Saturday, 23 May 2026

Capybara Farm & Sheraton JB

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DAY 1

The Hubby decided on an impromptu staycation at JB in May so off we went. The Son decided to go for cell group instead so it was just our 2 girls. 

The Littlest loves capybaras so the Dad brought her to the newly opened Capybara Pet Farm in JB. Despite the name, the farm actually housed many other animals as well.

We paid for the entrance tickets and a bucket of animal feed (left);
Photo with a huge capybara balloon (right)
Feeding the very cute alpaca
The animal that the Littlest came to see!
She fed the capybaras most than half of the animal feed! Very biased! 😅
We were allowed inside to pet the capybaras! The girls were ecstatic!
Feeding the ostriches
And very greedy camel!
Feeding the ducks and the miniature horses

When we were done feeding the animals, we popped by Yvonne Sweet Bakery and bought adorable capybara macarons at MYR 52 for 4 pieces!

Various capybara-themed desserts
Our box of super cute capybara macarons!

Our next stop was Sheraton Hotel Johor Bahru, our accommodation for our short staycation.

Sheraton Hotel was the shorter brown building on the extreme left

After checking in, we explored our Deluxe Twin Room, which we booked via Agoda at S$179 per room per night, inclusive of breakfast.

Beautiful room with two double beds
Nice sofa area
TV displayed their pillow menu! (left);
 Ample space for luggage (right)
Wardrobe and usual amenities (left); small kitchenette (right)
Good size bathroom but no bathtub (sadly)
Mirror selfie in the bathroom

It felt like I had won the lottery when I had managed to secure the last available contour pillow! For a side sleeper, this was incredibly important for a good sleep! 🤩

The Littlest clamoured for us to change into our swim wear and head to the pool!

The pool was next to a relatively big and well-equipped gym
Beautiful swimming pool
My family really loves swimming
Kids pool with a playground!
Splash! 💦

While I was doing laps in the pool, the Hubby ordered Grab Food so that we had something to eat once we were done washing up! It arrived faster than expected! 😅

Yummy food for the kids

The nice thing about our hotel is its direct link to SKS Mall, located just downstairs! It was new so many stores were not even opened yet.

There's a Ming Ang and Village Grocer at SKS Mall!

We walked through the mall level by level and finally decided on Tea Garden at Basement 1.

Tea Garden serves primarily Malaysian food, which we love!
Their signature curry laksa (left), various dim sum (top right),
and noodles (bottom right)

If you love teh (tea), you must try their Hainanese Milk Tea! I loved it so much that I had 2 cups of it! 😋

After dinner, we spent time shopping at my favourite shop KKV! I've visited many outlets all over the world, including Batam, Melaka, Manila and of course Singapore! 

We found the Boy's favourite Kirby and Waddle Dee plushies that we had never seen in other KKVs! After deliberating for a long time, the Boy finally chose the Chef Kirby (MYR 129), which I bought for him since he couldn't come.

I can't resist visiting a KKV, Miniso or Flying Tiger whenever I travel! They selling slightly different things in different countries 😀 Need to see them all!!! 😂

We returned to our hotel and had a good night's rest! 😴


DAY 2

The next morning, we ordered Grab Food and had our breakfast in the room before heading to the pool for a swim!

We also ate bagels from the famous Palates and Bagels as we were famished after our swim!

Palates and Bagels at the ground floor
We ordered different flavours to try!

After we had checked out of our hotel, we had lunch at Souper Tang before we left.

Souper Tang is everywhere in Malaysia
There were hits and misses for their soups, it really depends on the outlet.
This one wasn't great...
Dessert was ok

After our meal, I brought the Eldest to get our nails done at Holiday Plaza. 

Decided to splurge on nail art this time! I miss doing my nails!

We ended our staycation with a final stop at Sutera Mall as I wanted to get my favourite Four Beans dessert! We had dinner at one of the nearby restaurants before having dessert of course! 😅

Lalapot and other Chinese dishes

It was short staycation but very fruitful! Always a fan of Malaysian road trips! 💖


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Sunday, 26 April 2026

Bday in Desaru Day 2-3: Adventure Waterpark Desaru Coast

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DAY 2

We woke up early for buffet breakfast at The Mesh Restaurant at Level 1.

Drinks counter
Love the teh tarik and cheese
Salad made with vegetables from local farms! Very fresh!
Choose your ingredients to make your soup
Bread and pastries
Food from the buffet table
Freshly made roti canai (prata)! Yum 😋

After breakfast, we packed our swim stuff and headed to Adventure Waterpark Desaru Coast. I can't believe that we've never visited, despite visiting Desaru sooooo many times!

