My Travel Bay

I always hope to go for a luxury vacation with my family to UK. Who doesn’t want ? With the currency in UK, I guess I have to wait for few more years in order to fulfill my dream. Well, we thought to go Singapore end of this year, but since hubby is very busy with his jobs and we have little time to organise our family holidays, I think we will postpone our plan till next year.  

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I will go to Bangkok for holiday with my family and friends in September. We have bought flight tickets but yet for accomodation. We planned to go to Pattaya and stay there for a night too. My friend asked me to search for cheap and nice hotel in Pattaya, Bangkok. Actually we can get help from my hubby’s travel company, but I want to get the lowest rate if possible by myself.  You may wonder why I just need to book accomodation in Pattaya, but not in Bangkok. Well, we will stay at our friend’s house and she will bring us to walk around Bangkok.

We are so excited waiting for the trip and kids are going along with us this time. There are many attractive places like zoo, marine park, crocodile farm. These places are suitable for kids, but I worry about the food there though most of them are hot and spicy. Anyway, I will prepare milk, bread, biscuits for my kid in case the food is not suit him.

September is my travel month for me as I will go to Kuala Lumpur as to attend my friend’s wedding dinner with my hubby and kid once we back from Bangkok. We will stay a night and shop around the next day. Gosh, I’m not only looking for accomodation in Pattaya but Kuala Lumpur too.  

My friend just MSN me to check out the accomodation through Hotels Combined. It is a unique free tool that searches multiple hotel reservation websites like Venere or Quik Book which simultaneously to help us find the lowest rate instantly. They eliminate the need to search major websites one by one in order to compare prices and availability. It save my time and money. I found the cheap and nice hotel in Pattaya, but I need to ask my friends before I book for it. LOL!!!

Cameron Highlands is the largest and most famous hill resort. It is the smallest district in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. The first town from the south is Ringlet, followed by Tanah Rata, Brinchang, Kea Farm, Tringkap, Kuala Terla and Kampong Raja. I went there to enjoy the cold weather with my hubby and kid yesterday.

First, we took our lunch at The Smoke House Hotel & Restaurant. As I know, it is the most expensive hotel and restaurant in Cameron Highlands. The design od the building is so unique just like an old English country houses. The Smokehouse Hotel, however, is not just about the rooms or the gardens but the expensive food.

Next, we stopped at butterfly farm as I want my kid to see and experience the real butterflies which hardly find in Ipoh. I told him that we will go to catch butterflies before we off to Cameron Highlands. He was so excited when he sees the butterflies, but scared to touch them.

We went to Strawberry farm before we back home. It is a must place to go when you visit to Cameron Highlands. My kid is so happy to pluck the strawberries himself. Actually we want to go to BOH tea plantation too, but it’s too late as they close at 4.30pm. Well, we can always travel there as it’s less than an hour journey from Ipoh.    

After thinking for hours, we decided to buy 2 tickets for the Draculas night show before we back to Malaysia the next morning. It is an Australia’s most horrific, hideous, incredibly scary but most sensational evening of entertainment at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.

Main entrance

Hubby said it’s worth to experience their advance bands, decoration, food and show even though the price is expensive - A$78.00 per person.  The ticket price includes ghost train ride, 3 course dinner, all pre show entertainment and the live horror comedy show.

Ticketing area

Able to snap this photo at the entrance

Too bad that camera is not allow inside the hall. I can only snapped some photos before enter. If you want to know more about the show, you can visit to their site.

photo with those draculas ~ A$16

The show is full on every weekend with A$84 per person. We bought the tickets at The Haunted House when shopping in central Surfers Paradise. If our kid is along with us, I don’t think we can enjoy the show though it’s designed for a mature audience, and children under 13 years old are not recommend.  

I really can’t believe when hubby tell me that he has bought flight tickets to Bangkok with me in September. Well, I did say that I want to go to Bangkok one day as my friend will move there with her family next week. Actually the tickets are cheap with RM5 only per pax, exclude airport taxes. LOL!!! After add up the airport taxes, it is RM320+ per pax. I asked hubby to buy another flight ticket as I want to bring my kid along this time. 

Bangkok is a shopping heaven and I wonder if I have time to shop till I drop. I hope to go to Central World, Siam Paragon and Plantinum shopping malls. We will go with friends and their kids too, so my kid has friends to play around. We will stay in Bangkok for 5 days 4 nights, and it is a free and easy trip. I like F&E trip as we don’t have to rush like hell since kids are along with us.

My friend and I so excited waiting for the trip. Gosh, still have 3 months to go !!!