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2014年5月29日星期四

天津。北京

这回的旅行是史上最“轻松”的行程。
续桂林之后,这是我第二次“跟团”旅行。
而之所以“轻松”的原因乃因为无需“顾前顾后”。

很多人花钱,买“无购物”行程配套。
本人两次的经验认为,没有必要花多一千多块买这种配套。偶然,也会有不错的“购物”点,让你获益。两次的经验让我知道,导游都挺诚实的。贵说贵,便宜说便宜。

和以前长辈的经验也不同,如今的导游不会因为你没“购物”而发脾气(当然不能一概而论,也许是我运气好)!

和旅行团的旅行和背包旅行差别很大。
旅行团都安排好了,基本上你根本不需要做功课!
但是,时间却不在你掌握当中。
而且,本人认为除非你有携伴,不然整团的人都会把你当“妖怪”。这就是“亚洲人”。
如果你问我,我还是会选择背包旅行。时间由我作主。
虽然偶尔会花冤枉钱、走冤枉路。但是,这些点滴都能让你铭心。
旅行,不就是要“成长”吗?

一直听说北京的城市污染严重,这回可真是“见识”了其中的利害。

从北京回来,如果你问我什么印象最深刻?我会说:“人”。真的很多人!

北京太多东西讲了。。。我们先从《天津》开始吧。听导游说,天津什么都没有。
之所以行程中有天津是因为之前马来西亚AirAsia只飞天津,
所以以前就从天津开始游玩。

现在北京有航线了,担心客人投诉少了一个城市,所以只好把它加进去。

本人认为,如果你是自助旅行,还是别浪费时间吧!因为天津真的什么都没有。
天津食品街有好些特产。价钱会比北京便宜一点点。
所以要买就赶紧买。能杀点价钱,但是不多。
不过,那里的阿姨都挺好的。即使不能打折了也会送点什么。

行程中个人比较偏爱的是“胡同街”和“烟台斜街”。比较地道的看到一些“本土民情”。
先来说说“胡同街”。原来“胡同”= 小巷。
如果不跟着导游走。。。肯定迷路!
因为来来去去的“胡同”都是一个样!走进去就像走迷宫。
“烟台斜街”是条名副其实的“斜街”。
短短的一条街道,两边都是商店。
东西挺特别的。没有特别贵也不会便宜。有时间,真应该好好逛下(这就是跟团的坏处)。
一路冲着下坡,好在这个季节凉风习习,感觉舒服。
我们去的这一天,下起绵绵细雨。
本来和朋友说好过后再一起回去。。。可是后来真的没时间了L

都到了北京,当然必须看看以前的“皇帝”是怎么过着奢侈生活的!故宫和天安门相当靠近。基本上如果你有时间可以耗上一整天。如果你个人的中国历史很好,你不需要导游解释。
如果你像我一样毫无头绪,还是要导游讲解才会领悟(不过我并没有带回来,知识还给导游了!)。

故宫,一个古代封闭的城市。著名的慈禧太后和皇上就住在这里。
听说,慈禧的尸体是用珍珠粉盖上的。
可惜,我们并不能看见真正的尸体,所以我有些失望。。。也许我要向她学习“保养秘诀”。
故宫很大,老实说,必须和同伴黏得紧紧的,不然很容易走失(人真的多到夸张)。

天安门,没什么,就在城门前拍拍照。有警卫驻守。气氛紧张。
后门对面有一排街道(忘了叫什么名,不过倒是挺好走的)。
那里有土产、衣服、还有邮政局(买了名信片后就到处找邮局)!

当然不能忘记“毛泽东”纪念馆!
很大片的地,感觉有点“浪费”。
外面的花园挺漂亮的。还有很多人在那里拍照。如果没记错,一张是RMB20。
我们就在前面拍拍照就离开了(参加旅行团,拍照 = 到了= 够了)。

拥有“世界古迹”之称的万里长城  ~ 北京,当然得去!远在高速公路2km外,早已看见长城的足迹。听说曾经有了用了3个月把长城爬完。说真的若果有人愿意给我预备食物并且确保我的安全,我真想尝试能否用一个月的时间攀越长城?我的这一生,会有这样的机会吗?

