To Port Dickson Without Reservation

 

It was a long weekend with Chinese New Year coinciding.

A big gathering was going on that evening,in Penang Island, but we couldn't make it to attend. Not because we didn't want to, but because we were not willing to go through the congested road. We had gone through an experience going to the island during Chinese New Year, years ago. We were stuck in a bad..bad.. jam for 10 hours. That's it, no more Penang trip during CNY for us.

But, the kids were begging  “its a long holiday…lets go somewhere..please….”

That very day,we took a risk driving toward Port Dickson. It was quite congested at the highway. Not as bad as going to Penang though.

 

We reached PD after spending about 2 hours on the road.

Road nicely painted in red, marked our arrival at the district of our destination.

Port Dickson. 90 km from Kuala Lumpur. It is located in the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia

 

Perhaps due to the festive season, the town was quiet when we arrived.

PD, as called by the locals, was once a small town the produced Charcoal.Therefore place was also known as ‘Arang’ (Malay word for charcoal)sometime in the 1820s. The British then, developed the place into a small port during the Straits Settlement period. The incharge officer then was someone named Dickson. Hence the name Port Dickson.

Our trip to PD was not to seek for history, but for picnic. So, we packed our necessities for grilling.

OK..fist thing first..where is the wet market.?

Oh yes..we were serious about the picnicking matters. We found the wet market. Despite the big festival, lucky us, there were still sellers that stayed and sell seafood until that afternoon.  We only found fish, prawns and squids. No crabs no sea shells.

We went ahead to the beach. It was a longgggg… beach and we didnt have much problem looking for a convenient spot.

Hammock was nicely hung. Stove was set. Great.! Time to grill..!!

  Nadia did a preparation and she deserved to rest, watching Adri and I cooked rice in the pot that we brought especially for it, while her father did the grilling.

  

It was way past our lunch time, but no body bother to eat. We were all longing for the grilled seafood.

1 hour later. Bon Appetite..!!!

 

Next, resting time.

Ahh……It was such a cool place to relax. I enjoyed the wind, blowing my stress away.

Mother being a mother, I did the cleaning up as I didn't want the rest of the trip smelling like fish in the car.

Next.. ‘lets see if we could get a room’

During a holiday, it is not always easy to find an available hotel room. We were lucky though. Only 2 rooms available. ‘I’ll take it…!”

No regret. It was a beautiful resort by the marina bay, overlooking the ocean.

  

My children enjoyed the scenery too.

 

The swimming pool looks so beautiful, seen from our window.

The Avillion Admiral Cove is the name. Such a beauty.

     

That night, we drove around looking for food. We just had simple dinner at a cafe. We then top it up with Durian.

  We notice such a crowd patronizing the store ‘Baden- Baden Bundle. hmm..interesting, but nope.. We wanted to get a way from crowd.

Going for breakfast on the next morning was not fast. We had to stay in line. That was such a big crowd.

After breakfast, we had to head back home, happy.

  I hope my children will remember this moment and will continue this activity when they have their own children.

We reached home at around 20 noon. We were looking forward for another occasion.Family BBQ..!!

It was drizzling in the evening, somehow, the BBQ went on. And I wrote about it in my most recent journal.