Finally...the much awaited short gateaway was here. And it was so full of dissappointment. Oh yes....there was a river. But not the kind of river I had in mind. Growing up in kampung, I was kind of looking for a very wild, untamed river. But I got a timid, shallow one instead. But the kids love it. Huh.....city boys...what did they know!
The chalet was okay though....with frilly bed, a daybed and another daybed at the balcony and clean bathroom. But of all horror.....nothing could be worse than not providing electricity during daytime. Halloooooo.........much that I love the wilderness, I badly needed a fan (aircond would be too much to ask), a powerpoint for my charger and notebook and light in the bathroom. It was so boiling hot inside the chalet that we decided to dip in the river until dinner time.
Now..the river. Back inKedah, that kind of river would be called alur coz it can't qualify as river. It was too tame, too shallow and too commercialized. They built a concrete bank for it which was so ugly. Moving forward, we discovered that the restaurant drainage system was let out to the river....double eeewwwwww.... We managed to find a perfect spot but it involved carrying two heavy kids via rocky stream. Dunno how...but we managed the feat.
The nights were even more horrendous. Instead of the sound of night creatures singing you to sleep, we got a sound from generator plus the fumes, an equally bad sound from water pump and mother of all horror....karaoke!
That was it....from now on I'd go back to holidaying in hotel room.
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