Cherating 2009
Do you realise that in Malaysia when a hotel room costs you less than RM400, chances are the hotel will be pretty horrid?
During the school holidays, we decided to bring the girls to Cherating for a holidays. We booked 2 nights stay in Holiday Villa for RM270/night (from the net), Holiday Villa you know, should be ok right?
The rooms were decent and it’s challet style, but the pool is another story.
When we brought the girls to the pool, I noticed that the water was brownish, thinking it was maybe sand from the sea, I didn’t stop the girls when they jumped into the pool, gulping down some of the water in their excitement. When I got into the water to join them, then only I realised it was filth and not sand. My skin has this slimy coat, on top of that, I can smell poops and urine. People were swimming fully clothed, and their kids were in diapers and all. Ewwwwwww.
I suspect that’s how the girls got sick.
We checked out the 2nd day (even though we booked for 2 nights), and moved to Legend Hotels next door, for an additional RM100 per night. The pools were nicer and cleaner, but the rooms were pretty basic with a leaking toilet and smelly pillows. RM370 and still you get crap?
For the girls, they were not as fussy as us in terms of cleanliness, so they had fun. Two things though, Zara was asking us when we’re going home, and Zaria was requesting us to go back to the hotel with rafters (which is Holiday Villa).
For the duration we were there, we spent most of the time in the hotel, but we did try to explore the fishing villages around and event went to Chukai for brunch.
Girls at Holiday Villa Cherating
Girls at the beach in Legends Hotels – Both were fascinated by the cheap bubbles we bought them; They were playing ‘catch-me-if-you-can’ with the waves; Zaria spent most of the time at the shallow steps at the baby pool, refusing to go any where deeper where her feet couldn’t touch the ground.
Chance upon this extremely crowded coffee shop in Chukai called Hai Peng.
On our way back, popped by a village stall to have kuih still baked using wood fire
Another stop at a fishing market, where the girls have some keropok lekor (not the crunchy), and we had some satai ikan (some otak-otak style) snack.
Hey here you can get 5 stars hotel for less than RM400 and swimming pool is superb.
only club meb is stayable in Cherating..i reckon 🙂
walao, rm270 a nite also suck? rm370 also? hmmm… hotel not cheap anymore man… but the girls had fun yah 🙂
It’s always the kids who had fun during holidays… 😉
It’s wise that the girls were at the pool most of the time. Cherating beach/sea can be quite dangerous. I was there in Feb and didn’t dare to go near the beach at all – sea choppy leh
Eeeee… that pool sounds horrible!!! Not hygenic at all! Did you make any complaints? Not fair to pay such decent price and being treated this way … Luckily, your girls seems to enjoy soooo much 🙂
Yeah, Cherating hotels are expensive and awful. Last time, I also booked 2 nites (De Rhu @ RM 190+) than moved out after the first nite. I ended up in Hyatt Kuantan. RM350 a night but it was sooooooo much better. Spacious, comfy and clean. It had the feel of staying in a premium hotel and was better value for money than the lousy Cherating hotel.
Oh my… your girls look sweet and pretty in the photos!
Yr pics, & yr girls look beautiful though:)
nice photos and the pool sounds yuckky!!!!
zaria is looking more and more like your hubby!
legend is the better hotel there other than club med of course but not cheap at all. with the price u paid, can hv nicer hotel at hyatt kuantan – their beach is much nicer n cleaner now.
was there still batik painting by the poolside at legend?
ya lar…i was in KT n the hotel rates were not cheap but the rooms were like…eeeeeeeeeeeeee
Agree with Adrine & Syn. Hyatt Kuantan is a much better hotel. Hotels in Ferringhi Penang are quite nice too, though of course the beach is not as nice as those in the East Coast. I’m in Parkroyal Ferringhi now [working, not holidaying 🙁 ] and our rooms are about RM300 only I think.
Ewww…the pool sounds really horrible! We’re checking out beach hotels in Penang for July. Hope we can find a nice CHEAP one LOL
omg the pool sounds so terrible, didn’t you make a complaint?
i like the green color kuih, but hardly find it in KK.
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