Serenity of Sekeping Serendah

 The long awaited holiday which after much planning, we decided to 

have a family-retreat to Sekeping Serendah.

So planning includes shopping for food and more food stuff, 

at the cashier counter we actually thought we have over-done our shopping. 

But what’s done is done so we took everything home.

Our journey starts late afternoon, as we took a slow drive towards Serendah 

and enjoying the scenic route after exiting the highway.

It’s rather easy to locate this place if you do not relay on your GPS 

which my youngest girl quoted as saying “Guna Pasti Sesat” – 

comical phrase and rather true sometimes!

Sekeping is famed for its ‘Glass House’ which we unfortunately did not get but 

upon arrival and checking out the ‘Glass House’; we actually appreciated the 

log-cabin which we got with a white-pebbles walk-way towards the pool.  

The spacious log-cabin with its white-washed wall and ‘kampung’ style architecture combined with modern interior furnishing includes a outdoor shower and toilet. 

And to our delight, it’s got hot shower something which we cannot do without.

This retreat is suitable for weekend getaway, 

there’s no phone reception and definitely no Wifi or internet.

I enjoyed the tranquility and peace that this place has to offer, 

no stress, no rushing for datelines and simply don’t even look at the time, 

just pure relaxation.

The care-taker came over to start the BBQ pit for us and get the fire going. 

My boy was extremely excited and can’t wait to show-off his BBQ-ing skills. 

We waited anxiously for our dinner and had water-melon, salads as starter. 

Finally, our dinner were served – deliciously cooked pork ribs, 

chicken wings and buttered corn-on-cob.  

It was an amazing meal indeed!

For supper, the kids made bacon-strip stuffed with lots of loads of fillings. 

Yummmy!

And that’s it for the night! While we were sleeping, some dogs came ravaging for food and ate some of our sausages left on the counter… amazing animal these creatures!!

Next morning, the kids woke early and made their way to the pool. With a hot cup of coffee in one hand I strolled down to the pool area.  Sitting next to the pool and observing which one of the kids had enough guts to go into the extremely freezing pool. Of course, the boy did it.

Shortly the next exploration to the nearby ‘water-fall’ began; it’s a short walk about 15 minutes.  There is nothing unique about this waterfall, sort of like a big outdoor swimming pool and the water is kind of murky.  So it’s back to our very own private swimming pool which by now the water temperature is just nice for a cool dip.

All the excitement at the pool left us all starving, so we had a big breakfast of sumptuous tortilla rolls stuffed with bacon, sausages and salads.  

Overall, we rather enjoyed this weekend together with no interruption from the digital world. It’s a perfect location for family to bond and enjoy each other company, just a simple retreat from the busy world we live in.