hari kedua

Woke up early, straight to main halaman in front of the main lobby and join the tai-chi session. Very relaxing and enjoying, even my daughter likes to do it (only for few minutes before she gets bored). Half-way through the session, we decided to escape and breezeeee along the beach. An orange flag was raised, again not good for swimming. Damn! Don’t know when are we gonna allowed to go for swimming on the beach. Feeling hungry after few meters of walking, hehehhe, straight to main restaurant, charged RM50/pax (ours are inclusive of room rate).

Not to waste money and thinking of not to have lunch so we eat all we can. Looking around… the others are doing exactly the same.Right after brunch, went for swimming again. Noontime, wife went for head and shoulder massage while me and daughter stay in the room watching cartoon.
Afternoon, went to pekan Tuaran, kinda very low tech town, blocks of small shops but buildings are kinda old. Reminds me of Bandar Seri Begawan in mid-80s. Went to tamu and buy rambutan and air kelapa. There are lots of halal restaurant but we end up at KFC… seems like that’s the only clean and trustworthy shop we found. Dine-in and tapau some back to the hotel
Planned to go for swimming in the afternoon, unfortunately it was raining… heavy with thunder. My daughter ends up swimming in bathtub.
It was raining until evening and we run out of things to do… we went to Fun Corner and played pool. Me vs wife. Don’t ask the result! I have 1001 excuses to give heheheh.

first day - part 2

Tanpa berlengah lagi, kami terus turun ke pantai…not to swim but to scout. Such a nice beach with almost white sand however it was unfortunate that at this time of the year, rough seas, strong wind and heavy rain are very common. A red flag was raised which means no swimming!Feeling a bit hungry cannot do much on the beach, but they do have nice swimming pools with many segments with different depths, so we end up lepak2 near the pool and dine in at Tamu Tamu restaurant. Price is obviously gila and service was abit slow… took more than 20mins just to serve two simple orders! My daughter was also start feeling uncomfortable; we end up having out lunch in our room, asked the room service to deliver (5% govnt tax and 10% service charge). Late afternoon, after a quick nap, go for swimming in the poolsss. Back in the room and order room service again… too lazy to go out. And for info as well, there is not a single shop outside the resort, either dine in at the resort or go to Tuaran (10mins by taxi)

first day

3 anak beranak... Departed from Brunei Int Airport at 0840hrs. 45mins flight to Kota Kinabalu Int Airport - no food, only drink and sweet - wat to duuu.
Arrived in KKIA, suprised to see airport, its much different from what i can recall 10years ago...? The construction is not completed yet, designs looks similar to KLIA + aerodynamic shape.
Since its still early in the morning, decided to have breakfast at the airport, makan bubur nasi ayam at McD... thats the only restaurant we can find at the airport. My daughter loves the bubur so much that she finishes 1 bowl herself! fries were abit too much salt.
Took airport taxi 9budget service) straight to Tuaran - costs RM80 for 45mins drive.
Along the way, chit chat a bit with the driver, a Sabahan, ... not really musim buah but fruits can be seen everywhere, slightly expensive tho. seen the new City Masjid - "floating" concept, pass-by the new 1Borneo mall... according to him, its damn expensive! another mall is coming soon, 1Sulaiman just next to 1Borneo.
After 40mins, enter the junction to the resort, first impression, incredible! a luxury golf course in the middle of nowhere. Arrived at Garden's Wing of the resort, greeted by the staff and a traditional gong was played to announce our arrival, followed by guling-tangan.
Served with minuman sambui - really feel fresh after the journey. The lounge is similar to Nusa-Dua & Miri marriot. Express check-in since I have pre-register myself. Given room 538 facing the forest, as requested...