My Craze for Travelling

Part 1 - Domestic
20 June 2013

I was reading someone's blog and happened to read about his trip to Swiss and was suddenly inspired (cewahhhh!) to write about the travelling I that had done.

My passion for travelling started when I was in Uni with all friends in my clique coming from different states in Malaysia and we will plan to visit each other's house. So we've been to among others Malacca to Kak Dura's house, Jig's house in Machang, Kelantan, Kak Eta's house in K.Trengganu, Kak Zamie's house in Seremban, CY's and Kak Mah's house in Klang, Kak Mus's house in Kajang, Kak Jam's house in Sentul, Kak Lalen's house in Kg. Baru, Kak Zura's house in Tmn Melawati, Kak Sherin's house in JB and not forgetting my house in Muar.

Kelantan

When we went to Jig's house in Machang, Kelantan, we also plan an excursion trip to Pengkalan Kubur and not forgetting the KB town.

Trengganu

When we went to Kak Eta's house we also went to Pulau Kapas by taking a boat from Marang.

From there we planned to go and went snorkelling to Pulau Redang and staying in Rumah Maybank in KT town. We took a speedboat from Merang and managed to get a good price for the package. The undersea view at that time was marvellous with colorful corals and fish, it was literally like heaven downunder. It was a dissapointment when we went there for a second time, after maybe like 10 year and this time with hubby. It was an adventurous trip by an executive coach (Sani Express bus) suggested by Zafrul. We parked our car at his house in Tmn Sri Gombak and he sent us to the bus station which is very near to his house. From KT bus station we took a cab to Merang where the jetty to Pulau Redang is. We took a 3 days 2 nites package with Redang Lagoon Resort. They had BBQ dinner, tea, and all other meals provided. Snorkelling trips to the Marine Park were also covered but we had to pay for the rental of the snorkelling gear. Accomodation was very basic, the chalet doesnt even have wardrobe to put our things. Back from Redang we stayed 1 nite at KT town and met Kak Eta.

Pulau Pemanggil - August 2000

It started with our friend Nani won a voucher for a trip to Pulau Pemanggil somewhere near Pulau Tioman and we planned to go together, me, Fazil, CY, Noe, Along, Cik Wahi and Nani. It was off to a bad start with the resort putting us in a cramped van together with the driver Tarzan and his assistant Jai. We departed at night and reached Mersing by Subuh the next day. We rested in a surau while waiting for Subuh prayer and I managed to shout at this 1 guy for asking us to wake up. (served him right :P).

The journey by bot nelayan(!) took 5 hours to Pemanggil in a rough ocean and we are so sea-sicked that all the energy drained from us. Lembek terlepek tak bermaya! Esp CY yg muntah2 and feeding the fish with the vomits (euwwwwww!).

The suprising thing was as soon as we were back on shore we were back to our normal gila2 stuff that Tarzan and Jai were so suprised! hahahaha.. and it was fun staying in the island with fresh fish as our source of protein (The guys went fishing and brought back 1 Coleman full of fish!).

The journey back was not so bad as the sea at that time was not so rough and I didnt vomit at all :)

Lake Kenyir

Participant for the 1st trip  (24 & 25 March 2001): Me, CY, Along, Noe, Cik Wahi, Cik Yam. It was on the IBMers at that time since they had the benefit of claiming for their holidays :)

Participants from the 2nd trip (August 2009): Me (pregnant with Ariana), hubby, Faris, Mak Abah, Lyna (we were actually attending her convocation), Ejun's family, Jaan & Abg Aiman. 

Ishhh no time to tell about all the journeys, the list of places first :

Year 2000

1. Bali, Indonesia - 7 April to 10 April 2000
2. Cameron Highlands - 18 to 20 May 2000
3. Kuala Selangor - 1 to 2 July 2000
4. Amsterdam - 21 to 25 Oct 2000
5. New York - 25 Oct to 3 November 2000
6. Pulau Pemanggil - August 2000

Year 2001

1. Tasik Kenyir and Kuala Trengganu - 23 to 25 March 2001
2. Pulau Perhentian - 5 to 8 July 2001
3. Cameron Highlands - 14 to 15 Nov 2001

