cowboy town, a famosa resort

Melaka is a worth destination to visit for families. One of the main attractions that I would like to introduce when you are in Melaka is the famous A’Famosa Resort Animal Safari and its unique Cowboy Town.

Situated on a 1300-acre site in Alor Gajah, surrounded by rolling hills and a lush countryside of Melaka, A’Famosa is a getaway which will leave you totally refreshed and rejuvenated.

One of the best things about A’Famosa is its strategic location off the North-South Highway- just half an hour’s drive from historic Melaka city, 45 minutes from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and about an hour from Kuala Lumpur. The resort is also extremely popular with Singaporeans as it only takes two hours by road to go there from the Lion City. An alternative mode of travel is via rail, alighting at the TampinRailway Station which is just a 10-minute taxi ride away.

Hold tight, as you sit in the caged truck. The Animal Safari is about to begin. Melaka’s Animal Safari is the only safari park in Malaysia, where you can see wild animals like tigers, lions and sunbears closed-up in the open as the truck stop right next to them. Barbary sheep, deer, camels, zebras, giraffes and ostriches roam freely in the open. There are also elephant and bird shows to entertain you, to add to the adventure, you can enjoy elephant, camel and pony rides. At the walk through area you will see Tanzanian flamingos, black and white swans, Australian Bennett wallabies, North American raccoons and the Malaysian black and white tapirs. Don’t miss the dairy farm that house fluffy chicks, kittens, puppies and ducks.

Only in the evening, Melaka’s only Cowboy Town comes alive. There are food outlets serving local and western food, live bands and children’s park. At the open area features cowboys and Apaches in stunt acts and trick horse riding. For lasting memory, have your family photo taken at the Digital Photoshop Conner in Cowboy outfit or get your face painted. If you are tired, try treating yourself for a Thai body massage and foot reflexology. Cowboy Town shopping village offers a variety of arts & crafts as souvenirs for you to bring home. Also look out for the magnificent and stunning fireworks displays as it brighten the black sky.

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gambar adik saya bersama magician di cowboy town

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micheal schumacher and me

salam..

tiba2 rajin untuk update blog..

saya memang suka tgk formula 1 sejak tahun1999, rasanya first time ada race kt malaysia.

dulu siap beli news straits time tiap2 ari ahad semata mata nk simpan gambar and keputusan perlawanan. sekarang ni pun masih ada fail gambar2 tu..tp sekarang ni jarang tgk race kt tv sebab busy kut..

tgk la gmbar kt kt atas sekali tu, ada replika keta2 ferrari..wish to get all collection tp 3 je yg ada. harap sape2 dpt bg kt saya kereta2 tu. nk bg yg betul pun ok jg. td ada kt tv3, naza italia ada kerata ferrari baru. harga nya, 2 juta .. setakat ni ada 14 org yg tempah..

berbalik pada formula one td, salah satu wish list saya ialah nk pg tgk race kt litar tp xpernah kesampaian lagi., hopefully bila ada masa, nk pg jg kt sepang tu.. sekali seumur hidup pun ok lah.bila dh kerja maybe blh pg kan. insyaAllah. litar yg paling saya suka tgk lak ialah kt grand prix monaco..biasanya sapa yg dapt petak depan tu lah yg akan menang..litar jalan raya biasa tambah2 kt dalam terowong tu, dapat tgk view pelabuhan, memang salah satu litar yg mencabar.

p/s: formula 1 salah satu perkara yg menceriakan saya.. :-)

masjid kampung laut

salam suma..
lama kan x post entry..
saya dok umah kali ni ada banyak aktiviti..
pg muzium, pg perpustakaan awam..
pucanya..
nak buat folio adik saya..
folio sejarah dgn geografi..
rasanya dulu xde lah kakak dgn abg tolong..
sebab mama saya yang buat kan..tulisan saya xberapa cantik so,
mama la tukang tulis..
sampai sekarang pun tulisan x elok gak..
nanti budak2 gelakkan..
pastu, dah la pakai kapur, lenguh tau tangan..
kan best kalu boleh guna dua - dua belah tangan kan klu nk tulis kt papan hitam..

author's note:
lama x post entry..
ari ni saya pegi ke satu tempat ni..
baru first time dengar..

makan dalam sampan??

hai.
cuba tengok gambar nih..



