The festival is s running now, from 30 Jun to 8 July 2012. Various activities are installed for visitors. The details are as follows:
Time: 9am to 10 pm 30 Jun - 8 Jul 2012
Location: WaterFront Precinct 2 Putra Jaya
Some of The Highlights:
- Boungainvillea gardens with collections of the cultivars,
- Boungainvillea competition - who is the most beautiful of all...
- Garden design, talks, workshops and competitions.
- Garden of Various samples: Corporat gardens, schools garden, designers gardens.
- Market Place - You can buy things - Horticulture market,
- Orchid Gardens and competition.
One of the theme of the garden is the bougainvillea, I include 2 picture of the garden. There were quite beautiful
The seller of toys for the young children did not want to miss the oppotunity.
Big crowd waited for their turn to visit the flowers of the highlands, which have to be put in an airconditioned room.
The idea of the Balinese garden attract the attention, the square and rectangular structure is the hallmark of balinese structure. They never forget to put the statue, normally devoid of any clothing.
The chilli tree seem to be overdone with the fruit. You can mark my word, you will not be able to outdo them, I tried to grow it, you are lucky to get half the fruit.
In its effort to attract more visitors, a multi-color named 'Tourism extravaganza Citrawarna' was organized lat night.
The event include a lively parade of dancers, marching bands, big bikes and procession of colorful floats with renewed launching of Citawarna 1 Malaysia. A showcase of different types of attractions that had been known to attract tourists such as arts, food, natural beauties and shopping attractions were displayed.
Performers were filling the street witnessed by guests and local spectators. The authority expect the spectacular display will attract more people to visit Malaysia. Local singers and participants from 28 countries were making it a more memorable occassion.
The slide video offers a view of the contrasting face of Malaysia.
A country endowed with a variety of flora and fauna. The beautiful blooming flowers from the wild jungle, the noisy gibbons that make the morning call, the
The Multi- culture and religion did not come as a surprise. It was the middle path between the east and the west during the days of the sailing ships. The north east wing will bring the ships from China in the month of November to February and provide the returning wind in April to August.
Even the houses of worship with take you across Malaysia. The tallest statue of the hindus god is located about 10 km from the center of Kuala Lumpur. You can visit the National Mosque, near the historical railway station. From the mosque, you can venture to another tourist attraction with a leisure walk...
- The Islamic Museum - containing 1000 of years of rich Islamic manuscripts and artifacts.
- Butterfly park - where 1000 of butterflies are bred.
- Birds Park- one of the largest in Asia.
The country is never short of Natural beauties. With beaches and diving sites, the national parks with virgin jungle and tropical rivers.The highland is planted with tea plantation with attractive sights especially in the morning.
Pullman Hotel Putrajaya offers a pleasant stay in its lakeside premier hotel located within the serenity of putrajaya lake. Situated between Kuala Lumpur and the KLIA airport, making it a nice break from your long journey of travel to your tour or assignment in Kuala Lumpur.
The journey from KLIA or to Kuala Lumpur is expected to be about 25 minutes.
With over 280 rooms to choose from, the hotel offers a variety of selections to meet your needs.
Here are sometips of things to do in Langkawi by a local traveler. Most of the visitors are interested in its natural beauty.
a. Drive around the island - You may book the car at your hometown and fetch at Langkawi airport. If you like some adventure, you may rent a car from unregistered agent at the airport, it can be cheaper, but the risk is on you as you may not be fully covered by international insurance. You can get the map from the tourist department.
b. Islands Hoping - You can join the tour or charter a boat. The Langkawi islands consists of about 100 islands, majority of them are inhibited. Some of the well known islands are the Pulau Dayang Bunting dan Pulau Singa Besar.
Pulau Dayang Bunting can be translated as The Island of Pregnant Maiden. It has to do the old folk's lagend, when the childless couple would be blessed with children after drinking the water from the freshwater lake on the island. Of course we know the myth is not true, but it does explained how the island gets its name.
The other island is Pulau Singa Besar, translated as the Island of Big Lion, where the visitors can witness the eagles feeding seasons.
c. Langkawi Cable Rides - It is situated in the main island, Langkawi. The ride can be taken from the base station about 20 minutes away from the airport. The ride is about 2.2 km to the submit. At the top you can enjoy the view of langkawi from the skybridge.
d. Kilim Geoforest - You can explore the mangrove swamp and rock formation. You can take a boat ride through the swamp watch the natural habitat such as the crabs and small fish that can walk on land.
