The school holidays have started. They coincide with the Gawai Festival, which is the harvest festival for the natives of Sarawak. So the kids have 2 whole weeks of 'no school'! Which means I also get to sleep in for 2 whole weeks!!
*Hooray*!!
Anyways, Cousin Hughie is back from Miri for a week, so we went to the beach last Sunday. We stayed a night at Damai Beach Resort. They seemed to have refurbished the place, so it's much fresher and cleaner now. It used to be quite run down and dark and dank before.
We stayed in the chalet room. It is a bit cheaper to use a travel agent. I booked through Wah Tung Travel and it cost RM235 a night plus breakfast for two,whereas the walk-in rate is around RM290.
I like the chalets because they are conveniently situated right in front of the beach.
We had two days of clear blue skies and crazy hot sun! The kids had a whale of a time playing at the beach and digging holes on the first afternoon, right up till the evening.
There was, of course, an ice-cream break. What's sun, surf and sand without ice-cream eh?
Then there was more sand play...
That night, we had dinner at the hotel restaurant. I wouldn't recommend eating there, if it were not only for convenience's sake. The other option would be to pile into the car and drive to nearby mosquito-infested seafood restaurants which are moreover usually crowded and hot.
The next morning, Hubby had to go back to town early for meetings and errands. Tai Ku and Uncle Dylan had already left the night before because they had to work on Monday.
The rest of us had the buffet breakfast, then headed off to the beach. Annie loves exploring the tidal pools and discovering little snails, fish, prawns and crabs among the rocks.
I think Cousin Hughie enjoyed himself the most, as this was his first time playing on the beach! I'll bet he can't wait till the next beach holiday!
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