We had our short holiday of 5 days 4 nights at Johor. It was mostly lay back kind of holidays without much activities except for the water park.
This is second time we went to Desaru and its water park but first time we stayed at Hard Rock Hotel, Hotel Amerin and Teega.
29th May 2024 – Going to Desaru, Johor
– We had our lunch at Malik Bukit Jelutong
– Check in at Desaru, Hard Rock Hotel
our room 257 & 256 at desaru hard rock hotelbedroom in hard rock desaru hotel
– We had our dinner at SDS Cafe
30th May 2024 – Water Park Activities
– We had our breakfast at Hard Rock Hotel
breakfast at desaru hard rock hotel
– Around 1030AM we played at the Desaru Adventure Water park. The entrance tickets were complimentary from Hard Rock Hotel for staying there.
– We ate Hard Rock burgers at the Water park.
crunchy chicken burger at hard rock water parkchicken burger hard rock water park desaru
– For dinner, we had it at Subway.
It was really tiring and we all slept early.
31st May 2024 – Johor Premium Outlets & Puteri Harbour
– Our 2nd day and last breakfast at Hard Rock Hotel
hard rock hotel breakfast
– After breakfast we had a free bicycle ride provided by Hard Rock Hotel
– Checking out, we had our complimentary welcoming mocktail from Hard Rock. It was delicious.
– Then we went to JPO and buying some shirts and shoes to replace our old clothes.
– We checked in at Teega Airbnb at Iskandar Puteri.
our airbnb at teega condominium iskandar puteriairbnb teega living room
– Dinner we had it at Mana Cafe our favorite restaurants.
mana cafe mee goreng mamak
– We were strolling at the Puteri Harbour. There were no more e scooter because they had fatal accident when a kid fell down and died last year and the authority banned it. Now can only play electric cars.
electric car toys at puteri harbour
1st June 2024 – Johor Bahru
– We had our favorite soto at Mana Cafe but this time the taste waste not really delicious like before.
soto at mana cafe
– We played foose ball and snooker at the Teega Airbnb facilities. It was really fun.
playing fooseball at teega airbnbplaying snooker at teega airbnb
– Around 11AM we checked out from our Teega Airbnb and went to Mid Valley Megamall Southkey.
– We ate at Texas Chicken and did some shopping and bought some macaroon at SDS but the macaroon was bit hard not that good.
2nd June 2024 – 7 Spice and Went Back Home
– We ate our breakfast at Hotel Amerin, but the food not that nice but I like its americano.
– The kids played in the bath tub.
– We had our lunch at 7 Spice our favorite Indian cuisine restaurant.
chicken 69 at 7 spice
– Then we went back home around 2PM. The highway was jam and it took us 6 hours to reach home instead of 4 hours.
Sewa kereta Toyota Innova dengan Alan dengan bayaran RM160 untuk trip dari Shah Alam ke KLIA.
kereta sewa innova alan ke KLIA
Bertolak dari Kuala Lumpur 1820 dan sampai di Kota Kinabalu pukul 2100 dengan menaiki kapal terbang MAS.
Kami berbuka puasa di dalam kapal terbang dengan menu chicken lasagna dan ayam barbeque.
Semasa di lapangan terbang KK, kami masih berasa lapar jadi beli McDonalds di balai ketibaan. Selain itu beli, dunkin donuts mayo chicken sandwich.
menaiki buggy ke pintu pelepasan kerana agak jauhhadien bersedia untuk boardingorder mcd kerana masih lapar
9/4/2024 (Selasa) – Hari Terakhir Puasa
Bersahur pada pukul 330AM awal sejam jika bersahur di Shah Alam pada pukul 430AM tetapi kami buka awal around 630PM. Hari puasa tidak buat apa sangat.
Pada malam hari, anak-anak keluar dengan sepupu pergi beli minuman.
10/4/2024 (Rabu) – Hari Raya Pertama (Rumah Terbuka Mama Baba )
Hari raya pertama seperti biasa akan pergi ke masjid untuk sunat hari raya. Selepas balik bermulalah sesi maaf bermaafan dan membagi duit raya.
maaf bermaafan semasa raya pertama
Ramai keluarga datang ke rumah terbuka mama baba dan bertandang di rumah sehinggalah ke malam.