ada gmbar yg xjelas cikit



actually dah lama nk post entry nih..tp malas nk amik gmbar dalam handset nih..
masa makanan saya sampai tu, terkejut gak la...xpernah lagi makan dalam bekas camnih..so, saya amik gambar.nk share ngan suma..sape lagi yang pernah makan dalam pinggan camni?..share lah.

lokasi: johan's seafood.dekat dgn billion sg petani..

author's note: pelik kan ayat saya camni..harap suma faham

taman rekreasi gunung lang 2

kali ni,
biar gambar ceritakan segalanya..




papan tanda perasmian


no yg boleh dihubungi.sila klik utk besarkan gambar.

taman rekreasi gunung lang

sape orang ipoh mesti lah tau pasal tempat ni kan.
sape lagi yang pernah sampai kt tempat ni?

mula - mula, as set induksi, kite cerita pasal tempat ni dulu..
ambik notes atau bbm dari wikipedia..

Gunung Lang yang terletak hanya lima kilometer dari bandar Ipoh adalah salah satu gunung batu kapur yang banyak terdapat di negeri Perak, Malaysia, khususnya di Lembah Kinta. Gunung Lang telah dijadikan kawasan rekreasi oleh Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh (MBI) dengan kerjasama Kementerian Pelancongan pada tahun 1999. Taman ini dilengkapi dengan tiga buah tasik buatan dari bekas lombong bijih timah. Tasik yang tenang membiru dipenuhi dengan pelbagai ikan air tawar khususnya kelah, lampam, kap, dan tilapia.

Dengan peruntukan sebanyak RM8.4 juta, Taman Gunung Lang kemudian dibangunkan melalui fasa pertama dan kedua sebagai taman rekreasi awam sepenuhnya pada 1999 di bawah Rancangan Malaysia ke Tujuh (RMK-7) oleh Jabatan Landskap Negara. Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh merancang untuk meneruskan projek pembinaan fasa ketiga taman rekreasi itu dalam Rancangan Malaysia Ke Sembilan (RMK-9).

Datuk Bandar Ipoh, Datuk Hasan Nawawi Abdul Rahman berkata, projek berkenaan akan diteruskan bagi menarik lebih ramai pengunjung dari dalam dan luar negara ke taman terbabit yang dibuka sejak lima tahun lalu. Peruntukan sebanyak RM5 juta akan dikemukakan kepada kerajaan untuk melengkapkan pelbagai kemudahan lain di taman rekreasi itu seperti tapak perkhemahan, tandas awam, dapur dan dewan serba guna.

Cara ke sana

* Jika anda dari bandar Ipoh, anda perlu mengikuti Jalan Kuala Kangsar yang menuju ke Kuala Kangsar. Hanya 5 minit dari dari bandar Ipoh.

* Jika anda dari Kuala Lumpur, anda hanya perlu keluar dari Lebuh raya Utara Selatan di susur keluar Ipoh Utara 1 km dari situ anda akan temui papan tanda Taman Rekreasi Gunung Lang.

Tempat letak kereta luas di tepi tasik secara percuma.

Tambang untuk menaiki bot : RM3 bagi dewasa, RM2 bagi pelajar sekolah menengah, RM1 pelajar sekolah rendah, RM0.50 sen bagi kanak-kanak dan warga emas RM1.50 untuk ke pulau itu sejauh kira-kira 300 meter.

selesai sudah set induksi..
nanti nk upload gamabar2 plak..

bandar diraja kuala kangsar

salam semua..
saya dah balik dari perak..
balik terus on laptop..
on skype chek mail suma..
kali ni nk post gamabr2 je..
gambar tuan blog?
ada ke x?
tgk lah nti..huhu

suma benda saya amik..
ambar sendiri?
ada
tp xmau publish.
nk letak kt friendster lah..lama xupdate..
facebook ke tagged ke.huhu
sekarang asyik guna "huhu" and so on..ni adalah kerana meniru saida..
gambar dia ada kt bawah

Kellie's Castle di Batu gajah, Perak

sekarang ni kami berada di Kellies's Castle, Batu Gajah.
nantikan sesi fotografi kami di sini..

Kellie's Castle in Batu Gajah

Kellies Castle,
(or Kelly's Castle as it is sometimes wrongly spelled) some kilometers out of Batu Gajah, Ipoh is a great tourist attraction. And the story about the castle is as impressive as the castle itself.

For many years, Kellies Castle has been shrouded in mystery. Today it's nicely restored and easy to reach from Ipoh.

