Sunday, August 26, 2007

Tour.......

recently had a chanc 2 visit singapor an malaysia..... a small trip wit family..... thot f pennin down my xperience here......
wel.. i startd off 4m here on 14th august by noon.... rchd delhi by evenin..... roamed around teh streets of ajmal khan road in delhi... one f the famous shoppers stop ter.... rangin 4m the 'local' 2 branded ones, u get evrythin..... sinc it was the day bfor independence day, security was quite tight....

the nxt day.ie.15th.... we went 2 chandigarh in the shatabdi express.... famed 4 the first planned city in india, it sticks true to da core.... roads without gutters an open drainages it was a pleasure drivin thru the roads ter..... xcept 4 the heat f the sun..... ther we visited the NEK CHAND rock garden.... a place built f waste materials lik tubelight pieces, broken bangles, broken pieces f toiletry... anythin an everythin thrown away as waste..... (paavam... angerkk oru thozhilillathe irunnappa undakiya oru garden... heheh... )... then we went 2 the rose garden.... i had 2 walk quite a few miles insid to find a rose tho..... tat was a total washout.... by evenin we returnd bak 2 delhi ....

the nxt day we had our flight 2 malaysia by midnight.... it was a 3 an half hr flight an we rchd malaysia by 17th noon.... chekd in at hotel grand seasons which was the tallest hotel in malaysia.... man, it was a luxury experience.....then, we went around searchin an findin out places in malaysia... oly 2 find tat a handful f ppl ter knew english..... :(... we had a chanc to get in ter aerotrain which is sumthin lik da maglev.... veryy fast....

the nxt day 18th we wer taken 4 a city tour which was somewat a washout.... nuthin much interestin.... xcept 4 the patronas towers which was truly breathtakin..... the twin towers, featured in the film DON, rose magnificiently to more than 80 stories.... tuk a few snaps ter.. but we dint 've tym 2 get inside the tower.... then at noon we went shoppin in teh famous CHINA TOWN wer yu get things at realy cheap prices.....

on 19th, we wer taken 4m the city 2 a farway plac located 6000 feet abov sea level.. 'twas cald GENTING HIGHLANDS.... truly breathtakin view 4m ter....and also it stood home 2 a very huge theme park... indoor an outdoor..... had some quality tym ter gettin in some really thrillin rides an gettin frozen 2 death.... unfortunately, we dint 've sweaters wit us....

20th we chekd out 4m hotel resort in genting to catch the flight to singapor.... 'twas jus a 1 hour journey.... we rchd s'gpor by noon...an evenin left out 2 catch the beauty f the place..... a very veryy clean an beautiful city wit the pride f 'vin everythin systematic, no wonder tis plc attracts tourists 4m al over the world.... most f the residents r 4m china an malaysia wit the no f indians rising steadily.... they 've a place calld LITTLE INDIA which has some indian shops rangin 4m restaurants, textile shops, electronic shops,a temple..... this is also home 2 the biggest shoppin centre ter... MUSTAFA centre.... wel, itz basically our big bazaar*infinity..... :) a shoppin mall..... prices r quite reasonable too....

on 21st we had a city tour which showed us the beauties f teh city.... the famous MERLION, the lion faced fish spittin out water, which is the national emblem f singapore...we also had a chance to visit a beer factory... TIGER BEER... which served a free drink also.... one f ma friends scolded me 4 not gettin him a bottle too..... :D.... 't was quite a nice city tour...
at noon we left 4 SENTOSA island which is one f the largest islands in singapor.... it was a place worth seein... ezp the show cald 'songs of the sea' which was basically a musical fountain show but done wit so much color an expertise that u can never mis tat.... ther we had a chance to c many such shows... an al f them had a message 2 deliver. tat was the beauty f the whole thing.....

on 22nd, mornin we visited the JURONG BIRD PARK... a large enclosure housing millions of varities of birds rangin 4m those twittering parrots to the deadly birds of prey..... one thing which was quite evident ws the bonding which the trainers an birds shared.... we had a chance 2 hear a parrot count 4m 1 to 10 an sing songs for us....
at night we went 4 the night safari which was more or less a journey into the wild jungle wher al animals wer left in ther natural habitat an behaved in their natural way..... saw a a veryyyyyyy huge python which was carried by 4 ppl.... an the funny part, a man 4m germany or sumwer, got the chance to let it curl around his neck lik a necktie..... man, it was a sight 2 b seen an he seemed to enjoy tat thoroughly..... :-\

on 23rd. we checkd out f the hotel to b bak home.... we had our journey bak in 2 phases... a transit stop at colombo... ther we wer chekd in a beachside hotel as our next flight 2 india was oly at nite 1 am.... it was a really coool hotel...
an after a lot f delays an hassles, we rchd home on 24th mornin 5 am....

had a wonderful tym 4 10 days meetin new ppl, visiting new places..... but in teh end, it felt good to b bak home...... coz nothin can replace tat feelin.....

1 comment:

NightFox said...

Wow! Great.. So when are you flying to Kerala!?

Cheers
Ramu