Tuesday, 27 January 2009
.:: Balik Kampung ::.
On Saturday, the extended families of Badut & Zul Big Bird went to Kuantan, our self declared kampung for a short getaway.The initial plan was to stay at Cherating but since, the organiser, Mr Big Bird did a last minute booking, all hotels & resorts in Cherating were fully book! So instead, we settled for Kuantan town itself and MS Garden Hotel had available rooms to accomodate us.
Upon checking in the late afternoon, we proceeded to Kemaman to have our favourite Sata & Otak2. We had Yem's family, who stayed at Cherating to join us for the late lunch at Kemaman too. Then we headed to a local pasar malam on our way back to Kuantan and bought durians. Looking for a place to sit and enjoy our durians, the nearby Balok beach was suggested by the durian seller. We came across Fantasia Beach Resort and had our durian session there, complete with Karaoke session, for some.
On Sunday, we let the kids have a dip in the hotel's pool while the adults enjoyed our breakfast. Later went for shopping at Berjaya Megamall which was just conveniently located nextdoor. After late lunch, headed to Kemaman again for keropok & keropok lekor shopping. Before heading back to Kuantan, we stopped by Cherating Beach for an evening stroll and reminising the past when we stayed there, about 9 years ago. We ended the night by having lepak session at the coffee shop next to our hotel serving ice blended drinks & kopi Melaka.
On the last day of stay, the kids were enjoying themselves again in the pool and adults were having breakfast by the pool again. We checked out at about 1pm and headed to Teluk Chempedak to let the kids have fun on their rented rides. On the way home, we stopped at Rompin for late lunch and had our dinner at JB. Luckily, traffic was smooth at the checkpoints as it was close to 2am.
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