Saturday, 27 August 2011

FJ Cruiser


Today we took delivery of our new car. We ordered it last June and had sold the Nissan Patrol before we went to Europe. It arrived earlier than anticipated so we were really pleased to get it. From the dealership we drove straight to the 4WD Adventure Show that happened to be on this weekend. We made good use of all the specials that were on to order some accessories such as a bulbar. So keep an eye out on the blog for more pictures as we fit our new car out for off-roading.

Monday, 22 August 2011

Bangkok


On our way back we made a stopover in our favorite city, Bangkok. We had a relaxing few days and met up with some of our Thai friends over great street food. We did all the usual shopping trips to Malls and Markets, visited the temple Wat Arun and of course enjoyed the nightlife.

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Dinner by the river with Ayre

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Dinner with AJ from Melbourne in Soi 4

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Wat Arun

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Chao Phraya River from the top of Wat Arun


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Icecream at Swensen’s

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BBQ restaurant with Viktor and Ayre

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Together at the seafood shop (alley)

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Street vendor selling dried-BBQ’d-rolled squid

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Home!

Monday, 15 August 2011

Dutch Things…

 

We did more Dutch things such as eating apple-pie, and catching up with friends. We even visited the Rijksmuseum where the famous “Night Watch” by Rembrandt can be seen.

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We also took Arjan’s nephews to Artis, the zoo in Amsterdam, which was great fun!

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This little lion was the first born in 6 years at this zoo.

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Uncle Arjan with Wessel

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Uncle Arjan from the slide.

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All of us on a giant reptile.

After two weeks in The Netherlands it was time to say goodbye again, we had a final farewell dinner with the family and left for Bangkok the next day.

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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Holiday in The Netherlands

After a long flight from Singapore via Helsinki we arrived in Amsterdam where we were greeted at the airport by our family.

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Dinner with Mum and Dad.

 

On the weekend the Amsterdam Canal Parade was on. Our friends arranged for us to come along on the Tom Tom float which was great fun.

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We had to sample all the Dutch delicacies such as the famous kroketten.

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Monday, 1 August 2011

Last day in Singapore

Last day in Singapore today. Last night we went out in the Clarke Quay-area.

This morning we had a typical Singaporean breakfast in the Chinatown hawker centre consisting of toast and coconut jam, dipped in half-boiled eggs with black sweet coffee (S$6).
After packing our bags we went towards Raffles city, another shopping centre and paid a visit to the world famous Raffles Hotel. A bit more shopping finished off with more hawker food, chicken satay with sticky rice and fried Kway Teow (noodles with chicken, mushroom, egg and fishcake).















Now off to the airport for our flights Singapore-Helsinki-Amsterdam.


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More Singapore…

Singapore is famous for its Singapore Chilli Crab, so we had to try that out. We went to a place where lots of locals go, near the waterfront about a 20min taxi ride away. It was really good but very very messy!

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The next day we set off for the Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery. Its in the north of the island about 40mins away. There are 4461 World War II casualties buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which more than 850 are unidentified. One of these soldiers is my Granddad’s brother, so we went to look for his headstone.

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After a quiet moment at the cemetery we headed back to the city to visit the rooftop of the Marina Bay Sands hotel. A giant hotel consisting of 3 towers with a platform across them. Great views from up there. There is also a rooftop pool, but for hotel guests only.

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