ready to put so many days leave, so had to shorten the trip and finally decided upon 29th April to 4th May with only 2 days leave to be taken (Rajath stil backed out, hasnt told the reason yet!!maybe maneli bidlila ansathe paapa :P ;) ).We booked the tickets to Singapore in Tiger Airways (low budget airways which was around 13k up n down and thanks to Bose :P) about a month ago after lot of confusion about who was comin n who not and also tryin to find the best travel agents who would get visa for us. Finally after searchin the whole city for agents, we found Neptune Travels (next to Bene Dose) who was really good n cheaper than the others v had enquired and he got us the visa without any probs :).
Next was the plan on how to spend the 5 days tryin to cover 2 countries!!! Sid booked flights from KL to Langkawi and also hotel room at Langkawi. After lota discussion we decided to spend 1st n last day (i.e. 30th Apr and 4th May) at singapore, 2nd day (i.e. 1st May) at KL, 3rd and 4th days (2nd and 3rd May) at Langkawi.
After finishin office around 4 pm on 29th drove as fast as i could to home to do final packing and around 6.15 Rahul came home and put his extra stuff into the check in baggage. We met Sam at bus stand and boarded a VajraVayu bus to airport at around 7 pm. As none of us had eaten anythin after lunch in the noon, we were tempted on cin sweets n other stuff packed by Sid's mom for him which we were carryin n ate a few mysore pak's n half packet chips (Sorry Sid :P). We reached airport after 2 hrs at about 9 and finished all the check in process by 10. Rahul n Sam did som duty free shoppin n me eatin burger for dinner :P. The flight took off at 11.15 pm sharp n reached singapore early morning by 6.15 am. After finishin all the immigration n other stuff, called up Sid who was on the way to pick us up.
30th April (Singapore): Places we saw here: Singapore zoo, Sentosa island (Underwater world, Dolphin show, 4d theatre)
We picked up a taxi from airport to Sid's house which is about 40mins drive. All the 3 of us were
amazed by the greenery, roads, huge buildings, flyovers etc etc as we had never seen anythin lik this in India before!!! As soon as we reached Sid's home it started rainin heavily for 15-20mins and stopped (In Singapore n even Malaysia, it rains for 15-20mins heavily and stops, this happens through out the day). We got ready and after eatin 2 slices of bread for bfast at sid's home, left to see the zoo with the map and bus numbers given to us by Sid. We boarded a bus and got down at the next station from Dover. Here all the buses are like the vayu vajra's we have here and also ticketin system is thro recharge cards which hav to b swiped at the machine when we board the bus n again swipe it when we get down the bus. We then boarded a train to Jurong East which was bat 20mins. This is the best train service i have ever seen, with commentry as to which station is next, detailed map alongwith stations, excellent seats and also super speed!! From Jurong East we boarded a bus which took us to the Zoo at around 11.
Took tickets to the zoo and bird park which was about 32$. We spent about 3 hrs in the zoo which was still not enough to see all the animals!! We saw almost all the different spiecies of animals from diffrent countries at this zoo. Also this zoo is not like the ones we hav here where the animals are caged n kept, the animals are left open as if in their natural habitat!! Few of the animals we saw here are lions, tigers, polar bears, rhino, hippo, giraffe's, zebra's, ostrich (lol haha), different varities of monekys (orangutans, baboons etc), differt reptiles (snakes, lizards), wild boars, leopard, cheetah, mountain lion, butterfly park etc.. We missed the penguins and asiatic elephants as we had no time left and also were tired.. Luckily for me n sam got a veg pizza at the restaurant in the zoo for lunch!! We left the zoo around 2.30 towards Sentosa island.
Changed a bus and 2 trains to reach Vivo city mall which has a mono rail service to this island.
