Vacation @ Kuching Part 3 - Damai Beach Resort

Hmmm... yeah I know my part 3 came in really late. Well... I have a good excuse... well actually no... LOL

Anyway my apologies for the long wait. So here comes the 3rd part. Holiday Inn Damai Beach Resort @ Kuching.


Before I move on. Let me describe a bit about Holiday Inn Damai Beach Resort.

Holiday Inn Damai Beach Resort, is a four-star beach side resort located in Kuching. The resort is some 35 kilometres or 24.15 miles from Kuching City Centre, and it is 40 Kilometres away from Kuching International Airport.A taxi ride from the airport to the resort will cost 50.00 MYR.Tourists who spending the night in the city area first can take the shuttle bus to the Resort, all these can be arranged with your travel agent or the Hotel. It would be easier if you are staying at the Holiday Inn Kuching or Crown Plaza Hotel.

A year or so ago this resort went through some renovations and now it looks friendlier and a bit classier too. There are various amenities and services provided by the hotel. The rooms are well kept and clean. The pool is realtively big and clean. The food at the restaurant is not bad, but service is very slow. The beach is ok, but of course can't be compared to Sematan or the ones in Sabah.

Receptionist are warm, friendly and helpful, service staff in the restaurant are less friendly for I felt that they left their smiles at home. For even when the customer smile at them, they just look at you, monotonous.

So, I spend a night over at Holiday Inn Damai Beach Resort with Hans and Brendan. I have not been to the resort for ages so there are a lot of changes there since the last time I was there, which is like 10 years ago.

Overnight at the hotel gave me a chance to assess the resort's services and atmosphere. Before I do report on the resort. Let us enjoy some photos first, Shall we?

the beach


Pool side


Whose smelly...hairy leg is that??!! Puiz!!


Brendan fell in love with his shadow...so must take photos


Walking down the beach listening to music


Some flower...very beautiful




My new model, Le beetle, see the lil bugger sure know how to poss


Its a clam!! Nah...its just a seed that looks like a clam


Love the Merlot!


You are my Superstar!!

Let you girls out there see Handsome guys

All the ladies out there? Handsome or not? want him? LOL


He looks so cute too right? right?


WOW!!! Kawaii des

This photo .... the guy to the left is the handsome one...
the guy to the right is the ugly one....sorry for the ugly guy....

Well, that is all for the photos. Now let me do some short report.

Overall, I felt that Holiday Damai Beach Resort is not a bad place at all. Generally, the service staffs are warm, friendly and helpful eventhough some of the restaurant service staffs are expressionless. The newly refurbished resort gives a warm and welcoming ambience to it. The resort is very relaxing, during the evenings or during sunset, do sit at the beach side, order a glass of your favourite wine or cocktail,take a sip of the drink and close your eyes, feel the gentle sea breeze caressing your skin and let the sea waves serenade you, open your eyes again and see the golden sun rays sinking down into the horizon turning the sky into golden red and you realise all your worries are gone. You feel calm and relaxed.

Ahh.. Sunset....peacefulness

A glass of Merlot...by the beach side...its heaven~

Here are my ratings:

Ambience: 8/10
Service staffs (front desk): 8/10
Service staffs (Restaurant): 5/10
Service staffs (Pool side): 5/10
Facilities & Services: 8/10
Cleaniness: 8/10
Beach: 6/10

Overall: 6.9/10

Next post Part 4 Sarawak Cultural Village and Green Hill Temple (last post for my Vacation @ Kuching)

Vacation @ Kuching Part 2 - Museums Frenzy!

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Woo Hoo... I am feeling a lot better now. My cough seems to be getting better...yeah!
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As promised, here is Part 2 of my vacation in Kuching. Part 2 basically covers the Sarawak Museum and also the cat museum. I may not write much on this post. I will post mainly photos only.

First thing in the morning before visiting the museum we need to fill up our tummy first. I can't imagine visiting the museum with an empty stomach.We decided to bring Hans to get a taste of the famous Sarawak Laksa, so we went to a small coffee shop (which...I have forgotten the name) popular for their toast and also their laksa. Kuching is famous for serving kick-ass Sarawak laksa.

It won't be wrong to call Kuching a food heaven. As the years passed by, more food outlets open their doors in Kuching. To this date, you can have food ranging from Local delicacies to Lebanese dishes.


So after a satisfying breakfast. It was off to our first stop, the world-reknown Sarawak Museum. While at the Museum we visited a few places. So I will let the photos do the talking now.

This building existed since 1891


Part of the building





some building


Roof





The main building


Some tall structure with cravings and a vase in it





The monument situated behind the museum






faces below the monument


Cool art







The art gallery has some pretty nice arts/oil paintings


wicked looking doll


The doll was lonely so they added another one next to it. This one cuter.

Time for some vainness

After the Sarawak Museum, it was off to the Cat Museum. I think this is the only cat museum in the world...correct me if I am wrong. I guess the Mayor of Kuching got the idea of opening a cat museum, since Kuching has been dupped the cat city.

Since we were on our way to Damai and the Cat Museum was along the way to Damai we added it into our itenary.

The Cat Museum is located inside DBKU or Kuching City North Hall. The building is situated on top of a hill and provides a breathtaking view of Kuching City. I do recommend you all to go there.

Again, I will let the photos do the talking here.

DBKU building


The signboard of the cat museum


The entrance


Prosperity kitties


Cat tombstone...I didn't know there is actually cat cemetery not in Kuching though.


I know the guy is very handsome... but i want to show you guys the paintings of the cats.




Nice sparkly cats


Japanese cats?


adorable cat... but I am more adorable =P


This is a very nice...glassy cat


For people to take stupid looking vain photos... so people like me lor...tsk such a camwhore

Brendan almost carried this cat home... but security stopped him...brendan I know you like the cat...but knot take home lar

That is all for this post.

Next Post Vacation @ Kuching Part 3- Overnight at Damai Beach Resort!!

Cheers!!