Kami juga bermain “Spot It” untuk merapatkan lagi silahtulrahim.
11/4/2024 (Khamis) – Second Day Raya (went to Papar to visit cemetry)
Breakfast: McDonalds nasi lemak dan pancake.
Hari ini jatuh deman tak dapat join pergi ke melawat kubur arwah nenek dan makcik-makcik di Papar.
Makan soto ayam masak sendiri dan ahli keluarga bermain “Spot It”
Ahli keluarga bertandang sampai ke malam.
12/4/2024 (Jumaat)- Third Day Raya (Masra open house)
Breakfast: Makan roti canai di Era Tanjung Era. Roti canai tak sedap. Hahaha tak akan makan lagi roti canai di sana. Kemudia dobi baju.
Tengah hari beli mercun di Servay Putatan.
Makan Malam: Pergi ke rumah terbuka sepupu makan seafood mee hoon goreng, ayam goreng dan pouri.
Selepas makan, ahli keluarga bermain mercun, bermain galah dan anak ayam dan serigala. Kemudian mereka menari poco-poco dan sumazau.
main ayam dan serigala
13/4/2024 (Sabtu) – Fourth Day Raya (Kakak Mas open house)
Breakfast – McDonald di Karamunsing
Kemudian beli fridge, aircond dan juga kipas dinding.
Makan Tenghari: Chicken rice shop dan minum red bean Yoyo.
Makan malam: Pergi rumah terbuka kak Mas.
Memandangkan aircond untuk ganti aircond yang sudah rosak dan beli fridge untuk ganti fridge yang dah agak lama. Saya beli aircond dan fridge di kedai Top Kinabalu, Karamunsing kerana harga yang berpatutan. Selain itu saya ada beli kipas dinding.
beli fridge LG di top kinabalu karamunsingbeli aircond daikin 1hp di top kinabalu karamunsing
yoyo red bean
14/4/2024 (Ahad) – Duduk Rumah
Breakfast: Makan roti canai di Anak Mami Sempelang, Sembulan macam biasa servis lambat dan kali ini roti canai tak sedap sangat.
Tukar kipas dinding denga dua standing fan kerana mama tak suka kipas dinding kerana nampak buruk kalo pasang nanti.
Selain itu beli bunga api di Karamunsing yang kebetulan ada dijual di sana.
My wife bawa anak-anak ke pantai Tanjung Aru.
makan kentang gulung di pantai tanjung aru
15/4/2024 (Isnin)- Transfer Tanah
Breakfast – Makan soto ayam di Malindo
Buat pengesahan kad pengenalan di UTC Kota Kinabalu. Pemasangan aircond Daikin oleh kontraktor.
Tengah Hari – Kopi Ping kueh teow goreng
Selepas makan tengah hari, memohon surat pengesahan anak negeri di Wisma Tun Fuad. Kemudian pergi Damai untuk cari suis berkembar dan kemudian minum petang di Daily Coffee, Aeropod KK.
Makam Malam – Borenos
jabtan tanah dan ukur negeri sabahkueh teow goreng kopi pingpasang aircond daikin 1hp
ayam goreng borenos
16/4/2024 (Selasa) – Baiki Suis Rosak & Hose Washing Machine
Breakfast roti canai di Maimunah Tanjung Aru.
Masa pagi tukar suis berkembar yang dah rosak dan tukar washing machine hos yang dah reput.
Lunch makan rumah.
Dinner makan nasi lemak di Kopi Ping tapi kali ini tidak sedap dah lah ayam mentah.
tukar suis yang dah rosaktukar washing machine outlet hose
17/4/2024 (Rabu) – Bertolak ke Kundasang
Sewa Hyundai Staria Lite untuk 3 hari. Kos dalam RM400+ per day.
Bertolak ke Kundasang dan makan rojak ayam untuk tengah hari. Malam makan barbecue ayam dan kambing.
Selepas makan malam, bermain werewolf and human dan bermain bunga api.
tukar switch box yang dah rosakambil borang MOT di tingkat 2 bilik kebalhomestay rimba residence kundasang
18/4/2024 (Khamis) – Kundasang
Hari ini banyak tidur kerana rasa berat kepala dan demam tetapi ahli keluarga bermain “Spot It”.
