Tag Archives: Cable car

Cham is fabulous – and that’s no sham

Posted on August 15, 2020 by frenchfry36

Setting off on a 90 minute drive from our base in Leysin, Switzerland in 2018, we drove towards the snow-capped mountains of the French Alps, crossing the border back into France and through the town of Argentière (the name reminiscent … Continue reading →

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Not too long in Toulon

Posted on May 25, 2013 by frenchfry36

Seeing the long queue that had already formed to catch the shuttle boat from our cruise ship into Toulon, on the southern coast of France, we thought we had better get a move on. The queue was even longer by the time we … Continue reading →

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Highlands highlight

Posted on November 24, 2011 by frenchfry36

The Skyway cable car rides in the Genting Highlands, Malaysia, were definitely the highlight of our week up there. The Awana Skyway takes you from the Awana station in fairly large cable cars to up to Genting “City of Entertainment” (situated 3000m above sea level) via the Chin Swee Cave Temple, covering 2.4km … Continue reading →

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Up and down Malaysian mountains

Posted on November 20, 2011 by frenchfry36

When we were in Malaysia, en route to France, we spent a week of timeshare at the Awana Golf and Country Resort, about an hour out of Kuala Lumpur in the (relative) cool of the magnificent Genting Highlands. From Awana you can take either … Continue reading →

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