Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Sekeping Serendah , Selangor

Checking in Sekeping Serendah, Selangor for a short break before holidays season started. A private retreat surrounded by natural forest living environment.
 
There were some difficulties for reaching the retreat. Once you drive in the village, there will be no mobile network available. So there is no use for WAZE anymore. There are no signboard to be seen as well. We asked a few local at nearby for the directions. And finally, the only sign to been seen is this.
Once you see this, just follow the path and you will be reaching the retreat in around 10 minutes drive.

Check in at our Mud Shed stay after 2pm.(16.11.2017). 
If you wanna option for Glass Box, you will need to booked a few months early i guess. It's almost full during November and December. Mud shed as well were half booked.


 MUD SHED 1
RM320.00 a night for 2 pax
 
add on 1 guest for RM50.00/each.
A room with a queen-sized bed with mosquito net and two single beds.
Only with ceiling fans. 2 in room and 1 in toilet.Totally enough for the night.
 Not an outdoor shower
Kitchen
Kitchen facilities are provided. BBQ equipment as well.
They provide Mosquito Coil in the room. 
Luckily we had our repellent patch and roll on with us. The mosquito outside was not kidding.
They stings !
 Not to be left out, we bring in some snacks for the night as there aren't any stores nearby.

Reminder : Bring along a extension cord. There are only two wall switch socket available, one for the fridge and which you will be left with only one free to be use.

Mandy . Denise

Swimming pool.
 Heard there is a chlorine-free natural plunge pool from the waterfall, 
which i dont really know was this the one. 
Hahahahha
 Cautious : Mosquito are plenty


We actually slept without the mosquito net.
I burned a mosquito coil before we left the shed for a swim. The room was free from mosquito by then and the smells of the coil does not linger around as well.

 Had some pre dinner snack before the caretaker sent us our dinner at 7:30pm

 We did not opts for BBQ during our stay so we had the caretaker's meal
the Nepalese cuisine dinner
for 4 pax RM50 / each
if im not mistaken , they only have option for 2 or 4 pax only
The rice given was enough for 6 person i guess. 
but honestly , 4 pax was too much for us. We left some for supper in case of hunger.
 Bring along some entertainment as there aren't much thing you can do here.
Totally nothing during night ( except BBQ )
No TV , No WIFI , No Mobile Networks available.
So we left with entertaining our self the whole night.

Checked out by 12pm the next day.
A 10 minutes drive from the retreat to the Waterfall before we headed back to Penang.
Not much to expect, so we didn't really stop by at the waterfall.
 We accidentally drive in here before we reach the retreat yesterday and there were a few guys who are at the parking lot asking for fees to the waterfall so we assume you will have to pay before you reach.
But we didn't saw him the other day after we check out. So it's based on your lucks then :) 

 Till then... <3 br="">

Friday, September 15, 2017

Barat Tioman Beach Resort , Pulau Tioman

Penang - Johore
26 Aug 2017 06:35

Larkin Terminal
Purchase ticket from busonlineticket.com
S&S International Express
Johor Bahru to Mersing
08:00 ( duration : 2 hours )
RM12.70/ pax
then a few minutes walk to Mersing jetty once reached Mersing Terminal
Thanks to Girl♥ who has already done packing with the breakfast

Ferry ticket to Tekek from Mersing
RM70/pax 2 ways
12:00 depart 
as you will need to arrive 90 minutes in advance for registration
You may also purchase for land transfer from Tekek to your resort at the counter
#double check with your tour package which some has already included island land transfer so you wont have to purchased it once again
RM60.00/ pax 2 ways from Tekek to resort
Johor National Parks fee RM5.00 / adult (Malaysian)
 Marine Park fee RM5.00 / adult (Malaysian)
 Boarding pass
The ferry was late as we depart around 12:45
 Reached around 15:00
A distance between 20 minutes once you landed at Kampung Tekek to
Barat Tioman Beach Resort
Land transfer which is already included in our tour package
Deluxe Family Quad Sharing x1 unit RM480
the room is clean but the line are weak
The wi-fi connection are weak as well as connection only available around the lobby and the dining area which are not strong as well
 Welcome drinks
 2 breakfast, 1 lunch,  1 dinner and 1 BBQ dinner included
snorkeling A – Batu Mumbang, T.Dungun and Rengkin
snorkeling B – Teluk Mayak, Penut and Lighthouse
 both set were cancelled due to some incident
we were then substitute to
Snorkeling C - Coral Island , Tulai , Malang Rock , Batu Mumbang
no Marine Park (ㆆ_ㆆ)


Lunch

Rent a bike from a food stall for a 5 minutes walk distance from resort which is cheaper then the resort rate

Dinner
  Supper

Day 2
 Breakfast

 Snorkeling starts at 09:00
 Snorkeling equipment included

Stop by Salang Village for short break

 Then back to resort at around 15:00
 Lunch


 meet Vlin ♥ & Eelin ♥

Dinner

Day 3 : Breakfast
 Depart from Island to Mersing at 12:00
Reached at Mersing jetty at 14:00
 Mersing Terminal to Larkin Terminal Johor
RM17.60 /pax
15:30
 The bus was then late and arrived at 16:00 and departed at 16:30
(ㆆ_ㆆ)
2 hours journey from Mersing to Larkin
Larkin to Senai Airport around 20-30 minutes
 Which then i have a flight to rush at 19:30, 
then i arrived Larkin on 19:00 at peak hours
Which make my driver a racer who make it possible for me to rush through the boarding gate before its too late.
( ◡́.◡̀)\(^◡^ )
lucky for me as i get the hot seat, save me some time from the long queue
Senai Johor Bahru - Penang
29 sept 2017 19:30


The beach was not as pretty as in Redang nor Perhentian
which the sand was a little coarse
and no coral to be seen at the beach around the resort.
it's similar to the Batu Ferringhi beach to be exactly
but the sea water was cleaner or clearer than that.
Snorkeling area was not as fun or exciting for us,
( ˘︹˘ ) perhaps it may be the wrong season when we visits.
The best are the services and the people at the resorts.