到了长城,当然先忙着拍照。
再来不可以忘记自己的“好汉状”。
就是攀上长城的证据。

我们去的这个季节(5月)不会太热。正适合做如此运动。
爬长城真不容易。凹凸不平的石头路,大小不一的梯阶,让人上气不接下气。
不懂当地的中国人怎么会有本事穿高跟鞋走长城?!?!佩服佩服!
登上长城,风景如画,好像远离都市的繁忙,有一人之上万人之下的感觉。

《鸟巢》这个奇怪的名称让它一夜成名!到了北京,去鸟巢似乎是必须的。
其实鸟巢并没有开放给公众。大伙只能在外面拍照。
外面的广场很大。听说奥运时可是挤满人的哦!
很多小贩在那卖东西。有时间,确实可以逛逛。我喜欢那里,任由大风打在身上,好舒服哦!

喜欢买衣服的朋友不能忘了“秀水街”。
本来以为是条“街道”,原来是个广场。
那里的商店都会标上“不二价”的牌子。实际上如果你没还价就是大笨蛋了!
一般来说衣服可以最少扣个50%,当然要以经验还价。
如果你用RM100可以买到的,在那用RMB100就能买到了。
卖家口才一流,精通多种语言,千万要小心友人间的交谈。

最后一天我们住在“北京小吃街”附近。
特别想提下这个青年旅舍。工作人员很友善,也精通英语。
地点很安全也靠经逛街的地方,相当方便。
旅舍清洁,我们还很幸运拿到了2人一间的dorm。
价钱合理,最重要的是交通相当方便(步行也要10-15分钟)!
建议有行李的人还是搭taxi去mrt station 好了。
这趟的行程很短却很丰盛最重要的是我不需要伤脑筋。

photo:-
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.945229952172962.1073741841.407139699315326&type=3 

2014年5月22日星期四

ALOFT HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR SENTRAL

Another great complimentary opportunity - A Loft Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

Reservation Experiences:-
  1. A complementary voucher is given
  2. Reservation procedure is an awful experience with the call center
  3. The RSVP telephone nos which printed behind the voucher is basically couldn't help you to do any reservation
  4. I called more than 7 times in 2 weeks, they said will get sales department to contact me, unfortunate didn't
  5. Until the very end, I drop them an email, finally i received a confirmation call after all the damage
  6. Moral of the study: do not call, but email
Bell boy, Front Desk & General Staffs:-
  1. The bell boy looks like strict "security" in black colour t-shirt. They stand straight without a friendly welcome smile - they can assist all our request... but no cheerful smile at all (they looks like Bangladesh to me) :( 
  2. Very quick check in procedure that allow us to leave ASAP
  3. Behind the check in counter, there's a lounge, providing FOC apples. Their apples are fresh & juicy! I am loving it :)
  4. Walking along the road towards the lift, there's a welcome drink... erm... just not my preference - taste weird!

The room:-
  1. Room is clean & tidy - it's expected under 5 stars category
  2. There's no 8TV & NTV7 available at the TV channel - where I don't understand why
  3. Internet server are pretty fast with caber, but wifi is not that stable
  4. I believe they had blocked user from downloading movie - because I failed to do so by using different software
  5. There's DVD player available to lend, but not the DVD movie

 The Housekeeping:-

  1. It's awesome service with fast action
  2. There's no sanitary pad or sewing kits provided - even if you willing to pay - weird
The Gym, pool, pub and roof-top:-

Pictures speak by itself :)





2013年9月2日星期一

Cherating, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

This trip is a breakthrough of my life that I never ever experienced before.

The plan is “no plan” apart from the hotel booking.

Funny part is even though is “no plan”, with the new E-generation, someone will automatically online and search for venue/ info during the journey.

Well, first of all, this trip considered my most costly trip in life so far. 3 days 2 night, total spending is RM320.00 per pax (all in).

The Journey:-
We depart from Selangor in a car which is very comfort for 6 pax (just nice J ). From Subang Kesas toll departs, it took us 5 hours to arrive the destination (include lunch time). We had a F1 driver who drove 160/km throughout the entire journey. We had 3 pretty ladies and 3 gentlemen on board! We had lots of laughter and jokes in this trip. Lots of embarrass stuff happened too!

 I was bite by a monster!
The Accommodation:-

Our trip fall on 31/8 ~ /9/13. Where 31 aug is a merdeka day (public holiday) in Malaysia, 2 bed rooms apartment (2 toilets) is selling at RM552/ night, however, the next day 1/9 only cost us RM260/night. All together for hotel itself we paid for RM812, share among 6 persons.


