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<b>HOTEL</b> MERDEKA PALACE <b>KUCHING</b> BERHANTU?! | Kisah Tatie


<b>HOTEL</b> MERDEKA PALACE <b>KUCHING</b> BERHANTU?! | Kisah Tatie

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 12:45 AM PDT

BENARKAH MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES BERHANTU? Semasa menginap di sana 4 hari 3 malam baru-baru ini, ramai yang whatsapp cakap hotel ini berhantu. Tapi benarkah?! Apakah aku diganggu dengan gangguan misteri di malam hari?

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Alhamdulillah, sepanjang berada di sana, tiada pula gangguan pelik seperti yang digembar-gemburkan. Bukan tu je, makin lama aku menginap kat MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES, makin aku jatuh hati. Rasa tak nak balik pun ada. Kesimpulannya, hotel ni sangat best dan cool.

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Lobi Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Bagi siapa yang suka subjek Sejarah macam aku, bila masuk je kat hotel ni seperti ada satu aura yang meresap dalam diri. Dah nama pun, Hotel 'MERDEKA', sana sini mestilah ada gambar bertemakan kemerdekaan. Semangat patriotik gittewwww!!

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites ini bertaraf 5 bintang dan mempunyai 213 bilik termasuk suite.

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Ruang Menunggu di Lobi

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Staff Yang Friendly

Dekorasi hotel ini bercirikan kotemporari dan dicampurkan sedikit dengan elemen moden yang menaikkan lagi seri di MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES ini. Hotel ini memang unik dan lain dari yang lain. Persekitarannya juga berbeza. 

Kat depan hotel ini ada sebuah Padang Merdeka, lebih kurang seperti Dataran Merdeka KL. Kat situ selalunya acara-acara seperti sambutan Hari Malaysia dan lain-lain diadakan.

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Jom Naik Atas

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Lift Yang Bercirikan Klasik 

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Kiri atau Kanan?

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Hallway

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Bilik Tidur Yang Luas Dan Selesa

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Safety Box

Selalunya kat hotel ada bathrobe, tetapi di 

MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES

mereka menyediakan ...

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Hehehe. Klasik kan? Ala-ala perempuan Melayu terakhir.

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Peti Ais

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Seperti biasa, minuman and lln

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Tandas

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Toiletries

Selama 4 hari 3 malam menginap di MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES ini, sempatlah aku menjelajah ke semua tempat yang ada kat hotel ni. Hotel ini bukanlah hotel baru, tetapi ia dijaga dengan rapi demi keselesaan para pengunjung.

Cuma, keadaan bilik agak lesu sedikit. Mungkin, hotel ini mahu mengekalkan ciri-ciri lama dan tidak memerlukan suntikan moden dalam hiasan bilik.

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Jom Breakfast

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Aurora Court

Terdapat kawasan liburan keluarga di bahagian atas MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES ini seperti swimming pool, gym, sauna, taman permainan dan lain-lain lagi. Tak perlu peningkan kepala. Mana tahu nak pergi gym, tetapi at the same time risau pasal anak. Kan? 

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Keluar Pintu Je, Ini View Pertama Aku Lihat

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Meninjau Jalan Dari Atas

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Kids Playground

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Gymnasium

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Swimming Pool

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Ruang Lepak/Tinjau

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Sauna & Steam Room

Kemudahan lain di MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES ini seperti :

Seattle Coffee & Tea

Minum kopi di waktu petang, sambil melihat kereta lalu-lalang atau merasai roti-roti sandwich yang enak, kek-kek lazat, semuanya di Seattle Coffee & Tea.

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Ristorante Beccari

Restoran Itali ini pernah dinobatkan sebagai 'the award-winning Italian Restaurant'. Dapur masak tradisional menggunakan arang. Antara yang wajib dicuba seperti Pizza.

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites


The Victoria Arms

Menariknya kat The Victoria Arms ini, ahli kumpulan live band ini bukanlah berasal dari Sarawak. Kebanyakan daripada mereka berasal dari Semenanjung Malaysia, yang datang khas untuk mengadakan persembahan. Kumpulan live band ini akan ditukar setiap tiga bulan sekali supaya pengunjung tidak bosan dengar muzik yang sama je.


Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites
Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

La Habana 

La Habana ini adalah salah satu tempat yang mengumpulkan whiskies yang terbesar di Malaysia, mempunyai lebih 70 koleksi Malt yang diimport khas dari 5 kawasan berbeza di Scotland.


Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites
Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Souvenir Shop

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

De Batique

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites

Lokasi Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites ini sangat strategik. 

- 4 minit jalan kaki ke Plaza Merdeka

- 10 minit jalan kaki ke Main Bazaar

- 3 minit jalan kaki ke Muzium Sarawak

- 5 minit jalan kaki ke Memorial Brooke

- 15 minit drive ke Kuching Airport

PLAZA MERDEKA KUCHING

Plaza Merdeka Kuching


Harap anda berpuas hati dengan review MERDEKA PALACE HOTEL & SUITES ini. Selamat bercuti...!! Ingat cuti, ingatlah Kisah Tatie. Hehehe.

Thank you SARAWAK TOURISM BOARD .. (^_^)


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Posted: 20 Sep 2014 07:23 PM PDT

Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera, ini adalah entry yang ke 9 senarai kawasan perlancongan menarik di Malaysia, kali ini kita akan menjelajah ke Negeri yang popular dengan gelaran Bumi Kenyalang iaitu Negeri Sarawak . Seperti yang ada sedia maklum, sempena dengan tahun Melawat Malaysia 2014, saya akan menyenaraikan info-info dan tempat perlancongan yang menarik yang ada di setiap negeri di Malaysia & sebelum ini saya menyenaraikan tempat perlancongan yang menarik di Perak, Pahang, Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Perlis, Negeri Sembilan dan Sabah anda boleh klik link di bawah untuk membaca entry terdahulu. 

Negeri Sarawak antara negeri yang terbesar di Malaysia, negeri yang kaya dengan khazanah alam semula jadi, Negeri di Malaysia yang mempunyai Paling banyak Taman Negara seperti Mulu Caves National Park, Niah National Park, Gunung Gading National Park, Batang Ai National Park dan lain-lain. Jadi untuk entry kali ini saya menyenaraikan kawasan-kawasan perlancongan lain yang menarik untuk dilawati sekiranya anda datang ke Negeri Sarawak, jadi jom lihat senarai di bawah :P 

List Of Interesting Places In Negeri Sarawak, Malaysia

Senarai Kawasan Perlancongan Yang Menarik Di Negeri Sarawak, Malaysia 

Taman Negara Gunung Mulu / Mulu Caves National Park 

Mulu Caves National Park is home to one of the longest networks of caves in the world. Here lies the worlds largest underground chamber, the Sarawak Chamber, capable of accommodating forty Boeing 747 airplanes. In Mulu, you will also find one of the worlds biggest cave passage, Deer Cave, which can fit five cathedrals the size of Saint Pauls in London. Another key attraction is Clear Water Cave, the longest cave in Southeast Asia. The massive caves here are home to millions of bats and cave swiftlets that swarm out into the jungle in great clouds every evening at dusk! 

The outdoorsy type will be pleasantly surprised by some of the best examples of tropical limestone weathering in the world, including enormous razor-sharp pinnacles, deep-cut canyons, appropriately named The Pinnacles. There are tough but rewarding multi-day hikes available from the resort. A guide and porter are recommended 

Niah National Park / Taman Negara Niah 

Niah National Park the scenery is spectacular and breathtaking . The area is a center of human settlement as early as 40,000 years ago , and has one of the largest cave entrance in the world, the Paleolithic and Neolithic cemeteries and wood carvings, frescoes iron-age . Cave paintings are situated near the house wall paintings that tell a boat trip off the head of life after death , including the remnants of the wreckage "death ships" that are scattered on the floor of the cave - boat-shaped coffins (its contents were transferred to the Sarawak Museum ) . The surrounding area is also decorated by thick forest and is home to many species of plants and wildlife. 

Until now , the caves remain as an important place for people from the local community , such as birds' nests and guano collection to be important for their economic resources . Niah Caves is a very pleasant place if you want to stay here a few days, although some of the major attractions are open during the day for visitors. Niah National Park is located in Sungai Niah , about 3 km from the small town of Batu Niah , Miri 110km southwest . The park has a visitor center and a nice stay , and very easy to walk around it in the presence of plankwalk network throughout the park . A pair of good walking shoes and a flashlight are essential items that should be taken 

Gunung Gading National Park / Taman Negara Gunung Gading 

Gunung Gading is home to the world's largest flower, the rafflesia, which can grow up to one metre in diameter. When in bloom the flower gives off a nasty smell which attracts flies and other insects. The rafflesia has no specific season but the rainy season provides better blooming frequencies. It takes nine months to mature and flowering lasts only 4 or 5 days before dying. 

