Miri Holiday 2012

With airfares sky high for these holidays we decided to drive to Miri (Malaysia) which is over the border and stay at the Marriott which takes approx 2.5 hours from our house. It was a great holiday where we just relaxed mainly by the pool. The kids loved it as there was plenty of kids they knew from school. First day we went to Bintang Mall, all the Brunains go there but I really don't see why as there is nothing there. We then meet up with friends and relaxed around the pool. We went to Ming's Cafe, a great place to eat and drink and the staff are really friendly to the kids.
Second day we just stayed around the pool with Rob and his family which was good to chill out. I did manage to beat Rob in tennis in about 32 degree heat. We found a great restaurant for tea down the road the prawns were beautiful about 14 large ones for 18Ringit which equates to about $7 NZ or Brunei dollars.
On Wednesday we went to Lambir Waterfall a beautiful spot in the National Park in Miri. We went swimming in the waterfall area after about a 25minute walk in. At first the water was very cold but after a few minutes it was beautiful. We caught up with Rob, Julia, Hannah and Ella there. There is a long rope with a sign of "Do not swim past here" of course we did as we had to reach the waterfall. Not sure how deep it was but I would imagine it was extremely deep. A great day followed up with a great dinner at the restaurant we went to the previous night. Again I had seafood a whole fish for about $11 dollars. It is the first place we have found that has descent burgers as Jordy had one, it had egg, pattie, cheese, coleslaw normally you get a crappy bun with just a pattie in it.
Thursday we were mainly around the pool and Liam was a bit tired like the rest of us. It was a great relaxing day. On Friday we met up with Grainne and her daughter Izzy who is in Jordan's class. They got teased a bit about boyfriend and girlfriend stuff which they aren't but they still got teased. She's a nice girl and her mum likes to drink so she gets our approval. Liam didn't want to go out for tea so Amanda stayed with him while Jordan and I went to tea (we ended up eating with Izzy and her mother)
Saturday we went to the market not a heck of a lot there but we had a great breakfast. Back to the pool, Jordan and Liam ordered their milkshakes from the swim up pool bar then we organised with Izzy and Grainne to meet up at Ming's Cafe to watch the All Blacks play Ireland in Christchurch (Grainne is Irish). A fantastic day and night where many jugs were emptied. It was a great night!! We have no idea how much we drunk as no one could be bothered focusing on the bill.
We only booked for 3 nights but stayed 5. Kids loved the pool and the holiday.

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