Blessed Little Travelers

I am just back from my short and sweet 5 days 4 nights Hong Kong trip with my parents a couple of weeks ago. This is the first time I am travelling solo with my parents and without the kiddos. Hubby has kindly offered to take care of the kiddos while I get my "leave" from my full time "job".  Planning the trip without the kids means I can leave out the amusement park (Ocean Park, Disneyland), nap time arrangement, and we can basically eat anything we wanted (spicy etc).  Prior to the trip, I have lots of useful trip from my cousin who is residing in Hong Kong. Sharing some of his great ideas. 1. Transport from the airport. If you stay somewhere in Mongkok area, it is probably a good idea to take public bus rather than airport express. First of all, you get great savings (Bus HKD$33 versus airport express which cost around HKD$90-100 depending on where you are going). Second, you get drop off directly on Nathan Road whereby you can walk to your hotel (...

Final entry for Taiwan Trip:  It is our last day and no one wakes up until 10 plus in the morning. We missed our breakfast so we just ate some biscuit in the room.  We haven’t packed yet OMG so we quickly stuff everything into our luggage bag. Finally found the cute specs that Justin bought few days ago that went missing. Phew...luckily found it just before we left...  We manage to shower and checked out at 11.30am and I went to get a dozen of Mister Donut to bring back to Singapore. Yesterday night we had requested the hotel to help us book a taxi to bring us to airport as we needed a cab that accept credit card payment (We kinda used up most of our cash). Taxi uncle is pretty chatty along the way and we reached airport at 12.30pm.  We were early and checked in counter is not even open yet. So, we went for lunch and bought more Vigor Kobo Sun Milk Cake to bring home.  Note:  For those who wanted to eat at the airport, there is mo...

Today everyone wakes up at 9 plus in the morning again. We rush down for breakfast and manage to get ready by 12pm. We washed our clothes at hotel's self service laundry and went to get some pastry (Sun Milk Cake and Pineapple Egg Yolk Tart) to bring home from Vigor Kobo that is just across the road (Ximen MRT Exit 4). We brought the pastry back to hotel so that we do not need to lag them all the way today.  Vigor Kobo to bring home Vigor Kobo:  http://www.vigorkobo.com/en_version/03profile/index.php Also available at Taoyuan Airport just before the departure gate. On our way back to hotel, kids stop by a stationary store and bought Woody (Toy Story) and Rapunzel doll and they simply adore them.  New favourite- Rapunzel This is my Woody... mine and mine alone! Next stop is Taiwan Main Station (NT20). There are quite a lot of shops underground just by exiting the MRT. We walked around and the kids bought some puzzle. MRT route ...