We reached Sentosa by 4 and rushed to the Under waterworld. Took tickets to underwater world and dolphin show which was 22$ i guess. Underwater world was also superb with all kinds of sea creatures which we hadnt seen before. We saw all sorts of small n big fish, jelly fish, octopus, sharks, sting rays, sea horse, crabs, lobsters etc. The aquarium is made in such a way that all the fish swim right above our head which is quiet amazin as it feels like walkin underwater :). Came out by 5.30 and as the dolphin show was at 6.30 ate at the canteen til 6 and mjust made it to the show at 6.30!! Dolphin show was also really good where the dolphins performed all kinds of
tricks n stunts with the trainers. This show lasted for about half an hour and next we went to the 4-d theatre with huge expectations and paid 18$ for the ticket. The 4-d movie was not great and also the effects were not good as we had already seen better one at innovative film city itself and were cribbin for the loss of 18$ as we Indians convert everythin from $ to Rs before spendin for anythin :P. We then went to see a show called songs of the sea which was at 7.40, but unfortunately tickets for the show was sold out and we couldnt go in the cable car too as it was on the other side of the island, so we went back to the vivo city mall itself by mono rail by 7 pm. Sid came there finishin his office at 7.30 and then we had dinner at a mall and all of us ate channa batura (finally saw indian food after cin only animals!!). Then we left for Clark-kay which is supposed to be lik MG road of Singapore and after roamin there for a while left the place around 9.30 back to Dover 
(Sid's residence).We had to leave for Malaysia the same night by bus and luckily baby's friend who is a malaysian accompanied us. We took a bus to a station called Kranji station where all the checkin is done and then from there to Woodlands where the immigration is done. We finally reached the border (place called as Johor Baharu) around 1 am. The last bus to Kuala lumpur had left som 15 mins ago :(. As we had to reach KL before 6-7 in the morn had no other option other than to go in a taxi. This is where Sid's Malaysian friend came in handy, from 600 ringetts after bargainin he got us a cab to 400 ringetts. The cab was small and we had to somehow manage for 4-5 hrs sittin 4 at the back with the injured soldier (Rahul :P) havin to sit at the front.
1st April (Kuala lumpur): Places we saw: Petronas and KL Central towers, Batu Caves and Seremban
It took around 3 n half hrs to reach KL. The cab fellow dropped us at a place called Puduraya
around 5 am. We took another cab from there to my friends place at Bricksfield which was abt 15 mins drive from Puduraya. We reached his place at 5.30 and as he had slept nicely and was waitin for us to call dint open the gate till 6.30!!! Somehow we managed to wake up the owner of the house who seemed to be tensed and not ready to open the gates for us! after she got convinced that we were not thieves (lol) she opened the gates and called up Vighnaraja who finally opened the door (huh!!). We were damn tired with all the body parts stiffened and slept for an hour and got ready by 9.30.Me and Rahul left for the Petronas towers hopin to get tickets to walk until the bridge. But we couldnt get tickets as it was over in the early morn by 8 itself :(. We then took pics outside the towers and waited for Sam n baby who came about 2hrs late after hoggin dosa at som south indian restaurant (huh me n rahul dint ever eat bfast peroperly waitin for these 2 idiots to turn up!!). These fellows finally showed up at 12.then we went round the mall and drank a coffee at StarBucks. We then left to see the KL Central
tower hoping to goto the revolving restaurant at the top of it. After about 10mins we reached the KL towers and couldnt goto the revolving restaurant as buffett cost was too much (about 80 ringetts hehe), just saw the mall and ate lunch at an indian restaurant there itself. Then around 3 we hired a taxi and went to the Batu caves which has a Karthikeya temple. This temple had water dripping from the top of the caves in some parts continoursly (dont know where was the water source for this!!). It has huge statue of Karthikeya at then entrance and about 100 steps to enter the temple. Me and Rahul finally got to hang a python around our necks here hehe :). After cin the Abhiseka, we left this place as we had to goto my friends place (Seremban) for dinner.We took a bus to Puduraya which was about 30mins and then a local train to Kl Sentral (after
being tricked by an Indian lady at the station not to board the bus which was actually goin to KL Sentral itself huh, boarded the next bus though!). From KL Sentral took another train which goes towards Seremban. We boarded the train around 6.15 and reached Seremban around 8.15!! Jayanth luckily had come to the station and was waiting for us!! We reached his house after 15-20mins. Had wonderful anna sambar n rasam after 2 days :):). As it had become late there itself, goin to KL again would have been a prob, same as v faced in the morning.. So Jayanth dropped us to Vighnaraja's place and as he had som work at KL the next morning, stayed with us at KL itself :).2nd April (Langkawi): Places we saw: Cable car, 7 wells waterfalls, Eagle Bay, Chenang and Tengah beaches
We woke up around 5 am in the morning and got ready for the flight which was at 8.10 to Langkawi. Jayanth dropped us to the bus station near to Bricksfield around 6 and we took a bus ticket and cooly sat in the bus. But the bus dint leave till 6.30 and when we asked the driver he said the bus wudnt leave for another half an hour and if v went in the bus v would surely miss the flight!! So again we took a taxi who took us to airport in about 40mins time. We landed at Langkawi at 9.10 am.
