our cabin...remember those bollywood movies where the female lead would stand at the doorway waving goodbye and the male lead running after the train? haha
We went shopping at KL for half a day before checking in at First World Hotel. It holds the Guinness Records of the most number of rooms in a hotel- which is 6000 rooms! No big deal though, cos its rooms was just normal, the check-in counters works like polyclinics. Luckily it was not a peak period or else we had to wait for hours!! We waited for 30minutes though, considered long since its an off peak. The dining room for buffet breakfast was HUGE! The food served sucks like hell. Only the bread, fried noodles, eggs were kind of edible. The rest looked like leftovers from ytd's dinner. BUT HERE"S THE MAIN PT- it charges 45RM per room a night with FREE breakfast, which means s$10 a pax a night. So for that price, u cant complain about anything! s$10 can only get you 4 hours of singing at Ten dollar ktv in SG!
In Genting, the main highlight was of course the casinos! We did not know there was 2 casinos until day2. The only skill i figured out was to bet against a suay dealer, or a dealer who keeps opening small. Stop betting once they change a dealer and observe the pattern. Maths tells us that we have the fair chance of winning, but the casino makes money because it changes a dealer when it loses for a period of time.
Of course there's still the outdoor theme park, but it was raining for half a day and we only managed 2 rides. :(( The third ride was space shot which is the scariest of all but rain started pouring when we were queuing. Oh well, maybe should return to Genting for that ride next time...
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