The next Putrajaya hot balloon festival will be held on 15 - 18 March 2012. So far 26 balloons from 12 countries had confirmed their entry. The visitors will have the opportunity to see various shape of balloons such as the birthday cake, kiwi birds ans cartoon.
The entrance to the balloon fest is free. This year, the organiser expect 300,000 visitors, as such to ensure smoother traffic flow, visitors are encouraged to use the KLIA express from KL Sentral. Some of the events intended to attract the visitors are:
- teetered balloon ride - the rider must be above 4 ft. No free booking services are provided.
- The night glow, where balloons will be lighted up following the sound of the musics.
- helicopter joy ride - for a specified fees.
- exhibition of para motor gliders.
The putrjaya hot balloon display will be great for your family outings especially during the coming school holiday.
When I first saw the term monkey cup, I was wonder what it was until I saw the story in the local newspaper about the showcase garden built in Penang Hill.
Monkey cup is in fact the name of a group of plants. They are are carnivorous plants that can survive in the poor soil condition. It has a canny way to get the food by using a cup to trap its food. The cup is fill with special liquid that dissolve the unlucky animals that fall into the trap.
The area surrounding the lip, near the opening, is coated with slippery chemical that prevent the animal from escaping. In some variety, the cup has a special cover that will close when an animal fall.
The garden in Penang contains plants from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and and India. The major variety is the local Malaysian. The biggest is truncata from Philippines. The cup is jug size.
There many variety of hybrid nepenthes throughout the garden. You can also find the species from north america, the sarracenia. It look beautiful with the red colorful petals.
The small town of Raub is situated almost at the middle of peninsular Malaysia. It was the center of gold mining activities in the late 1800 when the colonial British came in large number to open up gold mining activities. Now the gold has been depleted and so are the British.
The town has to look for new ways to create wealth. The fact that the tourism minister for Malaysia is a local lass from Raub will help to develop the local tourism industry. One of the potential features than can attract cultural tourism is the home stay. In fact Raub has a number of homestay facilities intended to attract foreign visitors. These visitors like to have a feel on how the local people live. They cannot get that in the big city like kuala lumpur.
The homestay system will give the foreign visitors to experience first hand on how to live the local life. Some of the attractive events are the Hari Raya celebration or Eid Fitri and a local wedding ceremony. This can be found at Rabub Pahang.
Pahang is one of the smaller states in Malaysia with her own Sultan.
The sultan's official residence is in Pekan, a small town situated about 4 hour drive from the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Previous Sultan.
Before the present Sultan Ahmad, his father was the rule of Pahang. The Sultan is a constitutional monarch, that mean the Sultan does not have the executive power.
The full name is Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mutassim Billah Shah GCMG, born in May 29 and passed away on 1904 – May 7, 1974. He was the fourth sultan of modern Pahang.
He was born at Istana Hinggap, the old Pekan, the second son to Sultan Abdullah Al-Mutassim Billah Shah by his wife, Che Kalsom binti Tun Abdullah. He succeeded his father in 1932.
The Present Sultan
The present Sultan (now 2010) is Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ibni Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah. He was born on 24 October 1930 at Istana Mangga Tunggal at the royal town of Pekan. He was made the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 29 March 1979 to 25 April 1984, and fifth Sultan of modern Pahang.
He is the only son of Sultan Abu Bakar with his official and royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Besar Fatimah binti Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Kadasallah Shah.
Many tourist come to Malaysia looking for the natural beauty of the country. One of such as place is the national park or locally known as Taman Negara.
Introduction Covering 4 344 sq km and spread over three states - Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu - the National Park (Taman Negara) is the oldest tropical rainforest in the world. The 130 million-year-old forest is home to a diverse species of flora and fauna and is a major attraction to nature-lovers as well as fishing and hiking enthusiasts.
As it lies on the top layer vegetation in a forest, you will have an extraordinary view of the land species found there. There are over 10,000 species of plants, 350 species of birds and local mammals including mouse deer, barking deer, tapirs, wild boars, elephants, leopards, tigers, and monkeys.
