Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
One thing we’ve tried to do a little differently this trip was not to go full-board consumption mode for the kids. Yes, there would be the usual visits to interesting and scenic places, zoos, parks and the like – but
We were initially somewhat hesitant including Waterbom Bali into the itinerary. This will be the fourth water theme park the kids have been to already in just a few years, and we seriously had doubts whether the park will be
The front balcony of our home @ The Minton is so filled with plants now that butterflies are frequent visitors. And alongside them comes also numerous caterpillars. Over the last four years, we’ve re-home numerous caterpillars from the balcony plants
As these things go, the kids are a lot more excited about traveling than the parents are. Or at least, that’s true for Hannah who for the last week couldn’t stop talking about the upcoming trip to Bali, and Peter
It’s just under a fortnight now before our June vacation short-break to Bali. Most of the first two-thirds of the nine day itinerary was fixed earlier on. As for the final third, we were initially waiting to see how things
Our itinerary for the upcoming Bali 2018 trip is going to be pretty different from our trip 10 years ago. Specifically, much less sight-seeing and more adventure-type activities that hopefully will interest our two kids. We had our Bali-based local
A key difference between the Penang vs Bali vacations was in the type of accommodation we’d stayed in. There are some very nifty high-rise condo apartment loft units in Penang and with magnificent panoramic sea views that I really liked
Like most Singaporean families with young kids, we do our usual vacation planning rituals twice a year – one for June and another for the December months that coincide with the public school holiday periods. There were some plans in
Our last post covering our December 2017 trip to Phuket. As is our practice in our family vacations, aside from an overall itinerary commentary, we normally also finish off with final notes and travel advice. Phuket has certainly changed quite
One thing we started during our Western Australia trip in June was to get our girl to keep a journal of things she sees and experience everyday. I reckon I’ll have to do something similar for Peter on our next
Ling and I really like Thai food. And we’re lucky in that in Singapore, there is wide range of options that suits all budgets when it comes to Thai food cuisine. Interestingly, the Thai restaurants here that we’re familiar with
Eight days in Phuket, and as we still have an hour to kill before hailing a Grab Car for our ride from Sino House Phuket Hotel to the airport, I wrote up a retrospective post on the itinerary covering what
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