Impiana Resort Cherating

So I'm back from 3 days office trip to Cherating. 13 of us. Left on Thursday (20th) morning. The journey, with breakfast + lunch stops, took about 4 hours. Arrived at 1pm..exactly right on the dot. We stayed at Impiana Resort Cherating, a 4-star hotel, which is located in Kuantan, Pahang. Not far from Impiana was of course, the 5-star Club Med Cherating...which I had initially proposed going there but that idea was shot down. *sigh*

The drive in Cherating was filled with not so scenic views. There were many broken down houses, empty houses....messy views indeed. The only thing that saved this town is the clean sandy beaches. Unlike PD, I was glad that the beaches here are clean.

Our 3 days in Cherating were filled with quizzes on office mates and the work we do, games at the beach, nite karaoke, lepak-ing by the pool, group lepak-ing in the room and of course, makan-makan. What is vacation without makan-makan right? I think in that 3 days, we over-stuffed ourselves to the brink of near explosion.

Satar, sotong celup tepung (fried calamari la), seafood, otak-otak, pais, coconut drinks, keropok lekor...these are some of the local delicacies we attacked. Not forgetting the food we ordered for lunch/dinner -- the seafood tomyam, kerang bakar, telur dadar, kailans, water melon juices, ikan celup tepung, siakap fishes cooked in many varieties....we ate like there was no tomorrow. Seriously...

On the second nite, played pool with few office mates at The Pub. After so many years of not playing, my game was extremely rusty. Worse still, I got beaten by a couple of novices.

The highlight of the trip was the lucky draw, which we did on the 2nd day. 13 of us. 15 prizes. Guaranteed 1 prize for 1 person...plus bonus 2 extra items to be drawn. Me? I got myself a multi-function non stick pan (can use for steamboat la) and a CD player...muahahaha! Talk about luck. On top of that, each of us got a Body Shop product.

Of course, this trip was not all play. We did engage in some heart-to-heart session with the boss. Some expressed feelings to the max. The trip would of course be incomplete if it was without gossips...which we have plenty...ahaks.

The last day was spent more on shopping. Boss was very kind to buy each of us a t-shirt and then gave each of us RM50 to splurge on keropoks. Syiok! Before heading back to KL, we dropped by Teluk Cempedak, another local beach located about 5kms from Kuantan. Left Kuantan about 6pm. Reached home almost midnite. Drop dead tired next day.

Next vacation?