Have Perut Will Travel...: Day Trip │ Genting Highlands!

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Saturday, 12 April 2025

Day Trip │ Genting Highlands!

Genting Premium Outlets!

Two weeks after coming back from Penang we decided to go on a day trip to Genting's Premium Outlets. It's been a while since our last visit, so we were chuffed.

A couple of days ago Cat made a trip to KL Sentral to buy our return tickets from the Resorts World counter. We got the 9:15am bus going up and the 2:00pm coming down, each ticket only cost RM10.00 (approximately USD/EUR2).

I was feeling under the weather plagued with a stuffy nose and headache the past few days but thought nothing much of it, so today we left our home at eight meaning to hail a Grab car to KL Sentral. Alas, there were no drivers available, so we walked out to Sarah Hughes along Jalan TAR to catch a free GOKL Red Line bus instead.

We eventually caught the free bus at 8:25am and arrived at KL Sentral fifteen minutes later. With time to spare till our 9:15am bus we decided on breakfast at Richiamo Cafe. Here we ordered the:

Hazelnut Latte
Teh Tarik
Nasi Lemak

that came to RM24.00 (approximately USD/EUR5).

At nine we made our way down to the Resorts World bus stop and immediately got on. In hindsight we were thankful for buying our tickets early since the Resorts World counter today only sold tickets from 11:30am onwards.

The bus departed at its appointed time, and we drove past the Gombak Toll Plaza at 9:45am, we were well on our way!

We arrived at the Genting Awana Bus Terminal at 10.20am and after a quick potty break began our exploration of Genting Premium Outlet. An hour and a half of browsing the various retail outlets here Cat finally got three dresses from Cotton On for a sum of RM120.00 (approximately USD27/EUR24).

We then took advantage of the buy two get one free offer from Levi's. I got three pairs of their straight cut 505s for RM458.00 (approximately USD104/EUR92). Our final purchase of the day was from the Universal Traveller store where we got a 20-inch carry-on bag complete with a separate compartment for my 16-inch laptop for RM599.00 (approximately USD136/EUR120).

All done with our shopping spree we then began to weigh our options. We browsed the food court, but none seemed appealing. My cold unabated, we eventually settled on an herbal lunch at the Pao Xiang Bak Kut Teh. We ordered the:

Lean Meat
Intestines
Tofu Pok
Hot Chinese Tea
Cold Chinese Tea

for a total of RM94.00 (approximately USD21/EUR19).

With an hour till our 2:00pm bus we then had drinks at Coffee Bean. Our hot Caramel Macchiato and iced Matcha Tea came to RM36.10 (approximately USD8/EUR7). We made our way back to the Genting Awana Bus Terminal at a quarter to two. The departed at 2:05pm and we were back at KL Sentral about an hour later.

My cold was getting worse, so we headed to Poliklinik NU Sentral up at the concourse level. On a hunch the doctor asked that I submit to a Covid-19 test: I was positive!

I was then prescribed the usual flu medication except for antibiotics and asked that I come back on Monday so that she can issue me with a three-day medical leave. Due to my rapidly declining condition and to limit my exposure to those around we decided to hail a Grab car for a fare of RM24.00 (approximately USD/EUR5) back to our home.

Hopefully, this latest bout of Covid-19 blows over fast. Our next adventure to my home town is about two weeks, so please stay tuned!