Monday, March 16, 2009
ItaliaAuto Grand Trip 2009 in Photos
Below are some photos from the grand trip. For more pictures, go to www.italiaauto.net or specifically www.italiaauto.net/viewtopic.php?t=13490 for trip report and pictures.
ItaliaAuto Grand Trip 2009
So what's special this year for the Grand Trip? Since we didn't have a grand trip in 2008, a early 2009 grand trip was organized. The excitement brought in about 30 over cars for the trip held on the 27th February to 1st March 2009.
The day started with a gathering at Petronas on MRR2 just before the Karak Highway-Gombak Tol. Shortly after breakfast at Burger King and a short briefing and door gift handout, the group blasted off following pace notes that uses B-roads and passing through towns like Bentong, Rauh, Kuala Lipis, Gua Musang, Jeli and finally Pulau Banding, overlooking Temenggor Lake.
The final 80km drive from Jeli to Pulau Banding was just beautiful roads and sweepers! And what's more, the arrival at the Belum Rainforest Resort gave a great welcome from a long drive since the morning. The resort was absolute beautiful compared to our last visit 2-3 years ago. It has been taken over by Emkay and they renovated it totally. Beautiful rooms and landscaping. Certainly a must see for all.
That night saw us with fantastic buffer dinner at the resort. After that, followed by a lucky draw with prizes from sponsors like OCBC, AutoConnextion, E-Mech, Jeff Chua, and more. It was a fun filled night and everyone got something.
The next day, it was a drive from Pulau Banding to Lumut using towns like Gerik, Lenggong, Cangkat Jering before arriving at destination. The resort that the group stopped and rested was in Swiss Garden Holiday Apartments Damai Laut Golf & Country Club. Not too bad of a place and certainly no comparison to Belum Rainforest Resort but the rooms was huge!
All checked-in and the group headed out to the beach to have some fun in the sun and water. The beach was ok and not the greatest but it was clean enough to play around. The group then proceeded to the swimming pool where some had beer, underwater competitions, "water polo" and anything else you can think of!
The next day, the group headed back using the fastest route possible from Lumut to Teluk Intan to Bidor where some stopped for lunch before heading back to Kuala Lumpur.
Certainly a great grand trip and tons of fun. A good start to the year of ItaliaAuto 2009!
The day started with a gathering at Petronas on MRR2 just before the Karak Highway-Gombak Tol. Shortly after breakfast at Burger King and a short briefing and door gift handout, the group blasted off following pace notes that uses B-roads and passing through towns like Bentong, Rauh, Kuala Lipis, Gua Musang, Jeli and finally Pulau Banding, overlooking Temenggor Lake.
The final 80km drive from Jeli to Pulau Banding was just beautiful roads and sweepers! And what's more, the arrival at the Belum Rainforest Resort gave a great welcome from a long drive since the morning. The resort was absolute beautiful compared to our last visit 2-3 years ago. It has been taken over by Emkay and they renovated it totally. Beautiful rooms and landscaping. Certainly a must see for all.
That night saw us with fantastic buffer dinner at the resort. After that, followed by a lucky draw with prizes from sponsors like OCBC, AutoConnextion, E-Mech, Jeff Chua, and more. It was a fun filled night and everyone got something.
The next day, it was a drive from Pulau Banding to Lumut using towns like Gerik, Lenggong, Cangkat Jering before arriving at destination. The resort that the group stopped and rested was in Swiss Garden Holiday Apartments Damai Laut Golf & Country Club. Not too bad of a place and certainly no comparison to Belum Rainforest Resort but the rooms was huge!
All checked-in and the group headed out to the beach to have some fun in the sun and water. The beach was ok and not the greatest but it was clean enough to play around. The group then proceeded to the swimming pool where some had beer, underwater competitions, "water polo" and anything else you can think of!
The next day, the group headed back using the fastest route possible from Lumut to Teluk Intan to Bidor where some stopped for lunch before heading back to Kuala Lumpur.
Certainly a great grand trip and tons of fun. A good start to the year of ItaliaAuto 2009!
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