We checked in Sanctuary Resort Cherating, Kuantan. The resort isn’t well maintained by the management. It’s old, dusty, and smelly. We meet a group of malay students who having function in the resort in the 1st night. Everywhere is occupied by them include pool, restaurant, parking & beach! There’s no peaceful moment for us in the 1st night.

The Beach:-
We visited the most famous beach “Teluk Cempedak Beach”. It’s located 30mins drive from the hotel and it’s very near to the city centre.

The beach is famous with its clear water, huge rock, long costline, and it’s connecting to a jungle which allow you to do jungle trekking should one is interest.

Along the beachside, there’re numerous shops and restaurant that can pampered your stay overthere.

The Food:-
A delicious “Red Date noodles” (红枣面线)is located at a corner old shop lot next to “Kuantan Parade”. Just search “Kuantan Parade” and you can get this place. They serve lunch and dinner over here. The same restaurant also have “Coconut Flower Beer” (雪花啤酒), I didn’t have chance to try because I am having motion sickness this round (car sick).


Seafood is a must eat foods over kuantan. Yummy seafood is everywhere due to the freshness of the food quality. Price is cheaper comparing to Klang Valley area. It’s always good to asked the price first prior to your order to avoid unnecessary argument. Normally Chinese restaurant will be a better option for seafood.

“Curry Noodle” is not famous in Kuantan. However, this restaurant which is famous for curry is located in Kuantan!
“Other foods” are delicious as well ^^ 












The Mountain:-
“Bukit Panorama” (Panorama Hill) (林明山), Kuantan’s resident said: “if you didn’t climb Bukit Panorama, you didn’t visit Kuantan.”

Oh ya~ it’s mountain climbing time! In order to allow you see the most beautiful sunrise, you will need to sanctify your sleeping hours. You are required to arrive there latest by 5am and walk upwards the staircase. I am not sure how many steps are there but I guess at least 5,000! No kidding! There’s no light to help you, please do not forget your touch-light along. The best option will be a head-light. It’s absolutely dark and minds your steps. Not to forget to bring along your “breakfast” and drinking water so that you can drink along the way and “picnic” on top of the hill while waiting the sun wake up :p

We are very unlucky this time. It rain upon arrival of top. We cant see the sunrise. We end up with all scenery picture taking only. However, I love the fresh air top there.

Sungai Lembing Double Rainbow Waterfall:-
Heard that there’s a waterfall which charge entrance fee of RM30/pax. The unique of this waterfall is, everyday before 11am, you can see double rainbow at the same time through the reflection of the waterfall.

I do not able to share much as I do not have the opportunity to visit there this round. Climbing mountain and visit this place cannot be the same morning. Time is insufficient. 

More Pic:-
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.720535637975729.1073741837.407139699315326&type=3&uploaded=81

2013年8月29日星期四

Raub, Pahang, Malaysia - Durian Farm

这是我第一次到访Raub, Durian Farm。也是第一次跟好朋友出游。某人告诉我1小时半的车程,转眼变成3小时!傻掉!其实,它是座落于Pahang,就在Fraser Hill之下。


记得很小开始,就听二姨常说“田芭”又掉榴櫣了。不过,那只是住家前面的一棵榴櫣树。而这一次到访的是个“榴櫣园”,还归一个朋友所有。真是大开眼界。


我们和园主会面后,换过去他那辆“过山车”,踏上进榴櫣园的脚步。一路上,我们已看到很多榴櫣树上结满榴櫣。现今的榴櫣价值高涨,很多园主选择让榴櫣出口到别的国家,因此,他们在榴櫣还未落地之前,就已经把榴櫣绑好,避免跌在地上裂开就不耐了。


一到榴櫣园,迎面而来的是一群狗。很可怕。不过,他们说它们是“保安”。在许多人的游说下,我才愿意从车上跳下来。狗狗们没有打扰我。偶尔贴近的时候,一如往常我会在朋友身后躲躲藏藏的。


我一直以为,榴櫣园的榴櫣味会阵阵扑鼻香味。。。原来,没有。除了榴莲,这里还有山竹和火龙果。个人觉得很丢脸的是。。。长得那么大,还是第一次知道原来山竹成熟前是青色的!

也许因为刚下过雨的关系,蚊子特别多。

 很快的,夕阳西下。我们还庆幸可以尝到当地著名的mamak stall with famous curry!yummy~~ 不过确实有点贵!



整个行程还不错,就上山的时候,路途比较弯曲。我一如往常的晕车,吐了两次,还可以。