THE START OF A WONDERFUL WEEK

Friday, August 24, 2018
Damai Beach Resort, Sarawak, Malaysia
August 24 – 31
We arrived at the Damai Beach Resort on Saturday and have been here for six days.  The resort is nestled between the jagged Mount Santuborn, (if you look closely, you can see the face of a person looking up to the sky) and the South China Sea.
 I immediately loved the simplicity of the resort, unlike so many, over the top, ostentatious resorts found elsewhere.  The décor is very modest and the buildings and single chalets that house the 242 rooms seem to blend right into the surroundings.
After we arrived and got settled in our room, that has a gorgeous view of the sea and the coastline, we went exploring to see what was offered at the resort and the surrounding area.
Our room was in a building in the hilltop section with a fabulous pool just a short walk from the room.    There’s another larger pool on the lobby level that is located right on the ocean  and the China Sea is just a few steps from the pool.   There’s a very modest and reasonably priced restaurant in the resort and, having eaten there several times, I can say that the food is quite good.
The resort is nowhere near a town or village but there is a food court and some small shops at the Damai Center, just outside the grounds of the resort that we could walk to in about 10 minutes.
It was late afternoon when we stumbled across the Sarawak Cultural Village, right across the street from the Damai Center.  The grounds were open but the demonstrations and cultural performance of songs dances and entertainment had already closed.  It was so beautiful and peaceful that we spent over an hour strolling through the grounds with plans to return the next day to see all the activities.

Comments

Maki
2018-08-30

Wow!!! Just wow!!!

Martha
2018-08-30

Sweet!

Carole J
2018-08-30

Wish I were there! Looks divine.

2025-02-10

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