Breakfast makan mee hoon dan nasi goreng yang dimasak oleh ahli kelurga.
Kemudian check in kat Ausvilla dan makan tengah hari dimasak oleh ahli keluarga.
Makan malam bersama di restoran Ausvilla, pandan chicken, sweet and sour chicken, fried squid, park choy dan fish dishes.
makan malam satu keluarga
19/4/2024 (Jumaat)- Balik dari Kundasang
Selepas breakfast mee goreng dan hotdog, we all checked out dari Ausvilla tapi sempat hiking di sekitar Ausvilla sebelum check out.
Kemudian kitarang makan tengahari di Benjamin restoran dan kemudian melawat Spring Garder yang terletak dekat dengan Benjamin restoran.
Selepas itu, kami pergi melawat Desa Cattle Farm dan makan aiskrim yang sedap yang dibuat fresh dari susu lembu di sana.
Kami pun bertolak balik ke Kota Kinabalu dan makan pizza hut untuk makan malam.
benjamin restoran kundasangspring garden kundasangmelawat desa cattle farm
20/4/2024 (Sabtu) – Beli Water Tank
Pagi cari kedai hardware jual water tank dan kembalikan Staria
Lunch: Kopi Ping
Dinner: masak mee
pulangkan kereta sewa staria
20/4/2024 (Ahad) – Pasang Water Tank
Ahad banyak habis masa beli batu dan pasir dan pergi dua kali trip ke kedai hardware kerana kontraktor underestimate bilangan pasir dan batu.
Untuk makan malam beli sweet and sour chicken dan siput sedut di Gayang Seafood Restaurant di Tuaran.
21/4/2024 (Isnin) – Balik KL
Breakfast: Roti canai kat Sri Muslim Putatan
Melawat kampung air dan pasang paip tanki air.
Makan Tengah Hari: chicken ball & sayur sawi masak sendiri.
Kemudian lunch lagi at McDonalds double cheese burger.
Makan Malam: kat kapal terbang ayam masak kicap.
melawat kampung air tanjung aruflight tiket balik kl
lost world of tambun peraknight zoo at lost world – tapirshow at lost world of tambunlost world of tambun night safari
19th December
Breakfast at food court xxx
Ipoh Parade Shopping mall
ipoh parade
Had our lunch at Chicken Rice Shop
Kommons coffee – Had Our Dessert and Coffee
kommon cafe house dessertkommon delicious waffle
Nasi kandar for dinner
20th December
Roti Canai for Breakfast
popular roti canai near tambun ipohroti canai ayamroti canai dekat tambunharga roti sarang special
Lunch at Mcd
lunch at mcdonalds
Lost of World Tambun Activity
lost world of tambun – lisha and deef wearing their gearslost world of tambun – ready for their flying foxlost world of tambun – rock climbing activitylost world of tambun – rock climbing feelost world tambun – finding goldglamping at lost world of tambun
21st December
Roti canai again for Breakfast
Visited Aeon Shopping Mall & Bought some Clothes
Lunch at Dinosaur Sandwich
dinosaur sandwich perak
Had our Coffee at Ipoh Coffee House
Address: 105, Jln Canning Estate, Taman Canning, 31400 Ipoh, Perak
ipoh coffee houseipoh coffee house restaurantdelicious drink ipoh coffee house
Pada 15 Februari 2024, saya berkesempatan melawat ke Muzium Bukit Besi di Terengganu. Muzium ini dibangunkan oleh KETENGAH untuk memperingati zaman kegemilangan Bukit Besi tempat perlombongan bijih besi di Terengganu.
Pada zaman kegemilangannya, bandar ini amatlah maju dan mempunyai penduduk yang ramai.
Ianya mengambil masa selama 30 – 45 minit untuk melawat muzium ini. Baru saya tahu mengenai kewujudan dan kerancakan ekonomi Bukit Besi pada zama 1930-an ke 1970an.
muzium bukit besi – jenis-jenis batumuzium bikit besi – cara memindahkan besi ke laluan keretapimuzium bukit bresi – mockupmuzium bukit besi – rumah no 1 – rumah bangsawanmuzium bukit besi – contoh laluan keretapimuzium bukit besi – laluan untuk menghantar besi ke pelabuhammuzium bukit besi – duit syiling lama yang digunakan pada zaman itu
keropok lekor mak adeq gerai kuala terengganukeropok lekor mak adeqkeropok lekor
Pelbagai jenis kerepok lekor yang dijual, direbus, goreng dan vakum untuk dibawa balik. Selain itu, keropok yang siap digoreng pun sedia dijual. Ramai orang membeli dekat sini, non-stop pembeli mengunjungi gerai Mak Adeq.
