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    Travel in the new normal: Road trip to Genting Highlands, Malaysia

    Well, it’s been awhile since I threw up a travel thread and to be honest is been awhile since I have travelled much, which is a positive for the wallet tbh and I’m happy to stay at home/the pub and just watch the football/rugby/cricket but the family were itching to ‘do something!’ so I agreed, slightly reluctantly, to a trip.

    Google was consulted and a few places considered but in the end a week in Genting Highlands was the winner. To be honest I know nothing much about the place, and would happily receive any book recommendations anyone has, as I am getting tired of the Grisham novels on my kindle. But I digress, we booked some likely looking apartments via Agoda or Booking.com or one of those places and come Boxing Day morning we head off.

    Genting Highlands is a shortish jump from KL (around an hour or so, or 250Rm for a taxi), though we were fortunate enough to have a monthly hire of a sedan for around 2,000Rm.

    Driving in Malaysia is relatively easy, well signed posted, descents roads, relatively light traffic, though that is probably COVID related, eh? Anyway, I think Brits can just use their own licence, but being an Aussie mine was not accepted so I had to get one of those international driving permits.

    We get to our digs and it’s one of these apartment blocks that have the counter next door instead for downstairs. So there was a bit of messing around finding the counter, the. Finding the allocated parking spot, the lifts pallavar etc, but once in and unpacked it was nice to see a decent view, albeit mostly hidden in clouds. No AC needed up here!

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    Jaysus Mary and Fucking Jehovah!! This bloody photo uploading system! Why does it turn my pics sideways! Will see what I can do.

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    Photo test - I just edited that photo, cropped the bottom, roared it once 90 degrees to compensate for the 90 degree rotation and Wtf?

    can anyone help?



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    ^sorry KW, can't help you re: the pic issue.

    I've been to Genting Highlands on a day trip - took a bus from KL. Explored a bit, saw (but didn't play) at the casinos.

    Why didn't you put this in the Malaysia thread? Just curious..

    Keep posting the pics.. will be watching this space.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    Photo test - I just edited that photo, cropped the bottom, roared it once 90 degrees to compensate for the 90 degree rotation and Wtf?

    can anyone help?
    Maybe if you make it a little bit smaller....


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    Maybe if I make it a little bit bigger....


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    Test 2 - so I post it right way up and is rotated 90, so I rotate it 90 to
    compensate and then it’s still rotated 90, so now I rotate it 180 and it stays 180....???

    ETA: and now I edit the post that the pic is and it stops showing at all???

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Quote Originally Posted by katie23 View Post
    Why didn't you put this in the Malaysia thread? Just curious..
    oops, my mistake. Found World Travelers forum and thought that suited. Perhaps a kindly mod can move it?

    I saw private taxis do KL-GH for 250 Rm but how much was the bus?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMadBaron View Post
    Maybe if I make it a little bit bigger....

    You don’t like big??

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    Anyway, the view is very lovely, or would be if it wasn’t for this massive fuck off development scarring the middle of it all. Suppose I cannot complain about someone else wanting to develop something and make a buck, but it sure does interfere with my Instagram pics (and the noise is not all that pleasant either)

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    ^ now that’s just getting silly! I didn’t even try and rotate that photo! At least on the old picture gallery you had a rotate button to fix any misalignment between uploader and gallery, but this new one does not appear to have one or I cannot find it.

    It’s going to be a bladdy stupid picture thread if every photo is every which way but up...

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    KW - the pic in post 10 isn't showing.

    I can't remember how much the bus cost (was way back in 2012), but it was affordable. Seats were comfy, a/c, four in a row. Journey took around an hour from KL Sentral. The cable car was closed for renovation during that time, so wasn't able to get on it.

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    I really cannot believe I did this

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    ^ So what am I doing wrong?

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    Are you posting from your phone ? I always have the issue when posting from phone but on the computer not an issue.

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    That next day Mrs KW and I were laid up pretty badly haven eaten some dodgy fish prior to our travel to Genting Higlands, so a long lazy day in our apartment with kids playing games and iPads was in order. We ventured out in the evening for a quick shopping trip for essentials such as bread, milk, tea & coffee since nothing was provided nor a breakfast option in the morning. (I don’t know how we missed that on the booking, but never mind).

