Riverside Janda Baik

Nowadays, we (kids and adults) are so caught up with our modern way of living.  On longer holidays we spend on  more luxury vacations overseas or resorts out of town.  On normal weekends, most parents bring their kids to shopping malls and restaurants as  weekend activities.  On normal days, smart phones, computers, cable tv are our daily entertainment.  Some urban kids don't even get to go out and play with neighbours due to security issues.

Gone are the days where kids get to climb trees, catch insects, swim by the river etc etc.

I didn't get to do those too as I grew up in a flat, but I had my fair share of creative indoor games and activities in the absence of digital entertainment.

What do you do with your kids now in this era?

Kidszania, Universal Studios in SG, Disneyland in HK, Legoland in Johor are some of the many popular spots.

We stumbled upon Riverside Janda Baik.  Only about an hour from the city.  A quick hide away from the urban 'sickness'.  Here..kids and adults will get a detox from our addiction from the internet, Tv series, etc.

The mind automatically slows down and relaxes to the natural environment and of course the soothing sounds of water flowing, birds singing, etc.

(Well, there will be bugs and mosquitoes..bring some insect repellent!)

 You can opt for just a half day picnic by the river or stay overnight.  There are several types of facilities and pondok for rent at very reasonable prices.  Bamboo pondok, cement pondok, elevated pondok, kampung style chalet, semi-D chalet, camps..all available for rent.

Go here or here for more information.

We chir chatted with a family who rented 2 chalets and an elevated pondok.  They were very well equipped..brought lunch, and will have barbeque in the evening!

We also saw some kids having fun floating on tubes along the river.

Here's one of ours having fun in the water.  Soon he was all over the water catching water spiders.  Full two hours..no mention of "what do I do without the computer/Ipad/Iphone"!

We only brought some sandwiches and snacks for a short picnic.  They charged us RM20 for using one of the pondok, fair enough.  We asked the neighbour for a mosquito coil, there were quite a lot of them.

Quite stressful for the adults watching over the kids..but it's worth it I guess.


May be we can go back for BBQ night?