tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35257599083868215362024-03-10T10:46:33.217+08:00Shu-Yin's Sanctuaryfamily, parenting, reviews, travels, create & everything else-in-betweentanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.comBlogger1186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-84772590468622910882023-04-02T23:46:00.004+08:002023-10-04T18:18:46.593+08:00Our Epic DIY Self-Drive Road Trip to Iceland in 12 Days - Sep 2018 <span style="font-family: inherit;">***Sorry for the maybe-outdated information. This blog post sat in my blog draft for 4+ years.😅</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiEppEHgK7L0YCBY2XFBcPBJ70Qbyzt3mw5IOKWCWMg3kpHPgtZHty3WpLvtxIqjpTFSMeqrj35LWj0r1dIXcVpXcXk_f62cVKFgw2Yf6GnNF351A1Lkn8sjuwmX4q6t1yYIKHLbY_FrcEqwyUEnJq-RKH3kHJoiEPeZHM-NF8bgA0YTs3gjJDtGg8Q/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiEppEHgK7L0YCBY2XFBcPBJ70Qbyzt3mw5IOKWCWMg3kpHPgtZHty3WpLvtxIqjpTFSMeqrj35LWj0r1dIXcVpXcXk_f62cVKFgw2Yf6GnNF351A1Lkn8sjuwmX4q6t1yYIKHLbY_FrcEqwyUEnJq-RKH3kHJoiEPeZHM-NF8bgA0YTs3gjJDtGg8Q/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Aurora Borealis in Iceland, September 2018</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />This was a holiday which we had it planned since 9 mths before our trip in 2018.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
It was an all-girls trip; just the 4 of us girls.</span><br />
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Now, I would like to jot down our experience as I see it, and hopefully benefit those of you trying to plan your own trip to Iceland.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">WHEN DID WE GO?</b><br />
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Our trip was in September 2018. Below are the dates to be exact.</span><br />
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We decided to go in September mainly because we wanted smaller crowd and still enjoy the relatively mild and good weather. And that we wanted to do lots of hiking if possible. And September was also a month which we hoped to be able to catch the Northern Lights if we are lucky (and lucky indeed we were!)<br />
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So we got the best of both worlds. Great weather (except for the last few days) with lots of daylight hours. And driving was easy and safe compared to wintry weather. And enough dark hours to spot the Northern Lights.<br />
The only thing we didn't get to do was to visit a natural Ice Cave (which is usually only available starting of Nov).<br />
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<b>FLYING THERE</b></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijysxPLF3iaXEFsxKFuO1Gc39GPBgeY9eJXf1o_Xz_AYPo2ooBpMchN-Qb2eWLdI6nauBvBtPxl58L4YsxJLMMlDpX4X3iKjea9JzrBry1irmm7Qz2OQIPTeZhP4-iuQD9A_Fp28naD2hJVoDMcs0oJhHo9vyiwWp0-7hC-t56A1uHd467K3bCCE2x0Q/s4032/IMG_2331.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijysxPLF3iaXEFsxKFuO1Gc39GPBgeY9eJXf1o_Xz_AYPo2ooBpMchN-Qb2eWLdI6nauBvBtPxl58L4YsxJLMMlDpX4X3iKjea9JzrBry1irmm7Qz2OQIPTeZhP4-iuQD9A_Fp28naD2hJVoDMcs0oJhHo9vyiwWp0-7hC-t56A1uHd467K3bCCE2x0Q/w640-h480/IMG_2331.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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We flew with Finnair, mainly because it was the cheapest we could find. We transited via Singapore and Helsinki.<br />
