2009 - Malaysia - Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia (9th to 12th September 2009)
The grand interior of SuperStar Virgo:


Charlie's Kids Club: (my son loves this place)
Cruising towards Port Klang:
Arriving at Port Klang:
Port Klang: (formerly known as Port Swettenham) is Malaysia's biggest and busiest seaport, located close to Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor State. Located about 25 miles outside the city, it is the official port of Kuala Lumpur.
Another StarCruise ship: SuperStar Pisces:
Star Cruises Terminal at Port Klang:
On the way to Genting Highlands, passing 2 major landmarks of Malaysia:
KL Tower (left), Petronas Twin Towers (right), both in Kuala Lumpur.
Genting Highlands: About 1850m above sea level, it is a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains on the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor of Malaysia and is home to a famous mountain resort by the same name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genting_Highlands
First World Hotel: (In 2006, 2007, and 2008, Guinness World Records listed the First World Hotel as the world's largest hotel with a total of 6,118 rooms; It was the largest hotel in the world until The Palazzo, an expansion of The Venetian in Las Vegas was opened in January of 2008.)
First World Indoor Theme Park: http://www.genting.com.my/en/themepark/





Genting Outdoor Theme Park: (background: Genting Highlands Hotel)http://www.genting.com.my/en/themepark/



Beryl's Chocolate Wonderland:
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum: (at First World Plaza) http://www.ripleyslondon.com/
Born in California, USA on Christmas Day 1890, Ripley moved to New York, USA in 1916 to work as a sports cartoonist. Throughout 1920s to 1940s Ripley travelled to over 200 countries in search of the odd and the unusual.
Home to one of the most astounding collections of oddities by Ripley, one will be amazed by the actual items Ripley collected during his travels around the globe. The bizarre, the unique, and the truly one-of-a-kind exhibits that will fascinate, and entertain.
A Gold Plated Car:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Visi-Vision Machine:
Created by English Inventor Rowland Emett, the machine is part television, part music box, and part sewing machine. Made for the 1960s movie, it was designed to show a television-like image accompanied by music and was just one of the wacky labor saving inventions the movie's family used in their futuristic home.
John Brookfield: a real Superman:
Believe It or Not! John Brookfield of North Carolina, USA, can bend 1" thick iron bars with his bare hands!
Toothpick Armchair:
Believe It or Not! This chair made byJoe King of California, USA, from over 5000 toothpicks, weighs only 4 pounds, yet will hold a ton - 2000 pounds - of bricks!
Robert Ripley and the Giant "Man Eating Clam":
Although the tridacna gigas clam grows big enough to trap a man's arm or leg, it does not eat people as its nickname implies. Growing up to 5 feet long, and weighing over 600 pounds, natives on Moluccas Archipelago use the shells as children's bathtubs.
Robert Wadlow the tallest man who ever lived:
Robert Wadlow started his abnormal growth at age 2 following a double hernia operation. When he died in 1940 at the age of 22, he wore a size 25 ring, had an arm span of 9 1/2', weighed440 lbs,wore size 37aa shoe, and was 8'11''. Believe It or Not!