Kampung Tok Senik Hotel

The very best selling point of Kampung Tok Senik Hotel is that, the whole resort is fundamentally an entire kampung. The undulating landscape is superbly designed and well kept. Trees are aplenty and they keep the place cool. Air-conditioning is not necessary. Actually, we turned off the air-con early in the morning to enjoy the fresh and invigorating air that is full of ions. Yeah, natural air beats the best ionized-equipped air-con. The kampung place is equipped with modern facilities. The kerosene lamps are just camouflages, with Thomas Edison's famous invention installed. The switches to lights and fans are exactly the same as those found in my grandpa's house. At first, I was wondering, is there a well in the bathroom? Hah..hah.. of course not. The bathroom is nothing of a surprise, but a typical hotel-esque bathroom.

I read some reviews about the hotel beforehand. Some people found it very dark at night with insufficient lightings. Well, most probably, my mom came from a kampung, I spent my childhood visiting my grandparents in a kampung. I don't find it as dark as the descriptions posted by other hotel guests. In fact, when I drove back to the hotel at 10pm, I even told my parents, "aiyah, there's still street lamps, who said dark?" Nonetheless, the well-paved kampung road is quite narrow, for those who used to drive on highways in big cities. Again, I'm used to the kampung road. Most part of the road only allows 1 car at a time. If there's an oncoming car, er... one of you have to give way and reverse to a wider part of the road to make way. And, the road leading to our "house" is a no outlet road, or a dead-end road. I had to reverse my car every time we left our "house". Fun, isn't it? Ah... that's the unique theme of Kampung Tok Senik Hotel.

City mouse like me loves Kampung Tok Senik Hotel very much. It's something very special and representative of Malaysia, unlike beach resorts and mountain resorts that are ubiquitous all over the world. In contrary, kampung mouse like my mom doesn't quite like it. "What?! You're spending $$$ to live in a kampung house?!"