Chocolate Museum

While thinking that I should try to instill some education senses, I came across this place "Chocolate Museum" located at Kota Damansara. If you don't have much time but yet you want your child to receive some education about how chocolate is produced then this is the place for you.

Entrance is free. Children get to see how the "cocoa trees" and "cocoa beans" look like, background on how chocolate was first discovered, how it was introduced in our country and how it evolved throughout these years. 

You get to see the instruments and machines that were used to process the beans and also a demo on chocolate making! 

The whole tour took less than an hour. It is best if you walk thru with your child (if he/she is patience enough) to cover the entire showcase. At the end, you get to purchase some yummy chocolates. Guess can't escape this part with excited kids waiting to be rewarded. Anyways, it was a good, short trip, recommended for those with school-going kids.

Marina Island, Pangkor

We went to Marina Island Resort located at Lumut for our company event on 4th of August 2016. The official website is here. The trip took around 4 hours (by bus) from Kuala Lumpur. The newly opened jetty to Pangkor island is available, takes just 10 mins to go there (good news for travellers!)

This place not as what the name claims "island" is referred to man-made island. They claim it is the one and only man-made island in Malaysia. One of the attraction here is what called "Wibit" located at Frenzy Water Park. It can be called as water sports with various challenges. 

The room is very spacious with 1 king size bed and another room with 1 single bed. The room adjourns with the bathroom so there is flexibility for travelers.

The hotel's restaurant is called 'Terumbu Cafe'. There were lots of flies when we were there. The food was okay. Surprisingly we did not see any fish dishes. Breakfast varieties was okay too, average rating for food.

The Lumut town is not so far away from this hotel (not a walking distance, you need transport to get there).

View from the balcony

Swimming pool

Single bedroom

Pangkor 2016

Somehow we made it to Pangkor last week during Raya holidays. Having had to promise my little one during the school holiday break,it was time to keep to the promise. It was a good break, felt refreshed and rejuvenated. Seriously, normal humans need frequent time outs as life can be really stressful at times. 

We stayed at Anjungan Beach Resort & Spa for 2 days 1 night. Wanted to book via online initially as it was cheaper however due to some circumstances we just made reservation thru hotel. It took couple of days to get the confirmation (not that efficient though!). I made my own research online as previously we had been to Pasir Bogak beach, we wanted try somewhere else. Based on some feedbacks, we decided to go for this resort. We paid RM275 per night (Deluxe for 2) as it was a public holiday. Buffet breakfast for one child was RM15. 

This resort is conveniently located in between Nipah Bay and Coral Bay beaches. So, that is the plus point of this resort, Nipah Bay beach is just a stone's throw from the resort. You just have to cross the road to get to the beach and Coral Bay is just few minutes walk. Waves were rough the day we were at Nipah beach. It was heavenly sight to see the waves hitting the beach endlessly. I must admit that I was a little terrified not to take it seriously! 

Calm sea in disguise

It is not so 'calm' after all

The resort's restaurant operates till 3PM only. Therefore we had to look out for food, but it was not an issue as there were plenty of eateries around. It was a nice feeling to have dinner at the beach side. Wish can do it everyday! :)

Sunset view

Buffet breakfast the next day was not so bad with mixture of Malaysian & Western dishes. We managed to take a lazy stroll at the beach again. And caught few rare sights of rainbow along the way before checking out and heading home. Overall it was a good time-out for us.

Hornbills!

Rainbow sighted!