Singapore Pictures
Bintan Island Pictures
We took a vacation during the October holiday with the Taverna family - Joe, Keri, Emily, Joey, and Matthew. We started out in Singapore for a few days and toured the city and finished our vacation with a few days on the beach on Bintan Island, Indonesia.
Singapore is a really nice city/country. The first day we got there, we went to Little India. This is an area of town with lots of small shops, restaurants, and Hindu temples. The girls had lots of fun shopping and Emily and Elizabeth even got Henna tattoos on their hands. We loaded up on bangles and bindis. We didn't eat since we went in the morning directly after breakfast but the food smelled good.
The next day, we went to the zoo. Everyone says how great it is and they are not lying. Truly the best zoo we've ever visitied specifically because we were able to get so close to the animals. We only spent a half day here but could have easily spent a whole day here.
After the zoo, we did the Night Safari. This is next to the zoo and you can either walk through or take a train. We opted for the train. Here we saw animals in their natural habitat - specifically the nocturnals. Really cool because you couldn't see any fences and it gave the illusion that you were directly next to the animals.
Kath and Elizabeth got to see Peline and Crystal Tan one morning for breakfast. If you have followed our blog, you'll know that Elizabeth and Crystal were best friends at Concordia. They moved back home to Singapore this summer. It was great to see them.
We got to visit Kirk's favorite - Outback one night. We did some other shopping around Orchard Road area, pretty expensive stuff, so we didn't buy much. Kids also got to swim in the pool at the hotel.
Singapore is definitely a place to visit again.
After the city visit, we needed a break on the beach. We took a ferry over to Bintan Island and stayed at the Club Med for a few days. This was our first time at a Club Med and it was nice. It was all inclusive so all the kids loved going up and getting smoothies any time they wanted.
The kids had fun playing on the beach and jumping waves. There were only two pools but the kids kept busy all day in them.
We had a great time together!
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1 comment:
Cool is how I would describe your trip. My sister is in Singapore and I am dashing off a mail asking her to book in with a good Bintan hotel and have some fun there.
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