OMG, Its Melaka!! (Perhentian Island Package)

Recently, the committe of PST APPS 2014 Malaysia went to Melaka for Venue visit as our rehearsal for this coming Post Symposium Tour APPS 2014 Malaysia on August 2014.

Melaka was a fantastic place to visit. We will visit Melaka as side visit apart from Perhentian Island as our main destination.

Basically, the visit to Melaka can be done in one day, but alert, you need to be active and energetic to fullheartedly round throughout the Melaka central town! Its because the Melaka town is a real tourist destination with hundreds of attractions! You will not be bored even in one second when touring around Melaka!.

All the places around Melaka is a foot walk distance, so we will be having a footwalk during out tour in Melaka Town on 28 of August 2014. Basically, each of the places that we visited (and going to be visited by you, the PST participants) is historical place but yet, interesting enough since all the environment is surrounded with other tourist attractions. No wonder Melaka is known as one of the UNESCO World Heritage City.

Below are the photos of the journey.

St Paul's Church

At Melaka Alive

The fantastic Melaka Alive Show

One of the interesting spots to take pictures near Melaka Rivercruise

A Famosa

Melaka Rivercruise was a great activity to be done on night time

Mesmerizing views along the journey of Melaka Rivercruise during the nights.

Stadthuys.

One of the famous spot at Melaka, near the Stadthuys.

                         Basically, Melaka is a real tourist hotspot. It is famous for its Malaysia History. Lets indulge into the Malaysia History in a fun and interesting ways. What are you waiting for? Join Post Symposium Tour for Perhentian Island Package to join this Melaka visit as Side visit besides our main destination which is Perhentian Island which is even more interesting with its fantastic crystal clear beaches.!
                      

Penang Revised Itinerary

Hi everyone! So have you read about our trip to Penang? Interesting and fascinating right?? J So what are you waiting for.. Join us to experience it yourself!

However guys, after that amazing trip, we have decided to cancel off few places and replace it with more attractive places. Why do we change?!!! Relax.. We did this because those places that we planned to include in the package did not meet our expectations and we want to provide you guys with the best package. So here is the latest and the hottest revised tentative:

Do you notice some changes of the places that we will be visiting this upcoming August?

Day 1:

We withdraw Snake Temple from the itinerary because we don’t find the place is interesting anymore as compared back then and the snake population is declining. Bad omen?? NO!! The decrement is due to rapid development that disturbs snake natural habitat. The temple also give the snakes away (donateJ) thrice every lunar calendar. We believe that Kek Lok Si Temple can compensate the Snake Temple where the view on the top of the Penang land is breathtaking and at the same time appreciating the intricate architecture of the building.

At night, we changed the trip to Padang Kota Night Market instead of going to Gurney Drive and Queensbay. More food variation that you can choose in Padang Kota and people say, it is a must to visit Padang Kota at night. Furthermore, it is more exciting in Padang Kota and it is closer to our hotel.

Day 2:

Yes. We know… The tentative has completely changed ^^,

We will be visiting Topical Spice Garden and Tropical Fruit Farm for noon and evening visit. We cancel off National Park because in August, it is not the prime time to visit the park. In August, the turtles will not lay eggs at the beach and the Meromictic Lake will not be separated as it will be in January until April. 

As for the Butterfly Farm, we acknowledge the vast species of butterflies that can be seen, but we find Topical Spice Garden and Tropical Fruit Farm have more to offer. It is a holistic eco-tourism project, winning prestigious awards including Gold Award, Laman-Floral Garden Award, The Malaysia International Landscape & Garden Festival 2004 and Merit Award, Tourism Malaysia ‘Best Man-Made’ tourism attraction 2005/2006. So it seems that this place is essential to be in our trip, right? 

Tropical Fruit Farm? Yup. Captivating isn’t it? The farm located at the hill terrain of Teluk Bahang is an ideal site for cultivating many types of tropical and sub-tropical fruit trees. You can also taste varieties of fruits where you can only find in Malaysia. Wait.. There is more! You can learn unique way of fertilizing fruit plan with natural farm-made fertilizer and also learn how to sweeten fruits. New experience awaits you here in the farm.

Day 4:

We add Penang War Museum as our last place to visit before we depart back to Kuala Lumpur. Do we need to visit the museum?? Bored lah!! Trust us, this place is not like any typical museum. We can actually see what are left from the war in 1941. It was used to be the main base to protect Penang from foreign invasion but Japanese soldiers were able to invade and also built the prison base. You can navigate through tunnels, see the historical artifacts such as cannons and ammunition bunkers located 9-metres underground.

So.. what are you waiting for??? Participate in PST Penang!!!

Mesmerizing:Pearl of Orient!

Day 3

It was our last day to see the uniqueness of Penang and we did feel sad to go back home. Nevertheless, it did not meant that we will let the day went by without appreciating Penang to the fullest! Our target for our third day was to explore UNESCO heritage and cultural sites acknowledged worldwide. We just walked all day long with full of curiosity and enthusiasm. It took us one whole day to finish touring! Here were the places that we visited:

• ·         Penang Peranakan Mansion
• ·         Armenian Street
• ·         Kg Kling Mosque
• ·         Cathedral of The Assumption
• ·         Clan Jetty
• ·         Komtar
• ·         Little India
• ·         Campbell Street
• ·         Esplanade and Penang Fort Cornwallis
• ·         Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower
• ·         City Hall
• ·         Town Hall
• ·         Mahamarimman Temple
• ·         Teochew Temple
• ·         Loveland
• ·         Penang Road
• ·         Chulia Road
• ·         Chowrasta Street

 At the Cheong Fatt Mansion, we did not enter the building because we for sure will visit the place with you. So let it be mysterious and full of surprises! J FYI, the mansion popularly known as ‘Blue Mansion’ is a renowned location to film movies and television series. The architecture is mesmerising and it is a must-see place in Penang!

Same goes to the Penang Peranakan Mansion. We did not enter it as well but trust us, this old mansion is so famous that it always included in travel documentaries, where it depicting the life of Straits Chinese or Peranakan.

We then head to the Penang State Museum. We believed that we need to have a tour here so that we can know Penang as a whole before went off to see it live. Thank god the place is still intact because it was almost destroyed in World War II bombing and now, it is full of Penang historic artifacts.

Another location that is necessary to have a sneak peek is the Kg. Kling Mosque. We had our prayer here at noon and we bumped into many foreigners that were very interested to know the beautiful Islam facts. The Moghul design features stunning minarets and domes really wows us that we didn’t feel like staying there for only short time.  Yup, we stayed longer that what we should be ^^.

We went to do some purse-thinning activities at Chowrasta, Penang Road buying the well-known fruit pickles, Jeruk Pak Ali. We also bought some signature food of Penang and got ourselves bloated.

Last but not least, the most interesting activity that we did was the painted wall hunting in all across historical Georgetown  that were drawn by Ernest Zacharevic. The artworks are fascinating and meaningful.

Frankly... no caption needed. yup. it literally shows that we were having so much fun!