Short Raya Getaway to Johor Bahru : Desaru Beach Holiday

We just came back from our recent Hari Raya trip to Johor Bahru, my hubby's hometown. Every year we will go back there for twice a year to visit my mother-in-law. She's old and refused to come to stay with us, so we will plan long leave to go back there twice a year. It's far from Ipoh so we cannot go back very often unless it's long holiday like Raya or Christmas. This trip, hubby brought me and our mochi Biri to Desaru beach. We went on 5th July (Tuesday) early morning around 8am. We reached there after around 1 hour drive there. This beach is really clean and quiet. Though the water is not crystal clear like those Islands in the East Coast, but the water is clear though. 

 

Hi Welcome to Desaru, Johor

 Like I said just now, the beach was very quiet, not many people there that time, probably because it was eve of Hari Raya. So we were one of those few families there. In addition, it was very hot and sunny that day. People mostly will choose to stay in-door than coming out to the beach. But hubby had promised to bring us here so he kept his promise. 

Desaru beach is a long stretch of sandy beach, with some sections of it belonging to the private resorts. There were many resorts there so, you can only access to certain part of the beach if you are not staying in the resorts. We went to the public beach and for each public beach, we need to pay RM4 parking fee per entry. 

BBQ area and resting area before the beach

After passing by the walkway and BBQ area, we reached the beautiful beach. I like Desaru more than Langkawi. The beach is clean with no rubbish. Well-maintained.

Soft sands with calm beach on our right side

Another side of the beach - see how little people were there

I said this place is well-maintained because there was a large tractor moving along the beach to smoothen the sand and make the beach smooth and tidy. See below picture

Tractor trails on the beach

Mochi Biri and daddy choose to stay at the beach to play sand.....To be continued

Hello mummy, I'm playing sand! I love sand, and I HATE water!!!

... while I, ran to the water to capture some pictures. I love hanging around the beach because it gave me a very relaxing feel of a retreat.

Can you see the clear water?

Sunny day with clear water

Hello from Desaru!

 

We're happy family by the beach

 Continue to share more lovely pictures that I had captured at the beach!

Can you see clearly the clear water???

 

Great photography skill!

We hang out at the beach till around 11.30am and the sun began to burn our skin. We stayed by the beach instead of going down the water. We did not swim as our son was very afraid to go down the water.

The hubby and wifey

Yes, hubby captured this stupid photo of me trying to 'climb' and sit on the tree.

Lastly, TQ to hubby for bringing us to this beautiful beach. My JB holiday is not the same as before this round. Muacks

Love,
Wifey

Cameron Highland Family Trip 2016 - Day 2

Hi! Have you read my Day 1 post? If not, check it out HERE. Very quickly, it's Day 2 of our short family trip. Mum woke up early to prepare a simple breakfast for us all. Sunshine eggs, and noodles!. YummY!

Delicious breakfast

 Before leaving the beautiful penthouse, we all took a wefie of the whole family! Nice right!

Welcome to Leong, Woo & Lee family!

After breakfast, we headed south to The Lakehouse Cameron Highland at Ringlet. But on the way, we stopped by at Cameron Tea Valley. Green tea valley, made us felt so relaxed.

Hello from me and Hugo (the nurse)

Another angle

We all walked down to the tea valley for a picture down there. Very lovely place to take awesome pictures!

We all then drove to The Lakehouse Cameron Highland.

Lets continue our journey to The Lakehouse

 We were awed the moment we saw this beautiful English LakeHouse!

Walked up the ramp at the back of the Lakehouse. Took this beautiful picture of my mum

After turning around, you can see this beautiful side of the Lakehouse with a small garden.

Chibi photo bombed my picture with mum

 

Me and mum

Mum and aunt with my cute son

Happy Father's Day to the Daddies

 When we saw the Lakehouse, we were really awed. Never knew such beautiful places existed in Malaysia! So beautiful!

The Lakehouse Cameron Highland

We all took many photos around this place as this is such a lovely place and our first visit here. 

It's cool to have a model with us to take such nice picture with the Lakehouse

Family picture!

 Now, lets check out a series of modeling pictures at the Lakehouse!

We have a baby model here! Presenting Chibi Biri posing around with his strawberry balloon

 

We have 3 models here too!

We ended the visit at Lakehouse with a family picture

We then move on to the next stop 'Strawberry Corner'. Our all time favourite to visit at Cameron Highland.

 Hello everyone! Here's the baby with the uncle!

Ultimately, this is my son's favourite place to visit too!

This place is always our best stop for lovely tea break in the garden

Strawberry Corner is the best place for flowers, and cactus purchase. Too many varieties!

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Then, we visited Kea Farm for short shopping of strawberries, vegetables and other things. Kea Farm has changed a lot too. Now, there's Kea Garden within Kea Farm Market.

My son and I with lovely flowers

Kea Garden

I end this holiday post with one statement : Serene, breathtaking and relaxing family holiday!

This place is a definete worth to visit! 

Love,

Grace

Upcoming Holiday List - Lang Tengah Island

Hello again!! It's some time since I last dropped my Honeymoon at Bali posts. Well, we have to go back to reality somehow. We cannot be living in the 'Holiday' all the time. But, for people like ME, who loveeees to go on holiday, holiday destination will never be out from the head. For a short period, yes. But sooner or later, it will come back into my mind!

Well, what is in my mind now is beach holiday! I've seen the beautiful Nusa Lembongan from Bali. I can't be going so soon again as I'd spent about RM1000 for that trip. Hubby sponsored most of it! So, after seeing the beautiful Nusa Lembongan, I think it's better to go for Malaysia 'Lembongan'! What I have always wanted to go is to Lang Tengan Island! This beautiful secluded island is located in between Perhentian Island and Redand Island. Seriously, this place is beautiful. As you can see here below - crystal clear water, sandy white beach, clear blue sky!

All these pictures above I adopted it from D'Coconut Resort website and some other websites. Not my own picture! But it's really beautiful! D'Coconut package is quite cheap though. It's about RM380++ including surcharge on weekend. Pretty worth it! I'm considering this for my upcoming holiday next year! This year my calender is full!

When I go already, I will post photos like I did for my Bali Honeymoon!

Love,
Grace