We said that we had wanted to wake up and start early. The alarm rang but nobody wanted to wake up. Chey. When I finally did, it took me a while to realise where I was. For a moment, I thought I was in Bintan. Ya, very expensive and faraway Bintan.
Hello from our balcony.
Unfortunately we didnt have time to admire the views. We had to check out and leave our luggage at the door by 10am. We rush for bfast.
The weather was gorgeous. Nothing like the gloomy sky the day before.
On the way to bfast, we spotted this spidey that Lil Shauna insisted that we had to snap a picture. Something about its abdominal bearing some sunglasses lookalike. Bo leh.
We saw that there is a bushwalk and wanted to attempt that.
It started with a walk along the beach. I can totally do that in the fantastic weather. Along the way, we saw some tourists taking the helicopter. It was freaking expensive at AUD65 per pax for 6 mins. We were happy taking picture of the landing helicopter from near. When it was landing, a huge gush of wind was created. Lil Shauna said that it was just like the movies.
The beach walk was definitely the easiest part.
We didnt know how long we walked before we finally saw stairs in the bushes, signifying the start of the hike.
Up, up and away!
The hike led us to the same "desert" where we did the sand sliding.
The kids were excitedly running down the sand slope. The parents opted to stay on top to eye power. Tiring leh.
We hadnt really actually started on the real bushwalk. The sun was starting to work really hard. It didnt at all feel like winter. The kids chose to nuah on the beach instead of the bush walk. I was with them; only Daddy Lim was enthusiastic about the bush walk. Hoho.
The sun was scorching hot on our way back. I regretted not bringing along the sunblock for the walk.
The island is activities filled but most of them came with a price tag. The kids were allowed to choose 1 activity and they opted for a 30 mins segway tour on the beach. That cost us AUD120. Ka-ching.
We were just in time for the session at 1pm. The kids were happily playing on the beach while waiting. Thankfully, the sports center provided free flow sunblock and I generously slapped thick layers of sunblock on everybody.
The segway tour was fun! We learnt some easy tricks too.
We had finger food for lunch.
This little fella was waiting for crumbs.
The kids spent the remaining time on the beach. They wanted to dig a grave for "Mr Stick" and ended up with a big hole on the beach, which they covered up before we left.
This is Mr Stick - some random sturdy and smooth bark stick that they found.
Well, so long as the kids had fun.
Our ferry was at 4pm. Zaky declared that he was tired and started snoozing soon after we boarded. I soon joined him in lala land. Daddy Lim and Lil Shauna braved the winds.
It was nearing 5.30pm when we finally arrived. Hello egg yolk.
We got an uber to the budgeted hotel for the night. Soon after we settled down, we took a 15 mins' walk to the nearby supermarket and for dinner. We needed some water and snacks in prep of the campervan adventure the next day.
Dinner was pizza.
At the restaurant, there was a homeless guy who wasnt exactly asking for food. Somebody offered him a can of soda but rejected his request for pizza. I was sliently wondering what we should do if he approaches us, which he didnt. I was thinking of offering him some food since there were probably too much for our family. Ended up, Daddy Lim had the same thought. We eventually gave him the garlic bread that was new as we had already started on the pizza.
With that, we retreated to our comfy room for the night. It had 2 huge double beds and a single bed. Good night!
Mummy Lim
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