Seeing a blooming rafflesia is certainly the highlight of a trip to Gunung Gading, but the Park and the whole Lundu area are well worth visiting anyway. The rugged mountain peaks that make up the Park provide a scenic backdrop to the nearby town of Lundu, and the nearby beaches at Pandan and Siar. Gunung Gading also has some enjoyable walks and a challenging jungle trek

Lampir Hill National Park / Taman Negara Bukit Lampir

The Lampir Hill National Park is located along the Miri-Bintulu road, about 30km south of Miri Town. With area about 6,952 hectares, it was gazetted and opened to public on 1975. The park is consists of the central portion of the Lambir Hills, a rugged east-west trending sandstone escarpment with a maximum height of 465 meters, has an outstanding regional and global conservation significance for its extraordinary species-rich forest which is ideal for botanist and researchers throughout the world. 

1,050 different species of tree out of 7,000 total species and over 1,000 species of insect life are found within the small sample area of 52ha. The park covered with more than half of the area with rich natural mixed Dipterocarp forest, where huge, tall Dipterocarp trees such as Kapur, Meranti, Kempas and Selangan Batu. Shorter trees like Rhu Bukit, Selunsur Bukit, low shrubs, pitcher plants and orchids are found in the Kerangas forest. Apart from the various tree species, the park is very rich in other plant species such as ferns, gingers, vines, palms, mushrooms, moss and lichen, flowering and fruiting shrub trees, climbers and creepers. The fungi of Lampir hill are numerous and remarkable, this including the phosphorescent (illuminate) species that glows in the dark. Animals like bats, monkeys, pangolins and barking deer are those found as well and more than 150 species of birds have been recorded. 

Batang Ai National Park / Taman Negara Batang Ai 

Batang Ai National Park is located in the Sri Aman Division of Sarawak, in eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is located in Lubok Antu, some 250 kilometers east of Kuching. The Park is located at Sarawak about 250km from Kuching City with a covering area of 24,040 hectares of rainforest and the artificial lake. The lake is also the Sarawak's only artificial lake, which stretches up to Skrang, Lemanak, Engkari and Ai Valleys. The artificial lake now acts as a water dam that feed to the Batang Ai Hydro Electric Complex to generate the electricity for Sarawak's use. Batang Ai National Park was gazetted as a protected area in early 1991. 

Visitors can take a boat ride upriver from the dam, about an hour's of boat ride to see beautiful lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, with drooping trees overhanging the rivers. The rivers are fast flowing, clear and very refreshing. The water level gets quite low during the dry seasons where visitors normally have to help push their boats upstream. Here, the main mode of communication is river transport. 

The park is home to many protected species like the Orang Utan, hornbills and gibbons. Other major attraction upriver is the Iban longhouse. This longhouse gives the authentic atmosphere as most of the longhouse dwellers still practise their traditional lifestyle. The Ibans produce local handicrafts, like their 'Pua Kumbu', rattan backpacks 'selabit', rattan mats and even gourd for collecting water. Please note that, if you are staying in Iban longhouse, you need to be aware of local Iban customs so as not to offend anybody. 

Bako National Park / Taman Negara Bako

Sarawak's oldest national park was established in 1957, covers a modest 27 sq. km., and is about 37km from Kuching. It's known for its extraordinary natural scenery, habitats, plants and wild life. Its most significant features are secluded coves and rugged rocky headlands with magnificent steep cliffs that overlook the South China Sea. The sea spray, wave action and the wind have also carved out magnificent sea arches and sea stacks at the base of the cliffs, some rearing above the waves like a mighty serpent's head. 

The attractive sandstone formations appear pink with iron patterns on the cliff. Further inland, waterfalls tumble down into freshwater pools in a tranquil and idyllic jungle setting. Bako contains an incredible variety of plant species and vegetation types, and this is one of the parks great attractions. At Bako it is possible to see almost every type of vegetation found 

Bako is also home to approximately 275 rare proboscis monkeys, found only in Borneo. The best times for seeing wildlife at Bako are just after dawn and just before dusk, when the animals are at their most active. Bako is a fascinating place for bird watching, as over 150 species have been recorded here. Bakos extensive trail system is made up of 16 colour-coded jungle trails which offer a range of walking and hiking options. The fit and adventurous can opt for full- day jungle hikes or overnight camping expeditions, whilst those who prefer to take it easy can opt for a relaxing forest walk. 

