Genting Highlands

Malaysia is home to this amazing place, high above the normal land level; Genting Highlands! In the midst of the sweltering Malaysian heat, these highlands are akin to paradise! To my absolute delight, the temperature was icy cold when we were there! Just the way I like it! We took a bus to reach the top, but for our descent the next day, we used the Genting Skyway. It was, without doubt, the most amazing cable car ride I've ever had! Giving the feeling of helping you plummet to your death, the cable cars move quite swiftly down (world's fastest and South East Asia's longest cable car), covering a view so panoramic and beautiful that it seemed straight out of a painting! Genting also plays host to the world's largest hotel, First World Hotel.

There are two theme parks in Genting, an outdoor one and an indoor one. The indoor one, especially, is beautifully lit up and decorated. Of course, it being the holiday season, everything was doubly lit and glowing! Rides are aplenty in both the theme parks, and we managed to ride a few of them.

Genting also has two casinos and needless to say, we spent quite a number of hours in one of them! I won just 2 Malaysian Ringgits more than we gambled with, but it was a win nevertheless!

The craziest thing we did in Genting, though, was to get wax models of our hands clasped together! There was this stall where they were doing this, and of course, I had to get it done! The couple's hands are positioned together in different stances and then dipped into warm wax and cold water, in turn. After a few such dips, the wax forms a thick coating on the hands and can be easily removed! A few minutes of solidification and colouring, and voilà, our very own wax hands were ready to be proudly displayed in our showcase back home! :-D