Desaru Part II

Am I too long winded or what, a 2D1N road trip to Desaru only require 2 posts!

 

It was still raining when we left the Ostrich farm which is pretty much a spoilsport but being year end weather, rainfall are more or less expected. As usual I am always the planner cum navigator in every trips, using plain gut feel and the hand drawn map, we went in search of the restaurant for our early dinner. I have put in quite abit of effort researching for this trip. Largely as food can be an issue here besides the ease of dining at the hotel which serve less than average food at sky high prices. There are a handful of seafood restaurants along the coast line in the town of Sungai Rengit which is about 30km south. It was not very difficult to locate the town and soon after we managed to find the restaurant we had plans to dine in. Upon reaching we were a little skeptical as even though it is early like 6pm, the only table occupied was probably another group of Singaporeans.

The owner was pretty pushy for us to order seafood like crabs and lobsters but with the 2 kids around we decide to give it a miss though we know that they are popular for seafood. Porridge of any form was not served so I had to feed meimei milk again. Post feed, she kept asking for rice and I was pleasantly surprised that she could munch on fish and rice very well. Food was not cheap but pretty worthwhile for the price and in decent portion. We were introduced by the lady owner a bakery down the road claiming to have delicious and freshly baked bread and pastries thus we went for a walk down after dinner and bought quite a lot of local pastries.

We hit the way back at around 8pm and was caught off-guard by the pitch dark route with not even a single lamppost in sight. The route was simple a 2 way carriage lanes with forest or plantations to the sides. It was a freaky scary drive back and I was so very glad that the kids have dozed off so we could concentrate on the road. I swear that would have to be the longest 30 minutes of my life! It did not helped that the car was fitted with white bulb thus the spectrum was no way near fantastic which make the drive more challenging. To top it off, the Malaysian cars are speeding in the dark and overtaking cars like nobody's business. I had to help look for conceal exit (side roads) and sharp bends to caution the hub. I practically breath in huge relief when we saw well lit roads once again.

 

We went back to the room to place our stuff before bringing the kids down to the playroom. A rather colourful playroom though with very limited toys but would suffice for the kids. After a good 20mins, we went for a walk exploring around the resort. The pool was dark and the beach beyond was even darker, all we heard was the waves and saw nothing else. The day ended with the kids sleeping away and it was a blessing that meimei is able to sleep by herself in the playpen without much fuss.

Day II ~

The children woke up at about 8am which start the day. Fed meimei milk and set off to have our breakfast. The spread was nothing to shout about, basically just enough to fill the tummy to kick start the day. Zethan was getting very restless and excited as we promised him the beach after breakfast.

It was quite a hot and sunny day so we had to find a spot with some shade lest the kids got sunburnt. Zethan enjoyed himself loads playing with the sand with some encouragement over the fuss he made over sand in the shoe thingy.

It's a totally different story for meimei, she looked weary of the sea, wave and sand, no tinge of excitement at all. Just like Zethan when he was much younger, meimei too reject the sand at all costs. And so she clung on to us like a koala the whole 30 minutes we are there. I had to be the spoilsport and cut short their fun time at the beach as we would have to freshen up and prepare to check out.

Since we have no time for the pool, I had to pacify Zethan with a soak in the bath tub. Meanwhile meimei drifted to sleep and I took the time to start packing while daddy bath Zethan. The whole bathing, packing affair tool about 2hrs but as meimei is still asleep, we had to request for late check out.

With daddy's suggestion, we act garang and bravely drove to Jusco Tebrau City only armed with a not very detailed map, ignoring the directions set out by the GPS. I was so pleased when we managed to find our way there and spent the whole day there. It was around 9pm in the night when we travel back to Singapore and I had to rely on my limited memory based on the last trip we made. Seriously I am so damn proud of myself for remembering the way back!

So with that, we ended our very first family road trip. It was a very good experience with the 'risks' we are braving and surviving it. Though short, I am sure everyone in the family had their fair share of fun in the different aspect of the trip. Declare the road trip successful!! It is do-able and looked forward to further road trips soon!