Chinese New Year Decoration at Suria KLCC

Every time when Malaysia celebrating festival such as Aidilfitri, Christmas, Chinese New Year & Deepavali, I’m never miss to go to Suria KLCC to watch a fantastic decoration. What I can say that Suria KLCC is among the best festival decoration.

CNY decorations inside the Suria KLCC shopping mall, located at the base of the Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur

A Remarkable Place to Visit

Quite sometime I’ve not visit Aquaria. So, last Saturday I plan to visit the amazing place that can release my strain. This is my 4th time I visited Aquaria KLCC since it was open to public on 24th August 2005. If you really concerns about the environment and ecosystem you should come here. A visit to the Aquaria KLCC will take you through a journey of discovery of eco- tourism, flora and fauna with an exciting ambience. The starting point is jewels of the jungle, deep forest, Malaysian rainforest, Amazon flooded forest, the living reef, the living ocean, the interactive imaging zone, and ended to the Aqua zone fish therapy centre. The entry ticket for adult is RM28 (promotion rate) & child RM22. Even though it is quite pricey but it is worth it.

The walkway to Aquaria from KLCC

Aquaria is located in Suria KLCC adjacent to the PETRONAS Twin Towers, you just need to take LRT and stop at KLCC station. Aquaria KLCC is a world-class aquarium that showcases animals and various types of colorful marine life species from Malaysia and around the world. The aquarium occupies 60,000 square feet in the Concourse level of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center.

Underwater tunnel walkway to view the living ocean

White Sharks


Malaysian Rainforest Living Creatures

Kura-Kura Berkepala Ular (Snake Necked turtle) is one of the largest freshwater turtles in the world

Tarantula the name 'tarantula' comes from the town of Toranto, Italy

Kura-Kura Buaya (Alligator Snapping Turtle)

A Colourful Butterly

The Electric Eel and inside of Eel organ have many muscle-like cells, called electrocytes which each cell can produce 0.15V

Moon Jelly Fish one of my favourite fish

the information centre of the living coral

Education Centre: the information of the importance of mangrove to the ocean which protect coastlines against erosive wave action and serve as natural barriers against tsunamis and torrential storms.

Trips to Ayutthaya, Thailand

Our forth day in Bangkok is to visit Ayutthaya which is one of the world heritage destinations which is recognized internationally as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. We booked a cab with a rental of 2000 Bath (RM200) for 8 hours trips. The journey took about 1 hour drive (about 80km)from Bangkok. The route to Ayutthaya is very simple and you won't get lost using a highway.

According to history, Ayutthaya was founded in 1350 by a Prince of U-Thong was the capital then known as Siam and one of the richest cities in Asia by the 1600s, exporting rice, animal skins and others. Ayutthaya was named after the city of Ayodhya in India, the birthplace of Rama in the Ramayana. Ayutthaya became the second Siamese capital after Sukhothai. The city was destroyed by the Burmese in 1767. Due to this armed conflict and frequent wars between the two countries, the city was left devastated and quickly went into ruin.

Once you reach to the ancient Ayutthaya town, you will see a giant replica at the round about

The entrance and signboard of Watyaichaimongkhol.

To enter here, you just need to pay 20 bath only

Once you enter at the Watyaichamongkhol you can see

many magnificinet temples scattered around here

Our next trip is to Wat Maha That (about 10 minutes drive from Watyauchaimongkhol) a famous place of the head of Buddha monk enclosed by the roots of a big tree. It was reportedly one of the grandest temples in the ancient capital. According to the legend, this place was being attack by the Burmese which misfired and killed their king. Wat Maha That is believed to have been made in 1374 during the reign of King Borom Rachathirat 1. The current name was given during the reign of King Ramesuan [ 1388 to 1395 ]. This wat was a royal monastery and the spiritual centre of the city.

the entrance of Wat Maha That

Wat Maha That, Buddha image enclosed by the roots of a big tree. Wat Maha That was a royal monastery and has been the seat of the Sangaraja, the head of the Buddhist monks of the Kamavasi. Wat Maha That was restored once again during the reign of King Borommakot (1732-1758). If you want to take a picture, you are not allowed to stand over the Buddha's head.

Trips to Bangkok, Thailand, part 2

My 2nd day in Bangkok is very interesting because this is my first time I came to Bangkok. Bangkok is one of the most popular shopping destination in Asia. But there is not many different with Malaysia. Only that I miss Malaysian food. With assists by our friend, Ifni who was studying there for about a year, he plan to bring us to interesting places at Bangkok. He bring us to MBK (Ma Bun Khrong) shopping complex which is a shopping mall packed with shops that sell affordable price everything from clothing, accessories, handbags, leather products and luggage, furniture, mobile phones, electric appliances, cameras, stationery and etc. We just had a walk to MBK plaza cause it's just took about 15 minutes walk to MBK plaza from our hotel that we stayed.

MBK Shopping Complex

One of the few shops available in MBK Complex selling textiles and furniture

One of Thai local dessert with colorful and lovely external appearance name Look Choop Candy. This Thai dessert candy is made from a paste of green beans, coconut milk and sugar.

few shops selling Thai silk, textiles, handbags and T shirts


you can get a very cheap Thai silk from 300 Bath (RM30)

Tourism Conference: 10th International World Joint Tourism Conference, Bangkok

On 13-15 November, I'm attending International Tourism Conference at Bangkok, Thailand. It was great and interesting for me cause this is my first time experience attending international seminar and presenting paper. This seminar was focus on global issues of cultural tourism. I'm presenting my seminar paper title" Cultural, Tourism and Local Community: the Heritage Identity of Karai, Kuala Kangsar". Thought that this seminar will be splendid cause it's involved almost 1000 participants, but it's only about 300 paricipants registered and only about 60 presenting the papers.