They connected us via Silkair from Penang to Singapore, and then Finnair for the next 2 legs of our journey.<br /><br />
We flew:<br />PEN - SIN - HEL - KEF, <br /><br />and the other way for our return trip. <br />KEF - HEL (we had a long 8-hour layover in Helsinki so we went out for a day tour) SIN - PEN<br />
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We paid SGD1221.20 for our flight (~MYR 3.7k)<br />
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<b>WHERE DID WE STAY</b><br />
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We did contemplate between renting a Camper Van or something similar or to stay in Airbnbs.<br />
We finally decided on Airbnbs because we wanted the space and a decent place to rest every evening after us exploring the whole day.<br />
We were lucky we chose this because the last 3 days we were met with Iceland's first winter storm of the year!<br />
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And so we stayed in Airbnbs for most of the days except for in Hofn where we stayed in a guesthouse.<br />
For those interested, you can have a look at the area and price we paid for it.<br /></span><div class="separator" src="myfile.png"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXhp0AcUz5vBBYrxw_v3raUqO2Bw1iqhoiyRTmcUsaVh9ZRzhX-H9ue0kt5eMGzUTcgOjD75n47W0w3M_-WjCzg5XAsTk-ibZVKQwz_cyAjPI8tFbTAEOLzgOVRz8kzMR6X0jaZgVmBarwA3l22WavQPaAHIlPmtS6FsMyDDEy5zNQ_FkyTM1-GM2EQ/s1596/Airbnb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1596" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXhp0AcUz5vBBYrxw_v3raUqO2Bw1iqhoiyRTmcUsaVh9ZRzhX-H9ue0kt5eMGzUTcgOjD75n47W0w3M_-WjCzg5XAsTk-ibZVKQwz_cyAjPI8tFbTAEOLzgOVRz8kzMR6X0jaZgVmBarwA3l22WavQPaAHIlPmtS6FsMyDDEy5zNQ_FkyTM1-GM2EQ/w640-h269/Airbnb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">
We were all very happy with our accomodation via Airbnb because most importantly the locations were perfect. Plan where you would be after the whole day of sightseeing and where you want to head to the next day. Stay somewhere in between or so as you wouldn't want to drive for hours after a whole day of sightseeing.</span><br />
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Please bear in mind that accommodation in some areas are very scarce and limited especially once you are out of the Golden Circle.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
So, plan and book early. We booked our accommodation 9 mths before and yet some of the better priced/and or better location ones were already booked by others!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">DRIVING AROUND ICELAND</b><br />
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We decided to do one whole round and cover the Golden Circle then continued on to the Ring Road.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
The word Ring Road should be self-explanatory. It is a road that covers 13,000km and I heard that the whole route takes about 16 hours non-stop driving, though we did nothing of that sort.</span><br />