A visit to Taman Negara, however, is not complete until you have done the canopy walk. The world's longest such walk, it winds over 400 meters in the forest canopy allowing you to view the rich and diverse flora and fauna at the very summit of the forest, 25 meters above the ground.
Visitors will find exploring the numerous jungle trails and limestone caves as well as climbing Mount Tahan (Gunung Tahan), the highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia, an exhilarating promotions.
How To Get There Jerantut, a town in Pahang, is the main entry point to the park.
By Road : The journey takes approximately 3 - 4 hours from Kuala Lumpur or Kuantan via private or public transport (e.g. taxi, bus, rented cars). From Jerantut, go to Kuala Tembling where you take the boat, 3 - 3 1/2 hour ride upstream to the Park.
By Rail : The train service to Kuala Tembling, run by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) is available. By Air : A 45 minute flight is available from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan.
Things To Do Jungle trekking Camping Fishing Bird watching Canopy walkway Slide and films on the Park's indigenous flora and fauna are shown at the Interpretive room at 8.45 pm daily Cave Exploration Mountain climbing Swimming Stay in a Hide Shooting the rapids Orang Asli (Aborigines) Settlement Packages Taman Negara Adventure Sungai Relau (Tour Packages) Taman Negara Adventure Kuala Tahan (Tour Packages) Holiday Village Taman Negara (Tour Packages) Taman Negara (Student Tour Packages) Taman Negara Tour (Student Tour Packages) Student Package Special - Taman Negara (Student Tour Packages) Taman Negara Free & Easy (Student Tour Packages) (posted)
The start of new school session on 3 Jan 2012, marked the new working year for this year. However this is not the end of holiday season.
In most western countries, the boxing day mark the end of holiday session and the beginning of the working year. This is not so for Malaysian. The multi-ethic nature of the country makes the holidays in predictable. Malaysia is one of the top 10 countries that has the record breaking number of holidays. Overall, they have 50 national, school and state holidays.
This year, the employers are feeling the effects of the holidays. The Chinese new year is on 23 Jan. There are a few few more holidays around the date, the Federal Day on 1 Feb, The Prophet's birthday on 5 Feb and the Thaipusam on 7 Feb.
Many of the employers and companies are feeling a season of low productivity during the holiday time. Many representative of the employers are arguing against the large number of holidays. Some even suggest that the religious related holidays to be on personal basis based on the workers belief. It does not be a holiday for those who do not celebrate it.
More and more tourists from the norther Europe are locking the beautiful island of Penang to escape the cold unforgiving winter. The warm sea becomes the natural attraction to the tourists.
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The couple is having a world of time, have a quiet stroll into the sun set.
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The Penang Bridge, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, replaces the ferry as the normal routes taken by visitors.
The Penang Trishaw, the mode of transport that is becoming rare in Penang. One of the most environmental means to move people plus some baggage across a short distant.
Setting sun, off the island of penang.
The island has seen an increasing number of tourist from northern europe, coming to escape the cold chilly winter. I can them the escapee tourist. They remind me of the migrating Asian birds that migrate from the Siberia to Australia.
Some of the hotels have the visitors composition of 70% of the guests are from Europe and the balance are from Australia. The tend to book well in advance, compared to the local who tend to book within a week.
Beside hotel, there are also plenty of short stay apartments, next to the sea, like Batu Ferringgi.
The island offers a quite holiday. You can also visit the historical Dutch fort. It is among the early
link to the European Colonial past.
Now visiting Pangkor is made easier with the air service from subang airport. Berjaya air is flying to the island 3 times per week, on wednesday friday and sunday. Due to the shorter runway, only the smaller propeller aircrafts can land. Currently, Berjaya operates 3 Dash 7 aircrafts and 2 ATR 72 .
LUMUT Festival
It had been about 20 years the festival had stopped. The state tourism department is reviving what used to be a weekend event. This weekend 10 and 11 Dec 2011, the festivals will be held on the island of Pangkor and renamed the Beach Festival of Pangkor or locally called Festa Laut Pangkor.
The events is about sand, sea and water. Various sporting and cultural events are held for the visitors.
