Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Melaka Family Trip 16 - 20 Dec 2013

Day 1
On the bus

Drive break - Kiera spots a playground

We arrived at our guest house - Vintage Eleven

Entry into the sitting room

Indoor swimming pool , spiral stair case and artistic wall feature

The "breakfast" area

My dad favourite spot

The wall feature

The bedroom

View of the outdoor garden from the bedroom -
Favourite spot to drink at night :p

The second bedroom

Visit to the temple

Long awaited Chicken Rice Balls

The signboard

Jonker street

Enjoying the Jaccuzzi - swim everyday

Day 2
Visit to the Cheng Ho Museum

Stone statues

Entrance to the museum

This is what the tickets look like

Mind over Matter

Bridal chariot

The kids and grandpa
 
The famous water mill

Maritime Museum
 
The Ticket

Finally a photo of the 2 mothers

3 cannons

Selfie

Trishaw ride - solving the weight distribution

The girls

the heavier ones

Happy Birthday Chen Xin!!

Dinner at Teochew Restuarant
 
very good kou rou bao

Day 3
Breakfast at Hello Kitty Cafe

so cute

Yahh!!

Luckily i do not need a ticket

My first touch - sea star

testing the camera - zooming in

Poor Turtles - the enclosure is too small

alligator or crocodile?

A new species of clam

break
 
Foot massage after shopping

Day 4
Poolside lunch

Wrapped up

Team Building Game Organized by Keefe
Guess which structure won?

Walking with Mommy

The main street

River Cruise

Satay Dinner

Night trishaw

Day 5
last minute shopping

wah..so demure - real or not

Pretty

This lot is the expensive ones

family portrait 1

family portrait 2
 
family portrait 3

family portrait 4
 
 
My thanks to Joyce who organized this trip. It is a dream come true - the first of many to follow :) Thanks to the kids for following instuctions - study hard and we will take more trips.
Smallest one - i hope toilet trained by next trip.
Karen - your sacrifice to make it to this trip ... can't put it to words....

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