From the air itself this island looked beauftiful & also the beauty was increased as 2 beautiful
mexican babes sat right next to us in the flight :P. Our hotel was next to the airport itself (hardly 2mins walk). We kept out baggage in the reception and freshened ourselves up and went to see the curve hanging bridge where 'don' movie was shot. We had hired two 2 wheelers and the roads were so beautiful that driving was enjoyable after strugglin in this blore traffic daily!! After about 20mins drive, we reached the Oriental village which is the base station for the cable car which takes this bridge. This is one of the main attractions at Langkawi. We waited for more 30mins in the queue and finally got into 1 of the cable cars. The view from the cable car is wonderful with the forest below full of greenery. From the base station to middle station it is about 1700meters in lenght and is 650mts above sea level. Here we spent a few mins and caught another cable car which took us to the top station whichis about 710 mts above sea level. It feels like as if v r in the clouds itself here!! About 20mins trek we reached the curved bridge which has steel railings and
the scenery of Langkawi from here is breath takin!! :).After spendin about 3 hrs we finally came down to the base station and went to see the Telage Tujah (7 wells) water falls which is about 10mins drive. This is a small waterfalls amidst the greenery surroundin it. We spent few mins here and left for the hotel to check in. We checked in around 2.30 and went to the Eagle Bay which is located at Kuah. This was about an hr's drive from our hotel. We reached Eagle bay around 4. There was a superbike show here for which v were just in time. We also sat on few of these bikes and took snaps too :).
We spent around an hr here and then went back to the Chenang and Tengah beaches near the Underwater world.Me & Rahul booked for the island hopping for the next day with an agent here for about 55ringetts per head. Then we enjoyed in the beach till aroun 7 pm!! Even after 7 pm sun had'nt set still and all of them in the waters. Me and sid went back to the hotel around 7.30pm from here, while rahul and sam inorder to finish the petrol went round the city and also did som drinking ;). Took a shower and we were about to goto the swimming pool at our hotel, it started to rain heavily. So me and Sam came back to the room, Rahul n baby stil swam in the pool in that rain!! We went out for dinner around 10 pm and no restaurant was open even in the airport!!! We came bakc and
ordered som burgers and noodles at our hotel itself. Burger was quiet ok, but our "Veg" noodles had crab and other animals and smelt really bad, dint even touch it whack thu!!! I filled my tummy makin coffee and eating sugar packets which i had taken from the airport hotel!!!3rd April (Langkawi): Places we saw: Island hopping package (Beras Basah Island and another island which has cat fish massage, Pregnant Madein lake, Eagle Feeding spot)
Our agent came and picked us from the hotel around 8.30 am. The weather was very rough with continous rains when we left the hotel. We left in a motor boat towards the 1st island (forgot its
name :P). I have never travelled in motor boats so far into the sea and this was an experience of a life time :). About 15-20mins drive we reached one of the islands where there was a cat fish massage place. 100's of cat fish com and massage the legs here. This was sort of a tickle rather than massage hehe!! After spending an hours time heree left this island and while we were drivin saw the Pregnant Lady island which was beautiful (exactly the shape of a pregnant woman lyin down!!). Around 11 am we reached the eagle feedin spot where our boat man threw som chicken pieces and many varities of eagles came to eat them up.Then we drove to Beras Basah island which was supposed to have the water sports activities. but our bad luck as the weather was bad, it was closed :(, we just roamed around the island for a while here. The water here is so clear that there is no need to snorkel to see under water, just put u r head inside n everythin is visible!! After about half an hrour boatman came to pic
k us up and by that time it started to rain very heavily. In this rain he drove the boat all the back to the pick up point, which was about 25 mins and was quiet scary!! We then went to the room had a quick shower and lunch at airport, i shopped at a few choclates at airport and we left in a cab for the jetty station to board a boat to mainland called Kuala Perlis. From here everythin went upside down for us!!We went to the jetty station aorund 2.30 hopin to board the 3.30 boat, but it was full. So we were left with no other choice but to take the 5.30 boat. Me and Sid tried all means possible durin this time to arrange a taxi from KL as it would be late night before we reach KL and there would be no bus towards Singapore. But we could do nothin and try ou best to reach KL before the last bus. After waitin there til 5.30 boarded the boat. It reached Kuala Perlis around 6.30 and we ran to the bus stand out side the station to catch the KL bus. Here came the scariest part, all the buses to KL, Johor Baharu were full till the next day eve. We became so tense and we somehow wanted to reach KL by night atleast.