Bukit Tinggi is situated about 40 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur the capital of Malaysia. The hill resort promises of cool weather is the weekend retreat for the city dwellers. The cooler climate allows some of the temperate flowers to be grown.
One of the attraction of Bukit Tinggi is the Japanese garden. We we and took some pictures.
The above are a kind of bananas. It grows wild in the jungle in Malaysia. It is beautiful and distinctly red. The flowers produce a type of nectar favored by the local humming birds. .This is imported flower. A kind of lily, I do not really know the name. .
Shaped like a bell, the flower carries the name of bell + something else. Native of Japan, suitable choice for Japanese garden
Penang is becoming a destination for arab holidays. In response to the uncertain domestic situation in the local arab countries, the like of the unrest in Syria, the people's revolution in Egypts and the US invasion of Iraq, the wealthy Arabic are looking for another destination to spend their oil dollars.
The Arabs had been a frequent visitors to Cairo, however the situation in Egypt had forced them to look for alternative. Malaysia comes as a natural choice and Penang is the destination.
What makes Penang as a place for arab holidays.
a. Ease of getting halal foods - The Arabs are muslims and they have to eat the properly slaughtered meat. As Malaysia is a muslim country, where the majority are muslim, finding halal food is not a problem here. Most hotels serve halal food and even the beef or lambs imported fro Australia or New Zealand are halal.
2. Friendly local - the Arab had been accepted in the part of the world since the early days of Arab traders who came for the spices. Only when the European controlled the countries of Indonesia and Malaya, the Arab traders were chase out.
3. Good tourist infrastructure - Penang had been developed to accept tourist. So the arab holidays makers will be able to enjoy the short stay here. According to statistics, 89,000 visitors from middle east visited Penang fron April to August 2011.
Malaysia is never short of romantic destinations. The choice is yours. You can go the beaches, secluded and beautiful, watching the sun set or the rising moon in the horizon. Or may be the highland country, cooling and soothing weather.
Filipina girls in Malaysia – Where Can You Take Your Date
If you plan to date Filipina girls in Malaysia you must be ready to have a blast. Filipinas are very fun-loving people, and taking them to a romantic dinner may sound ideal but it would really be worth remembering if you take them to destinations where you can just let go of yourself. As the most people say that there is a child in us, it would really be great to date with someone who is more than willing to go scuba diving or doing extreme sports with you.
There are many places that you take Filipina girls in Malaysia to. One of the most famous is the Petronas Towers. This is a structure that was features in the world famous reality TV show "Amazing Race". Filipinas or every Filipino in general love to take pictures of places they have been to. Most especially if it is with someone deemed special. Taking pictures as a couple with the towers at your background can bring fond memories in the future and a smile on her face. There are also a lot of shopping centers such as the Bukit Bintang, Sungei Wang, Low Lat Plaza and Lot 10 that you can bring her to. Why? Filipinas love to shop too you know. It is one way of comforting themselves from being away from home.
Scuba diving and snorkeling is also a fun way to bring your date to. The Sipadan Island is considered one of world's best dive sites. With its truly wonderful marine life to boast you can bring your Filipina date to a whole new world. Another breathtaking diving spot with wonderful reef life is in the Palau Redang. It is abundant with different kinds of fish, sea turtles, live corals and a whole lot more. It is also a protected marine park and has wonderful bays such as the Teluk Dalam, Pasir Panjang, and the Teluk Kalong to spend time together with. If you are worried about bad weather conditions you can take your date to the Berjaya Beach Resort. This is a bay that is almost not being hit by monsoons. It also offers other activities such as windsurfing and kayaking and a golf course as well.
Other beautiful places that you can visit are:
Palau Pangkor – is a peaceful place with white sandy beaches covered with swaying coconut trees.
Penang – is about 370 km form Kuala Lumpur and offers world class beaches and resorts. It is also where the oldest British settlement used to be situated. The town called Goergetown.
Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park – is another good diving spot both for novice divers as well as marine photographers and experienced divers because of the little current and extraordinary marine life. There is just so much to do here such as nature walking in its guided forests and mangrove trails, bird-watching, camping, kayaking, windsurfing, and parasailing are among the few.
