Let me update a short post on where we went during the Tokyo trip.
If you have no idea what is Sanrio Puroland, it’s okay. But I am sure you know Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty is one of Sanrio’s product. Besides Hello Kitty, they have Bad-badtz Maru, Keroppi, My Melody etc etc. Familiar ba?
The theme park is quite big. This is the outdoor.
Oh yea, they charge for entrance. It’s not cheap.
I was expecting the interior design full of pink color and Hello Kitty. I thought it will be quite a fantasy land. But this is what we saw.
HongKiat was suggesting we should go on a short trip to anywhere. We were thinking about Bali at first, but ‘Maldives’ passed by my mind as I remember seeing beautiful photos which my colleague showed me before. Then I went on doing a bit research on the air tickets and resorts we can stay.
I know I am being willful to choose to go Maldives where we can choose somewhere cheaper to go, but Hongkiat never say no to my request, he and his “It’s you call baby”. That’s my man. There we go. Going on 3 days 3 nights trip to Maldives. :D
Flight Information
There is only 1 direct flight to Malé, Capital of Maldives via Singapore Airlines. The flight timing is 8.35pm Singapore time. There is also only 1 flight coming back to Singapore from Male which is 11.15pm Maldives time.
Flying to Malé takes 4 hours and 5 minutes. Just like going Hong Kong only. But the return trip takes 4 hours and 30 minutes.
The time difference is 3 hours. Malé is 3 hours behind Singapore.
Oh by the way, the word Male does not read as female male, but read as Ma Le. I got it wrong till I reach the airport. Shame on me!
Map of Maldives.
Let me start the trip with how beautiful is the island we stay. (Pictures are not in order. )
At Veli Side
Reception. Registering and checking in upon arrival.
Before even going Japan, I’ve pre-paid a land tour to Mount Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan) via viator.com. It’s one of our itineraries for the Tokyo trip. I am not too sure about the price comparison as I never do comparison with other agents.
I run through the schedule details, they were interesting especially the bullet train! Imagine 300km/h!
After the Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea trip, we went to Mt Fuji.
We gotto reach to the meeting point Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal by 9am. We will be taking bus straight to the Mt Fuji 5th Station. The highest point we can reach without climbing.
The bus started right on time. There were mostly western people joined the same tour with us. I think we were the only Asian in the bus.
According to the English speaking tour guide, the journey to 5th Station Mt Fuji will take approximately 2 hours. It was after 90 minutes bus ride, they stop us at the Fuji Visitor Center for toilet break.
I know it’s been a while since my last post. I have too many distractions :p Latest addition is the iPad.
Anyway, back to my Disneysea trip. It was awesome. I would say there are many differences between Disneyland and Disneysea.
Obviously, the theme is different. Disneyland is suitable for kids and Disneysea is more suitable for adult. I think everyone knows this fact already. One is land based, while the other one is water based, shall I say sea based?
You see, all the rides and entire environment in Disneyland are so Kids-friendly. Whereas, the rides and environment at Disneysea are more thrill, in another word, more dangerous to kids.
I shall start my photos showering as per usual.
In the train. We still gotto pay few hundred yen to take the train ride from hotel to Disneysea. It’s just 1-2 station away. The Disney Train only circle 4 stations. Or was it 5 stations?
The first thing we saw after entering to Disneysea. The big earth like floating on the water.
It was a sunny day. Good weather, clear sky and COLD! I guess I also give the impression that I was very cold looking at how I covered myself.
I woke up early in the morning because I was very excited about Disneyland trip. I’ve booked 2 nights hotel room nearby Disneyland so that we don’t have to travel back to Ueno after long day at Disneyland.
To travel to Disneyland from Ueno, we gotto take the MRT. I finally encountered and learned what I saw from Youtube years ago. The video that show how busy and crowded is the train during rush hour.
We got no choice but being push into the train. Well, our situation was not as bad as the video, but very similar.
When I was in the train being sardine, I then realized I was the only woman around. Then I remember there were some compartments for women in the train during rush hour to prevent being molest.
Alright, back to Disneyland. We travel from Ueno Station to Tokyo Station, then take Keiyo Line to Maihama Station. The travel time was about 40 minutes.
After that, we took a shuttle bus from Maihama Station to Sunroute Plaza Tokyo Hotel to check in our bags first. It was the hotel with cheapest room rate around Disneyland.
Both of us occupied the shuttle bus. It was Mickey themed.