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Usually people do the whole round drive in a week or two because there are many attractions and views to stop for photographs or just to feast your eyes on.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Everything in Iceland is about nature and all 4 of us love nature so we were in heaven during our days in Iceland.</span><br />
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Unlike other countries, where their main roads are big highways with mutiple lanes. The Ring Road in Iceland is a fantastically 2-lane road with picturesque views all around.</span><br />
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Iceland hardly has any trees. So on most days, the view from our car stretches endlessly towards picturesque farms, fields, mountains, beaches, lakes, glaciers, hot springs, the North Atlantic Sea and we caught many full rainbows, and even double rainbows.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">We did consider traveling with a Campervan but decided against it because we still needed to find Camping ground to park (you cannot park your campervan anywhere you like; it is illegal!), and the cost of a Campervan and camping ground rentals came out to be almost the same as if we just hire a car and airbnb.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
And also if we do hire a motorhome, none of us wanted to deal with the sewage care. So, we ditched the idea and settled for a rented car and Airbnbs.</span><br />
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We went anti-clockwise around the Ring Road starting from Reykjavik.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><b style="font-family: inherit;">CAR RENTAL COMPANY</b><br />
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We booked our rented car from </span><a href="https://icerental4x4.is/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Icerental 4x4</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
We didn't have a very good experience with this rental company.</span><br />
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We booked a new model Honda CRV, but we got a smaller, older version car instead, a Suzuki Vitara. The reason they gave us was that the Honda CRV that we booked was spoiled when someone returned it to them yesterday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
There was actually nothing we could do about it but to agree, because it was quite early when we reached, and they were the only company who was open at that time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">We paid ISK 104,760 for 12 days.</span><br />
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But to be fair, in return, they gave us a free pocket Wifi to use throughout our days.</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bu we also encountered some problems with our car - </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Low batt with our keys; which ended up we had problem starting our car at one point.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrY4p2MN1KqzaxOE-X9opIlqNksDCxwAOXx1cEWSvb2WQL2innGHG0RVRVxO9RkegU2KNpt3JFTxx63z-y9O_dfqlIIQMntNkRalEoK_0_O82QQD64kM2cbVofXpoz00F7h_mlH8Kdx7PYOG8ude0tlSyg7kaqq-k4BfzZ9fnFqsYxricARELmDw-Wg/s4032/IMG_3159.