Malacca & A famosa 2D1N trip (26-27/02/2010)

1 month preparing for this trip, at last, successfully held it.. yeah!!

Sueyin was the organizer for this trip, the idea was come from jensen when he suggest to go this place(but he dint join at last..). we set the trip on end of February because 26/02/2010 is prophet mohammad bday, most of us is on holiday & and that period is still CNY season. A famosa also having promotion at that time.

Through the A famosa's promotion booth in Dataran Pahlawan, sueyin have booked a villa (RM728) which have 3 room (master room -1 king size bed with attached bathroom, 2 other room - 1 single + 1 queen size bed), it can accommodate more than 10 people in the villa, for this trip, we 8 people is considered "ngam ngam", each person RM91 for the accommodation, the villa also includes 6 set breakfast (set meal only, not buffet). however, the ticket for each park is RM20 per park, if 3 park is RM50. we have choose to visit cowboy town & animal world safari only due to the time limit, so the ticket for each person is RM40. Normally, they also provide the package, we have called the A famosa reservation office, which is in Kl, phone no(603-2781 8888), they told us that the package is RM138 per person(accommodation + 2 park ticket:cowboy town+safari), their rate is depends on the season, so better call there to be sure before booking. besides that, we realize that the information they provide is not certain sometimes, remember double check for the information. the payment for accommodation have to be paid in full when booking through check/wang pos/bank in. the check in time for the villa is 4pm & check out time is 12pm.

after bought the tickets & booked villa, we started to plan our schedule for this trip, we planned to visit nature place in malacca such as botanical garden & zoo malacca. Besides that, we planned to make sandwiches as our 1st day dinner in A famosa (the food in A famosa Restaurant is expensive, so better bring some food there). at 1st, sueyin suggested steamboat there, but is banned by FC creator, Fai, because he is phobia with steamboat after cameron trip... haha..

26/02/2010(fri), i, fai & yong kok departed from klang at 7.15am to McD alor Gajah there to meet sueyin 1st., however, jieyu & kian peng will join us in A famosa.

Around 8.30am, we met sueyin in McD alor gajah which was beside the crocodile farm, we had our breakdfast at there while waiting for Kee Wee.

fai, yong kok & sueyin fai & kok dicussing trip, look serious?

1st destination in trip : malacca sentral, we going to fetch kee wee.. :D

11am, we head to our next destination : Botanical Garden

The door is closed for canopy walk canopy walk

Surprisingly, there have a kampung buku inside the botanical garden, it is worth to visit, free entrance, it is the on the 1 in malaysia & have international standard in the world, more than 15000 book can get in there, it is suitable for family & student to enjoy the time together, it is clean, quiet, comfortable.... for further information, you may visit the website : www.bookvillage.com.my

1pm, our stomach was making noise already, we went to the botanical cafe which was located outside the botanical garden. the surrouding & atmosphere was good & comfortable. the price was reasonable & the taste of the food acceptable. 5% service charge.

decoration inside the cafe Sprite(RM6), cendol(RM4.50),mango(RM6), black jelly lime (RM4)

curry laksa + mango juice=RM14 cantonese hor fun+soft drink=RM14

after lunch around 2pm , we head to zoo Malacca: Adult RM7, Chilren RM5

there have night zoo also, adult RM10, children RM5, 8pm - 11pm, every fri, sat & eve of public & school holidays. we choose not to visit night zoo due to time limit.

we proceed to A famosa around 4pm, our villa number is1273, at Villa D'Amour, the end of the A famosa, far away from entrance. the villa have a private swimming pool & astro provided.

the cowboy town have red indian show at 8.30pm & carnival at 9pm, we went to the cowboy town at 7.30pm. the decorations there is full of the 80'an atmostphere.

carnival show

after cowboy town, making sandwiches time in villa, all cooperation to make out the supper:

*sandwiches done by kiwi, sabrina & sueyin = good

*drink preparation by jieyu & kian peng = good

*cutting watermelon & tomato done by fai & kok= totally fail (haha..)

Sueyin is so excited to prepare the sandwiches (haha..)

professional cutting cucumber...good fai cutting watermelon.. fail (look the shape..aih...)

1st sandwiches that success to make! all playing card games after supper.

Before our games end, we plan the next day to have our breakfast at 8am, then 9am check out.