We had a 4 night 5 days vacation at Penang from 28/9 to 2/10/2023. I thought I would be a boring vacation because before this our trip was a bit boring.
Surprisingly, this holiday was really fun especially activities at Escape Penang & National Park.
Our Activities in Penang
Thursday 28/9/2023
Arrived in Penang around 5pM.
Check in at our Airbnb at Sunrise Gurney condominium.
We had our dinner at Fried Chicken Master. The chicken was not well cooked so I wouldn’t go here again.
fried garden master
Then we had a simple dessert at a Starbucks nearby.
Friday 29/9
We had our breakfast at Gemas Road Brothers. The queue was really long. I think the roti canai is overrated. I don’t really like it. The kuah taste sour and really spicy.
After breakfast, we went to Design Outlet – similar concept like premium outlet in Genting & Johor Bahru. We bought track suit for our next day activities at National Park.
design outlet mall – premium outlet penang
We had our lunch at Coffee Bean in Design Outlet Mall.
We took our dinner at Lotus food court in Seri Tanjung.
delicious kebab and nasi goreng tomyan at Lotus Seri Tanjung food court
After then we went to Medan Renong to eat pasembur at Ghani Pasembur.
medan renong penang
Saturday 30/9
For breakfast, we ate bread history breads that we bought at Lotus. Then we went for Penang National Park and arrived around 1030am.
penang national park maptaman negara penangtaman negara penang – jetty to monkey beachposing at the jetty going to monkey beach
We went to Monkey beach by boat. We had our lunch at the stall in Monkey beach. The maggi goreng was delicious.
boarding boat to monkey beach penangriding the boat to monkey beach penangstall at monkey beachmonkey at monkey beach penangmaggi goreng at monkey beach stall
After lunch we went up to Muka Light house. It took us 1 hour to go up and 40 mn to go down. It was really tiring, we stopped few times to reach at the top. For a fit person that can climb up in 20 minutes.
muka light house at penang national parkpath to light house taman negara penanglight house at taman negara penang
Then the kids swam at the beach and played sands.
swiming and playing at the monkey beach
We had our dinner around 5pm at McDonalds because we were so hungry after the activities.
Then at night, we went for supper at Pasembur Gurney road.
Sunday 1/10
We had our breakfast at Ascott Hotel. Then we went to Escape Penang and arrive around 1000am.
breakfast at ascott hotelbreakfast at ascott hotel penang soup
We rode the longest waterslide, zip coaster, flying lemur and many more. It was really fun and tiring at same time.
escape penang mapslingshot at escape penangriding boat at escape penangcable car at escape penangcable car at escape penangwater park at escape penanggladiator challenge at escape penang
For lunch we at A&W inside the park and dinner we just eat at the shopping mall near Gurney some of us ate Subway and some Coffee bean.
We fall asleep early with muscle pains around the body.
Monday 2/10
We had our breakfast at a nasi lemak restaurant nearby the Sunrise Gurney condominium. The nasi lemak was delicious.
breakfast nasi lemak near sunrise gurney condo
Then we went back to Shah Alam and reached Shah Alam around 430pm.
We had our short vacation during the long Hari Raya Haji public holiday from 29/06/2023 till 02/07/2023. We stayed at Lotus Resort & Spa, Desaru, Johor.
We chose Lotus because all other hotels were fully booked. We were disappointed because had to choose Lotus but at the end we had very enjoyable stay and we gave 5 stars for the welcoming and friendly staff and the room was really nice and we did few activities inside the hotel.