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrY4p2MN1KqzaxOE-X9opIlqNksDCxwAOXx1cEWSvb2WQL2innGHG0RVRVxO9RkegU2KNpt3JFTxx63z-y9O_dfqlIIQMntNkRalEoK_0_O82QQD64kM2cbVofXpoz00F7h_mlH8Kdx7PYOG8ude0tlSyg7kaqq-k4BfzZ9fnFqsYxricARELmDw-Wg/w400-h300/IMG_3159.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77SObEuMSHaS_bPYkkuLbOABrGK1o6-zXrvbH6gUR_HX6Ak1JULcxcDlRmfqcbSItJ4TryqGQXipnf0emt411nGVn2vW0dYrpknLt8nIap1cuItSS9vZ0E0JWMTYdvA23nWZqJ90_VfU9g4B8wwo9uQmG9Jh7lWX7134Tfuerh3FXxIPqXkNZaJ9mqA/s4032/IMG_3162.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77SObEuMSHaS_bPYkkuLbOABrGK1o6-zXrvbH6gUR_HX6Ak1JULcxcDlRmfqcbSItJ4TryqGQXipnf0emt411nGVn2vW0dYrpknLt8nIap1cuItSS9vZ0E0JWMTYdvA23nWZqJ90_VfU9g4B8wwo9uQmG9Jh7lWX7134Tfuerh3FXxIPqXkNZaJ9mqA/w400-h300/IMG_3162.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ok, let me just summarize our days in Iceland. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">DAY 1 - Reykjavik</b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 1 in Reykjavik greeted us with the most expensive soup + bread meal we had at Iceland Street Food.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
RM225 for 4 but with free refills of bread and soup though.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Taste wise it was ok for me.</span><br />
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We just walked around Reykjavik while waiting for our Airbnb check-in time which was at 4pm, in which there were some hiccups too. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tiucZEI_x3wVYjpgANRo0XYwFYAZUNTRP43SupBhmfzDS1hwrdALfc-9LZI_xtN3qDjZGkTZtD4_BEhleYotjIIZeUOR7lZR_lDRC01dI84e7eTk7ox7sbDsuASY3jLAJKHdn2tzYo-lmTd1UNI87EE3neBm71ogE8UhKW65Q-l7H8qyuZP86UbuHA/s1080/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tiucZEI_x3wVYjpgANRo0XYwFYAZUNTRP43SupBhmfzDS1hwrdALfc-9LZI_xtN3qDjZGkTZtD4_BEhleYotjIIZeUOR7lZR_lDRC01dI84e7eTk7ox7sbDsuASY3jLAJKHdn2tzYo-lmTd1UNI87EE3neBm71ogE8UhKW65Q-l7H8qyuZP86UbuHA/w400-h400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZLAP_EtsTv2m6TYiS-ZbKsGj4hxulPc6eWjDKKmO7rOmM58dCOAXtSD1mmzUsXlpSjShbAE_4Uvoq8aWRuaxiYfZ4aZjHhA8khZguTg6l6totnAkKCQZCIRprBvdpr4rgyUtqDRuqzHWY_WpNMfhvTMJIJYs74dR83h25oW_4atVL9UW4atn5evxmQ/s1080/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZLAP_EtsTv2m6TYiS-ZbKsGj4hxulPc6eWjDKKmO7rOmM58dCOAXtSD1mmzUsXlpSjShbAE_4Uvoq8aWRuaxiYfZ4aZjHhA8khZguTg6l6totnAkKCQZCIRprBvdpr4rgyUtqDRuqzHWY_WpNMfhvTMJIJYs74dR83h25oW_4atVL9UW4atn5evxmQ/w400-h400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dUin4X_2KVW2A9KIylzw4EJpgFBmUqTfG3RVQe4GFAp64LuX1GxyLVmQna19w7Jl9ZQKN3i9MhSG-IEzK0EB-7FLnvfrAYcHePFFD-YvnLGbOpDEqMElnBPSYb4YkmkDA5JJK7gvINEmi3d3QA52JenjanPg6XVZeFrwKwi1gngHCaUzgLxgTeQICQ/s1080/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dUin4X_2KVW2A9KIylzw4EJpgFBmUqTfG3RVQe4GFAp64LuX1GxyLVmQna19w7Jl9ZQKN3i9MhSG-IEzK0EB-7FLnvfrAYcHePFFD-YvnLGbOpDEqMElnBPSYb4YkmkDA5JJK7gvINEmi3d3QA52JenjanPg6XVZeFrwKwi1gngHCaUzgLxgTeQICQ/w640-h640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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The iconic Sun Voyager sculptere was prettier when I saw it in person than in Google Images (probably due to the beautiful background).