If not for the grand stone wall – with the words Tanjong Jara Resort Malaysia – standing sentry-like by the side of the road, I wouldn’t have known that a luxury resort lay just a little further up from the guard post. Well hidden by trees, the resort only came into view moments after the guard had waved us through.
Another car filled with other guests pulled up at the same time. And so began my four-day, three-night stay at Tanjong Jara Resort in October last year, just before the resort closed for the monsoon season.