Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Monday, July 30, 2012

anniversary in krabi (part 2)

this is a continuation of anniversary in krabi (part 1).

i don't have to babble anymore, as promised, enjoy the beautiful pics from krabi!

beautifully decorated room

maya bay


masyaAllah!



pileh bay





snorkeling time


viking cave


aonang beach

phi phi don island



my love



love!



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happy anniversary, sayang..

it's time to go home

sorry for the delay :)

Sunday, June 24, 2012

anniversary in krabi (part 1)

ouh it took me 2 months to blog about our krabi trip.
i should do this earlier, now that it's already months, i started to forgot things about this lovely trip.

we were there on april to celebrate our 1st year's anniversary, to enjoy some sand & sea together.
we love krabi so much that we felt like staying there forever.
it was nothing like here.
we love the fact that nobody rushed, even the tourist didn't.
it was a very relaxing 4 days in our lives.

we stayed at sunda resort.
it is just a 2- or 3-star resort, i think.
i got the room very cheap from groupon.
the resort is not located by the beach, but there was a free shuttle service from the resort to the beach area from morning till night.
the room was just so-so, but we loved the service.
the staff were really helpful, like really really.
there are plenty of nice hotels & resots in krabi.
competition is tough & that's why they were giving us the best that they have, well, that's just my assumption tho.

we did nothing on our first day because we arrived quite late.
we did go out to get something for dinner.
we had our dinner at chaba halal restaurant.
after that we tried to find something to do on our next day.
so we talked to a trip tour agent & have chose to go to phi phi island.

the second day, phi phi island boat trip it is.
we went to several places including pileh bay, monkey bay, maya bay, viking cave, phi phi don island & bamboo island (i think there are lots more, but i just can't remember).
the view at pileh bay is fantastic, so does at maya bay.
apart from sightseeing, we also did some snorkeling.
my husband does not like snorkeling like i do, so he didn't enjoy that activity like i did.
it's like having fun time all alone.
i wish "my snorkeling friends" were there, well, you know who you are.

the boat trip was a 1-day trip from 8am to 4pm.
we were back to our hotel, feeling so tired.
i called a masseur for a thai massage session in our hotel room.
the thai massage was really good, maybe because the masseur is a thai lady & i do it in thailand.
haha does it make sense to you?
later at night, we had our dinner at the same restaurant like a night before, chaba restaurant.
i don't know why we chose to have our 2nd dinner at the very same restaurant, maybe because we were too tired to think.

third day, our initial plan was to have an elephant trekking or kayaking or water rafting (there are so much things you can do in krabi), but we didn't have the energy to do so.
we were still tired haha, so we just walked around the aonang beach town the whole day.
we did some shopping for families, friends and of course for ourselves.

later at night, we had a candlelight dinner to celebrate our 1st anniversary at the hotel.
i told the lady at the reception that it is our anniversary so we want to have a proper dinner for 2 & it would be great to have a candlelight dinner.
we were really surprised that they did their best for the dinner.
we thought that we would be having that candlelight dinner at their restaurant, but they placed us in a special room & did a great preparation for us (with no extra cost).
there was romantic background music being played for us & they left us in that room after they served our foods, leaving just the two of us.
well, i guess the rest is history :)
it was a lovely effort from them & we do really appreciate it.

forth day which is our last day, we woke up late.
we did nothing until 12pm, when the taxi guy picked us up at the hotel.

so there was our sweet escape.
it was a sweet, memorable anniversary to the both us!

p/s: part 2 is coming up for pictures.

Friday, April 27, 2012

sabah trip with LOVE! (part 2)

this is a continuation of sabah trip with LOVE! (part 1).

hello lovelies.
i just came back from a vacation in krabi.
krabi trip was great!

but before i furnish you with our krabi trip stories, i'll share with you pictures from our previous sabah trip.
details & stories about the trip can be read here.

in front of the hotel that we stayed

the small but very nice room to stay

look! that's kinabalu mount at the back

at tagal sungai moroli, kampung luanti

feeding the fish

that's A LOT!

at sabah tea plantation

at poring hot spring

at desa cattle, mesilau dairy farm

at kinabalu park

at pasar malam kg ayer

at gaya sunday street market

at jeselton point

mamutik island

snorkeling time!

manukan island

we rented our car here

bye2 KK!

till then.
have a nice weekend, lovelies!

Friday, April 6, 2012

sabah trip with LOVE! (part 1)

last time, i went there with my close friends & i found that sabah is one of malaysia's best holiday spots.
so i was thinking of getting the same great experience again but this time with my other half.
anyway, my entry of the previous sabah trip can be read here.

last time we were staying at the heart of kk town which i think SO not suitable for honeymooners like us.
so this time i chose to stay a bit far but not too far away from the city centre.

so yeay grand borneo hotel it is!

the hotel is located at about 7km from the city centre & it is part of 1borneo shopping complex.
me myself, i think the hotel is near to perfect.
the only thing that makes it less than perfect is the absence of parking facility for the guests.
we had to pay for the parking (inside the mall) & it is not cheap especially on weekends.
you can always park your car by the roadside anyway, but we don't want to take the risk.
well, better safe than sorry, no?
apart from the parking problem, everything else was fine.

as of the car, we rented it from hertz (sime darby car rental).
i did some research & i found that hertz offers the best rates, but that only applies if you book the car online.
yeah, you too can book online to enjoy the best rates.
they gave us a new hyundai accent for only at rm115 per day, well that's the price for myvi if we were to rent from other company or individual.
even last time my friends & i rented an obsolete pesona at discounted price of rm150 per day.
so yeah, hertz is highly recommended especially if you are flying using malaysia airlines because they are located in terminal 1.
if you are flying with air asia, you will have to take a taxi to terminal 1 from terminal 2 which will cost you another rm30 for one way taxi trip (mind you, you'll need to do the same thing upon returning car), and that was what we did.
we don't mind paying extra rm60 for the taxi in order to get good car & the total is actually still cheaper than renting from others.

below is the itinerary throughout our stay.
i can say that we really had fun & i enjoyed the trip so much.
i'm too lazy to elaborate each item like i always did, so i will put it in a simple point form with hope that it still can help others in planning holiday in kk.

friday, 2 march 2012
- arrived in kk
- checked in to the hotel
- dinner at salut seafood

saturday, 3 march 2012
- breakfast & off to kundasang/ranau
- to tagal sungai moroli at kampung luanti
- to sabah tea plantation
- to poring hot spring
- lunch at tapak tamu ranau
- to desa cattle, mesilau dairy farm
- to kinabalu park
- dinner at gayang seafood
- shopping at pasar malam kg. ayer
- supper at tanjung aru food court

sunday, 4 march 2012
- breakfast at gaya street
- shopping at gaya sunday street market
- to jeselton point to get boat to the islands
- snorkeling time!
- shopping at pasar ikan masin
- dinner at pasar filipino

monday, 5 march 2012
- breakfast
- shopping frozen foods to bring back home
- off to the airport & back to kl

pictures are coming up in part 2, insyaAllah! :)

family trip to port dickson (part 3)

this is a continuation of family trip to port dickson (part 2) and family trip to port dickson (part 1).

huhu, i just realized that i still owe you one post which is supposed to be filled with the pictures from the trip!
but since the trip is way way back then already, i think a few pics will do, no?

i actually wanted to do new entries on my sabah trip & also on my brother's wedding which was held last month.
but i felt responsible to complete the uncompleted 'work' before i can proceed with the new ones (with the hope that this entry is sufficient to tell that i've done my 'work').

so, enjoy the pics!






yeay, i'm done!