The most restful usage of a vacation for me is definitely the intermission from planning every repast ;). And what amend house to practise that than on a cruise.. where nutrient is as well as hence plentiful yous actually demand to live careful to non overeat as well as gain a few pounds. After wanting to effort ane for ages, as well as thank yous to mom-in-law who was also keen to acquire on one, I finally zeroed inwards on ane past times Star Cruises to Malaysia that represent our schedules as well as dates. So inwards the 2d calendar week of July, to Penang as well as Port Klang for 4D/3N nosotros went :). First impressions on Day 1: Seeing the huge send docked earlier nosotros got on it was a revelation, all the photos yous run into inwards the brochure as well as online can't actually practise it justice. I realized it's pretty much a floating hotel, as well as this feeling persisted as well as was justified throughout our four days on board. Even finding our rooms took some time, particularly on the offset hateful solar daytime equally nosotros learnt to negotiate the decks as well as passages, as well as though the rooms/cabins felt a fleck modest at first, nosotros apace realized that the thought looking out at the body of body of water makes upwards for it :). I took many photos as well as videos trying to capture the beauty of looking out at the opened upwards seas, but volition non torture yous alongside likewise many of them ;)..
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| The cosy room |
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| Colors of the ocean |
Activities on board: There are quite a few shows as well as other activities that yous tin own got usage in, such equally a costless magic exhibit (this was a fleck to a greater extent than sophisticated than our commons birthday political party fare ;)) as well as many planned activities for kids, including paid ones. We didn't brand usage of likewise many on board equally nosotros were on shore for one-half a hateful solar daytime at both destinations.
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| Basketball courtroom on board |
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| First Day Explorations.. How high tin nosotros go? |
Food on board: On this cruise, at that topographic point were 3-4 restaurants that were costless of accuse i.e. inclusive inwards the fare. As the bulk of passengers turned out to live Indian, at that topographic point was no dearth of familiar cuisine, but nosotros also tried out the european/continental fare for a duo of meals as well as establish it of a skilful standard.
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| On the highest deck - Deck 12 |
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| Natural pilus styling - on Deck 12 :) |
Shore excursions: As nosotros had alone close 6-7 hours at both destinations, nosotros decided to brand usage of the planned tours rather than effort to negotiate the taxi system, equally nosotros wanted to brand certain of getting dorsum inwards time. While fourth dimension management was definitely to our advantage, it did experience a fleck rushed at some points. The goal learning was that a cruise may non live the best means to explore a novel place, it tin alone give yous a "feel" of the metropolis :). The residuum by as well as large inwards pics below..
- Penang on Day 2: The tour covered a few points, but the most memorable was the peak of Penang Hill, that nosotros reached past times traveling on the Funicular Rail. Lovely views all approximately made me desire to innovation a longer as well as to a greater extent than relaxed trip inwards the time to come :). We also had a dandy tour guide, who gave us a lot of interesting information close the history of the area.
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| View from Penang Hill |
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| At a Ginger garden on top of the hill |
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| Penang nighttime lights merely earlier boarding the ship |
- Port Klang/Kuala Lumpur on Day 3: Since the journeying to KL metropolis takes a fleck to a greater extent than than an hour, the tour alone consisted of the KL Tower (the world's seventh highest at 421m), where nosotros headed to the top as well as clicked the customary thought photos, followed past times a mall situated at the base of operations of the KLCC Twin Towers.
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| At Independence Square |
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| My best click of the view |
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And of the Twin Towers equally seen from KL Tower -
though it looked equally though the KL Tower was higher, this is because it is
situated on a loma that adds to the elevation (info from our tour guide) |
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| The Petronas Twin Towers, merely earlier nosotros gear upwards off dorsum to the ship |
Day 4: Just a relaxed lastly one-half hateful solar daytime on board, alongside fourth dimension for a few to a greater extent than meals ;), as well as nosotros were safely dorsum inwards Singapore past times ii pm.
Note: Though nosotros were a fleck worried close sea-sickness, due to varying experiences alongside motion sickness for me as well as the kids, it turned out to non live a trouble organisation at all! I was in all probability the most affected, alongside a fleck of vertigo every fourth dimension I saw the opened upwards water, but it was slowly to adapt to, as well as nobody else fifty-fifty mentioned the motion at all :).
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