Muzium Alam Semulajadi@ Putrajaya

Salam semua.

Entry kali ini, mengisahkan lawatan Luqman and the geng ke Muzium Alam Semulajadi yang terletak di Precint 15, Putrajaya. Lokasi Muzium ini betul-betul di tepi jalan, kalau masuk Precint 15 memang confirm akan nampak. Kali ini ada Pameran Buaya di muzium ini. Pameran ini akan berakhir pada 31 Januari 2012. Kepada ibu bapa yang ingin anak-anak mengenali dengan lebih dekat sang buaya ini jangan lepaskan peluang melawat muzium ini ye. Bayaran yang dikenakan hanya rm 2 untuk dewasa dan free untuk kanak-kanak.

Replika buaya ini betul-betul di depan muzium.

Di dalam muzium ini terdapat pelbagai haiwan yang telah diawet dan dipamerkan. Muzium ini 2 tingkat dimana tingkat bawah dipamerkan haiwan-haiwan hutan dan tingkat atas pameran buaya.
Inilah buaya adik-beradik bujang senang, buaya buaya ini telah diawet dan dibawa khas dari taman buaya sarawak untuk pameran.

Terdapat banyak jenis buaya dari buaya yang kecik sampai la yang besar.

Rangka ikan paus yang sangat besar.

Pelawat kecil dan kelawar
Luqman dan Sofea tengah meng-interview sang tenggiling

Lawatan di sini hanya 1/2 jam sahaja sebab muzium ini tidaklah sebesar mana tapi ini adalah satu tempat yang terbaik untuk memperkenalkan anak-anak dengan segala jenis haiwan.

Terengganu Trip October 2011~ Muzium Terengganu

Salam to all

After a loooong break, now I am back to update my blog. Our family went to Terengganu end of October because ummi had to visit one of the Uniten's students undergone her industrial training in Dungun. Terengganu is very special to us, we love the islands, beaches and foods!! nasi dagang and keropok lekor are yummy. We had the opportunity to visit the largest muzium in Malaysia, the Terengganu State Museum. It is located at Kampung Losong just 15 minutes from Kuala Terengganu town. It was so big and the most special monument in this museum is Batu Bersurat of Terengganu. This museum was built because the government of Terengganu wanted to bring back the Batu Bersurat from Singapore Museum. Ticket for adult only RM5/person. Now lets enjoy the pictures:

View from the entrance.

so many steps, sakit kaki jugak nak memanjat tangga ni

Luqman is so happy, sekarang dah pandai buat peace

Naik train untuk melawat rumah tradisional dan maritim park

Sayang betul rumah ini dibiarkan kosong je, nampak pun dah buruk

It was a good trip to the museum but this museum is so big but it will be very beautiful and attractive if properly maintained.

A the top of Petronas Twin Towers

We had been to Burj Khalifa when we were in the UAE, refer here. A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to visit the tallest burj in Malaysia, the Petronas Twin Towers. To make life simple, (since we don't know the procedure to get the tickets) we asked for Uncle Mus (he's working in KLCC) help to get the ticket for the visit. Ticket price is RM 20/person for adults with mykad and for kids under 3 is free..Those without mykad the ticket is rm40/person.. This is a package for skybridge and the observation deck...FYI, if you want the tickets to the top and don't want to wait in a long queue you may book the ticket 3 days in advance at the skybridge ticket counter located at the Concource floor (underground) of the Petronas Twin Towers. But must be there very early.. The counter open at 8am. The Skybridge of the PETRONAS Twin Towers opens from Tuesday to Sunday.

Happy face

On the way

It was a once in a life time experience to be here. Our trip to the top is at 11am, before that we mingled around in the exhibition room located opposite to the the counter. During the visit, the visitor will be divided in group of about 20 person/group and went through a video footage which provided the information on the history and construction of the distinguished Petronas Twin Towers and then taken up to the 41st floor by passenger lifts that can carry up to 26 people at a time. The view at the skybridge are beautiful and fascinating. We had only 15 minutes at the skybridge to take pictures and enjoy the scenery. Next, we went up to the 86th floor..the scenery of KL from this level is so breathtaking.. in my opinion, being on the top of Petronas Twin Tower is much more exciting compared to Burj Khalifa-all you can see is the desert plus the tickets are so expensive.