Langkawi – is an out of the ordinary destination that offers different kinds of destinations. It is a mixture of traditional and modern life because of it pristine clear water and caving locations with shops that sell up to date modern equipment.
The beaches will surely remind your date of the Philippines because it is where many Filipino families spend lots of time together. If you do not want beaches you can go to Mt. Kinabalu, Genting Highlands, Fraser's Hill, and Endau Rompin Park. For sure, whoever of the Filipina girls in Malaysia you decide to bring with you will be very excited.
Jul 25, 2011 ... Apart from the lute, Hassan also makes kompang and jidor (Malay hand percussion instruments) played in groups at a wedding procession or ...
Gabus has its origin from Arab, probably brought by the early Arab traders from Yemen. Over time the local Malays had adopted the instrument and made it as a part of the Malay musical instrument. Even theHe said the instrument was brought to Johor by Yemenis from the Hadhramaut region in Yemen, as most Arab immigrants in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia came from there.
Over time, the Johor Malays have adopted the gambus Arab as one of their musical instrument in ghazal and zapin, and have proudly named it gambus Johor.
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The gabus maker is making of the instrument using his creativity and craftmanship. Gabus are made up by assemblying the four parts, the body which is the biggest part, the face where strings will be striked, the neck and the ears. Currently, the workshop is producing 2 types of gabus, the Arab Gabus with 11 strings and the Malay gabus with 7 strings.
Variations: A display of some of the gambus made by Halidin
Penang is one of the tourist attraction in Malaysia. It had done a lot to pull more visitors to the small island state.
The latest was the Japanese style celebration, Bon Odori Festival. It is the traditional old Japanese way of honoring the departed spirit of the ancestors. However when they brought it to Malaysia, many do not know the real reason behind the celebration. The general public will view it is the celebration of dances.
The celebration was lead by Japanese community from the Penang Japanese school who performed the drumming while a selected Malaysian student were doing the dances. A great number of the visitors wear the traditional Japanese dress. The came singing and dancing the Japanese way.
the extract is given below...
THE Esplanade field in Penang was transformed into a mini Japan when thousands of people thronged the place for the Bon Odori Festival.
There was a myriad of colours at the field as many came clad in yukata and other traditional Japanese outfits to blend in with the occasion on Saturday.
Some turned up as early as 5pm for the event which featured, among others, traditional folk performances, games and stalls selling Japanese food.
Some youngsters even paraded around in vibrant cosplay costumes from various Japanese anime series, complete with coloured wigs and fancy footwear.
The crowd sang and danced along to traditional folk performances by various local and Japanese groups and individuals from schools and organisations.
The Penang Japanese School performed the Taiko drum while selected Malaysian students studying Japanese language at SM Sains Tuanku Syed Putra (Perlis), SM Sultan Abdul Halim (Kedah) and Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Kubang Pasu (Kedah) performed the Soran Bushi dance.
A 22-member dance group from Japan, the Samurai Maeda Toshiie Ondo Mai, performed the Yosakoi dance.
If you are driving to the north, you can see clearly the Lata Kinjang water falls on the hill at your right. The area is surrounded by green tropical jungle and is accessible via the Tapah exit. You can follow the road sign towards Chenderiang.
Due to the steep rock and the slippery nature of it, visitors are being reminded NOT to climb the rock and limit your activities in the pool below. There were cases of fatal falls.
Now the Lata Kinjang is better developed. There is access road built to facilitate the visitors to reach the waterfall. Facilities like the public toilets and stalls had been built and maintained. The local handicrafts are on sale, so tourist can get the chance to buy the orang asli's crafts.
On the weekend the spot will be flooded with visitors. There are not many on the weekdays, so most of the stalls are only opened on the weekends.
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Visitors today will find the popular picnic spot with its series of impressive cascades that drop from a height of 850m, a cleaner and more pleasant place for an outing.
Cool falls: Visitors playing in a pool at an upper section of Lata Kinjang.
The site has undergone a sprucing up since it was managed by the Forestry Department.
Jul 7, 2011 ... THE Lata Kinjang waterfall in Chenderiang — one of the highest in the country visible from the North-South Expressway (NSE) — has been ...
The festival is s running now, from 30 Jun to 8 July 2012. Various activities are installed for visitors. The details are as follows:.JPG)
