Avillion Port Dickson

Happy New Year everyone!!

Welcome to year 2015♡♡♡~~ 

Going to update my blog site with this old entry. Me and my colleagues had a great 2days 1 night stay at AVILLION resort on last August. We booked the Water Chalet through Agoda at RM600/night (breakfast is not included), is expensive but I think worth the stay. Especially when I could fall asleep with the ocean wavy sound as lullaby and wake up with the refreshing morning sea scent.

We spent our time together by chatting+walking around the resort, swimming at the pool and playing card games until late night. What a great and relaxing weekend for us.

It was a rainy morning upon departure.
The weather turned into sunny day before we reached Avillion.

It took about 20 minutes to settle the check in process and get our room. We requested the rooms in Tumasek district as it is the farthest from the main building.

Very Balinese walkway to the chaletsTumasek district. Behind this is the Tumasek BeachOur room, 940.

Our room: Water Chalet

The room is equipped with a 4-poster King sized bed and a Queen sized daybed. The bed is so comfy and not sure whether I snored or not. Daybed is a perfect place to gaze at the sea or read a book. OMG, so relaxing. [If you opt for a open sea view, go for Premium Water Chalet]. Bathroom is spacious, with a open air shower and a bath tub. 

Had a great sleep at night and jumped like a kid on the bed before check out.

Avillion Resort: Surrounding
Lets have a simple walk around Avillion Resort.Tumasek Beach.
It was closed during our stay. [Sien diao~]Arrrggh, I want to stay at Water Chalet with open sea view.Arrrgh, find me a guy to lazy with me at this look out point.
Romantic kaokao(ignore the mosquitoes, if any)Cochin Pool aka adult pool.
Open for 24 hours but towels and drinks are not provided at night.Peacock, the guardian angel of Cochin PoolMitty was swimming like a princess in the pool.
Another public pool for the children

AVI Spa

Another signature/ landmark of Avillion Resort is this Avi Spa building, which is located on the sea. We did not have the chance to experience the spa as the price is beyond our budget. However, thanks to the staff in Avi Spa for letting us touring around the building.

Changing room for the ladies
Tiffany Blue Spa Room
We “wow” kaokao when the staff opened the door.
Rest zone after the spa.

There is also Spa Room for the couple.
However, it is fully occupied so we did not have the chance to visit it.

So, this is a very short and simple entry for my Avillion stay.
Make a wish: To stay at Premium Water Chalet with the love one during the my next visit

Here is me posing at Riau Beach in Avillion

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2014 & 2015

距离2015年还剩下3天而已，是时候为我的2014年做个简单的总结。

我在2014年1月为自己设下超级简单的愿望：

“I hope me and my family members are healthy and do well in their life; continue to travel around (Show off time, next year: HK, Thai and Taiwan); continuous learning in working life; no more disturbances.”

说实话，愿望达成了一些。

关于家人

关于2014年，我的家人，爸爸在8月的时候生病了，第一次觉得他老了，身体开始出毛病了，我还可以照顾他多久？很多人都好奇，为什么要在26岁，这个应该在城市生活和打拼的年龄，我却甘愿逗留在这个小镇。其实答案很简单，我没有多少时间可以陪父母了。虽然有时会受不了他们的唠叨和啰嗦，但，我真的不想等到失去了才来后悔和想念他们的关爱。

弟弟很顺利的进入他的梦想大学读他想要的科系。

妹妹也很顺利的毕业了。感恩!

另外，2013年我在河内扭伤脚。2014年我却在台湾扭伤脚。可以不要这样子吗~~？？

关于旅行

今年继续旅行，有本地的，有国外的。2月香港，3月KhaoYai，5月Krabi，8月PD，9月KhaoYai，10月台湾。超级高兴！有旅行也有修行，基本上我满足。

明年的愿望当然是继续飞，飞得更高更远。

关于工作

继续学习是我秉持着的精神，虽然偶尔真的会被一些人事和高层们气炸。今年11月从ICU转到普通病房，有点不习惯，不过我相信明年会更好！也许没有了一个追随的脚步，总觉得上班时没有读书的劲了~

