We actually delayed her bedtime the night before and brought her for a super early MacDonalds breakfast. We were having our breakfast at 4.45am and my bro's family joined us at 5.15am. By the time we finished meddling with the GPS and was ready to set off, it was almost 6am. As planned, the 2nd link was empty and Lil Shauna fell asleep shortly after we cleared the custom.
Daddy Lim had a quiet drive and the expressway was pretty empty most of the time. We started off while the sky was still dark and slowly waited for daylight to fall on us. It was our 1st road trip and it was a pleasant experience.
Lil Shauna woke up when we were about 2/3 into the journey and we kept her busy with Barney, Hi-5 and loads of potato chips. She had a tidbits buffet during the entire Port dickson trip. -.o"
We arrived at about 9am and the hotel was more run-down than we expected, nothing like their website and their services were quite bad. As the rooms will only be ready in the afternoon, we went for our second round of breakfast - roti prata. We drove to their Central market, which is no bigger than our heartland interchange. There were so many small shops selling roti prata and the pratas looked really big and good. However, they taste so-so only. Lil Shauna was enjoying tearing the prata and helping herself to the sugar.
We arrived at about 9am and the hotel was more run-down than we expected, nothing like their website and their services were quite bad. As the rooms will only be ready in the afternoon, we went for our second round of breakfast - roti prata. We drove to their Central market, which is no bigger than our heartland interchange. There were so many small shops selling roti prata and the pratas looked really big and good. However, they taste so-so only. Lil Shauna was enjoying tearing the prata and helping herself to the sugar.
We then went back to the hotel and the kids spend the next 1+ hour soaking in the pool until the hotel room was finally ready. The drive and swim exhausted all of us and we were grateful for a good afternoon nap with Lil Shauna.
Good weather awaits us and our spirit was lifted after a good nap. The pool was busy with people and the tide was up, filling the lagoon in front of the hotel with water. At that point, the hotel looks pretty better.
We then went out looking for food, good seafood and were told that there are plenty of seafood restaurants in Port Dickson. We settled for one that is near to the night market and it was a bad choice. The place was rundown and dirty and they have big water pools filled with stagnant water. The staff do not understand English, their menu is in Malay and we have to order with whatever limited malay that we know. Everything that we asked for was "goreng" when they asked how we want to cook it, bcos that is the only malay word that we knew. Now that I think back, I wonder why we didnt just leave the place.
The wait for the food to be served was long and we were there feeding mosquitoes. -________-" The service was bad and the portion miserable. They finally served us BBQ chicken and BBQ fish but no cutlery or rice. We have to keep calling for the staff for forks and spoons! And right behind us, there was a table of malays. They came later than us but got served before us and they were enjoying sweet and sour fish, fried prawnballs and what-have-you while we looked at our unappetising BBQ chicken and fish. The kids were impatient and dinner was bad and unfulfilling. Right after dinner, we had to whack the night market for Ramli burgers and hotdogs and corns and nuggets to fill the hollow left by the dinner.
The night market is supposed to be the "hot" thing in Port Dickson. It is only on every Sat night and it is literally hot. There were so many people and the waiting time was so long. Haiz... I think we are too used to Singaporeans' efficiency. So we ended up tabao-ing and tucking in in the comfort of our hotel before ending the day.
Well, it wasnt our best trip and the best way to start a trip but it was still enjoyable. Afterall, we were on an holiday and I was desperate for one. Hohohoho.
Mummy Lim
The wait for the food to be served was long and we were there feeding mosquitoes. -________-" The service was bad and the portion miserable. They finally served us BBQ chicken and BBQ fish but no cutlery or rice. We have to keep calling for the staff for forks and spoons! And right behind us, there was a table of malays. They came later than us but got served before us and they were enjoying sweet and sour fish, fried prawnballs and what-have-you while we looked at our unappetising BBQ chicken and fish. The kids were impatient and dinner was bad and unfulfilling. Right after dinner, we had to whack the night market for Ramli burgers and hotdogs and corns and nuggets to fill the hollow left by the dinner.
The night market is supposed to be the "hot" thing in Port Dickson. It is only on every Sat night and it is literally hot. There were so many people and the waiting time was so long. Haiz... I think we are too used to Singaporeans' efficiency. So we ended up tabao-ing and tucking in in the comfort of our hotel before ending the day.
Well, it wasnt our best trip and the best way to start a trip but it was still enjoyable. Afterall, we were on an holiday and I was desperate for one. Hohohoho.
Mummy Lim
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