So why wait, come and visit Malaysia today.. (chewaahh ala ala promotion pulak).. here are some details on the Petronas Twin Tower

Number of storeys 88
Overall height 452 metres above street level
Design/Architecture Cesar Pelli & Associates (USA) in association with KLCC architects
Location of the sky bridge Levels 41 and 42
Length of the sky bridge 58.4 metres
Heigth of the sky bridge 170 metres
Vertical transportation 29 double-deck high speed passenger lifts in each tower
Number of escalators 10 in each tower
Stainless steel cladding 65,000 sq metres
Vision glass 77,000 sq metres
Concrete 160,00 cubic metres in the superstructures
Steel 36,910 tonnes of beams, trusses and reinforcement
Total built-up area 341,760 sq metres
Date of completion 1997

Dinos Alive! @ Pusat Sains Negara

We went to Pusat Sains Negara last Saturday for Dinos Alive exhibition. PSN located at Mont Kiara and it was about 30 minutes drive from Puchong. We arrived at 930am and park next to PSN building (late visitors have to park at the other side of the road). The entrance ticket for adult is RM10/person, but we only paid RM10 and got 1 FOC ticket by showing our Enrich MAS card. For kids under 4 years old the entrance is free.

As we enter the hall, there are two life-sized dinosaurs replicas; T-Rex and an Apatosaurus displayed at the centre of the hall and they roared at the same time swing their head and tail from side to side. Luqman was so scared and he did not want to enter the hall. Abi has to pujuk Luqman and then straight away we entered the kidzworld. Here, Luqman having fun jumping and playing with giant piano, drum and many more.

At the main Dinos Alive Hall, Luqman again refused to enter because the dinos roared so loud and it was dark.. abi has to dukung and calm him down.. after an express walked through this hall we visited the Thinking Machine Hall where kids can explore and experiment some of the small machines.

Check out some pictures Jumping @kidzworld

Thinking Machine hall
He likes machines and technology not dinosaurs View from the 2nd floor Dinos Hall
He didn't want to go nearer Muka Luqman yang masam tak nak amik gambar dengan dinosaur Children play area..bila naik kereta dia tak perasan pulak ada dinasaur kat belakang Inside the play room
Cak aaaa sofeaHurry up..make a visit to PSN to see dinosaurs.... don't wait until they're EXTINCT again!! hehe

Holiday in Muscat 21/5~23/5

Salam to all,

We have planned to visit Muscat for the past year but had to defer our plan till last weekend. This time we decided to drive from Abu Dhabi to Muscat together with our neighbour Lina & Paul and their little bundle of joy, Amber. We roughly covered a total of 1,400km during the 3 days 2 nights visit and its worth every stretch of the tarmac we drove on.

So where is Oman in all scheme of things? The Sultanate of Oman is located in the Arabian Peninsular, north of Yemen and south of United Arab Emirates. The Musandam peninsula is located to the north with Khasab as it's town centre, famous for its scenic fjords and dolphin sightings. Muscat, Oman's capital, is located further towards the middle eastern region and share the same profile of seafront township with beautiful mountains as the backdrop. Muscat means 'anchorage', and it just explains why the sea continues to play an important part of the city's economic's and tourism activities.

Allow us to share a selection of our travel itinerary:

Day 1-

It was a very long journey indeed, we left home at 5.30am on Friday and took almost 6 hours to reach Muscat via Al Ain border at Hili Immigration. This is a very important fact as other checkpoint are sometimes limited to GCC residents only, so save the trouble of having to make a U-turn after waiting in line for so long. It costs 3 Omani riyal per person to obtain a short visit pass to enter Oman and will be charged to your credit card, cash is not an option. We then make our way passed Buraymi town on Oman border and had pizza for our brunch at Sohar, the land of Sinbad the Sailor. The Omani currency is Riyal and it is 10x the value of UAE Dirham, so everything seems cheap on the menu. The pizza for 4 of us only cost 5 riyal :)

pizza palace sohar

We arrived in Muscat around 1.30pm and headed straight to Mutrah Hotel. The hotels in Muscat are very very expensive but we managed to book this budget hotel for 24 riyal/ night inclusive breakfast. I think this is the cheapest hotel with a nice and clean room, although the amenities are quite limited.

In the evening, our first destination is Qurum beach near Crowne Plaza hotel. It is a nice location to stroll around with a number of cafes and picnic area for visitors.

Qurum beach
One of the roundabouts features in Oman.....some are very elaborate and fascinating
We continued our journey to the famous traditonal Omani's souq, the Muttrah Souq located on the corniche. A lot of things are sold here, incense burner, abaya, gold and silver. We bought only Omani's kofia with nice design for Abi, Luqman and ami najib. The price is 2.5 riyal/kofia, machine made. and for handmade kofia, the price can be up to 30 riyal= rm300...mahal tu..

On the way to muttrah souq

inside the muttrah souq

nice omani ketayap

After shopping, we took a walk at corniche while watching the sunset before heading to Masjid Sultan Qaboos for night photography.

muttrah fort located nearby the muttrah souq
sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
corniche at night