关于感情，友情和莫名的骚扰

我在3月结束了一段交往了接近5年的感情，我并没有在FB上大声宣布，that‘s why有的朋友到现在还是会问我“你男友呢？"这个问题。在我们交往时，我真的爱他；所以结束时，只可以说因为不爱了。他的出现和离开教会了我很多东西，也是我生命中的老师之一。

虽然没有了男友，但是还是有天使在守护着我，还是有一班朋友关心着我。我还是幸福的。我有个同事在8月往生了，她的离开让我学到Never take things for granted，死亡不只属于老人。

莫名的骚扰，结束了吗？严格来说，并没有。不过就好很多了，只是现在的骚扰牵涉到我的个人账户，在跟朋友讨论了过后，他们觉得是时候报警了。就算不为了捉人，也要为了自身的安全着想，备个案，至少不让关心我的人继续为我提心吊胆。可是，我真的不知道该如何对我父母解释这件事。

2015年有什么愿望？（其实跟2014年没有差。）

1）父母健健康康的，而我的脚tolong你乖乖，不要在扭伤了！弟妹可以在学业和事业上步步高升。

2）可以平安的去旅行，也平安的回来。

3）在工作上，可以有更多接触新事物的机会，tolong给我跟到一个好的专科医生。

4）朋友继续是一辈子的朋友，莫名的骚扰可以终止。

5）爱情？Hmmm，我相信我爱的人和爱我的那个人会给我一辈子的感动。

6）我要到土耳其的Cappadocia乘搭热气球。

7）我要一个人去国外旅行，并尝试couch surfing。

8）我的脾气很差，基本上就是有公主病，希望我今年可以对家人朋友和病人少点傲气，多点耐性。

9）既然自己明年不可能嫁得出，那么我要买一个钻戒给自己，爱自己也是很重要。

10）完成3幅DIY painting

这就是我2015年Bucket List。

Krabi Jungle Tour

Arrrgh, I cant blief I used 5 months to complete my Krabi trip posts. So, lag man~ Anyway, better late than never I hope. (Recall, I not even blog completely for my 2012 Korea and HCM trips noh~) *smack forehead*
So, at first we planned to go Island Hopping for 2 consecutive days, but well, I admit I old jor. So, we changed the plan to 1 day island hopping, 1 day jungle tour. We picked the less adventurous kind of Jungle Tour which inclusive of Tiger Temple, Hot Spring, and Emerald pool.

Tiger Temple

There are numerous tiger temples in Thailand, and one of them is in Krabi. No real tiger/s found in this temple, but it is well known for the tiger paw prints in the cave, tall Buddha and GuanYin statues and the strenuous flight of stairs to reach the summit.
We picked Tiger Temple over ATV or elephant ride, because we want to hike to the top of this temple and enjoy the Krabi view at the peak. Ends up, plan failed as we only allowed to spend 45minutes here. Sien.

Message to all the travellers who wish to reach the peak: “Just rent a car and enjoy your hiking without time constraint.”

Entrance to Tiger Temple

 Guan Yin statue

 Map of this Vipassana Center

Buddha statues and tiger statue

that welcoming the hikers.

 1237 steps to the peak begin here

 Endless staircases that lead us to the peak 

We only manage to reach 491th steps due to time constraint.

We walked down after a small rest.

Steep stairs.

Other pictures taken in the temple:

 Temple of Head Master LuongPor Jamnean

 Chanting machine

 Pagoda in built

If you ask: will I revisit this temple?The answer is YES! Because I want to challenge myself by climbing through these 1237 steps to reach the peak and enjoy the magnificent view of Krabi. 

Hot Spring

We went to this Hot Spring after visiting Tiger Temple. This is actually a small area of mini waterfall where we can soak ourselves in the mini hot spring pools. I am the only one who pamper my body in this mineral rich pool. We were given 45 minutes to enjoy at here.

 Hot spring pools

Mitty enjoying her hotspring bath

Emerald Pool&Blue Pool

We took our lunch outside the restaurant of this wonderful place. Foods provided are simple but nice. 4 of us requested for refill of the dishes. *nom nom nom*

After taken our lunch, we march into Blue Pool and Emerald Pool. You will see the Emerald Pool first, then when you walk further for about 15 minutes along the boardwalk, you will reach the quiet and mysterious Blue Pool. We can swim in the Emerald Pool but not Blue Pool.

