7 families, 14 adults and 9 children, in a convoy of 7 cars, embarked on a 3 days 2 nights trip to Kuantan over this Vesak Day long weekend. As we tried to avoid traffic jam at the Woodlands Custom, we met up as early as 5:15am along Mandai Lake Road. Initially I thought it'll be tough to wake my two little angels up but surprisingly, I did not have to carry them into the car. Anyway, we were the first to reach the meeting point, unlike last year when we were the last.
By 5:20am, all families arrived and we set off on our journey. The traffic at the Singapore Custom was not too bad but the traffic over at JB custom had already built up. After clearing the Malaysia custom, we first met up at a nearby Esso before moving out. Our first destination is Kiang Kee Bak Kut Tea (
强记肉骨茶) at Kota Tinggi, where we had our breakfast.
Although the stall opens at 7:30am daily, there was already a crowd when we reached there at about 7:20am. We heard that it normally sold out by noon. So for those who wanted to try, please be early. The Bak Kut Tea is the herbal type in claypot. It is one of the better version that I've tasted so far. Though Jerlene and Javier did not eat the bak kut, they LOVE the soup a lot.
After breakfast, we continued to drive up north towards Mersing. On the way, we made a slight detour to a stretch of shop houses that sell Keropok Lekor. The moment I opened my car door, the smell of Keropok Lekor and Dried Salted Fish flowed right into my car. I did not buy any because I didn't want my car to smell like salted fish, which will probably last for weeks.
As the beach was round the corner, we decided to take a look. At that moment, it started to drizzle.
We did not spend too much time there as we still had a long drive to Kuantan. We passed by Mersing before taking a stop at Pekan for our lunch.
We had our lunch at A&W where Jerlene and Javier were feasting on the Ice Cream Waffle.
After lunch, we continued our journey to Kuantan and at around 3pm, we reached our hotel, Swiss Garden Resort and Spa, Kuantan. By that time, we were all very tired and decided to rest in our room till dinner time.
The moment we checked into our room, Jerlene and Javier started executing their SOP: Climbed up onto the bed, looked for the TV remote, turned on the TV and searched for cartoon channels.
We all met up at the lobby at around 6:30pm before driving to Alor Akar Seafood Restaurant for our dinner. It was very crowded and we waited for quite a while before we had our tables. The food was great but we seemed to have ordered too much.
After dinner, we had a small group discussion on whether to go watch turtles tonight. The final decision was we will go tomorrow. After a long drive today, everyone seemed to be pretty tired. Tomorrow should be an interesting day so stay tune! :-)
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