deepakchowdhary

After I visit any country there are couple of thoughts which come to my mind. One is the country across this beautiful, clean and systematic or as a tourist we are exposed to only the best part. Second, though I like the country and experience but will I ever consider living here and work.
Malaysia trip was no different. We landed at KLIA and just to see that airport you feel that a country is putting its best foot forward in welcoming the tourists. Our stay in KL was at Hotel Crown Princess. Hotel was a pretty normal one and the service was as poor as you can expect. This is another thing which I have observed that hospitality in hotels is something which in India is much better than foreign land at the same cost. We were given rooms at 4 pm while we kept on waiting since 2 pm. Anyway the view from the hotel was amazing; Petrona towers, Citibank tower, May bank and KL towers all standing tall and shouting loud the prosperity and urban hood of Malaysia.
That night we had a ‘gala dinner’ at KL towers and we arranged Mercedes pick up for everyone in the group which was quite an experience. Sitting at the back seat of the luxurious sedan and zipping past the smoothest roads with skyscrapers standing all around you fully lit and glowing made you feel like “Don- in Malaysia”.
After the gala night we all went clubbing and were experienced to a live band and believe me it was one of the best live bands that I have ever seen. Later on the club became a pick up joint so we all left the place at around 1 am.
Next morning we went to the amusement park in KL and relaxed completely there in wet and dry theme park with joy rides all around. Again you could not stop yourself from admiring the effort these guys put in to promote tourism. I completely freaked out on Columbus ride which was 360 degress and g-force where you were made to sit on a chair and thrown up. The best part was there was a DVD camera recording happened all the way when you are experiencing the fear and rush which is quite embarrassing and enjoying to see later on.
Third day we left for Penang, where we went to the vernacular train ride to Penang hill. Weather was very humid and we sweated like a pig which I think was one of the reasons of not enjoying that train ride apart from the fact that it was very slow. On the top were some bungalows and restaurants which looked down on the whole city with magnamity.
The stay in Penang was a beach hotel and it was simply awesome. The dinner party was arranged at the beach but rains spoiled the party and we were forced to have it indoors. Nevertheless the party went off well and I guess where ever there is good food, liquor the party goes off smooth…hehehe…
Next morning was an early wake up at 6 am as we went to Lankavi on a catamaran which took 3 hrs to reach Lankavi Island. Did shopping as lankavi is a duty free island and went on the longest cable ride to a hill top. The cable ride was really cool and few of my colleagues really had some weird fantasies of cable ride which I would share some other time.
Catamaran brought us back and we had our dinner at “palace de India” which was an India joint with amazing cuisine. Next morning I did water sports like jet ski and para sailing. Then we all packed and boarded the plane to KL and from there to sweet home India.
All in all it was a nice experience and I guess Malaysia really have a lot to offer to tourists. I am sure now Malaysia govt should pay me for promoting.