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We took my baby boy up to Berjaya Hills as part of his small 1 year-old birthday celebration on new year’s eve. Berjaya Hills is previously known as Bukit Tinggi, and is situated just next to Genting Highlands in Bentong, Pahang. In fact, U practically have to use the same route up to Genting Highlands, and take a detour and drive another 30 minutes or so before U reach Berjaya Hills.

There are basically 3 resorts U can stay in Berjaya Hills, the regular golf and country club, Colmar Tropical, and Japanese Village. My wife made reservations for a room in Colmar Tropical, which is a French-themed resort.

After settling in, we quickly took our buffet lunch at one of the many French-wannabe restaurants, and waited for the resort provided shuttle to ferry us to the rabbit farm. But before that, I managed to snap a few shots around the resort’s lake.

5 minutes later, the shuttle arrived, and we were off to go see Bugs Bunnies…:D

Besides rabbits, they also have some horses, a deer and some other farm animal which I can’t recall…LOL! We spent like 30 minutes there, but had to wait another 30 minutes for the shuttle to come fetch us. After that , we went back to the resort, and decided to drive out instead, so we don’t have to rely on public transport schedules. We jumped into the car, and headed to the Japanese Village, which also hosts the Botanical Gardens.

My handheld, slow shutter shot. I love VR.

The Koi pond in the Botanical Gardens. U can buy some fish feed for these hungry buggers. After another 30 minutes in both the Japanese Village AND Botanical Gardens, we headed back to the resort. On the way up, I stopped by the roadside to snap a picture of one of the upcoming resorts, which I also cannot recall the name…must be getting old.

Back in the resort, we went out to scout the place, which takes no more than 30 minutes. There is an “observation tower” situated right at the end of the resort, where U can get sort of a full view of Colmar Tropicale.

I also took a night short of the same scene.

After the buffet dinner at night (which was compulsory as part of their New Year’s Eve celebration), my wife and I went out to snap more pictures. One of the more interesting pictures is the drawbridge leading into the resort.

After that, we headed back to out room and called it a night. At the stroke of midnight, where were fireworks to welcome 2009, but we were too dead tired after the long drive and scouting of the place to get up to see it.

The next day, we decided there isn’t much too see, so we had our buffet breakfast, checked-out and headed home. I guess this is one place which I will not be coming again for a foreseeable future.