For our year-end holiday this year, we decided to go to a beach resort and just chill. We picked Phuket, and the Centara Grand West Sands Resort & Villas, because it has its own water park. It's near the airport, and very far away from everything else. We didn't mind because we were not planning to go out of the resort!
The kids, waiting eagerly to board the plane. The Gan brothers were also super excited that their uncle was going to be the pilot on our flight.
The water park was small but a lot of fun. The kids enjoyed themselves enormously.
Even Aaron enjoyed himself, just splashing the water, watching all the older kids run around him, and coming down the slides.
Nadine loved this spiral slide. She must have gone on the slide for some 30-40 times! Mummy took Aaron on the slide a few times too, and he loved it! Mummy's 2 thrill-seekers!
Nadine even slid down on her tummy a few times, after seeing some ang-moh boys do it
Ethan preferred the straight-forward slide. No spirals for him.
His 2 older brothers were off to more exciting stuff.
Gerald went on the 4-storey-high "splash jungle" slides many times, chaperoned by his poor father who had to climb 8 flights of stairs just as many times!
*Photo from Centara's website
Aside from the water park, the kids also enjoyed the pools (the big main "public" pool, and a small pool in our penthouse) and the kids' club.
Food and service at the resort was lousy. So on the 3rd night, we decided to venture out. We tried Kindee Restaurant, a highly-rated Thai restaurant on Trip Advisor. It was a somewhat rustic place, with pretty good local food.
As the adults enjoyed the dinner, the restless kids entertained themselves around the restaurant. And we caught Ethan and Nadine having a quiet moment together, discussing about the moon!
We actually did go out on one of the days, to satisfy Gong-Gong KK's shopping craving. Went to the newly-opened Premier Outlet. It was laid out like the Premier Outlets in US and Europe, but aside from Nike, Adidas and Levi's, the other brands were not impressive at all. Having said that, Mummy bought 4 pairs of Nikes for Aaron (different sizes), at a really good deal. No sweet pinkish girly shoes, so didn't buy any for Nadine.
Daddy was really sweet to volunteer to stay back in the resort with the kids, so that they can play (and not be bored by the travelling and shopping), and Mummy can shop in peace. The 2 older Gan brothers decided to stay back too, and apparently, they had a splashing good time in the pool and at the kids' club.
On our last night, we went to Nai Yang Beach for dinner. It was the typical seaside dining experience, with a stretch of restaurants by the beach. We walked the stretch, and went into a random restaurant that was ready to serve us (we were quite early for dinner - 6ish). And that turned out to be the best and cheapest dinner we'd had in Phuket! Didn't even take note of the restaurant's name!
Overall, it was a pretty good holiday for us. All the more because we brought Bibi along, relieving Daddy and Mummy of having to do all the caring, babysitting, feeding, showering and changing. But after 2 beach holidays in a row, both the Lees and the Gans (the parents, ie) will probably plan for something different for the next holiday!
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