</span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJma45koWzqybsohuqVul6EFVbQi1iBFg1tCgygcsoJUL7peNX8Cqs3QjX3pHDAjIr7Q_aRf67p-J-Hc4pTEx8-VamWfZB5W-q8YEvg3NMqC_QiXmajF9EogrNnuzHh-wUKS6ZYDmY-pL3XiPgkd-f7UurOClSMMb9CcuRHGhk06274FIdypaTzux4g/s1080/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJma45koWzqybsohuqVul6EFVbQi1iBFg1tCgygcsoJUL7peNX8Cqs3QjX3pHDAjIr7Q_aRf67p-J-Hc4pTEx8-VamWfZB5W-q8YEvg3NMqC_QiXmajF9EogrNnuzHh-wUKS6ZYDmY-pL3XiPgkd-f7UurOClSMMb9CcuRHGhk06274FIdypaTzux4g/w640-h640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Everybody was stacking the pebbles nearby there too so I took a photo of them.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1MrdyaPKLVva0_qK7vMkkgS8t8jEA3d9L_AUizYgl_HY5IHL84KPwy8NRU3efGH2eS23U8dA0Oj6ztZknCWlZCdrVFIdqUmoedVVv3xAPydJQwOKaZVDz08AQO2hnQ0laudLir3hEtMHyDANd4TeLwyMItAtNQusZi0ck2DO2oylfhiDexy2H53ogQ/s1080/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1MrdyaPKLVva0_qK7vMkkgS8t8jEA3d9L_AUizYgl_HY5IHL84KPwy8NRU3efGH2eS23U8dA0Oj6ztZknCWlZCdrVFIdqUmoedVVv3xAPydJQwOKaZVDz08AQO2hnQ0laudLir3hEtMHyDANd4TeLwyMItAtNQusZi0ck2DO2oylfhiDexy2H53ogQ/w640-h640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrQlcmkuMkMGeY_Z_6ehZblApBbCPKZb0INFYy8gdkhdfYAKarNNDpWdZ7GRTQaVJfG0lZQ5ZE2LTUT53QCk-3cWRm8GJPwcZ6APDH8TGazBNJU5cFjQhMPGb6lsJ6bkKvJ_vRfn5OeIunxho9U0r9666DSnENcfLiC-9Dtd-vJOSOBAAVqX8Qgc8Ag/s1080/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrQlcmkuMkMGeY_Z_6ehZblApBbCPKZb0INFYy8gdkhdfYAKarNNDpWdZ7GRTQaVJfG0lZQ5ZE2LTUT53QCk-3cWRm8GJPwcZ6APDH8TGazBNJU5cFjQhMPGb6lsJ6bkKvJ_vRfn5OeIunxho9U0r9666DSnENcfLiC-9Dtd-vJOSOBAAVqX8Qgc8Ag/w640-h640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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Love the lake with the ducks swimming in it and I went near to take some photos. I was shocked when I saw a few ducks jumping up to the pavement after I took the shots. Luckily they didn't peck me while I was near.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZ7GB9kjtgFJ89g1kCRMLGbWyyra499LDMr3x4kBL0i7EWJC-rDi2Z0HFXdxBt0emws8lt7uEVEmRCAXWOPxOauRtUZIr7TK5rBZ_52O5vlCZh9GBW4IUuN-f7CONDDeUh-cfAzEMXBJagWu1pkjE1SKX8DuSvCRCHj11wd4Ox4MKaaxDdxR7bhhJLQ/s1080/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZ7GB9kjtgFJ89g1kCRMLGbWyyra499LDMr3x4kBL0i7EWJC-rDi2Z0HFXdxBt0emws8lt7uEVEmRCAXWOPxOauRtUZIr7TK5rBZ_52O5vlCZh9GBW4IUuN-f7CONDDeUh-cfAzEMXBJagWu1pkjE1SKX8DuSvCRCHj11wd4Ox4MKaaxDdxR7bhhJLQ/w640-h640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We waited for sunset and it was a beautiful first sunset in Reykjavik, Iceland. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-drA73qL0av61JyBoj-B2jlGWDwBqqI5hZngJUOKKnkNHkYtLGCKmHegko98uoIHZ3L0MYsEmB4YavAcVBOVw2YvADqMdOnHdMcy5R4A-VR7UJhzvEZtnR5I5HnRMZiLwGdLIWzAnaVEzkR-m56XRdkbAHCqXy6GpOi9JWdq8jNE2FJdzU_BF9-U9MQ/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-drA73qL0av61JyBoj-B2jlGWDwBqqI5hZngJUOKKnkNHkYtLGCKmHegko98uoIHZ3L0MYsEmB4YavAcVBOVw2YvADqMdOnHdMcy5R4A-VR7UJhzvEZtnR5I5HnRMZiLwGdLIWzAnaVEzkR-m56XRdkbAHCqXy6GpOi9JWdq8jNE2FJdzU_BF9-U9MQ/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtsahvLX1LnncpNpWEpncUr0Tt3HA63iSG01c5k3vd8Ef-QbGVH0dro5BwOyyNP_JULdO2yP4SLDv0Vt8wDgFqI3yxKrJ1ACzeOOPEF_tNRh9msMt_yhrOUHEuStfEMi7iYf_uY2vgNsNTdq753i31DVvl0TszdMrp4K1269V0-V-_wYIjobcakQvkQ/s1080/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtsahvLX1LnncpNpWEpncUr0Tt3HA63iSG01c5k3vd8Ef-QbGVH0dro5BwOyyNP_JULdO2yP4SLDv0Vt8wDgFqI3yxKrJ1ACzeOOPEF_tNRh9msMt_yhrOUHEuStfEMi7iYf