Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Phuket November 2016 - Go-Karting and Upside Down House.


Good morning Phuket! I love your lovely weather.
I shower 3x a day, my kids and I have sand in every crevice of our bodies, but no complains because it beats having our plans cancelled by wet weather.

Traveling with in-laws is always a good idea.
Whenever the big kid gets too difficult to handle, I can always hand him back to his parents :D

On our last day here, we checked out and went for Go-Karting.

Actually, Adam had wanted to drive his own kart but the staff advised us otherwise.
"No insurance!", and he pointed to the "damaged parts price list" pasted on the wall.

Better not risk it!
Perhaps when we next return, Adam.


After Go-Karting, our next destination was the Upside Down House.
It's apparently on the Top-five places to visit in Phuket, why haven't we been there before?!


BAAN TEELANKA
















Behind the Upside Down House lies a 100 sqm garden maze, which our boys insisted on going into.

It is designed by Adrian Fisher, the world's most acclaimed maze designer.

Here comes my Alice in Wonderland moment!

Adam is already running ahead of us, wanting to  beat us in solving the maze.

So long, Upside Down House!
It had been fun posing with all your quirkily-designed furniture layout.






Monday, November 28, 2016

Phuket November 2016 - Holiday Inn Resort and Patong Beach.

Why, hello, Blogpsphere! It's been some time since I last posted.

I've been so busy with Adam's primary school shenanigans and also with our parrots. The only times I come in here is to search for past posts of our kids/ memories.
You can catch more of us on my Instagram account, @mumzillaveron.

Anyway, here's one post about our recent weekend Phuket trip.
Vacationing with your children on a weekend is doable!
You don't need annual leave or a lot of $$ to have some family fun.

We're booked to go to Korea in December, but due to some spontaeneous decision, we ended up going to Phuket with my in-laws first. We've visited Phuket with the kids last year (2015) and stayed at Clubmed, and this time we gave Holiday Inn a try.

To my pleasant surprise, Holiday Inn far exceeded my expectations in terms of being kid-friendly, family-centred and clean. My in-laws also enjoyed their stay. Thumbs up! :)


HOLIDAY INN RESORT


Family room with a kids room costs SGD$300 per night.
A normal room with 1 King sized bed or 2 Twin beds costs SGD$160/night.
Our spawns have a joining room connecting to ours so we can be left to our own (adult) devices.
I can finally take use the bathroom without an audience!

KIDS ROOM


holiday day inn phuket kids room
Are my kids' room awesome or what! I wanna bunk with them!
Just kidding. Please leave me alone.

holiday inn phuket kids blog review

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There's even a treasure chest with toys. Very pirate-themed to the max.

holiday inn kids phuket
Kiddy toiletries - they really pay attention to the details :)

Adam's favourite Big Boy activity - gaming.






KIDS CLUB


At Kids Club, where you can park your children, from 9am - 5pm daily.
There are extended hours on certain days, so you can plan your adult activities.
Children below 5 need an accompanying adult, which is the only disadvantage if you are planning some snorkelling/ diving trip and you have a child below 5yo.











SWIMMING POOLS 

There are 2 children pools beside the Kids Club and 1 adult pool.













PATONG BEACH



 is just a stone's throwaway from Holiday Inn.

In contrast with Singapore's erratic, mostly wet weather, Phuket is just heavenly.












  Don't spend your weekdays waiting for the weekends, because your time is now.
There is no better time than now to be silly, be crazy, be yourself, and be happy!
Hope you enjoyed the photos.

Will upload the rest when I have time :)