Celebrating 8th wedding anniversary at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa

Family photo by the pool at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa

We never get bored of this place. Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan is like a little piece of heaven on earth. This occasion was to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. And we keep coming back here because the rooms are nice, the pool is great, and the beach is right there.

Never get bored of this view at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan

This time we decided to push the boat out a little farther and go to Samsara Spa, just beside the pool, for a massage. There are a number of options to go for; we opted for the Samsara Touch package including a one-hour full-body massage at RM180++

The two masseuse gave some short instructions and left us in the room until we were ready. For a few moments I began to feel like I was Karl Pilkington from the British TV travel show "An Idiot Abroad." It was my first time having a professional massage and I was worried about having my face in the hole of the bed for an hour. Then we were given these disposable blue . . . knickers (the most suitable word that comes to mind) to wear. They were baggy and I looked stupid. I shall not be sharing the photo of me wearing them! Anyway, the massage was great and very satisfying. It was worth taking the time out to do it.

It was my turn to go swimming with the girls

Our girls made friends with these 2 waitresses during our buffet dinner. RM60++/person, the children, free

Enjoyed a night stroll around the resort before getting the children off to sleep...

Went for our customary morning stroll on the beach the following day, but it was so strikingly hot, we soon went back inside.

Poolside scene at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan

Thank you, Swiss Garden, for another great stay. We'll be seeing you soon!

Batu Hitam (Black Stone Beach), Balok, Kuantan

Driving back from Kuantan Port we decided to stop off at Batu Hitam (Black Stone Beach) in the Balok area of Kuantan. It is about a 15-20 minute drive from Kuantan town and is located along the coastline a short distance before Swiss Garden Resort & Spa (travelling from Kuantan town).

Batu Hitam is famous for the numerous black rocks strewn across the sand. It's great for a visit, and of course, for me, it's a great photography opportunity too! Obviously, it's best to go when the tide is out.

At Batu Hitam, Balok, Kuantan, with Lauren on a breezy day

Lauren shows a really interesting rock at Batu Hitam, Kuantan

Lauren amongst the black rocks at Batu Hitam

Interesting sand detail on a black rock at Batu Hitam

My wife and I enjoying the breeze at Batu Hitam

Lauren and Leah at Batu Hitam

My wife relaxing on a bench at Batu Hitam

Message in a bottle

Found this bottle washed up on Balok beach at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa. Unfortunately there was no message inside. 

Have you ever found a message in a bottle?

What would you write in a message before throwing it in the sea?

Swiss Garden dim sum

You may have noticed in recent weeks we have been falling in love with dim sum. Thanks to some very good friends and their dim sum influence, we have been sharing a few breakfasts together.

A great dim sum brunch we had was at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa. This was on the occasion of a short stay at the resort to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary.

Fidelia sits at the table waiting for our dim sum breakfast

Really nice restaurant, clean, tidy, elegant, and best of all, quiet!

There are also private rooms within the restaurant. Maybe next time with more people we could eat in one of those!

Our very expensive apple juice

One mistake we did make was allow the waitress to persuade us to order apple juice. Who would have thought that a simple fresh apple juice would have come to RM14?! So that was RM28 added to the bill that we didn't expect!

Lauren with her favourite teddy "Kissy"

Some of the delicious food we ordered

A few baskets of dim sum can be very filling. We ordered around 5 or 6 baskets and were completely satisfied.

Fidelia's good with chopsticks - I'm lousy! This is a charcoal bun, which the waitress told us, can only be found here at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa in Kuantan. Boy, it tasted good!

The "special" charcoal bun

The total price for our dim sum meal came to RM88, which took us by surprise a little, no thanks to the RM28 worth of apple juice!

Good quality food anyway and would love to try it again next time, perhaps just with a nice glass of warm water.

Swiss Garden Poolside

We're growing quite accustomed to lounging out poolside at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa. We're extremely fortunate to live "down the road" from this beautiful place!

My Daddy is BUSY!

Leah at the beach at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan

"My daddy is really busy nowadays!"

The proofreading job is going well. 62 pages out of 268 are done and I'm keeping myself slightly ahead of my 19 pages/day schedule. The standard of English is already quite high, which helps a lot :)

We just came back from our Kuala Lumpur (KL) trip and as you can imagine, I have a pile more photos to resize and edit and share with you!

Embarking on a long journey

Playing on the beach at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan

Well, the journey from the sea to our spot on the beach wasn't really that long, but I'm speaking of a different journey.

I've just took on a 98,000-word proofreading job which is going to occupy a lot of my time for the next 2 weeks.

So I may not be around as often as I'd like here in the blog world, but I will try and post more pictures from Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan whenever I can. I have so many to share with you!

Wish me luck on my long journey . . .

Welcome to Swiss Garden Kuantan!

Welcome to Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan!

Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan

This is one of the very first images you will see of Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan when driving in through the entrance. It's well worth going back to see if you miss it first time!

A geometric puzzle

Check out this geometric puzzle:

A geometric puzzle which is the roofing to the lobby entrance at Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan

Sometimes complicated things eventually piece themselves together; sometimes they just make no sense at all!