Nearby our City, Kuala Lumpur, it has such a gateway to allow you to rejuvenate yourselves emotionally and physically :) It is Colmar Tropicale Resort in Bukit Tinggit , Pahang, which is about 45-60 minutes journey from KL.
On Friday, me and Rachel departed from Sg Buloh at about 2:30pm with my little Kancil car. Since the check in time is at 3pm, we were taking our sweet time to chat along the journey to the destination. suddenly there was heavy raining, and due to security concern, we stop by Genting Mc Donald to have my late lunch. a cold whether, with Mc Donald hot chicken porridge and a cup oh hot coffee, suddenly i feel though it was just a fast food, a Mc Donald.. but i really like it. May be it was the weather, may be it was my excitement.
With the short hang out at Mc Donald, finally we reached Colmar Tropicale Resort at about 4:30pm. as stated in the tourism brochures or website. Colmar Tropicale Resort was built based on French cultures and background. I never been to France, but when i was in Colmar Tropicale, I just feel nice. as the weather is cold, the air is fresh, the surrounding looks different too, there is no crowd, no traffic noise. it was just me and Colmar Tropicale :)
After check in, it was suprise when i enter their room, as with the amount i paid for, i did not expect the room is this great, or may be we just click and book and without any expectation.
We opened the window, the fresh air and cold wind was straight blow to our face. It does not sticky, it does not leave a layer of dirt on the face :)
Look at the pool, my favorite. As it was the place that i use it all by myself. No body share it with me, and when i lean on edge', i saw birds quietly looking for their food, i think it was the sound of they eat, not chatting, as the sound from them were there all the time when i enjoy my swimming in my swimming pool ..
Best time to swim : after 5 pm. first people start to look for food. people thought it was cool, but it actually not :), there is heater inside :)
i even have my this private time at 1130pm, and it was my first time night swimming. it was cool totally cool. and morning time is not a good time, as there is the time that family bring their children to play water at the pool. so you might feel disturbed with the kids noise :)
As i said, it was a gateway to runaway from the busy city life, thus, there were not much thing to in the resort. it does not have internet, no 3G for you to connect to the corporate world.
Therefore the next day, Rachel and me decided to go to a Balinese spa. i know i know. it was weird, but the spa was done by Balinese young lady, hence i call it a Balinese spa. with RM175, once hour body oil massage, 1 hour body scrub with sea salt in a very private room with a very calm and peace ambient and relaxing music. i think it is totally worth it. At least, Rachel told me the process even nicer than the one that she experience in KL spa centre.After the Spa, we went to Botanical garden to have a walk, to near to the nature. i think once a while walk in the nature does inspire and remind ourselves the beauty of the world, and us, just a part of the universe,everything happen fora reason. just like the flower and plants here, there are beautiful, but after few days, few weeks, they will be gone and replaced by a new piece of flower. why ? i think that is the way they keep the people like us would always see them pretty.
If you were tiring after the walk in' the garden, you can always stopby the only Japanese restaurant in the tropical for a hot ocha and Udon. Compare KL, the price range is higher, but when you are tired and hungry, i think spend a little bit more to enjoy the food and the scene, it is worth for money :)
If not, you can choose to drive down to Buki Tinggi village to have a reasonable yet fantastic dinner, which we did too :)
At night, as the environment, the weather is just right, therefore we spend a little bit more, we have a pretty pricey red wine for 2007 Chile Carbenet Sauvigon. Though it is pricey, but it taste good. at least my this fussy girl friend who not really like to drink also enjoy the wine. so i take it is great :).
what else you can do ? reading at the pool, or just open your room window, then have a hot coffee and chit chat with your partner with the big, round and bright moon in front of you. or you can even wait up early morning, to go the gym then sauna before you start the day.
if you go with a group of friends,you can even have beach volley ball there :)
