My GGG friends have been planning for a holiday together for almost two months. We wanted a place where we could have fun with each other and the family. Many places were thrown on the table but we decided on Janda Baik in the end. Firstly because it is closest, takes us about an hour or less to get there. Secondly, Hazleen has been there and says the place is definitely suitable for us and family. She calls it going back to nature with modern amenities.
We planned it for the first school holiday weekend, Nov 15 and 16. In preparation for the trip we had many discussions on FB and also face to face meetings. The husbands even went to reccee the site! Or was that just an excuse to get out of town ... hmmmm...
Finally the great day came and we were all excited. Bags had been packed, food prepared and the journey began.
This is the drive into Aman Rimba. It belongs to a friend of Hazleen and Nizam (Hazleen's hubby). The drive into Janda Baik is always so cool and the air so crisp.
Aman Rimba is nestled on a 3-acre site. Imagine what you can build on 3 acres on land. The owner has his own mansion on the top of the hill. He has built 3 guests chalets, a pond, a swimming pool, a makan house cum clubhouse, an outdoor kitchen meant for catering, and another guest house. Not forgetting the basketball court and landscaping in abundance
This is Bob taking a power nap after lunch in the guest house which is typical kampung style. The men slept in that house that night. It seems it was very very cold....brrrr. Oh Ya! The black and white picture is courtesy of Nizam. He takes very nice black and white shots
Some of the infamous GGG doing what we do best: makan and sembang! We had so much food to eat over the weekend. For an affordable price we had breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner on the first day and the same course the next day minus dinner. On top of that we had packed our own titbits and sandwiches. There was so much food. After all, what is a holiday without food rite
This was our first lunch. Masakan ala kampung. There was ikan keli masak sambal goreng, my favourite, so I was happy. Other dishes were fish curry, sambal belachan and ulam, sayur lemak pucuk, ayam kicap, ikan kering, taugeh goreng. The air bandung was good too, had a bit of soda in it for added punch
It was raining the afternoon we got there but that did not deter the kids at all. Shikin had given the kids raincoats and we mothers who wanted to goss and play "batu" pushed them out in the rain. We told them you will never have this chance to play in the rain again so go out there and make the best of it!
This is Rashid, Shariah's hubby, enjoying a meal. Not sure what he is taking but it looks delicious. There were so many meals we had that I can't remember anymore all the stuff I ate! All food was served in the makan hall which we made our clubhouse. Below are some of the tit bits we brought ... I say some but believe me, we could feed an army. The kids and their parents never went hungry!
Shikin also brought ketupat to eat with daging dinding and ikan bilis to eat with bread. Both very delicious items! Finger licking good .... yummy....
To make sure the kids were entertained, Shikin prepared party packs for them In them were all kinds of stuff to ensure they were occupied. But kids being kids, they found the place exciting too. They cycled, they ran, they swam. The boys had the most fun too, they were at the basketball court most of the time.
Another picture of Bob taking his power nap. I just like the black and white pictures....
This is one of the three chalets, I stayed in Kunyit with Natasha, Suzana and Zurni and some of our kids. Nice rooms with full facilities of a bathroom. Nikki, sorry you were not there. You missed out a lot of the modern amenities lah! :)
This is the inside of one of the chalets, I think this is Halia. Two queen sized beds in each room.
This is the pool which the kids never got enough of. We couldn't swim in the river the day we arrived because of the heavy rain. The water current is way too strong and the water too dirty. So the kid made do with the pool and the bicycles
The owner has monkeys,
talking birds which Ali found very entertaining,
and swans. He has peacocks too but somehow no one took pictures of them!
The makan hall and clubhouse
Ahhhh...Bob and his coffee. He has got everyone hooked on his coffee. We brought a bottle full. It was empty by the end of the night. The next day we had to make do with tea. Bob introduced his favourite serai, halia and honey tea.
Since it rained that afternoon, the men disappeared! Bob took them to TK's house not far from there. That is another nice house in Janda Baik. TK's place is where we usually hang out when we go to Janda Baik
Hazleen organised games for the kids and for us GGG. This is Shariah and me trying our hand at this first game, which we won!!! Put the balloon between you and run as fast as you can to the finishing line. The games were hard to make a success cause the kids were more interested in running around. It took us a good half hour to get order!
Zurni, Hazleen and Suzana celebrated their kids' UPSR results. We had this really great cheesecake. It just melts in your mouth!
After our barbecue dinner that night we had a karoake session. This is Shikin and her hubby Safwi trying hard to make the rain go away. Sadly the machine didn't have any ABBA songs.
Ali trying to make sense of all the noise and singing. He had a good time too exploring the place. Couldn't keep still at all!
The kids and me getting ready to go for our morning walk. It was so cool in the morning, not humid at all like in KL. Really would not mind having a place there. Feel it would be much healthier for all of us 
The morning after the rain cleared so we all braved the cold water and jumped in the river. It is located just infront of Aman Rimba.
This is Shariah and Amir....
Zurni and Zamir....
Natasha and Jami.... 
Our family....We all had so much fun that we have decided to make this an annual affair. The couples will be going to Bali next month. Unfortunately I can't go along for that trip but I definitely look forward to our next Family Day gathering.
Thank you so much to our hosts, Hazleen and Nizam. We had a blast ....
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