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Showing posts with label Cruise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cruise. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Scenic view along the journey from Tekek town to Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort, Tioman island.

Once we touched down the Tioman Airport, all of us been transported by Tunamaya ferry from Tekek town to Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort. The view along the ferry ride was breathtaking!

Let me share some of the photos with you...

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The jetty at Tekek town

All of us were waiting at the jetty, and the ferry arrived less than 5 minutes...

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Private ferry from Tunamaya resort

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Inside the ferry was spacious and comfort...

The weather was good that day, the sky was so blue and the ocean too...the view was excellent once the ferry sailed out from the Tekek jetty...

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The ferry was about to leave Tekek town...

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The breathtaking view once our journey started...

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The smile on everyone faces, and yes! Our Tioman holiday started...

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Staffs from Tunamaya Reosrt (Mr Paul Cheah - Resort Manager on the left)

About 5 minutes, our ferry passed by The Berjaya Resort at Tioman Island. It's easy to spot the resort by looking at the small rock island along the way...

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You will notice this small island before the Berjaya Resort

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Part of the Berjaya Resort of Tioman Island

After 25 minutes, we noticed one of the rock mountain in front of us...that means we had reached the southern part of Tioman island...

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And few minutes later, I saw the 'Legendary Mythical Twin Peak' of Tioman island...

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The jetty of Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort - Tioman island

The Twin Peak become a beautiful backdrop of Tunamaya Resort, as you can see from the photo above.

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The Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort of Tioman island

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Our group photo with the beautiful backdrop of the island

The blog post of Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort will be on the next...

Related post :-
3 days 2 nights exclusive trip to Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort in Tioman Island

Location map of Tunamaya Beach and Spa Resort, Tioman Island



Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Night River Cruise at Malacca (Melaka) River (photos sharing)

After our dinner, we continued our next itinerary - Nigh River Cruise on Melaka River. Tickets purchased from the Best Western Wana Riverside Hotel reception and we got RM1 discount on each ticket. The hotel has their own Jetty (N2.19970 E102.24829) just behind the building, it Only accessible for hotel guests. There are 3 times per day that the boat pick up passengers from the hotel's jetty, please check with the hotel staffs for the timing.
Our previous Melaka River Cruise was on year 2008, that was on the day time, so we decided to try it on the night time again...

The first 'colourful' bridge appreared in front of us was the Hang Tuah Bridge...the boat went towards the north direction when it began...

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Hang Tuah Bridge at night

The lighting was so colourful during the night...then it passed by the 'Eye of Melaka'...

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Eye Of Melaka

Honestly I like the colourful lightings reflection very much from the water during the boat cruise...

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Colourful lightings reflection from the water...

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When the boat almost reached the end up north, I saw this some kind of LRT station and the track was build along the riverbank, interesting! I will try it soon in the future...

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The LRT station at the end of the river cuise...

The boat made a U-Turn once it reached the end point and we were cruise down south again...


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The colourful Flat along the river...

The boat passed by a block of flat which lighted up with all the colourful florescent tube! This was the most colourful flat I ever seen in Malaysia!

Follow by few bridges that really look nice during the night...

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Nice lightings on the bridges

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Back to the Colourful Hang Tuah Bridge again...
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Jambatan Pasar - The Market Bridge

After the Market Bridge, there are many murals painted on the colonial buildings...

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Beautiful and attractive murals nicely painted on the wall...

The boat cruise through the colonial buildings and it reached the Popular Hard Rock Cafe of Malacca which is just operated few months ago...


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Hard Rock Cafe of Malacca
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The lighted pathway along the river

This nicely lighted pathway along the riverside and accompany with the Britsh Era colonial buildings...

The boat turn back and cruise towards the hotel's jetty, that end our 45 minutes Night River Cruise on the Malacca River. It was a total different experience when taking the river cruise on day time and night time...I prefer the night cruise because of the colourful lightings...

Have you try it before?

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Night River Cruise on Malacca River

Related post :-
Malacca (Melaka) 2 days 1 night trip - March 2013

Loaction map of the Jetty of Best Western Wana Riverside Hotel at Malacca


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Shuishe Pier at Sun Moon Lake - Taiwan (水社碼頭, 日月潭)

If you travel with tourist package, I believe the Sun Moon Lake Ferry ticket is included. If not, you can refer the list below...

The ticket price.

