Malaysia is a country with no winter, so I grew up not knowing what real snow looks like. Although I have thought about travelling to some countries that have winter, I haven't acted on my idea until now.
Genting Highlands is a famous tourist attraction in Malaysia, which organizes Christmas related activities every year to attract tourists to visit.
The theme of the event was "snow". Of course! It never snows in Malaysia, so the only way for it to snow in the Genting Highlands is to use snow-making machines to create fake snow.
This is the entrance to the place where it snows. Admission is free.
It's open for a limited time :
(6pm to 11pm)
(6pm to 1am)
When I walked in, this was the first scene I saw. Above it was a strip of beautiful chandeliers.
On the left here is a food vendor.
On the right is a souvenir store and a game area for winning dolls.
Keep going straight to the end of the road and you'll see this double-decker bus for tourists to take photos.
After walking past the double-decker buses, turn to the left, this is where it "snows" in Genting Highlands.
It was eight o'clock in the evening when I walked into this "snowy" place. A lot of tourists were gathered here, and the strange thing was that it hadn't started "snowing" yet.
I had to go to the official Genting Highlands website to check the "snow" time.
| Magical Snowfall |
|---|
| Every Sunday – Thursday (4 Sessions) |
| 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm |
| Every Friday & Saturday (7 Sessions) |
| 7.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm, 10pm, 10.30pm |
| Christmas & New Year Eve (9 Sessions) |
| 7.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm, 10pm, 10.30pm, 11pm, 11.30pm |
The reason is that the day I went to see the snow was a Sunday, and it didn't start snowing at 8:00pm, it started snowing at 8:30pm.
There's nothing to do but wait. Well, I'll just stroll around the neighborhood.
Walking around, I came to this temporary ice rink set up for Christmas. Many families brought their children to skate. I had never skated before, so I was too scared to try it, so I stood outside and watched them skate.
There's a big food event dining area next to the rink.
There's a big stage out front. Santa Claus came out to interact with people, and many tourists ran to take pictures with them.
After taking pictures with tourists, the Santas started to go to the parade.
As the time began to approach 8:30, I slowly walked back to the place where it was "snowing". It's already crowded.
As the clock hits 8:30, the announcer announces the start of the "snowing" event and the music begins to play.
Next thing you know, little snowflakes start falling from the sky.
From a distance, it looks like real snow, but when it comes to me, I realize it's all foam.
Malaysia is a country where it doesn't snow, and even knowing that all of this is fake snow, I still feel happy about it.
I created a simple GIF motion picture and shared it to show you this snowy scene.