I have taken the day off today as I thought that I’d be back a lot later than I was after the weekend’s antics in the jungle, and decide to drive out to the Genting Highlands – nearly every taxi driver that I got to work during the time before having a car asked if I have been there, as they are fantastic – so I was, therefore, expecting a lot more than is actually there...
Two hotels, a very smoky casino (smoking still allowed indoors here) and a rather crap theme park consisting of a roller coaster, big wheel and a couple of other rides. Inside one of the hotels there was this Las Vegas-esque interpretation (abomination) of major cities – London, New York, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, plus a dinosaur emerging from a skyscraper, and the Statue of Liberty riding on the back of a motorcycle. All very odd. And a bit shit.
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| "New York" |
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| "London" |
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| "Paris" |
I had a few goes on some of the slot machines and roulette table, but to be honest it wasn’t particularly interesting, and was quite happy to get out to some fresh air. I was quite hungry by this point but nothing really grabbed me – especially the Frogleg porridge…
Still, it was worth the trip up the road to the summit, as the views looking out were fantastic. The road up was like a funfair ride in itself – three lanes of a winding road full of hairpin bends which made the return journey fun, bombing down and overtaking busloads of (presumably) penniless Chinese and Singaporean gamblers. I stop on the way down at the Chinese Temple – Chin Swee Caves – which was far more inspiring than the casino - and was amazed at the sheer size of the buddha that overlooked the place.
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