last weekend, me & my wife went to The Mines to spend the weekend...the main reason was because we had to 2 free vouchers from the Palace Vacation Club to be spent on The Mines Boat Cruise and its all other types of cruise...we went for the Wa wa Splash Tour as its package had the most components, Wa wa Splash Tour+Dine at All Time Favourite Kopitiam+Animal Safari admission and the fact that the voucher's value was the highest :P ....we reached the Mines Shopping Fair at around 11~11.30 am...went straight to the Mines Cruise Counter to redeem the ticket...the Wa wa Splash Tour will start at 1.30pm so went to had our brunch first since we haven't took our breakfast...ate at a Vietnamese restaurant there and the food there was not bad and the price were quite reasonable...the name of the restaurant was Pho Hoa i think....after our brunch we then head up to IT Challenger to look around and do some window shopping of IT gadgets...my wife bought a couple of items and then it was then 1.20 pm...so headed down to the Mines Cruise Counter to wait for the guide to bring us for the Wa wa Splash Tour...
the guide brought us out of the Mines Shopping Fair to where the bus was waiting for us...it looked like a bus but there is more than meets the eye...that same bus can even move at the water!....some may call it an amphibious vehicle and it is actually an amphibious vehicle....it can move on land and on water...wow~....i think that was the 1st in Malaysia and i dun think we can find it anywhere in Malaysia other than at the Mines Cruise...here's the highlight of the tour from their website...
pretty cool and that was the 1st time me & my wife ever rode on an amphibious vehicle...was quite interesting...according to the tour guide, the vehicle has 2 gearbox...one for land movement and one meant for the movement during in the water...the moment the vehicle is in the water, it had to stopped for a while to shift to the water mode and vice versa when on land...the cruise departed from the Mines Shopping Fair and splashed its way to the lake next to the Mines Shopping Fair where the lake was also surrounded by the Mines Wellness Hotel, Mines Waterfront Business Park and also Sapura's office...the view was quite beautiful for a lake in the middle of the city...there was even water sport there...one would never expect to see these kind of things in the middle of the city...quite a brilliant idea by the Mines actually...
" The first Amphibious tour (Duck Tour) in Malaysia, offering Malaysians and foreign tourists a chance to tour Mines Resort City on land and on water. One of the newest attractions in the country that encourages domestic tourism and the arrival of foreign tourists. "
pretty cool and that was the 1st time me & my wife ever rode on an amphibious vehicle...was quite interesting...according to the tour guide, the vehicle has 2 gearbox...one for land movement and one meant for the movement during in the water...the moment the vehicle is in the water, it had to stopped for a while to shift to the water mode and vice versa when on land...the cruise departed from the Mines Shopping Fair and splashed its way to the lake next to the Mines Shopping Fair where the lake was also surrounded by the Mines Wellness Hotel, Mines Waterfront Business Park and also Sapura's office...the view was quite beautiful for a lake in the middle of the city...there was even water sport there...one would never expect to see these kind of things in the middle of the city...quite a brilliant idea by the Mines actually...
the amphibious boat took us round the lake while the tour guide gave a brief explanation of the surrounding buildings and the lake itself...the lake was actually a left over of a tin ore mining site...probably they got the name of the place as 'Mines' caused it was previously a mining site....hmmm, could be...hehehe...and also the depth of the lake was 200 meters deep!....wow~...it's that deep...no wonder according to the tour guide, most Malaysians dare not play the water sports there coz the lake was super deep...most of the regular water sports customers were foreigners according to the tour guide....and probably due the depth of the lake, there was also a small cruise ship owned by the Mines for the purpose of renting it out to those who wants to have functions on the ship....they called it as DME, Dining Meeting & Entertainment on water, also known as the Malaysia’s Most Premier Dining Boat...the cruise ship can accomodate 100 pax for a particular function....having a birthday party on a cruise ship at the middle of a lake, how cool is that....hehehehe...
after almost 30 minutes, the amphibious boat then made it's way back to land and dropped us back at the Mines Shopping Fair...went back in to the Mines Shopping Fair to have some dessert at the Sweet Chat cafe...ordered our favorite Durian pancake and a glass of drink...we shared since we were still full at that time...after that, went to do some household shopping and made our move to head back home...
btw, we did not used up the voucher to dine at the All Times Kopitiam since the kopitiam is outside of the Mines Shopping Fair, not inside...so was kinda lazy...and also for the Animal Safari, we skipped that due to laziness and the weather was hot that time... :P
btw, we did not used up the voucher to dine at the All Times Kopitiam since the kopitiam is outside of the Mines Shopping Fair, not inside...so was kinda lazy...and also for the Animal Safari, we skipped that due to laziness and the weather was hot that time... :P
i would recommend to have a try at the Mines Cruise Wa Wa Splash Tour...u can find more details on their website http://www.minescruise.com/wawa_splash/
till next time...cheers~...
till next time...cheers~...
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