_uY2vgNsNTdq753i31DVvl0TszdMrp4K1269V0-V-_wYIjobcakQvkQ/w400-h400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU2oCUxfKGnmhLGybr5Z1J3KXfybJBXvoqMm9gbaZH_W0AiVQhnMWyIIvwKcxLb5rHJvN6L6ZMDnKIFQMO3oMumNmVJ5ZBci9MGUmOdWIDGu6xnMuZj90wfiWAZLHcWvMPKC3RS9L_2l32VrExDPGqWLMORFYukKPG0UrEM93ddEdlTcfwJIFj8jm3w/s1080/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU2oCUxfKGnmhLGybr5Z1J3KXfybJBXvoqMm9gbaZH_W0AiVQhnMWyIIvwKcxLb5rHJvN6L6ZMDnKIFQMO3oMumNmVJ5ZBci9MGUmOdWIDGu6xnMuZj90wfiWAZLHcWvMPKC3RS9L_2l32VrExDPGqWLMORFYukKPG0UrEM93ddEdlTcfwJIFj8jm3w/w400-h400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Coupled with jetlag and all, we did not bad by clocking 20,000 steps on Day 1.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">By 9.30pm all 4 of us were in bed. Long day indeed.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>DAY 2 - Thingvellir National Park (</b></span><b><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-size: 14px;">Almannagjá Gorge, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">Öxarárfoss </span><span style="background-color: white;">Falls, Silfra)<span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #767676;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">,</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Strokkur Geyser, Gulgoss Waterfall</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div>Day 2 in Iceland started with a Unesco Heritage Site - Thingvellir National Park.</div><div><br /></div><div>The <span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Almannagjá</span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #71777d; font-size: 14px;"> </span>gorge was one of the Game of Thrones (GoT) filming sites. I loved the dark stones with its many fissures and cracks.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeNgBc1fW8D9zIcSDGiV0xECYAbScMjMbNfqwbxLUCMHyaxnT0WnPADOhmCYzvZzGypeCc6iP7X4jF2BJ2CQWtllNB3a-T7uKbNkf5DuH6KU487tmUYzGsr17sRNnDPNPMnkJhBwhnz51o-R0tNgBciwIFe_5h1-yj2GN7slk2oJqqKjpLGxEeM_ojg/s1080/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeNgBc1fW8D9zIcSDGiV0xECYAbScMjMbNfqwbxLUCMHyaxnT0WnPADOhmCYzvZzGypeCc6iP7X4jF2BJ2CQWtllNB3a-T7uKbNkf5DuH6KU487tmUYzGsr17sRNnDPNPMnkJhBwhnz51o-R0tNgBciwIFe_5h1-yj2GN7slk2oJqqKjpLGxEeM_ojg/w640-h640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPl1Dzbywj_LAZi7K94tRMWnTdEp94XPEQaYc7oPJVk5QMoHMvwgv-hgkYmAV1tlNMk1a4v9iorNZZedm7ZmPXRakzv0l16rsGv0sms9pUJeassjAzoiu7VpCRGcRgRUKs0JvmtbvnTZFboXLqkfpADBwZNxHGAlOJkfc-u5wFHwxz-YbDeH5VWU1-w/s1080/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPl1Dzbywj_LAZi7K94tRMWnTdEp94XPEQaYc7oPJVk5QMoHMvwgv-hgkYmAV1tlNMk1a4v9iorNZZedm7ZmPXRakzv0l16rsGv0sms9pUJeassjAzoiu7VpCRGcRgRUKs0JvmtbvnTZFboXLqkfpADBwZNxHGAlOJkfc-u5wFHwxz-YbDeH5VWU1-w/w640-h640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />We even took a photo with someone who was an Extra in GoT! <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm-aMW2SK677fAZfMQefQVgy6JVKvBa9Ua4BVR-o6S9vrYRskuUNp-fjbpw7Q2E161mFerRjNx-kMA0x1fsb2AFRDfRWjXaBwpRvBqbJhTZTTzVeHwrC6ZeDHjesF5FEaevvN4R1yPQni1j5p11S9gXklZdikuxhjBeTQ5a3qag7HTql1UIB1NQiINQ/s1080/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm-aMW2SK677fAZfMQefQVgy6JVKvBa9Ua4BVR-o6S9vrYRskuUNp-fjbpw7Q2E161mFerRjNx-kMA0x1fsb2AFRDfRWjXaBwpRvBqbJhTZTTzVeHwrC6ZeDHjesF5FEaevvN4R1yPQni1j5p11S9gXklZdikuxhjBeTQ5a3qag7HTql1UIB1NQiINQ/w400-h400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Also saw our first waterfall - <span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">Öxarárfoss </span>Falls in Thingvellir.