Sky Trex Shah Alam

This was tricky, but my child enjoyed the challenge

We joined a friend of ours for a SkyTrex adventure. Since I am afraid of heights, I didn't sign up personally, but signed my kids up. :)
Well, later after looking at the children's circuit, I wished I did coz it sure looked like a lot of fun, and the circuit wasn't too high up. Anyway, SkyTrex is basically an obstacle course in the sky, well trees really. The children's one takes about 1 hour to finish (partially because you have to wait for those ahead of you.) Most kids who went with us loved it so much they each went several rounds. Here, I'll just be lazy and copy and paste from the Skytrex link

 " This little circuit consists of 23 adventure challenges with difficulty level ranging from “easy“
to “difficult“. The challenges are named after common animals behavior such as “Rubah Terbang“ (Flying Fox), “Tulang Naga“ (Dragon Bones), “Jungkit Arnab“ (Rabbit Flip-Flop) and many more. End the activity with the “70m flying fox “ which takes you across 2 lakes to the finishing point. The various challenges is guaranteed to keep the children, and also the less adventurous adults, busy but happy throughout the day. Platform height between 3m to 5m.

Time to complete: Approximately 0.5 hour for each round. Each group is entitled to 2 hours (max) of unlimited rounds
Minimum height requirement: 1.1 m

WARNING: Kids below 8 Years Old MUST be accompanied by an Adult climbing: 1 Adult for max 2 Kids below 8 Years Old

Maximum weight: 100 kg "

Well, let me conclude by saying that my children REALLy REALLY enjoyed it all!! They are already asking to go again!! The adults might try the Extreme Challenge, but I think I'll stay with my feet firmly planted on the ground.

My child doing the flying fox across the lake

Entrance time:
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays*.
From 8.30am onwards.
No minimum number of pax required.


Weekdays
Park will only be opened for group bookings with a minimum of 25 pax.


Rates: RM 35 for little Circuit, RM 45-55 for the adult circuit.

Tel: +601 3276 9841
Fax: +603 7960 8290
Email: skytrex@skytrex-adventure.com
Website: http://www.skytrex-adventure.com

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Blue Mosque -Shah Alam

I never knew that they allowed visitors into a mosque till we were invited by a group of schoolers. It was certainly an interesting experience viewing the architecture from the inside on a guided tour.

Taken from the Wikipedia: The mosque was commissioned by the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz, when he declared Shah Alam as the new capital of Selangor on 14 February, 1974. Construction began in 1982 and finished on 11 March, 1988. The Mosque is also known as the Blue Mosque owing to its blue dome. The building has the distinction of having the largest religious dome in the world, it measures 51.2 m (167 ft) in diameter and reaches 106.7 m (350 ft) above ground level.^[3] The four minarets, each reaching 142.3 m (460 ft) above ground level^[4] are the 2nd tallest in the world, the distinction of the world's highest being held by the Hassan II Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني‎) in Casablanca, Morocco.^[5] In its early years, the mosque was listed in the Guinness World Records as having the tallest minaret in the world before being supplanted by the 210 m (689 ft) at the Hassan II Mosque^[6] when that structure was inaugurated in August 1993. The Blue Mosque (Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz) does however still maintain the distinction of having the world's tallest group of minarets as the set of four each stand at 106.7 m (350 ft) above ground level.

The first imam that lead the first prayer in this mosque was Imam Dzulkhairi Tajuddin Mustaffa which was a graduate from Universiti Kerajaan Langit."

This is the minaret which is used for the "Call to Prayer (Azan).

The Imam on the left talking about the architecture as we walked

The view of the mosque from the outside. Dome is made out of Aluminium

This is the dome found in the prayer room.

A very colourful Quran. My girls discovered that it is written in Arabic.

The Prayer room where the men gather to pray.