Saturday, April 21, 2007

The Full-Family Vacation

Early April 2007, we had a chance to go to Kuala Lumpur for a short vacation. This time we bring along the kids, makes it a complete Mom-Dad-2 kids travelling story.

We arrive at the same weekend with the Sepang F1 Grand Prix 2007 event, makes the whole city packed of visitors, with all banners and local media displaying the racing stuff. Since we did not plan the vacation early enough, we found difficulties finding the hotel that suits us, due to the peaked weekend. We were lucky to get a room at Novus Hotel, a 5-minute walking distance from the Twin Tower. So-so hotel, great location!

We spend our time at KL by visiting many interesting places - especially for kids. Petronas Tower (with its Science Center and the big mall in it), KL Tower, and of course, spend one whole day at Genting Highland. Yes, the kids are having so much fun!

But of course, our 3-year old Danika is always keeping her afternoon ritual on check. When it's time to nap, we have to go back to the hotel for her to get some rest, get a 1-2 hrs of afternoon sleep. During that time, I will accompany her in the room, with her brother Chaska watching cartoons on TV and the Mom somewhere out there hunting for Vincci shoes... Asik, kan?

Food in KL are pretty cheap (compare to other country destinations we've been to). Right in front of our hotel was "Mustafa" restaurant, serving a complete arrays of Nasi Kandar and its accessories. Great spices...

It is the first time for us also to fly with AirAsia. It was funny because the free-seating arrangement makes every passanger (including us) rushed from the waiting room to the plane to get the better seats... So while waiting, it was pretty weird that everybody seems like waiting for the "Ready, Get Set, Go!" sign...