In Singapore, booking a chalet at Pasir Ris Downtown East cost about $100 a night (I think more), which is about $25 per person if 4 person shares, add the cost of the BBQ food or anything each person have to pay more than that.
The chalet room is as big as my bedroom.
They provide a water dispenser, and a TV.
In Malaysia, booking a chalet at Pontian Kukup cost $75 per person (which is about $35 Singapore dollars).
The chalet is as big as my house, with a area sort of like a balcony which faces the sea. The chalet is a water house (see picture).
This is what it looks like during low tide, during high tide, the water level is much higher.
This is the scenery when you look out of the "balcony".
This is the "balcony" where we have our food.
They provide a TV, a DVD player, several out of date DVDs (but you can always bring your own), a lot of Karaoke VCD (you can bring your own karaoke VCD too), 2 microphone, 2 Mahjong table, 2 sets of Mahjong, a few sets of cards.
They also provide a meal of fried beehoon with curry chicken, grean bean soup and barley at 5pm on the first day you arrived. The first night, they also provide BBQ food (which is BBQ on the spot by them), which include chicken wing, fish balls, prawns, sting ray, satays, otah and soft drinks.
The next morning, the breakfast that they provide is Nasi Lemak with coffee. That afternoon before you leave, they also provide you with a seafood lunch.
Other than the food and things that they provide, they also allow you one short trip to visit the fishing kelongs there. It wasn't much, but I must say that the puffer fish is pretty damn cute.
All these are included in the $35. What a big difference.
I must say that there isn't much facilities provided unlike in Downtown East, there is no cinema nearby, no basketball court, nothing of that sort.
But the mahjong and the Karaoke set was enough to last me for the mere 24 hours. Taking away the 5 hours which I slept, I spent the rest of the time pretty much playing Mahjong, singing and eating (the food is nice I must say).
If you can't drive or don't know how to get there, there is transportation provided too. They will come all the way to Singapore to fetch you there, and will drive you all the way back too. If this is the case, then instead of $35, it will cost $65 per person, which is still pretty reasonable, considering the journey, which is about 2 hour ride (1 hour from Singapore to Malaysia custom, another hour from Malaysia custom to Kukup.)
More to come...part II on Mahjong...
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