blurpenguin

located in the Setiu district of Terengganu... this Best Western affliate Hotel is quite new. Built in 2005 , only recently do u see the trees around here take root... so its quite bare all around. The good thing about this resort is its closeness to the Merang Jetty.... a good stopover before u go to the islands... we booked online for our room, and the one night with breakfast was RM170 for that particular day.

Adjacent to it is also a NS camp, possibly built at the same time as the hotel in one big project... since the name is similar. When entering the road towards the hotel its like driving to the NS camp... but u do turn off slightly and u can see the hotel.

A lake nearby also provides a very nice view... and even has canoes for u to boat in


As for facilities... it's bare necessities. With a small pool, one restaurant... the rooms with either a double or two single... tiled, not carpeted and airconditioned... thats it. Since it's not carpeted... u kind of hear all thats happening in the room beside or people outside the room... so try to get a room furthest from the pool, restaurant and reception... i guess the upstairs ones will fair better.

u can see the islands of Redang and Lang Tengah from the beach...

the beach is also shared with another neighbouring resort. The beach wasnt very clean... mainly due to washed up rubbish and uncollected waste... i guess if they did some regular clean-ups it will be ok. Unfortunately for us, this time round... the waves were quite choppy... bad weather i presume...

I missed the morning sunrise, waking up at only 7am... i think the sun comes up at 6.30... darn... but not particulary nice that day too... sigh... will time the rise properly the next time.


they also had some private jacuzzi's, which u could rent @ RM50 for max 8 pax. We opted for the free to use pool... it's small... but with a small water slide for the kiddos, it served its purpose.

one thing to note: there is no outside stalls to get dinner as we discovered... we did drive out to try and find a restaurant.. but ended up back in the hotel for food. We ordered some dishes and rice, the bill came to a RM32 Nett. The food quality was ok lah... not great... The Complimentary breakfast the next morning was a free for all buffet... a very small spread... and also so so...

overall i think the neighbouring resort, Sutra Beach Resort looks to be the better one... we shall see come August.