Hotel Surrounding
lotus resort and spa desaru in front of lobbylotus resort and spa desaru johor – lobbylotus resort and spa – easy to get buggylotus resort spa – award certificates
Breakfast with lots of Choices
breakfast di lotus resort desarufree breakfast at lotus desarulotus resort and spa – having our breakfast
Rooms
master bedroom lotus resort
Activities
mandi di swimming pool lotus resortmain paintball target shooting
Beach
private beach at lotus desaru
Cleanliness
The hotel was really sparkling clean!
lotus resort and spa desaru johorlotus resort and spa activities desaru johor
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Lotus Resort & Spa Desaru Johor
Price
For 3 bedrooms, with a kitchen, living room and dining table it costs us RM2,710 for 3 nights including service tax.
We had our short vacation during the long Hari Raya Haji public holiday from 29/06/2023 till 02/07/2023.
We went to Desaru, Johor. It was our first time went there and decided to stay at Lotus Resort & Spa because other hotels were fully booked.
1) Thursday 29/06/2023
We had our breakfast at Family Mart, Denai Alam before traveling to Desaru around 1030AM.
We arrived at Lotus Resort & Spa around 3.00PM. It was full of visitors at the lobby and hard to get parking.
lotus resort and spa desaru johor – lobby
We stayed at a 3 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms unit. The place was really clean.
While waiting for check in, the kids were looking at the birds cage near the hotel lobby.
living hall 3 bedrooms lotus resortmaster bedroom lotus resort
At night we ate at mamak restaurant called Ehsan and had our icecream at Iceyoo.
icecream milo iceyoo
2) Friday – 30/06/2023
After having our breakfast at the hotel, we played at the Splash water park which was located inside the hotel area.
breakfast di lotus resort desarulotus resort lazy river
We had our lunch at Marry Brown nearby the Lotus hotel.
Then we went to look around at the public beach, went to Hard Rock and Anantara hotel compound.
We inquired about the entry ticket to Desaru Water park. Then we decided to buy entry tickets for Saturday activity.
After buying the ticket we had paintball target shooting just for fun.
main paintballmain paintball target shooting
Then in the evening the kids went to swim at Lotus swimming pool.
mandi di swimming pool lotus resort
At night we ate at different mamak restaurant but the first mamak restaurant @ Ehsan was more delicious.
After that we ate durian at the nearby stalls. They charged RM38 per kg for D24 durian. It was really delicious.
durian d24 di bandar penawar desaru johormakan durian d24 kat bandar penawar
3) Saturday – 01/07/2023
We went to Desaru water park, surprisingly not so many visitors to the park but the park was 3 times better than Legoland water park. We really enjoyed it. Entry fee was RM96 per adult and RM92 for kids below 12 years old.
pergi ke desaru waterpark
For lunch, we had burgers at Desaru water park. The burger was really delicious because it was provided by Hard Rock cafe. The burger meal costs around RM30 – RM38 per meal including soft drinks and wedges.
We played at the water park till around 5PM. It was really tiring but really exciting.
For dinner, we went to SDS Cafe and Bakery. The nasi goreng kampung, spaghetti were really delicious and at affordable price around RM14 per plate.
4) Sunday 02/07/2023
We went to the Lotus private beach. The beach was small not really interesting but my kids love to collect sea shells.
After beach around 930AM, my kids went again to Splash water park.
After checking out, we ate Iceyoo chocholate ice cream and buys lots of SDS breads because it was delicious, you can’t find SDS outlet in Selangor.
For lunch, we went to our favorites Indian restaurant 7 spices and dinner we ate A&W near Ayer Keroh Over bridge.
makan tengahari kat 7 spices
We reached home around 12AM and everyone was really tired.
We went to D’Bilut Agrofarm & Retreat on 1st January 2023 as our short holiday trip.
The Mini Farm
You can see varieties of animals such as
Raccoon
Antlers
Cats
Parrots
Salamander
Ducks, Chicken, Goose
moving dinosour head at d bilut agrofarm retreatplaying with ducks and gooses at d bilut agrofarm retreat bentongplaying with salamander hedgehog birds parrot etcraccoon at d bilut agrofarm retreat bentong pahangostrich at d bilut agrofarm and retreat bentong pahang
Farm Activity
agrofarm activity d bilut agrofarm & retreat bentong pahang
Kelulut Honey Testing
1030AM
330PM
Parrot Interaction
1130AM
230PM
Marmoset Feeding
11AM
400PM
Animal Parade
200PM
Other Activities
You can stay at the homestay inside the compound or can choose glamping. Besides you can do off road ATV.