Paradise island
And then the boat arrived at the Rawa island resort. Uh boy! Uh boy! Uh boy! Maybe we should have booked some more days…
View ArticleChilling
Oskar and Bernhard are checking out our sun loungers. This looks pretty darn good. And the villa in general is just awesome, by the way: very spacious, each bed room has a dedicated bathroom and the...
View ArticleThe beach
Time to hit the beach. The trip from our doorstep to feet in the sand was pretty much 5 hours. This is not too bad, especially considering how fantastic this place is. White sand. Dreamy palm trees....
View ArticleBreakfast with a peacock
Peacocks are as ubiquitous here as are squirrels on US porches. Oskar loved to chase behind them.
View ArticleElephant’s trunk towel
I admit I’ve never seen such a creative towel presentation before…
View ArticlePrivate pool
Lamia bought this little pool which can be easily filled with water from the sea and is a great way to have the kids enjoy the beach without us having to worry that they drown… Leo: The sea is...
View ArticleWater play
Rawa Island Resort is awesome. I guess I do not need to repeat this anymore after the previous entries. This island is an amazing place and it beats every other resort we have visited before (which...
View ArticleGoing home
Ah man, that sucks! Our boat back to Mersing was scheduled for 2 pm. We made the most out of the morning at the beach, showered, packed and then enjoyed one more time the buffet, followed by cocktails....
View ArticleGot milk?
Oskar loves to have a hot chocolate first thing in the morning. And boy does he like to show off his milk beard afterwards.
View ArticleDelayed revenge
When Tatjana was little and I came visiting in California, she started a horrible tradition, which was: wake up uncle Leo by jumping into his bed. I wrote about this on my blog, though the very...
View ArticleLazy beasts
Today we took Bernhard and Tatjana to the Singapore Zoo. And I made a pretty serious decision: Leo: I won’t bring my camera! Yes, I’ve been to the zoo multiple times, but there’s always a chance to...
View ArticleOur private train
Today is Singapore’s national day, so we used the time to for some shopping with the kids. I guess a parade or something else amazing happened at the time when we took the MRT, it was deserted. Okay....
View ArticleBumpy digital world
In my recent entry about the Singapore Zoo visit with Bernhard and Tatjana you could see that I bought two photos taken by official photographers. They were expensive (50 SGD for 2, with special offer...
View ArticleTravel preparations
There are two events happening in the next 2 weeks in Europe: Tomorrow is the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. They decided to celebrate in a small setting with family at the very place they’ve...
View Article#germany
And here I am in Germany. My flight was quite nice: check-in in Singapore did not take an hour, but just three minutes and I sailed through all the immigration and security checks smoothly. While I was...
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