Kellie's Castle is located in Batuh Gajah. The castle is not as famous as the Taj Mahal in Agra, India but there are some similarities, both in architecture as in the story of its building.
A symbol of love

Kellies Castle is symbol of love, like the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. And in the architecture, there is definitely some moghul influence visible.
kellies castle
Kellie's Castle, Batu Gajah near Ipoh

Kellie's Castle was built by a Scottish planter called William Kellie Smith. He built the castle for his wife. Smith himself was from a little town in Scotland: Kellas. He built the castle for the same reason as Shah Jahan a few centuries earlier the Taj Mahal: Love

Shah Jahan built the Taj as a monument for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. The original idea was to build a black and a white Taj on both sites of the river. Shah Jahan didn't come further then the known white Taj. Smith however, never had the idea of building two castles.

Inside Kellie's Castle, Ipoh
Inside Kellies Castle

But Smiths' reasons were no different. He loved his wife, adored her. At the age of 20, it was in 1890, he arrived in Malaya, as Malaysia was known then. He came in touch with an estate owner called Alma Baker. Baker had won concessions from the state government to lear 360 hectares of forest in Perak.

Smith made some substantial profits with his business with Baker. This resulted in Smith planting rubber trees. He also was involved in the tin mining industry, which at that time was at it's highpoint in Perak. In time, he became the owner of Kinta Kellas Estate and the Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging Company, near Ipoh.

Now he had made his fortune. It was time to return to Scotland and marry his Scottish girl Agnes. He brought her to Malaysia in 1903. In 1904 they became the parents of a daughter: Helen.

Smith wanted a son too, but Agnes failed to conceive. Smith wanted his heir to take over his empire in Malaya. It was not until 1915 before Agnes became pregnant again. She gave birth to a son: Anthony. The birth of his son was the start of an even greater success.

Anthony's birth was the start of the expansion of the mansion. Smith started planning to build a castle which he wanted to call Kellas House, after his hometown in Scotland.

Smith was fascinated by the Hindu culture. His plans were to build his house with similar architecture features as in south India, Madras. For the building he imported bricks and tiles from India. He even employed even Indian workers to keep his house Indian.

Kellies Castle Batu Gajah IpohThe costs of material, brought from India and the Indian workers made the house fascinating for locals and foreigners. But there were other intriguing things on the house. Smith wanted to have am elevator. And he build an elevator in the castle, the first one in Malaya.

The elevator connects the very top roof of the house with two underground tunnels that run under the river just outside the house. One of these tunnels connects to the Hindu temple nearby.

On the second floor, Smith planned to build a indoor tennis court. Even by today's standards it was an ambitious project. The rooftop was reserved for a courtyard for parties. It was to become to the hub for colonial planters who have settled in Malaya. His house was so unique, that the London Financier Newspaper mentioned it in it's issue of 15 September 1911.
No good fortune

Soon after Smith started the construction of the house, some tragedies started to happen. First it was the "Spanish flu" which killed many workers in the Kellas Estate. The flu had easily spread from Europe to Asia. Soon another 70 workers became victim of the flu.

Smith had spend already a fortune in his new house but now he lost now even more money because of this. The First World War slowed the process of building. The result was that Kellas House was never completed.

Smith went for a short trip to Portugal in 1926. He died there of pneumonia. His wife was still in Malaya, heartbroken. She decided to pack and return to Scotland. She sold Kellie's Castle to a British company called Harrisons and Crossfield.

Kellies Castle was never to be finished. It became a ruine with many legends. Legend of the ghost of Smith wandering through the ruins. Other legends were off secret underground tunnels. But apart of the two known tunnels, none were ever found.

However, after over eighty years, the Malaysian government refurbished the house in 2000. It had been a tourist attraction but now it became an even bigger attraction and easy accessible
The restoration of Kellie's Castle

Inside the restored Kellies CastleAt arrival at Kellie's Castle you can "meet" William Kellie Smith and his two children. Their sculptures are standing on the exterior wall. The one of his beloved wife fell off some years back.

The tunnels have been sealed off for safety reasons. The rumour is that Smith's car is parked in one of the tunnels. True or not, I can't tell.
Getting there

Traveling to Kellies Castle from Ipoh, take a taxi. It's about 15 km out of the center of Ipoh. For information on transport to Ipoh, check our bus page. Alternatively, take a taxi from Lumut.

