Last December, the trio decided to check out a place at Gayang, somewhere near Tuaran. I LOVE the stay because it is just a 45 minutes drive from my home and into a beautiful oasis of privacy and relaxation.
Gayang river stretches to the Mengkabong river, a river renown for all other activities including fireflies river cruise, kayak and more. It's a fairly accessible river especially for fishing.
It's a small complex of private rooms, restaurant and fishing place. The only activity we had in mind was to eat for dinner. By the time we woke up from our leisure afternoon nap (YES!) it was just to chow down.
The area starts off from a swamp and stretches down to the Tuaran sea, a vast and beautiful calm river-sea connection. There are plenty of small boats docked, for anyone who would like to fish or canoe. I thought about doing it, but my sister is absolutely terrified of kayaking or canoeing of that sort, lol.
When the three of us go anywhere, we try to squeeze into a twin single beds. Mainly because - we just want to see whether it's even possible. Some beds in the hotels or resorts, are actually super single or even queen beds and many are times we fit in perfectly or sometimes even much bigger than we were. When times it couldn't fit us, with space, we just simply opt for another bed.
Our room was at a corner overlooking a swamp that had lots of visitors (birds!). Some parts of the room had no internet connection, and NO TELEVISION! It's incredible 💖 I especially enjoyed the silence, the chattering bugs, and the dubious splashing sounds in the middle of the day. I can't say for sure there are no crocodiles here.... so. Maybe it was the crocodiles.
It only cost us less than RM 100 for a room per night, and it came with breakfast! The breakfast were a bunch of freshly cooked seafood, YES SEAFOOD, prawns, crabs and all sort. To have that for breakfast was such a luxury, Jessy and I were laughing throughout. I think it's because it was really abundant around that area, so absolutely no complains from us.
Will we come back again? Fairly but private, great food and simple. For a quick getaway, we surely would! 😉
Jacqueline Rowena @ Jacqkie.
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