…my cuppa iced coffee…

C’mon guys and gals!
Put on your Spedos and let’s hit the beach!

Taking advantage of the long weekend (Friday was a public holiday for Kuala Lumpur), the committee of Urban Spikerz organised a trip for its members and friends to Cherating, as part of the club’s activities for the year 2008.

Located in Pahang, Cherating is one of the more popular beaches in Malaysia. With a long beach, fine sand and great water, the place is packed with people everytime there’s a public holiday.

Day 1 – Friday, 01/02/2008

The meeting point was the Projet-now-Shell petrol station in Gombak at 8:30 am, before convoying to Cherating. Everybody got there early except for Eina, Zul and Syihan. We then proceeded to Genting Sempah Rest & Relax (R&R) for the second round of breakfast. The first was while we were waiting for Eina, Zul and Syihan.

We finally made a move to Cherating around 10:30 am. There were 4 cars in the convoy, although one car (a Proton Waja) was seen about to head to Genting. I dunno.. a confusion in spelling, perhaps? At least they got the “ting” part right. The journey should take less than 3 hours if we were to drive non-stop, thanks to the not-quite-new-anymore Karak highway and the newly-opened Pantai Timur (East Coast) highway.

Being in no hurry to get there, we took our own sweet time, stopping at one R&R and running into Budin and Zaidi Abangikan, of all people. Apparently they were on their way to Taman Negara for their own long weekend retreat.

We reached Cherating around 1:30 pm and immediately checked in at the Tanjong Inn Villa de Fedelia (Fuiyoo!! What a name! ). We actually stayed here the first time Urban Spikerz organised the same trip last year. We got better chalets this time, with air-con. The rooms were quite nice too.. especially the ones for couples. Really suitable for those who are on honeymoons.

After lunch and a short rest, we proceeded to the beach for the main agenda: beach volleyball. Everybody enthusiastically participated since all of us are volleyball fanatics. Except for Zul, that is. We didn’t allow him to play because of his injured ankle. Sorry dude..

Unfortunately, we had to cut the game short when it rained all of a sudden. And it continued till dinner time. Bummer!

Day 2 – Saturday, 02/02/2008

The weather was abysmal. It rained the whole morning and into late afternoon. While a few of us braved the weather (it was not really that bad, actually. I just exaggerated a bit ), the rest were content to continue sleeping, eat breakfast or play the game card, Uno.

Around 5 pm, it was back to the beach for another round of beach volleyball and some fun in the sea.

The weather turned bad on us again that evening but fortunately, the rain stopped before dinner time. We decided to have seafood, so we drove to Kemaman to a food court near the Kemaman mosque and bus terminal. We had fish, squids, prawns, shellfish and rice.

The service was reasonably fast, the food was good, the serving was plentiful and most importantly, the price was actually reasonable. We expected it to be more expensive and were pleasantly surprised when it was not.

By the time we got back to the chalets, I could barely open my eyes. Man, I was tired!

Day 3 – Sunday, 03/02/2008

We started the day with a quick breakfast, then a quick dip in the sea before packing up and checking out from Tanjong Inn Villa de Fedelia (the name still cracks me up). Before we left for Kuala Lumpur, we took time for a group photo. And plenty of single ones. Hehehe…

I have already uploaded the photos in my Photo Album: Cherating Trip. Feel free to browse.