Year 2002

1. Brunei - 10 and 25 August 2002
2. London - 11 and 14 August 2002
3. Amsterdam - 15 to 17 August 2002
4. Brussel - 17 to 19 August 2002
5. Paris - 19 to 22 August 2002

Year 2003

1. Bangkok - 4 to 10 March 2003
2. Awana Genting Highlands - 15 & 16 Oct 2003
3. Singapore - 17 to 19 Oct 2003
4. Genting Highlands - 25 & 26 Dec 2003

Year 2004

1. Cape Town - 27 to 5 Sept 2004
2. Fraser's Hill - 2 to 4 Dec 2004
3. Pangkor Island - 31 Dec 2004 - 1 Jan 2005
4. Kedah & Penang - 13 &14 June 2003

Year 2005

1. Langkawi - 17 to 19 April 2005
2. Cameron Highlands - 16 to 18 July 2005
3. Perth, Australia - 12 to 17 Oct 2005

Year 2006

1. Kuching - 17 to 20 Feb 2006
2. Port Dickson - 17 to 19 March 2006
3. Kluang - 29 & 30 April 2006
4. Pulau Redang - 28 to 30 July 2006
5. K. Trengganu - 30 & 31 July 2006
6. Langkawi - 12 to 14 August 2006

Year 2007

1. Korea - 18 to 24 March 2007
2. K. Trengganu - 30 June to 1 July 2007
3. Cherating - 1 & 2 July 2007
4. Geneva - 3 Nov 2007
5. Montreaux & Zermatt - 4 Nov 2007
6. Lucern - 5 Nov 2007
7. Lake Lugano & Milan - 6 Nov 2007
8. Verona & Venice - 7 Nov 2007
9. Florence - 8 Nov 2007
10. Pisa & Rome - 9 Nov 2007
11. Rome - 9 to 11 Nov 2007

Year 2008

1. Chiang Mai - 11 to 13 Jan 2008 (3 months pregnant!)

Year 2009

1. Kundasang & Kota Kinabalu - June 2009
2. Bandung - 11 to 14 Nov 2009

Year 2011

1. Langkawi - 17 to 19 July 2011
2. Los Angeles - 5 Nov 2011
3. San Francisco - 8 Nov
4. Santa Barbara
5. Las Vegas

Year 2012

1. Norwich - 19 to 31 July 2012
2. London - 21 & 22 July 2012
3. Edinburgh - 28 & 29 July 2012
4. Ho Chin Minh - 7 to 10 Nov 2012

Year 2013

1. Mekah - 21 April to 28 April 2013
2. Madinah - 28 April to 2 May 2013
3. Beijing - 9 to 14 December 2013

Year 2014

1. Melbourne - 9 to 16 September 2014

Year 2015

1. Cameron Highlands - 22 to 24 March 2015


and.. we planned to go to Japan this year. The kids had been begging to go to a place with snow and one of the nearest would be Japan. The city might be Sapporo. I've been googling for a good package as it would be a hassle planning your own trip with the kids in tow. I've suggested for Cik Zur and family to go with us on the package, so we'll see how it's going to turn out.

Edited :

Year 2015

2. Hokkaido (Sapporo) - 21 to 26 December 2015 
3. Hakodate - 26 to 28 December 2015

Year 2016

1. Grand Lexis PD - 17 to 19 March 2016
2. Bangkok - 28 May to 1 June 2016
3. Perth - 3 to 9 December 2016

Year 2017

1. Pulau Tioman (Kg. Salang, Salang Indah Resort) - 22 to 24 March 2017
2. Tasik Banding (Royal Belum Resort) - 29 Sept to 1 Oct 2017
3. Turkey - 

Year 2018

1. Port Dickson - 18 to 20 Aug 2018

Spain: (1 to 12 Dec 2018)

1. Barcelona
2. Madrid
3. Zaragoza
4. Cordoba
5. Granada
6. Seville
7. Valencia

Year 2019

1. Tawau and Semporna - 14 to 18 June 2019

2. Balkans (10 to 22 Dec 2019)

2.1. Milan and Venice, Italy
2.2. Croatia
2.3. Bosnia
2.4. Albania
2.5. Montenegro
2.6. Macedonia
2.7. Bulgaria
2.8. Istanbul, Turkey