Little TV Addict

If you can’t stand the heat, and fancy a game in the casino, you can visit Genting Highlands, in Pahang, it is easily accessible from KL, taking a bus from KL central station, the duration is only 1 hour. Genting is informally known as the Las Vegas of Malaysia, it is the only legal landbased casino. Genting Highlands is a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa mountains on the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor.

The weather is cooling, temperature is at about 16-20 degrees all year round. There is a theme park for the kids, and a shopping mall at the peak of Genting, inside 1st World Hotel, this is the hotel with the highest number of rooms with over 6,000 rooms and was in the guiness world record in 2004, having said that, the rooms are very tiny, the shower can only fit one person, there are not much space between the bed and the walls, but it is fairly cheap. The bus will bring you half way up, then you need to get a cable car to get to the peak of Genting Highlands.

Frankly speaking there is nothing much to do here, unless you fancy a cool weather and casino, and the theme park. There are quite a few choices of hotels in Genting, and it is very easy to make bookings. It can be fully booked during peak times, so be sure you book in advance. Or you can just go for a day trip by bus.

I would say it is not worth visiting if you are only in Malaysia for a short stay- 2weeks. Genting Highlands is a famous weekend getaway for couples or group of friends to just chill and have a drink whilst catching up. The locals enjoy going to genting mainly due to the cooling weather, that we don’t get back in KL.