Taiping & Bukit Merah Trip

the road trip

 

 

 @ Villa Sentosa

   

 

 @ eco park

 

 

 

 

 @ water park

Last week was the 1week school holiday and as usual mummy would plan for a short break around Malaysia. This round we spent a nite at Villa Sentosa, Taiping and another nite at Bukit Merah. Mummy & Uncle Leonard took a day off on Merdeka Eve to avoid the jam on the high way. We started our journey at about 8.15am using the 2nd Penang Bridge. Our first stop was the Larut Matang food court to fill our hungry rumbling tummies. Uncle Leonard's family were there too as they drove there earlier.

We drove to Villa Sentosa after having our late breakfast but we weren't allow to check in as we were too early. So both the kids quickly changed into their swimming suit and immediately immersed themselves into the stream. We are all geared up with fishing equipment, nets and small aquarium. The girls are only able to fish for like 30mins before the rain poured onto us. We have no choice but to get ourselves covered under the hut. We waited for almost an hour before the rain stopped. We then checked into the room and the kids insisted to continue to go outside. All of us changed into our swimsuit and went into the stream together. We managed to catch quite a number of small and medium fishes. The kids refused to stop though they were basically baked under the fierce sun. 

We finally managed to convince them to clean up before going out for a meal. We went back to Larut Matang food court for a meal as many of the eateries are still closed for business at that time. We headed back to Villa Sentosa and the kids continued the fun while Uncle Leonard took his afternoon nap. Later in the evening we drove out again to savor the hawker meal. Then we walked across the road to Taiping Mall to get after-sun gel as both the girls were badly sun burnt. We ended the nite quite early as we were all tired after the hard long day.

The next morning we woke up at about 7am and the girls wanted to go out to the stream again. Since we were running out of time, the request was rejected. After getting ready, we checked out at about 8.45am and went out for breakfast. After our breakfast we continued our journey to Bukit Merah Laketown. We reached there approximately at 10.30am and the rest of mummy's families were already there. After settling down, we walked to the ticketing booth and purchased our tickets.

First we went to the Ecopark and played the skycyclo. Our hands were so tired that we need to pedal on our own using our own hands as there wasn't any machine controlled mechanism. After the skycyclo, we visited the animal sanctuary. It wasn't too impressive as expected as there were limited animals and most of them are kept inside the cage or glass. Next, we went to the water park whereas Theng Ee Ee and her family, Ah Kong & Por Por and mummy's cousin bro, uncle and aunty went back to the hotel for a rest as they are traveling with young kids.

Both the girls enjoy the water park but Emeryn was too afraid to try on the bigger slide. After soaking in the water for at least 2 hours, we called it a stop and walked to the cafeteria for our late lunch. After the meal we continued  playing until the rest of the families joined us at the water park. We ended the water play at 6pm and walked back to our hotel. We took a quick refreshment and washed up before heading out for dinner. We drove all the way to Taiping again for dinner at the famous restaurant. It was a long wait as the restaurant as it was crowded. After finishing our meal, we can't wait to drive back to Bukit Merah. All we wanted to go is to sleep. As soon as we reached the hotel, we went to bed almost immediately.

The next morning we woke at about 7am+ and we went to the hotel restaurant for our buffet breakfast. After the breakfast we went back to the room to shower before checking out. We drove back to Penang while Ah Kong drove to Ipoh to meet up with the relative.

Emeryn attended her BM tuition on Sat afternoon and Cambridge on Sun as usual. Right after the class, we headed to Por Por's house for our usual Sun visit. We had our lunch there before going home. Later in the afternoon, Uncle Leonard drove us and Karise to downtown. We went to a cafe for early dinner to celebrate Karise's 9th Birthday. After the dinner, we went to Gurney Plaza as Uncle Leonard wanting to get Smiggle for Karise's birthday gift. At the same time, mummy bought a pencil case for Emeryn as her reward of getting 82% in her last Cambridge exam. We then headed home after getting the gift.