The standard ticket is TWD300.00 which is about MYR31.50. And with no time limit, the boats will drop and pickup passengers every 30 minutes from each jetty. There are many company operating the Ferry business here, so make sure you aboard the right ferry. :)

All of us got a Red stamp in our hand before we get into the ferry. That was the pass. :)

Red stamp in our hand. (That was not my hand!)

We leaded to the correct jetty by the boat man, and this was it! The boat was waiting...



It had 2 sessions in the ferry which are indoor and outdoor area...we chose the outdoor area for better view.

The indoor sitting area

The outdoor area

Too bad we were not allow to access to the roof...
I captured the beautiful scene of Shuishe town before the boat leave...

Shuishe town of Sun Moon Lake - Taiwan

After a while, the 6 stars (they claimed) hotels appeared in front of us...and it was not One but Two...does it looks like one of the Famous building in the familiar place?! According to the boatman, the minimum room rate per night is TWD15,000.00.

The ferry passed by A Small island in the lake called - Lalu Island. It's really small, and tourists are Not allow to step in, do you notice the Golden Owl? That was the Lucky Bird for Ita Thao peoples...

Lalu Island of Sun Moon Lake

Notice the Golden Owl? :)

It was Only about 15 minutes, we dropped by the 1st tourist attraction called - Syuan Guang Temple. And everyone can take their sweet time to visit it, just remember the pier number to get back to the ferry which stop by every 30 minutes...


Related post :-
*  My Taiwan Trip on May, 2011

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Leisure World Cruise, Johor

Leisure World Cruise also known as Gambling Cruise. The cruise belong to New Century Tours Corporation Pte Ltd of Singapore. You can read more about the company here.

Some information of the Cruise :-
Year built : 1969
Gross Tonnage : 15,663
Net Tonnage : 6,882
Length Overall : 160.5 meters
Flag : Tuvalu
Ttl Pax & Crew : 1,252
Speed : 16 knots

You can get on the cruise from Pasir Gudang Ferry Terminal. The story below is from my friend Mr Kenny who visited the Cruise on weekend of May 2009.

The cost per person is MYR50.00 (Inclusive meal). And the cabin for 2-4 person was MYR140.00 (weekend rate). He got on the ferry from Pasir Gudang Ferry Terminal about 1745hrs. (there was a temperature check before on board)

The temperature check at Pasir Gudang Ferry Teminal

The ticket of Leisure World Cruise

The passage way to proceed to the Ferry...

The Ferry

The ferry also take passenger from Pasir Gudang to Batam and other part of Indonesia.


The beautiful sunset before the ferry reach the Cruise

The ferry took 1.5 hours to reach the Leisure World Cruise which is station at (N01°13.768' E104°07.768'). Which is about 21KM away from East Coast Park of Singapore and 5.2KM away from Tanjung Bulu of Batam Island - Indonesia. But the Cruise will move around after everyone onboard...

Leisure World Cruise

Once you step into the cruise, you will reach the Registeration Counter. Then you proceed to the Check-in counter...

Registeration Counter

Check-In Counter (For those who take the cabin)

Once everthing settle, everyone will proceed to the restaurant for dinner. According to Kenny, the foods was as good as (or better than) 3 star hotel buffet.

The activities started after every customers finish their dinner....some go to the pub or lounge for drink and watching the show....most of them go into the Casino! After all, it's a Gambling Cruise.

Kenny went to the pub enjoy his Ice cold beer! The beer price was SGD16.00 per jug. He told me he had 3 jug of it!

Some of the them came with family, but the environment is BAD for children and pregnant lady! Because peoples are smoking everywhere even in air-con area! Hope they will improve one day...

Advises from Kenny....Just Breakaway from City Life, enjoy the sea breeze and had a joyful night, that's good enough & justify for the cost he paid. Don't expect high standard with luxury environment provided, after all....it's a Gambling Cruise.

The entertainment show at the lounge

The pub he spent his night on the cruise

On the next day, after breakfast....it's time for you to walk around the cruise. Beside that, you will be advise to enjoy the strong sea breeze on the deck.

By the time about 5pm, it's time for you to say goodbye to the cruise....the ferry will fetch you from the cruise back to Pasir Gudang Ferry Terminal...

The above story and photos are provided by Mr Kenny Koh. Thanks.

Related post :-

* Pasir Gudang Ferry Terminal, Johor






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