Weekend Reflections: Family Bonding on a Road Trip
The Pool View
It has been an exciting week as we brought the kids on their first road trip in Malaysia. We drove a total of 1300km across four different states and visited 3 different towns. We started off from Singapore and ended up in Kuantan after a six hour drive. It was quite a long drive and we stopped in between for the kids to use the toilet and stretch our legs. From Kuantan we had to detour to Kuala Lumpur as there was flooding in Kuantan and other areas which we had to pass through on route to Desaru were flooded in.
We decided to head to our next destination via the North-West highway I decided on a wimp to drive up to Genting Highlands instead as there was a theme park there. It had been raining in Kuantan and I thought if it continued raining at least the kids could have fun in the indoor part of the theme park and not get rained out. The adults could also have their fun in the casino there.
After Genting we drove down to Port Dickson as it has been ages since we last been there. The beaches there are really very beautiful and they were even more captivating then the beaches which we saw in Kuantan. I will be putting up the pictures in the week to come for all to view. We have decided that we will bring the kids back to Port Dickson in the near future to soak in more sun and have fun with the water activities there.
How was your week? 
What highlights do you have this week?
December 28, 2012 @ 1:52 pm
Did you manage to get a hotel room in theme park hotel?
An adventurous trip. So many lastminute changes. You know the roads in Malaysia well
December 28, 2012 @ 1:55 pm
@Shook,
Nope we stayed at First World Hotel where the Theme park was. Just walked in and got a room. We don’t know the roads in Malaysia well but had our GPS with us 🙂
December 28, 2012 @ 2:04 pm
We have been thinking (and still thinking) of materialising road trip holiday like yours…
December 28, 2012 @ 2:16 pm
@Pc,
You should bring the kids. I’m sure they will enjoy going on a road trip too 🙂
December 28, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
Did your kids like the themepark at Genting? I’ve been wanting to bring my girl for a visit but the husband is very adamant that it’s very boring.
December 28, 2012 @ 2:18 pm
@Madeline,
The kids love the theme park but we only managed to try the indoor rides as the outdoor ones were suspended due to the thick fog. It is not that cheap and there are long queues for most rides. The good thing is that the rides are from 9am to 1am..so either go very early or really late then you don’t need to queue for too long. The girl could go for most of the kiddy rides as she is above 76cm and she had lots of fun with the kiddy rides with Doggie boy and the family rides with us.
December 28, 2012 @ 10:46 pm
I am insanely impressed by what you’ve accomplished in one week. I was lucky to get a shower after my post-holiday hangover. A road trip in Malaysia with the children is very ambitious and I applaud you! Post more pics!
December 29, 2012 @ 8:24 pm
@Heather,
Will post more pictures of our trip in the coming week. Have yet to finish publishing all the photos from our last trip to Phuket 2 weeks ago!!
December 28, 2012 @ 11:28 pm
A great trip. We should do the same thing. I especially like both Kuantan and Port Dickson, but haven’t been there for more than 10 years. I’m sure they have both changed a lot
I’m glad the GPS worked for you. I’ve been lead badly astray a few times by those things. They seem to be getting better over the years, though. When they work, they can take away a lot of the stress of driving in a new area.
December 29, 2012 @ 10:54 pm
I love Genting! It was a part of our honeymoon trip 🙂
January 3, 2013 @ 8:14 am
Stunning photos…thank you for sharing.
Mine is up at Bouncing on Words – Happy New Year 2013
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