Kellie's Castle II

gambar di kellie's castle.
saya pernah lihat dalam majalah wanita ke perpempuan tp x igt lah...ada amik phoshot kt situ..cantik..satu gambar tu, ada dalam bilik yg ada akar pokok..besar sgt

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Jom pi Pesta Penang

Salam semua..macam mana cuti anda..

ada sesiapa yang hendak ke pulau pinang tak ?
sekarang ni ada pesta penang..
dulu dalam tv ada satu iklan pasal pesta penang ni..tp cari kt utube xjumpa lak..xpa lah..
ni ada sedikit info yg saya amik dari web visit penang..sebenarnya copy paste aja..


From Saturday, 21 November 2009 - 5:00pm
To Thursday, 31 December 2009 - 10:00pm

dah stat pun..hari hari tau..saya macam nk pergi tp kan sellalu wat hujung tahun..memang masa tu dah ada kt kg.

Venue: Tapak Pesta, Sungai Nibong

Organizer: Penang State Government

Tel: 04-2623505

Operation hours: 6pm to 11.30pm

A month-long fun fair with rides, games and a trade exhibition to cater for the whole family.

Schedule for Pesta Pulau Pinang:

21st Nov 2009 - Concert Dangdut - Band Chadni

22nd Nov 2009 - Artist: Deb Gab C

23rd Nov 2009 - Hip Hop Night / Abaracadabra

24th Nov 2009 -Band MPSBS

25th Nov 2009 - Concert Malam 60-an SP Group

26th Nov 2009 - Nasyid: Kumpulan Saujana

27th Nov 2009 - Local Artist: Fire Bird

28th Nov 2009 - Presenting Artists: Dkna, Rini, Aiza, Aril AF / Band Pengiring

29th Nov 2009 - Malam Perasmian Pesta Pulau Pinang 2009

30th Nov 2009 - Cultural Performance - Kebudayaan SUMUT Pemeintah Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai

1st Dec 2009 - Shanghai International Troupe & Cultural Performance by Kebudayaan SUMUT

2nd Dec 2009 - Bintang Pesta (Saringan)

3rd Dec 2009 - Concert Tom Tom Bak (First Step & The Young)

4th Dec 2009 - Chinese Singing Contest (Final)

5th Dec 2009 - Bintang Kecil RTM Pesta 2009 (Saringan)

6th Dec 2009 - Bintang Kecil RTM Pesta 2009 (Final)

7th Dec 2009 - Local Artists

8th Dec 2009 - Traditional Boria performance

9th Dec 2009 - Traditional Boria performance

10th Dec 2009 - Traditional Boria performance

11th Dec 2009 - Bintang Pesta (Saringan)

12th Dec 2009 - Artist: Kumpulan Spider

13th Dec 2009 - Artist: Helmi The Gimik / Band Pengiing

14th Dec 2009 - Traditinal Singing and modern pertandingn Kugiran Maksak Pulau Pinang

15th Dec 2009 - Traditinal Singing and modern pertandingn Kugiran Maksak Pulau Pinang

16th Dec 2009 - Cultural Keudayaan Pemerintah Kabupaten Labuhan Batu, Sumatera Utara

17th Dec 2009 - Nasyid: Kumpulan Hijjaz & Persembahan Kebudayaan Pemerintah Kabupaten Labuhan Batu, Sumatera Utara

18th Dec 2009 - P Ramlee Broadway

19th Dec 2009 - Festival Combat Sports

20th Dec 2009 - Local Artists

21st Dec 2009 - Festival Silat

22nd Dec 2009 - Bintang Pesta 2009 (Semi Final)

23rd Dec 2009 - Bintang Pesta 2009 (Final)

24th Dec 2009 - Presenting Artist: Nabil

25th Dec 2009 - Preseting Artists: Wings

26th Dec 2009 - Presenting Artists: Hujan / Band Pengiring

27th Dec 2009 - Presenting Artists: Farahwahida, Zehra, Kat Mentor, Pija Mentor / Band Pengiring

28th Dec 2009 - Presenting Artists: Mila

29th Dec 2009 - Presenting Artists: Kristal & Butterfly

30th Dec 2009 - Presenting Artists: Ani, Shikin, Haiza, Mama/Rini / 2 Irama

31st Dec 2009 - Presenting ARtist: Bunkface & XPDC

p/s: entry seterusnya.. bagaimana hendak ke pulau pinang