Desaru Coast
Parked our Wonka the Hyptec at the big open carpark with very little shade (left);
We bought our tickets on Klook but had to physically collect them at the counters. That's when we found out that the Lazy River, The Tempest and Riptide were closed for maintenance! 😮‍💨😓
Entrance to the waterpark

We arrived at the park at 10.30am, which was early enough and there wasn't a lot of people. After changing into our swimwear, we headed straight to the Lil Warriors' Hideout, where we spent most of our time! 

Lil Warriors Hideout
Slides for all ages!
Fun playground for both adults and kids
One of our favourite slides
Littlest loved the 'baby' slides as well

After sliding down the slides for the umpteenth time, we walked to the west-side of the waterpark to see what's out there.

The highlight of the waterpark was their largest water roller coaster!
It's too bad that no one wanted to ride it with me! 😅
More slides that we didn't ride because the staff didn't allow us to bring our phones (which were slung around our necks)

With the Lazy River and other major rides closed, there was really nothing much to do! We discovered a nice area for giant games and played giant Snakes and Ladders instead! It was really fun!

There was no dice so we used a virtual one in the Hubby's phone

We walked back to the kids play areas to chill while the kids continued their play.

Hiding from the sun in the shade 
My only decent family photo

We also spent time in the Tidal Wave Beach, where the waves came very infrequently.

Tidal Wave Beach
Floating in the water
Our caps came in handy as it was too hot!

You can see Hard Rock Hotel Desaru Coast from here and there was a special entrance for hotel guests. Despite the accessibility to the park, we chose not to stay there as we had already done so previously.

It started to get very crowded at around 2pm so we left at around 2.30pm, after spending 4 hours at park. We survived on snacks I had brought so we were famished by the time we had lunch at Harboufront Seafood.

Parked our Wonka right outside!
Lobster tank
Our yummy lunch! 😋
Of course we had to order lobsters in Desaru!!
Super fresh fish that my Littlest loved!

I've got a pretty good relationship with one of the owners of Desaru Fruit Farm, having been a regular customer since 2015. We order and have pure honey delivered to our home every 4-6 months, even during the pandemic. We also love their fresh fruits, which are such a treat! 

We always pop by the farm whenever we were in Desaru and this was no exception. Lucky for us, it was mango season so we bought half a dozen super beautiful and sweet mangoes to bring home (for the Eldest and me)! 🥭😋

Love the fruits at Desaru Fruit Farm

Since we had a sumptuous late lunch, we decided to have a simple dinner in our hotel room (I had fruits for dinner 😁). In the evening, I searched for a massage place and tried Desaru Spa and Reflexology just down the road from our hotel. As my Littlest wanted to stick with me, the spa kindly allowed her to remain in the room with me.

Desaru Spa & Reflexology
The huge lounge chair can be converted into a bed for massage

I chose the basic 60-minute massage since I didn't want the Littlest to wait too long. I can't remember the price but it was reasonable. The massage was good and I enjoyed it!

With my body relaxed, I enjoyed a good sleep that night! 😁


DAY 3

We woke up for buffet breakfast as we had done the day before.

Super hungry, can't wait to dig into the food!
The Boy is a big fan of half-boiled eggs and loves that they served it free flow!
He probably ate way too many 😅
I was a fan of their cereal bar, though I only took my favourite Koko Krunch 😁

After breakfast, I brought the kids for a morning swim while the Hubby found a charging station nearby to 'recharge' our Wonka. He finally found a working charger that's not being used!

Wonka was fully 'recharged'! 🫢
My kids and I really love to swim 😁

After checking out from the hotel, we had some fried chicken at Ahmad's for lunch (while taking away the rest for later).

There was only one Ahmad's in Desaru to our knowledge
Enjoying our fried chicken

We drove to Sutera Mall and shopped around before having an early dinner at Jordan Hong Kong Restaurant.

We ordered wanton noodles of course
Char siew noodles

Food was ok but I purposefully didn't eat a full meal because I wanted to reserve my stomach for my favourite Four Beans dessert! I've been hooked on it ever since I first had it with my BFFs!

The kids shared a chocolate shaved ice dessert, which they absolutely loved!
My soy beancurd with customised toppings 😋

It was a super sweet end to our short getaway 😁


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