Here are 4 holidays I will never forget.
- Chiang Mai with PF, Nov 2005 : The flight was at 6.45am. After packing, we slept at 2am. "Just a short nap," we said. We woke up at 6.35am. I swear, I lost 5 years of my life just by looking at the alarm clock.
- Phuket with Dawn, Dec 2001 : I planned this whole holiday - flights, accomodation, activities. What I didn't plan on though, was my sister discovering at 4am on the day of departure that her passport was missing. (She thinks she threw it away.)
- Vietnam with PF, June 2001 : We booked a flight into and out of Saigon, but the 9 days in between, we didn't have any plans. Well, we had a rough one, but no transport or accomodation.
- New York with Funny Bee, June 1998 : The original plan was London-Aberdeen-Backpacking in Europe with PF. In London, we changed it to London-Aberdeen-New York (w/o PF!) and I had to change my franc and lira into USD.
Okay, back to DN's first holiday. Now that we're parents, we cannot pull this kind of stunt anymore, so I think this is the most prepared we've ever been for a holiday. Granted we've had one or two heart-attack moments...
- applying for DN's passport 10 days before flying off
- confirming all our accomodation 5 days before flying off
- Perth is 2 days away, but we've started packing! (A feat in itself.)
- We've got medicine for fevers, coughs, colds and allergies.
- We're bringing over some Pigeon instant porridge meals.
- We've printed out the contact details of the hospitals near us.
- We've decided on the farms to visit - Landsdale Farm School and Sunflowers Farm.
- And of course, our accomodation's all booked. :)
The cottage costs AU$120 per night and DN stays FOC because he's still an infant. We got a special deal for this cottage - stay 3 nights, pay for 2 - so it actually worked out to AU$80 (SGD$103) per night.
A bird house! How quaint!
I hope a wombat walks into our cottage. Hee.
In Fremantle, we're staying at Harbourside Apartments, a 5 minute walk from the Capuccino Strip. We got a 1-bedroom apartment with a view of the Port of Fremantle. It's got a kitchenette, washer/dryer and FREE INTERNET ACCESS! Wooooo! I can blog!
This place is costing us AU$180 per night, no special deal. :( So that's about SGD$230 per night. AH! After paying SGD$103 per night in Margaret River, everything else is expensive.
We're on the 2nd floor, so I wonder what kind of view we'll get. -_-
Wah!
Oooh!
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