Travel diary - Genting Trip (9 Jun - 12 Jun 2013) Part 1

Xieyi and I decided on a short family getaway. After much considerations, we decided to go to Genting Highlands. We booked the trip for 4 with WTS Travel (which means Ivory is not traveling with us).

On  9th Jun, we left our house at 5.30 am and off we go to Genting Highlands. Isaac was sitting with me on the coach. There's a lot of leg-room on the coach and it's very comfortable.

Our coach

We reached Yong Peng at around 9.35 am. We had 20 mins break to take our breakfast. I bought 2 ramly chicken burgers to share. And also bought char siew su and my favourite bubble gum. The last time we visited Genting Highlands was in year 2009 when Isaac was 3 years old.

We arrived First World Hotel at around 12.15 pm. As it was lunch-time, the children and I are hungry. We bought the famous bus terminal Fried Kuey Teow for lunch and ate while waiting to check-in our hotel.

Getting photographed while waiting to check-in

Long queue at Guest Information counter

While Imax was getting bored and playing with the baby sat in front, Isaac posed for me

Finally, got our keys and after putting our luggage into the hotel room, we began to explore the place.

"Ai mei" de Imax put on his sunglasses when we are indoor

Busker show at the Central stage in First World plaza. This guy is from Melbourne, Australia and he holds a degree in circus science

Two young models

Checking their heights to see what rides they can take the next day

We are with the kids so can't enter casino. Therefore I ask Xieyi to pose in front of casino

Outside Hao You Ji Express

It's foggy outside

Posing in  front of Genting Grand Hotel

Day 1 at Genting, around 3 pm, the temperature is 21.7 deg

 The next stop, we went to the arcade. We let the children play there for a little while. The games were quite expensive, 3 credits/ 4 credits per game.

Returning to our hotel room to shower and rest before going for dinner.

Posing in front of snow world poster. Hopefully we have time to go there later 

Stinger is a new ride at the Theme park. Imax's head is stung by the bee's sharp sting 

 Heading out for dinner at 6 pm.The view of our hotel.

Dinner at Bubbles & Bites (highly recommended by bloggers)

Hot chocolate for the kids

Oxtail stew

The kids love the oxtail dish and they ask for more servings

Carnivore pizza. Very big, crispy and tasty. Beta than pizza hut.

Imax enjoying his food

The food is good

I promise Imax a cotton candy that is  bigger than his face after our dinner

Enjoying their dessert

 End of Day 1. Stay tune for Part 2 on our Day 2-4 activities.

Our Little Adventures 2013 - A Walk in Labrador Park Part 1 (24 May)

It's always difficult to plan what to do for a long weekend and school holiday. The 2 elder kids will always ask "Mummy, this week, there's a public holiday. We have no school so what are we going to do and where are we going?" 

Both my hubby and I are busy with our work. During weekdays (after work), we don't get a lot of rest, pretty because the kids will be around. One will need coaching for his homework, the other wants someone to play with him and the baby needs to sleep. And on Saturday, Isaac has swimming lessons at 8.30 am and English lessons at 10 am in school. On Sunday, Imax has chinese lessons at 12 pm and Isaac has chinese lessons at 2.15 pm. We never really have a proper rest on weekends. Sigh!!!

Vesak day holiday - what should we be doing? Weather hasn't been good for the past few days. Well, we don't really like shopping so we decided to go to Labrador Park to explore. A picnic in the park would be good. I woke up at 6 am that day to prepare the sandwiches and titbits. I also packed the children's bag with raincoats, mosquito patches, sun-glasses and caps. Targetted to leave the house by 8 am after bathing all of them. Oops! Baby Ivory is hungry so I gonna feed her. By the time we left our house, it's almost 8.30 am.

Halfway through our journey, it started to rain heavily. We hope that the rain will stop soon. The children were excited about this trip to Labrador Park because I told them the history about this park and we might get to see monitor lizards if we were lucky. Yakss!!

The pictures below show some of the historical landmark in the park. Our historical journey begins...........

Red Beacon

Dragon Teeth's Gate

The baby pram and children were all geared up with "rain-cover" and raincoats. Both my hubby and I carried the umbrellas as we walked. The kids loves to walk in the rain. As the rain got heavier, we took shelter at the Berlayer Shade.  We had a little picnic there.

After the rain became lighter, we continued our walk in the park towards Reflections at Keppel Bay. Along the way, we saw a mini sting-ray swimming in the water and other fishes.

 

This marks the end of our outing. We ate lunch at Seah Im bus terminal and shop at Vivo-city mall for a while before heading back to Labrador Park via the train.