On the 2^nd day, I slept over time, when I woke up it was already 8am, I quickly wake up & rush to toilet, when I want to close my door, suddenly got 1 people shout: “ Maggie, come out from toilet…..” I thought what happen.. then the FC fai continue to say: “we already take number to use the toilet, after Sabrina will be me & kok, next just your turn”… haha… after I heard that, I quickly close the door & don’t let him in … but lastly, I am a good people : P, so I let him use the toilet & I force to use the kitchen sink to brush my teeth.. sigh.. : P Actually I’m not the only people who woke up late, all woke up late also, so we change our plan, we eat some light food, then straight check out & have our breakfast in the cafe beside the check in office.

p/s : that morning, kee wee woke up early & plan to swim but at last he dint swim because a frog was dead in the pool... kill by "someone"???

took a group photo in front villa before leaving.

The breakfast was quite disappointing, it was not buffet, its only a set meal, each people just can have 1 set meal (nasi lemak / western food / porridge), but the drink (orange / tea / coffee..) is unlimited refill. The villa we rented just included 6 set of breakfast, so we shared the breakfast (nasi lemak), erm… dun really taste good, quite oily, service also not really good, maybe not enough worker.

After breakfast is almost 10.00am, we straight head to animal world safari to enjoy the 1^st show – elephant show, which start at 10.15am. All the elephants are trained well; they are smart & perform best show to audience. They know how to play ball (basketball, football…), “massage”, dance, drawing, cycling, say thanks to audience & etc. The show was end at around 10.45am, & next show – multi animal show will start at 11.15am, so we decided to take truck go around the safari. The truck is like a cage, can sit 20-25 people in 1 truck, there is a tour guide inside the truck & told us about the animal in safari, but his explanation was poor. The safari have many kinds of animals: tiger, lion, bear, ostrich, peacock, horse, flamingo, sheep…. The tour takes around 20 minutes, so we can straight go to the multi animal show at 11.15am.

The multi animal show includes otter, iguana, orang utan, hamster, bear… they showing their talent in performance, such as otter know how to keep rubbish, mathematical solution, play basketball; bear rolling ball, cycling, & so on. It makes people quite curious about how they trained the animal to perform well. But I respect the trainer because they are very patient & showing their love to train the animal. They have done a good job.

Next, we proceed toBird Show at 12pm which just apart short distance from the multi animal show. But the show starts at around 12.15pm, a bit late. The MC for this show is the same MC at multi animal show too. So, maybe they take times to make some preparation before starting a new show again. The show includes many types of birds: Winston, pigeon, flamingo, American duck, chicken…..In the show, birds know to sing birthday song, counting, drawing… besides that, the trainer trained the bird to pick the money from the audience once they had their hands up with RM10. Audience will get back a bird drawing if the birds pick their money. I guess this is one of the way to earn money too. The shows end at 12.45pm.

Apart from the final show – wild wild west (2.15pm) still got 1 more hour, so we took “ferry” to the monkey island, there have few types monkey there such as macaque & some I forgot the name. There are peacock & rabbit too, but actually the island is just a very small place, after turn 1 round, we came to the end. So, we went back to the safari, & go through the walk thru area, got flamingo, sheep, tapir, horse, birds… & also chicken farm.

At last, we went to the final show at 2.15pm, there already full of audience, besides that, the weather was terrible hot, we were all sweating (luckily got tissue supplier.. thanks :D) . The show was about the Red Indian & cowboy fighting in the town, it consist comedy & fighting. Some part dun really understand, quite blur because not really can hear what they spoke but their performance considered not bad

After the Wild Wild West, we finished our trip in A famosa, that time was just 3pm, so we departed to Malacca town since kee wee desired to go there. So, we went to Jonker Street & have our lunch/dinner in Jonker 88(da bao xiao shi). We eat the famous Laksa & cendol, many people are waiting for table, line up for the food, but the food quite delicious and acceptable. There have San Shu Kong in the entrance of Jonker street, Boss(kok) have treat us the Amor cake too. (RM7.50, buy 5 free 1), quite soft & special, it was made by machine. At the day time, Jonker street just have shops that are on business, however, at night time, starting from 6pm, small stalls that sells different kind of things start to do business at the street there, so car is not allowed to pass that road (remember do not park car at the road when night time, or else, your car will be hard to move).The Stalls sell food & drinks, accessories, books, keychain, clothes, shoes…..etc. Jonker Street are a heaven for people to enjoy shopping & relax there.

Short visits in Jonker Street, sueyin have recommended us to a famous cake shop to taste the speciality of the cake. We ordered 2 cakes & share it. The cake is called Japanese layers cake, is handmade & less sweet, suitable for many people. The price for 1 slices cake around RM8.50, almost same price as secret recipe, Malacca people have 1 more choices when buying cakes for celebration.

So, above sharing is the travel experience in Malacca & A famosa… In this trip, fortunately we have 8 people to join; it’s fun & joyful; for next trip, hope more people can join the trip & share the happiness with us.