One of the agents in the bus stand told us to goto a station called Alor Star where we could get bus to KL or JB. She was not sure, but asked us to try. We hired a private vehicle for 50ringetts and the driver understandin our situation drove like a mad guy in full speed (few times jumpin lanes, goin on the wrong side, foin in 2wheeler lanes lol) and we reached AlorStar by 7.30-8 and finally got a direct bus ticket to JB which was supposed to leave by 10 pm which was a relief to all of us. When we thought all was done, there was more tension to come lol :). Sid told us suddenly that he had lost his debit card without chkin his purse properly!! We roamed around whle bus station but still couldnt find an ISD booth to call to Singapore. Baby was "soo tensed tht he even forgot his house phone number!!! :P". Sid got a callin card frm a shop there and we couldnt use tht even to call to singapore, when we went back to the agent to ask it, he was blamin sid for not payin him for that card rather than tellin us how to use it lol hahaha.
Finally we decided to call my KL friend or Seremban and pass on the info to Sid's parents who inturn would call up Singapore and ask to block the account. We called Jayanth and told him to
pass on the info, which he did to my house and finally it reached singapore thro baby's parents!!.After all this tension n drama when we sat down waitin for the bus, baby removed his wallet n chked again and found his card there itself (huh useless fellow, luckily for him the account dint get blocked :)). Also we ended up payin more than the flight fare frm Langkawi to KL in these buses :(:(.
4th April (Singapore): Place we saw: Me, Sam & Sid ->little India, Rahul-> Bird park
The bus left around 11 and reached KL by 4 am and then was expected to reach JB at 7 am, but reached around 9 am!! We finished our chkin at Kranji and Woodlands and finally boarded bus no. 160 to Jurong East (phew!! forgot to tell Rahul's photo dint get detected durin immigration check, they took him inside and somwhere else he got it verified lol and Sid had to pay 35$ extra at customs for bringin a liquor bottle hahaha paapa :P).
We finally reached Sid's house around 11.30. Me and Sam wanted to shop at singapore as we dint buy anythin at Malaysia, so Rahul alone went to Bird park as even sid was not interested in it. Sid after his chk up with the doctor (fake chk up :P) came at 2 and we left for Mustafa Shoppin mall at little india. We ate lunch around 3 at a place called Komala's where i had dosa, ildy and vada which tasted like heave after not eatin proper food for past few days!! We shopped at
Mustafa and left it around 5.30 which was late as our flight was at 8.30 pm!! Also as it was peak hour, traffic was very slow movin, we reached Sid's house by 6.10 and started to pack in a hurry and hired another cab to airport and left around 6.30. We finally reached airport around 7.10 and ran to chk in luggage, only to find the flight was delayed by 2 hrs and would leave by 10.30!! (last 48hrs everythin went upside down for us with plans failin miserably.)Anyways we spent the last few hrs chattin at the airport itself and had dinner at a restaurant and finally said bye to baby around 9 and went for boarding. We did som duty free shoppin inside the airport and our flight left to B'lore at 11 pm and we reached Blore by 1 am.
All in all this trip was like a fast and furious movie with the 5 days just passin off in lightning speed!! Also as we had less time couldnt see few more places in Singapore as well as Langkawi (so we can go again ;)). For 1st timers like us this was one of the best experiences in a foreign
country, comin to know their life style, dressing style (espicially women who wear micro mini shorts everywhere here lol :P!!), the bus and rail service at Singapore was one of the best and totally enjoyed them. The Singapore zoo and Underwater world were also a treat to animal lovers and we throughly enjoyed it. Last but not the least, the wonderful beaches and islands of Langkawi which is worth cin again n again if chance comes :P.Forgot to write about the biggest prob we faced, "the water problem", there is no drinkin water given freely unlike our restaurants here!! for 200ml of drinkin water its about 1.2$= 42rs, wonder how these ppl stay without drinkin water!!
And guys hope tht we goto another trip like this asap when Sid is here :):)..
