Sep 26 2008

A Peek Inside the Las Vegas of Malaysia

Published by cookietravels at 7:06 pm under arts & entertainment, travels & trips

I visited the beautiful country of Malaysia last year in one of my travels. It was a seminar and study visit with a group of delegates from Bangladesh. Incorporated in this trip was a chance to see the scenic wonders of this country. Genting Highlands was among the places we visited.

Genting Highlands is located on a mountain peak at 1700 meters above sea level. Our hired bus took us about an hour’s drive from Kuala Lumpur to reach this place. Genting Highlands is also known as the “Las Vegas of Malaysia” or the “City of Entertainment” where you can find the officially authorized land-based casino in this country, in other words this casino is legal.

Me and my colleague didn’t want to miss the chance to see what’s inside this so called Las Vegas of Malaysia, so we made this Las vegas our first stop when we arrived Genting Highlands. At the entrance you can see that the security was tight and you should be properly dressed. There were some tourists who were not allowed inside but we passed security check and happily walked in. Just think, we were properly dressed :-) .

Genting Highlands, Malaysia

A lot of visitors were playing inside. You can see customers playing slot machines and other casino games like poker, blackjack. I observed that the Poker Tables were definitely of good quality. I wonder where they were ordered.

Our trip inside the casino was short. We didn’t even walk further down the room. We went in halfway, looked around and decided to leave. We didn’t play. We would rather spend our few hours in Genting Highlands for sightseeing.

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3 Responses to “A Peek Inside the Las Vegas of Malaysia”

  1. # Jesse Goodinon 26 Sep 2008 at 7:30 pm

    I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

  2. # Luceroon 13 Oct 2008 at 2:16 pm

    How do you get the chance to visit such beautiful places? I’m jealous. :)

  3. # cookietravelson 14 Oct 2008 at 10:04 am

    @ Jesse Goodin: thanks for the nice comment. this line sounds familiar though…:-)

    @ Lucero: i was given the opportunity to travel with our participants that time. hey don’t be jealous.

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