AVANI Sepang Gold Coast Resort

Salam w.b.t and hello everyone.

It is been quite a while since I wrote the last entry. Oh, I forgot! How is everyone doing? Hopefully everyone  is doing great yeah. I am doing just fine, just finished a plate of instant noodle (Maggi Mee) and having my eyes keep switching looking at the laptop and television screen to watch the final series of Masterchef Australia 2014 while writing the entry.

Well, not so much going on with me now. I attended Kak Daeng's wedding early of this month and I am glad I came. 

This is Maher, my friend's son

Apart from that, about two weeks back, our lovely hamster which we named Sakura died. Only his brother, Sakuri left. It was devastating to see the pet that we took care nearly three years had gone. My sisters, my mother, and myself fed it, bath it, play with it and see it grow. Tears did flood my eyes when I found it laying dead in its cage. You will be missed, Sakura.

We buried him the next morning

Last week, my mother and I went to Bagan Lalang. We visit the place known as AVANI Sepang Gold Coast Resort located in Bagan Lalang. I believe, many of you have heard this place before. We did not plan the visit, but after several unproductive days, I said to my mother, "Let's go to see Avani, what is so special about this place." We did not spend the night there, just wandering around the resort area, and beach walking. Below is the pictures I captured when we were there. Only the pictures of my mother, I kept forcing her to pose around the area. Hahaha...

We sat at the lounge pretending we are their guest

The night before we departed, I checked the price of the room of the resort on the internet. From my quick reading, the price for the room starts from RM800 per night. It also depends on the type of room are you looking at, however in my opinion the room is extremely expensive for a normal people like me. I believe, the location of the resort that is far into the sea contributes to the pricey cost.

The resort

The next morning, we departed from Batang Kali around 8.30 am and arrived at AVANI about 11.30 am. The location of the resort is very isolated and far into the village area. It took us about 45 minutes from the main road (LCCT) to reach the location. The traffic is not too bad, it was a working day. However, for a place that is quite exclusive, the road  to the resort is considered small. Well, maybe the developer do not want to destruct the rustic view of the village, which I think is good.

We parked our car at the side of the road, opposite to the entrance of the AVANI before we walked into the resort. From the entrance gate alone, I can say that the resort is very elegant and 'looks extremely expensive'. Since my mother and I were not the resort's guests, we took another entrance which is used by the resort's staff to load/unload the truck. There was no sign prohibiting non-guests from entering the area, but it was a precaution measure if the guards disallow us from doing that. That was what I feel at that time. Hahaha...what a joke. My mother did not give a crap when I said this to her, she just walked into the resort like a boss. 

In front of AVANI's entrance

Correcting her glasses

The Xmas decoration at the lounge

When we arrived at the lounge area, there were a lot of Malay families checked out from the resort. Also, several Mat Salleh waited for the taxi to pick them up, to go to the airport, maybe. There were also families and kids cycling around the resort's area. If I am not mistaken, you can rent the bike and play go-kart during your stay. Other than that, there are also several beach-activities like sailing, kayaking, and others. But not much activities went on at the beach at that time. I saw several kids and families playing sand and swimming around.

When we walked around the resort's area, we also surveyed the price of the foods sell at the restaurant next to it. I think there are two different restaurants next to the resort's lounge, but I am not sure since the area is combined.   We checked the price of the food displayed at the entrance of the restaurant, and guess what? The price of Nasi Lemak was RM18. It was either RM18 or RM24, I am not sure as I could not stare a second longer at the price shown because I found it was too shocking. For me, RM5 Nasi Lemak is considered to be expensive. It is not that I am stingy, I think it is beyond too much for a traditional Malay food where I can buy at the side of the road completed with many side dishes as well as 'kuih-muih'. Other than that, there are also alcohol served at the restaurant which I am not really comfortable with.

From my short visit to Avani, I can summarise several things. Generally, the place is nice and suitable for people who loves privacy, modern atmosphere, and do not have money-issues. Outside the resort, not much Malay food stalls. Actually, there are several but maybe there are overshadowed by the existence of the resort. The beach is beautiful, but if you love the sound of waves hitting the shore, I think the sound here is not that obvious. I think the beach is more like a manmade beach. Well, I don’t know, this is just what I experienced from my brief visit. 

The beach

We left the place like 30 minutes after we arrived since not much we can do there. In my opinion, I would prefer going to Pengkalan Balak or Port Dickson because I can do a lot of solo/family activities there, shopping, sightseeing, and mixed around with the locals. Apart from that, I can have various choice of foods at reasonable price. Nevertheless, I will spend a night here in the future when I do not have any money-issue. Hahaha...

On our way out to the main road, there were many police traffics on the road guarding the convoy of cyclists in conjunction of "Le Tour De Langkawi".

Le Tour De Langkawi

That’s it guys. I will write again in the near future. I have several stuffs to share with you all, like my 2015 resolutions (LOL), SLB, detours I encountered over pass several weeks, and many more. It just that I don’t know which one to start first. Anyhow, do not bother about that. I will see you next time. As usual, take care and Salam w.b.t.

P/S - Everyone has their own preference, so do I.