Hey Swaiji-gentlemen!, these are the preliminary details for the trip. No HK this year, but your turnout will easily make this just as enjoyable.
5D/4N KL Genting Trip
Expressed interest: SAng, Bang, Kiam, Law, Beng, JJJ, Li, Niao
Packaged price at Golden Mile worked out to be $270 per pax while a DIY trip consisting of the oldest hotel in Genting, reduced comfort on the return trip, minus free breakfast provided by agencies, and some havoc plan that may not work out - costs just $170!!!
So we are saving $100 for a bit less organisation and comfort. But we get the "CHAOTIC FACTOR" that I WOULD PAY FOR!!!
COST BREAKDOWN
Transport to Genting: $40
Options:Save up to $5 going to Puduraya before heading up the Genting, (BUT bypassing the city easily saves us half a day.) KotaRaya is good place to take the bus too, saving up to half of what we need to pay for this ride. But the uncertainty factor is too high (Remember PUDURAYA COCK UP) and we may lose more if we miss the check-in timing.
Hotel at Genting: Theme Park Hotel ($69 per night, $35 per pax for 2 N)
The hotel is creaky old but can fit 4 person in a room. Facilities rumoured to be damn lost-form but the price is right. This type of Hotel encourages people to wake up early and enjoy the full day outside before coming back.
Perfect.
Trip down to KL: APP $5
Just a trip down. An internet page about 4 yrs old claims the price to be 7.50 RM, so the approximation works along that line.
Hotel at KL: Ancasa Hotel ($74 per pax 2N, double room)
This is the neat hotel which we relieved ourselves in when waiting at Puduraya 3 years ago. It is 4 stars and thus compare to Midah, we are paying just $10/pax for an extra star. The location happens to be much much more convenient than Midah.
AND WE GET FREAKING BREAKFAST! We can chat all we want with horny chefs and the reception over broken English, coffee and ham.
PS: We all miss the "88, 188" guy and kweys but this hotel is a better choice.
Options: Staying in a triple bed room will save each NUS/NTU/SMU student about $10. Add 30 dollars to Zhng our way into a 4.5-star hotel right in the heart of KLCC. (See Impiana KLCC for instance)
(For those that don't know, midah and ancasa are in the heart of chinatown.)
ALTERNATIVELY
Midah - This is the secluded Midah we love. Perched on a mini-plateau and shielded from the vice of KL with a vacant Police Station, it features a horny chinese chef who had most probably moved on from some STDs "across-the-road" (ACTUAL QUOTATION), a Brothel reception boy with broken English and smoky eyes, and a host of hostesses with very little in their wardrobe. Will need to cross 1 roundabout and a couple of sleazy streets featuring some really nasty Kweys to get to civilisation. (Really really nasty aunties...nothing short of an abomination to every sense organ and more.)
WE ALL CAST A VOTE OVER THIS IF NECESSARY K?
TRIP HOME: $12
The 25 RM ride we took the last time back. A SVIP Coach (26 seater) costs approximately 40RM. May upgarde if we have the extra cash at the end of the day.
Room rates based on www.asiarooms.com
Possible modifications welcome.
Beng we need to use your credit card again.