    We googled supermarket or some such and drove up the hill, to a massive complex, One World Resort, apparently world’s largest hotel (7,355 rooms), casino, restaurants, indoor theme park, shops etc. Staggered around, found a place for dinner that have these windows to the kitchen were you can watch them make the dim sum and buns. I find it fascinating, will try to arrange a YouTube video later.

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    Xiao long bao are their signature dish. And come in all flavours, but I prefer the original. Pork treats (or chicken) in a clear soup broth encased in a folded noodle based casing. To be enjoyed with ginger and soy sauce.

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    What's the deal with 20th Century Fox World? Is it open, complete and up and running? I read they had massive copyright issues with Disney or something.

    Ah - Legal Fight Over Fox Theme Park In Malaysia Ends In Settlement – Deadline

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    ^ So what am I doing wrong?
    I don't know what you are doing

    I downloaded your photo , rotated it 90 degrees and saved it

    then I uploaded from my computer to the reply box via the picture attach icon and saved the post - then I edited the post , deleted the thumbnail and posted the pic again with the url from the original post , deselected the box that says something about hosting and saved the post

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cujo View Post
    Are you posting from your phone ? I always have the issue when posting from phone but on the computer not an issue.
    That could be it. Have found a work around; screenshot the picture and upload the screenshot and it all appears correctly, at least for now.

    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    What's the deal with 20th Century Fox World? Is it open, complete and up and running? I read they had massive copyright issues with Disney or something.

    Ah - Legal Fight Over Fox Theme Park In Malaysia Ends In Settlement – Deadline

    Not sure, will investigate this outdoor theme park with name change as we are still in the area. Though, it may be closed due to COVID restrictions, the swimming pool & gym are closed here (not that I want to swim in 15 degree weather and nor would I ever be caught in a gym). But tbf the whole COVID restrictions here are very hit and miss, our last hotel had pool open, this one not. The Indoor theme park in Genting, Skytropilis was open, but others may not be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    don't know what you are doing
    click icon picture
    click browse computer
    select photo
    click upload
    wait...
    double click thumbnail picture
    select full size
    click done
    post

    but from phone the are rotated, so I rotated and follow same process but the rotation was still wrong.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


    anyway, I have discovered screenshots are rotated correctly, so that will do. Thanks anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    Photo test - I just edited that photo, cropped the bottom, roared it once 90 degrees to compensate for the 90 degree rotation and Wtf?

    can anyone help?



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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    it’s been awhile since I threw up a travel thread
    I wonder why nobody else is bothering either.

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    Jaysus Mary and Fucking Jehovah!! This bloody photo uploading system! Why does it turn my pics sideways! Will see what I can do.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    Photo test - I just edited that photo, cropped the bottom, roared it once 90 degrees to compensate for the 90 degree rotation and Wtf?
    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    Test 2 - so I post it right way up and is rotated 90, so I rotate it 90 to
    compensate and then it’s still rotated 90, so now I rotate it 180 and it stays 180....???

    ETA: and now I edit the post that the pic is and it stops showing at all???

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    At least the pic didn't auto-change into a picture of a turnip. So there is that.


    Thanks for the effort though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    but from phone the are rotated, so I rotated and follow same process but the rotation was still wrong.
    Did APA approve this sentence?

    Anyway, I reckon you're just rotating the display on your device, but not rotating the source file, which you're then uploading in its original form.
    Try rotating with a proper image editor, saving, and uploading the result.

    Rotate image online

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    10/10 for effort, KW.

    Upload with postimg.cc

    copy and paste


    That't the only way it works for me.


    Genting is always a nice getaway from the heat of KL - looking forward to your pics

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    Well, let’s crack on shall we? Little Miss KW brought her brand new Xmas scooter, which worked well in the corridors around our apartment....

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    And no so well outside given there were often no pavements, broken up surface and hills to navigate. So she did more pushing than riding.



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