This is a place for spacing out. 放空的好地方。
My husband and I are visual designers with fussy eyes, but this place left a unique impression for us that we admire. But please do not expect to see the usual fancy luxury of most commercial establishments, here we can see very conscious use of materials and resources to minimal waste and harm, while achieving a good level of comfort, taste and aesthetic, this I admire a lot because sustainable materials are usually much more expensive, harder to maintain and lacking in varieties, critics might say there are use of plastic dustbin and etc, but any conscious consumer would know at this day and age we can only reduce, impossible to avoid entirely.
Love love love the concept of coexisting with mother nature, more then 1000 trees were planted next to a virgin forest, you will be sleeping and playing surrounded by nature yet being protected from the wildlife nearby at the same time, yet there are still complains about spiders and not being spotlessly clean, I think if you want to enjoy the nature without any imperfections and some visitation of little creatures, maybe.. you can consider going to Mars!?
Love the plunge pool, filled with water from nearby stream, with 100kg of sea salt in it, WITHOUT any chlorine, or coz I’m jumping in! Chlorine is not only harmful to our water system, it’s also toxin to our body, at the same time takes away the layer of natural oil from our skin, making us feel dry and cold. Sea salt purifies our energy body. I felt so rejuvenated after a dip.
I’m a big fan of healthy food. Usually healthy food are not yummy - as most would expect, because it’s not so hard to cook up a fancy meal with all kinds of processed ingredients. Mr and Mrs Liu come with a background and passion for healthy body, mind and soul, this is the whole intention of creating Happi Village. I’m more then willing to tame my overly stimulated taste buds in order to savor the goodness with gratitude. We enjoyed our grilled chicken very much, and the pumpkin soup from their own farm. The lamb shoulder was treated well, the choco fondant was awesome.
This is not a place with karaoke and fun activities.
This is a place to space out, to do nothing, to just be, and to take in the nature that wants to rejuvenate you, if you so allow. There is even a 1km forest walk nicely paved with stones.
We see young couples choose to spend their weekend here surprisingly, and true enough, when asked, they said they feel stressed out in the city.
This is a place managed by a small team led by Mr and Mrs Liu, with staff they take in and train from the under privileged communities. We will surely be back with our friends and families.