Kuching Town / Bandar Kuching 

Described as one of the most attractive cities in Southeast Asia, Kuching is the State capital. It is a city rich in history, and modern day Kuching is a delightful blend of modern structures and old-world charm. Kuching is divided by the Sarawak River; the south is a commercial residential area, dominated by Chinese, while the north shore is predominantly Malay in character, with old kampong houses lining the river. The two parts of the city are very different in character and even have separate mayors and separate town halls 

Kuching means 'cat' in Malay and there are a number of suggestions as to how Sarawak's capital acquired the name. Local legend has it that James Brooke (see section on 'history'), pointing towards the settlement across the river, enquired what it was called. Whoever he asked, mistakenly thought he was pointing at a passing cat. If that seems a little far-fetched, the Sarawak Museum offers a few more plausible alternatives, the most likely of which is that the town may have originally have been known as Cochin – port – a word commonly used across India and Indochina. 

Sarawak Cultural Village / Perkampungan Budaya Sarawak 

Known as the 'Living Museum', the Cultural Village was set up to preserve and showcase Sarawak's cultural heritage. Located at Pantai Damai, Santubong, just 32km from the state capital, Kuching, it is the perfect place to get introduced to local culture and lifestyle. Sprawled across 17 acres, there are about 150 people living in the village, demonstrating traditional daily activities from Sarawak's diverse tribes like the processing of sago and the making of handicrafts. They wear traditional costumes and also put on dances for visitors. 

The village residents provide information on their various traditional cultures and lifestyles. You can see replicas of buildings that represent every major ethnic group in Sarawak; longhouses of the Iban, Bidayuh and Orang Ulu, a Melanau tall-house and a Chinese farm house among others. The village also has a theatre, where you can enjoy multicultural dance performances. Besides this, there is a restaurant and handicraft shop. You can even get married at the Sarawak Cultural Village, in traditional Iban, Malay, Bidayuh or Orang Ulu style. 

The Iban longhouse has separate rooms placed side by side, all of which open to a long communal hall, used for leisurely activities like wood carving and basket weaving. Guests are often invited to attend nightly ceremonies and drink a potent rice wine, tuak, which the Iban make themselves. Comfortable guesthouses are also available for visitors.

Jong's Crocodile Farm / Taman Buaya Jong's 

Situated at 18 Miles (29km) Kuching/ Serian Highway, a 20 minute leisure drive from Kuching Town, the capital of Sarawak, Land of Hornbills, boasts one of the largest and the only crocodile breeding farm in the country. 

Set amidst the charming backdrop of tall tropical trees, lush vegetation and local fruit trees lies this unique farm with over a thousand crocodiles bred in captivity. The farm provides a perfect sanctuary for the reptiles, saving the species from extinction. There are huge and deep concrete ponds and natural breeding grounds for the crocodiles to mate and multiply. Visitors are able to gaze at the snapping jaws, cold menacing eyes, sharp pointed teeth and powerful lashing tails of the crocs within short distance yet safe because of the metal fence. 

Apart from crocodiles there are also numerous rare species of birds and animals found only in the Borneo Island. Visitors can have the enchanting experience of walking freely among the monkeys, leopard-cats, sunbears, bearcats, pheasants, civets, barking deers, sambar deers, turtles, fruit bats, monitor lizards, pythons and even hornbills. 

Bungai Beach / Pantai Bungai 

Location: Miri, About 1 hour drive from Miri and situated near Kampung Bungai in Bekenu is Bungai Beach. Bungai Beach is popular with beachgoers who appreciate its pristine beach, clear waters, and the beauty of the untouched surroundings. Its relatively secluded and a great spot to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city. 

Entry ini ditulis khas menyokong kempen tahun melawat malaysia 2014.

P/s: Macam mana dengan senarai kawasan perlancongan menarik yang ada di Negeri Bumi Kanyalang, sangat menarik bukan? Jadi apa lagi jom melancong ke Sarawak! Diharapkan entry boleh dijadikan sebagai rujukan / panduan sekiranya anda mencari info dan senarai kawasan yang menarik ada di sekitar Sarawak dan jangan lupa bookmark entry ini :P

Senarai di atas hanyalah sebahagian kecil daripada tempat yang wajib dikunjungi sekiranya anda mengunjungi Sarawak, jadi bagi anda yang mempunyai info / maklumat tambahan mengenai kawasan perlancongan menarik yang ada di Sarawak di rungan komen sebagai rujukan kita bersama :P