Grandma and Grandpa came to Singapore. We showed them around, but we also went to Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia. We took a ferry from Singapore to Batam. It was really nice. We looked at all the other boats and ships that were on the water! When we docked at Batam, we took a van to our hotel, KTM Resort. The hotel had a humongous Bu...
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Recently in Singapore, it has been raining almost every day. Not for the entire day, but short torrential downpours. We wanted to go somewhere that doesn’t rain, so we picked Phuket, Thailand. When we flew in from Changi Airport, it was very late and we drove to where we were staying and fell asleep immediately. The next day, w...
Do you know about LEGO? I think you should, because it is the largest kids’ toy company in the world. Evan and I really like LEGO, and because Singapore borders Malaysia and Malaysia has a Legoland, Mom, Dad, Evan and I went to LEGOLAND!!! We came to Legoland in the morning. It was still closed, but as soon as we got our ticket...
When Evan and I woke up in the morning, Mom surprised us by saying we were taking a cable car to Sentosa (Singapore’s island), and then… dun dun duuuuuuuun… GOING TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS! Me and Evan were dancing, we were so happy! When we got to the cable car station, there was no line and immediately got to the cable...
There are several Nature Reserves in Singapore, and MacRitchie is the oldest. It is also probably the most famous, because Macaques live there. All our Singaporean friends were telling us about their adventure with the monkeys and saying that we should go, and we thought it was very cool. We went as soon as we had a free day. When we...
On Saturday, Mom’s colleague said that we should try eating the smelliest fruit in the world: Durian, The King Of Fruits. This is an interview of Mom, Evan, Dad, and me when we tasted and smelled the fruit. We had an reporter come over. His name was Emilian; ) MOM’S INTERVIEW Question: What did you expect? Mom: I was hopi...
On Thursday, Mom, Evan, and I went to the largest Children’s Garden in Asia: Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden. It is inside the Singapore Botanical Gardens. It has exhibits about plants and playgrounds to play and learn about nature. By what we read, it was a great place. In the morning, we rode on bus 156 to the Botanical Gard...
Quiz: Which of these is the main landmark of Singapore that appears on key chains, t-shirts, posters, etc.? a. Gardens By The Bay b. Marina Bay Sands c. Sentosa Answer: Marina Bay Sands! In case you didn’t know, MBS is a world famous hotel. When it was built, the architect put a (fake) ship, called Skypark, on top of it. I wond...
Vietnam was where the Vietnam War happened, and interestingly, in Vietnam, the Vietnam War is called the American War (which does make sense). We went to Củ Chi Tunnels, which is one of the best places where you can learn about the war. Củ Chi Tunnels are the longest tunnel system in the world, going for 250 km, all the way acro...
We had the weekend to go somewhere, so we chose Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, formerly known as Saigon. On Thursday, we flew off to Ho Chi Minh for 4 days. We landed in Saigon at 7:00 o’clock at night. We came out of the airport, and discovered that Saigon is hotter than Singapore! We got into a taxi, and the first thing we saw ...