Saturday morning activity: visit of a firemen station

Last Saturday, we visited a firemen station no too far from our house... something Mama had talked about for the past three months! We finally made it, and we had a really good time playing in the trucks and with the water hoses. Oh dear, Mathias especially couldn't contain his joy in front of every truck, ambulance or motorbike :-)

 First truck... Mathias couldn't wait to climb in!

 Sliding down the pole "Singapore style"

... an ambulance...

Malaysia Road Trip /// Part 2 - The Moon River Lodge in Cameron Highlands 1

After leaving Melaka, we were on the road again (oh my!). We asked Papa to stop often so we could get some "fresh" air and run around. Mathias and I are not used to stay in the car for so long! We were also very fussy with our food, and both Papa & Mama got very angry at times :-(

During one of our many breaks

At some point we left the expressway (autoroute) and we started going up the mountain. A looooong and curvy road that lasted for hours. Luckily none of us got car sick! 

We reached a level where there was fog and hundreds of hundreds of greenhouses (des serres) in the middle of the jungle. People are growing vegetables, fruits (strawberries all year-round!) and flowers... they are then exported to neighboring countries such as Singapore. Fantastic landscapes! 

Are we still in Malaysia???

And guess what? we lost our way. We turned right where we were supposed to continue straight. I (Chloe) got sick (but not in the car, ouf!). We were all tired, a little bit called, the night was coming and we still had to find the Moon River Lodge where we were staying for the next couple of days.

Papa and Mama finally found the way, and we arrived (at night) in a lovely (and lively) place. I let you discover all by yourself with the photos below:

Our simple but pretty cool room (no attached bathroom)...

... where we could easily practice our summersaults!

Chloe mixing polka dots and stripes.

The Moon River Lodge is first a farm where they are growing vegetables. There are also some chickens, a noisy turkey (dindon), friendly doggies and a cat. It's in the middle of the jungle, and when it rains, it gets pretty muddy (horror!).

Mathias loved "playing" with the turkey! 

He would make any noisy sound and the turkey would immediately start his noise.

No toy can beat that!

The lodge's infrastructure is pretty simple. There are no rooms with attached bathrooms, we all shared toilets and showers. There was hot water though, and this is the most important! We took our meals all together as well, with other guests (all Singaporeans from Singapore). They were many kids and Chloe & Mathias really enjoyed themselves. They could run around freely, watch TV all together only after 5pm (thanks God there was no generator on during the day!) and play in the many hamocs (hamacs).

Malaysia Road Trip /// Part 1 - Melaka

Mama: our stay in Melaka was very brief although we were staying overnight. We all had a long nap in the afternoon, and went out at 6pm. Unfortunately for us it started raining... we only had time to get some dinner and went back to the hotel for a good night sleep. The next day we were travelling to the Cameron Highlands!

 a Chinese inscription photographed randomly

 Abandoned (and haunted?) house

 Raining cats and dogs...

 the old mosque in the UNESCO protected area

Chinese temple

Malaysia Road Trip /// Part 1 - Johor Bahru

Hello!
Here is the part 1 of our trip in Malaysia. We left very early on Tuesday, December 27 taking a taxi to go to Johor Bahru. We were renting the car there and had to pick it up. Each of us {Mathias and I} had a car seat, we got very excited about it!! The photos below were taken on the way to Melaka, our first stopover that day.

The Indian Princess Dress

During the holiday I asked to my Papa and Mama to buy me an Indian dress. I love them because they are colorful and there are sparkling sequins all over. We found this one below, and I would like to wear it all the time. When I started school again, I wanted to show it to my friends {and impress them a bit}. Am I nice?

Mathias would like to go to school...

Marraine Laure

Happy New Year everyone!

We are back from our holidays, and we have many many pictures to share with you. We did really a lot of things, and spent too much time in the car {Mathias and I think so}. We also went to the mountain, in a farm where they grow veggies {beurkk}. There were some animals such as a cat, doggies, chickens and a turkey that entertained us {Mathias especially} a lot. We also went to a butterfly park, to three different hotels and in a pool that was on the roof of the hotel. I am not sure which part of the trip I preferred, but I know that Malaysia is dirtier than Singapore and at the beginning I wanted to go back home!

Before I start sharing pictures of our holidays, I want to tell you that my Godmother Laure was in Singapore for Christmas, and she stayed longer to spend time with me when I came back from the trip. We went to the pool together and she also bought me a beautiful book with the story of a princess with no kingdom {I will tell you more about this later}.

 With Laure on the couch before she went out with my Mama

 I am wearing Mathias's crocs at the pool

 With Laure at the pool