Welcome to Emerald Pool

Walked along the boardwalk to Blue Pool

Emerald Pool

 Serene, mysterious Blue Pool

Finally I complete this post. (Hoooray~~!!)

Face a certain of obstacles to complete this blogpost. My editing software(MeiTu XiuXiu) and offline blogging software(Window Live Writer) are corrupted. =.=

Hopefully you enjoy reading this Krabi Jungle Tour post. 

Hong Island by Longtail Boat

We visited Krabi during low season aka the rainy season. Feels worry at first when I knew that May is actually the low season, afraid that we unable to go for island hopping. Anyway, we were lucky enough. Rain falls but well, only during the night and at the end of our island hopping trip.

The famous Island Hopping tour packages in Krabi are 4 Islands, Phi Phi and Hong Island. I went to Phi Phi before during my Phuket trip, and the tour package seller claimed that 4 Islands will be crowded. So, we took the Hong Island Package by Long Tail Boat after the “manja-manja” bargain session. She quoted us 800THB/pax, and ends up we paid 550THB/pax. Conclusion, you got the best price during the low season.

The tour guide picked us up at hotel lobby at 830am, then our island hoping journey begins at around 930am.

Those islands cluster makes me feel like I am in Halong Bay.

First station, Daeng Island

Daeng island is a small island in the middle of Andaman Sea. We were given 30minutes to snorkel here. Saw corals, but not nice one. For me, I had no special feeling towards this place.

Second station, Lading Island

Lading Island, which is actually an island where the swallow nests are collected. I like the emerald green sea which match well with the green leaves,limestone, and blue sky, everything is so peaceful here. We took our super simple lunch(rice with broccoli,fried chicken and fruits) and swam a little bit here.

Third station, Hong’s Lagoon

We didn’t stop here. The boat just sail into this small lagoon and tour guide brief us with some information, and we left here after a 5 minutes tour.

Last station, Hong Island Bay

Finally, we reached the last destination of our island hopping tour. What I love about Krabi and Hong Island tour is that everything is so green, emerald green sea, can’t resist the color tone. <3 <3 <3

What makes us upset was that, we were given 2 hours to swim and relax around this beautiful beach, but ends up we spent half an hour hiding under the shelter due to heavy rain.

That’s all for my Hong Island Tour post. I hope this beautiful island will become one of your destinations when you are visiting Krabi.

Next post will be the last blog post for my Krabi trip, the Jungle Day Tour. Anyway, perhaps I will write one for the Krabi Night Market, which I think is worth to introduce. However I will only spend time writing them out after my Khao Yai retreat, and will try to finish those before my Taiwan trip, ok? Deal? Deal!

Best View Hotel SS2, PJ

Hi all. This will be a simple and short hotel review.

Went to KL few months ago, and I booked a No Window Standard Room with complimentary breakfast(RM85.28 inclusive of tax) at this budget hotel in SS2 through Agoda. I would say, the room rate is cheap with the facilities provided.

Lets talk about the location. There is a cafe next to this hotel, and it is at the centre of SS2, so 3 meals wouldn’t be a problem. Fyi, Best View Hotel SS2 is a 4-storey building and there is no lift in the building.

There was cigarette smell in the room during my stay, the bed is comfortable. 2 bottles of mineral water was provided, aircond and wifi signal were strong enough, and water heater functioning well. I will rate it 4/5 for a budget hotel, but due to the cigarette smell I giving it 3/5, I hate cigarettes!
It was my first time sleeping alone outside, kind of adventurous, which I took it as an opportunity to train myself become a solo traveller.

So, now pictures time:A queen size double bed for Go!Mitty.
The towel is beige in color not stained/dirty.Toilet is clean.

As mentioned before, the room rate I paid is inclusive of breakfast. Self service type of simple breakfast(nasi lemak/ fried meehun, bread, eggs, coffee and tea) is provided at 2nd floor.

As conclusion, I no mind to overnight at this hotel again, due to its friendly room rate. I just hoping that I won’t get a room with cigarette smell during my next visit.

PS: All the hotel reviews in my blog are not sponsored, I just write out to share my experience. So, if you appreciate my review/s, please click on the adverts available on the top, so that I can have more income to travel and share all these wonderful experience with you. Tq.