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Friday, February 24, 2012

Hat Yai Municipal Park , Golden Buddha, Guan Yin pavilion

Hat Yai Municipal Park is a park that covered from hills to a lake. It's located at Kanchanawanit Road approximately 6 kilometers from Hat Yai downtown. In the park there is a Golden Buddha, Guan Yin ( Mercy Goddess) temple and Cai Shen ( god of prosperity ) located on the hills while a lake at the foothills. Besides that there is a newly build cable car connected between hills. From the hilltop there is 360 degree panoramic view of Hat Yai City. From the hilltop where the Golden Buddha located there is a stairs connected to the Guan Yin temple at middle of the hill. At the lake you can rent a paddle boat, feeding the fishes and walking around the lake.

Where:

Kanchanawanit Road , Hat Yai

Attractions:

Golden Buddha, Guan Yin Temple, Cai Shen, paddling in the lake, hiking at the hills, jogging around the park, feeding fishes, eat some local foods, photo-taking, panoramic view of Hat Yai City

How to go:

By car or tut tut ( some part of the road is pretty steep, beware when driving uphill)

Entrance fees:

free

Nearby Attraction:

Tang Kuan Hill, Songkhla

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The Golden Buddha on top of the hills

view of Hat Yai City

Panoramic view of Hat Yai City

around the Golden Buddha

devotes praying

another view of Golden Buddha

The Bell around the compound

cable car station

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Broga Hills Hiking

Heard of Broga hills ( Semenyih) for a while, but don't have chance to go there. So the time had come, and i went there for a hike. Woke up at 4a.m and prepare all those stuffs required and begin or journey to semenyih. About 5 a.m ++ reach the foothills of Borga, the entrance is from palm estate a RM2 parking fees is charged if you want to park in the palm oil estate, by the time we reach there, it's already filled with car and lot of peoples holding torch light beaming the dark environment. Begin our hike,it's quite difficult to hike along the trails because there is no proper managed trails available, all the trails are unintentionally created by hiker who passed there. And because of it popularity it's saturated with people, there is just way too much people in this small area that caused frequently stop along the hike to wait or stop for the person in front of us. Beside the narrow trails some part is very steep, and very slippery ( because i'm wearing just my slipper ). even saw one teenager fall down from the steep slope, according to his friend he turtle-turned for 3 times before landing at the flat land. It's a good spot to watch sunrise, but unfortunately that day clouds blocked the just awake sun and we didn't manage to watch the sun rising moment but still managed to watch the golden sky.

Where:

Broga hills in Semenyih also called bukit lalang ( congograss hills) because of the native congograss filled the whole hills.

Why:

Magnificent view of sunrise, good exercise, easy trials - take 20-45min to reach all 4 peaks

How to Go:

Heading toward kajang and then semenyih , it's located about 5 minutes drive from Nottingham University , you will noticed many car park beside the road, and there is a sign noted RM2 for parking, and it is opposite a rabbit farm.

What to bring:

Torch light ( if you want to watch sunrise, reach foothills about 5a.m ++),

water (keep you from dehydrated),

comfortable hiking wear (don't wear slipper, it's very slippery and will hurt your leg- what happened to me)

camera- to take the beautiful picture

cloths and towel to change

Map:

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