</div><div>Nothing impressive but since it was our first waterfall, we clicked away. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL8LVK9vxSD1bbAyLUPnPzvpM1x7ZRmeiD10C8esjBRc3RMfrIFyqF24zOu3HllKdOeh2ywjt5A2G6_HON2JxpmMs_UvMeAzQEoZSk5oeEAkYTkKM38ZzTPPXPkK9Wg9VEEbVUrmunth06uPk9xCSGiPw0UqJA6-WL657GHadw9ZTZo-dvsI_duWRlA/s1080/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL8LVK9vxSD1bbAyLUPnPzvpM1x7ZRmeiD10C8esjBRc3RMfrIFyqF24zOu3HllKdOeh2ywjt5A2G6_HON2JxpmMs_UvMeAzQEoZSk5oeEAkYTkKM38ZzTPPXPkK9Wg9VEEbVUrmunth06uPk9xCSGiPw0UqJA6-WL657GHadw9ZTZo-dvsI_duWRlA/w640-h640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The viewing platform from Thingvellir was nice too. </div><div>We could really see miles and miles of the scenery surrounding us.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LxYj3daSMcaLKN40_UGt5vhIcHnLV4ZzpLzkx-YxHmKemth79hqAPF9raUfYLrRQ9CD-O7RdYD-5zi2I9tEHdemDRE-RkopM2xBJwYywKL--_kzjnpgpjm_VGJkfdxIo5P3S_vjTIAeSJVLsRQoduSUKo3RKHYAsj_F3UfAKZhfJL2i-U5HjOVXpBg/s1080/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_LxYj3daSMcaLKN40_UGt5vhIcHnLV4ZzpLzkx-YxHmKemth79hqAPF9raUfYLrRQ9CD-O7RdYD-5zi2I9tEHdemDRE-RkopM2xBJwYywKL--_kzjnpgpjm_VGJkfdxIo5P3S_vjTIAeSJVLsRQoduSUKo3RKHYAsj_F3UfAKZhfJL2i-U5HjOVXpBg/w400-h400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8dz2sYY_7UtUSO5Z00RtvK-s3kAQDet6Gr-0wfs0M5N6RT_QukdUq17x2Azi50XpFSNaUQSs20VJQlf58X006EcwtWvjeOx4K7vs7-9vam2pQpzqPoAB4aPgmVPGWgYzhbuyHfsyco_E2VxW1oFZ7LnPt_0UTMjiRzu_0KmSc_e8ZN1gjubjXLeEow/s1080/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8dz2sYY_7UtUSO5Z00RtvK-s3kAQDet6Gr-0wfs0M5N6RT_QukdUq17x2Azi50XpFSNaUQSs20VJQlf58X006EcwtWvjeOx4K7vs7-9vam2pQpzqPoAB4aPgmVPGWgYzhbuyHfsyco_E2VxW1oFZ7LnPt_0UTMjiRzu_0KmSc_e8ZN1gjubjXLeEow/w400-h400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thingvellir is also the only place in the world where you can stand between two continental tectonic plates. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfRm3Jef3B6NeOVEoG_T1TbgESGp3ELzcyMBORyb2AoPo2ZHTd91DmuuHWKgiH7BarL0VLK7qqbN66rRr_iC0EvhAhYRE24-VxWS_G-NUX8T1mYMb4FOJtQq2OK4kBAWndTKb4KG2gv8C2iuY6yxDWcI7RNUMbqd3MCg4csjG7szWwvTPKUuHNrfozw/s5472/IMG_9402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfRm3Jef3B6NeOVEoG_T1TbgESGp3ELzcyMBORyb2AoPo2ZHTd91DmuuHWKgiH7BarL0VLK7qqbN66rRr_iC0EvhAhYRE24-VxWS_G-NUX8T1mYMb4FOJtQq2OK4kBAWndTKb4KG2gv8C2iuY6yxDWcI7RNUMbqd3MCg4csjG7szWwvTPKUuHNrfozw/w426-h640/IMG_9402.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />The ravines opened by the tectonic movement full with the meltwater from Langjokull glacier, which has travelled underground for decades through porous lava rock, undergoing a very thorough filtration process. When it enters the ravines, therefore, it is pristinely clean and crystal clear. </div><div style="text-align: left;">The most famous one of these ravines and the only one it is permitted to snorkel or dive is in Silfra. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlQbSc5rUVFss0zEVpz68zDpYVJB52-xHe-0qC3bCfT6iGPJ1GEvlaFIzUXp2op-xumq2kh45ueRpSHJokZYWgSNf-iNjJ6hR96HPe2hAvhien1UNre2PYPvbdyOgG4w5CvwRhLguwnDRudYue1gHSwvXTJUGKjSe9p3b6qXswv974s4RRAeofU79Ow/s5472/IMG_9395.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlQbSc5rUVFss0zEVpz68zDpYVJB52-xHe-0qC3bCfT6iGPJ1GEvlaFIzUXp2op-xumq2kh45ueRpSHJokZYWgSNf-iNjJ6hR96HPe2hAvhien1UNre2PYPvbdyOgG4w5CvwRhLguwnDRudYue1gHSwvXTJUGKjSe9p3b6qXswv974s4RRAeofU79Ow/w640-h426/IMG_9395.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Then we visited my first ever geyser. <br />Strokkur is a fountain-type geyser located in a geothermal area in the Hakadalur Valley. <br />It was a fountain geyser that erupts every 5-10 mins with a height of 15-20m, and it can sometimes erupt up to 40m high!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUREcoqXM3ZLrNsRmGKIASc8nR9O4fD1Z5Ilwuu_t3GaY6YBMaoNrsgVnjnnxZ1iCuasmz06bNM194JVteMHDO084jWkLmBBZSKva3Yi_Wao-nqkvbzUNACNjn6saHBMPh7Gvz3XiQb303NbabITtjJwC--L1YiqtKYv4YmxODlVLDLnYhe8NM4wKow/s5472/IMG_9427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUREcoqXM3ZLrNsRmGKIASc8nR9O4fD1Z5Ilwuu_t3GaY6YBMaoNrsgVnjnnxZ1iCuasmz06bNM194JVteMHDO084jWkLmBBZSKva3Yi_Wao-nqkvbzUNACNjn6saHBMPh7Gvz3XiQb303NbabITtjJwC--L1YiqtKYv4YmxODlVLDLnYhe8NM4wKow/w640-h426/IMG_9427.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqAESyUqk6VH9-lcS8njM_r7eqwupwJUvlmh-jgklK7EVEFBpJfms-lR3Qj8iqRlX1z483j_aIjb3aXGhgJwtCRzdQlPl4FD4ZBCc_nGi7Ko9-p0BAAKJfxQqD6QcFvBD3sMUh6ljEdUDVJSEHTXI3HOn1N8SXellWeT06lm1oGU9EK7c9NW5RsTtbw/s5472/IMG_9447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqAESyUqk6VH9-lcS8njM_r7eqwupwJUvlmh-jgklK7EVEFBpJfms-lR3Qj8iqRlX1z483j_aIjb3aXGhgJwtCRzdQlPl4FD4ZBCc_nGi7Ko9-p0BAAKJfxQqD6QcFvBD3sMUh6ljEdUDVJSEHTXI3HOn1N8SXellWeT06lm1oGU9EK7c9NW5RsTtbw/w426-h640/IMG_9447.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Gulgoss waterfall was a powerful falls; thundering and showering us with mists as we walked nearer. <br />It was really impressive to me!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9p4KWVpxzfYZs8ZqCRfdLQ481BTGKZImELuRWbtB1Y4gVHG5EfzKJzf0RhTwbvu4nY_h8sCL6tW4WExTgkYPxlP2AUw-Y1EOHD45WPz9FFRZy0E-YxUDPhoedFVE0CDk3Vx_AUZuZZbQyH1GHciJA2wUH84D45b1w_omESD-XpdFz0bk6agAF-sKgcg/s1080/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9p4KWVpxzfYZs8ZqCRfdLQ481BTGKZImELuRWbtB1Y4gVHG5EfzKJzf0RhTwbvu4nY_h8sCL6tW4WExTgkYPxlP2AUw-Y1EOHD45WPz9FFRZy0E-YxUDPhoedFVE0CDk3Vx_AUZuZZbQyH1GHciJA2wUH84D45b1w_omESD-XpdFz0bk6agAF-sKgcg/w400-h400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-8ZlV1VX9kbnPqqxda3NG3zatmkXsMcInSEyXiUs5Gn8jKZSPKF02tsfEHv0o8XKjl3RtkYuZ-7JtgX8pn8tAOFiue8fQJmqB9IQlMIffTlE5yN_IDW6xJxO1lnE-w8yxlNc0E4MJ_2mUdvTCJdTLbLG-Lbo8DUsK136lQ_TJNZysVC-EYKPZTkpvA/s1080/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-8ZlV1VX9kbnPqqxda3NG3zatmkXsMcInSEyXiUs5Gn8jKZSPKF02tsfEHv0o8XKjl3RtkYuZ-7JtgX8pn8tAOFiue8fQJmqB9IQlMIffTlE5yN_IDW6xJxO1lnE-w8yxlNc0E4MJ_2mUdvTCJdTLbLG-Lbo8DUsK136lQ_TJNZysVC-EYKPZTkpvA/w400-h400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>We ended Day 2 with a outdoor Hot Tub soak at our very nice Airbnb farmstay. <br />The water was really hot at 40 dC but after awhile our body got used to it and it was nice to soak outdoor in the cold! Such a nice feeling!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3VsmMzk3BtY45m86t2S8I5Vj2J8xDFqhvqU6zxSxnsCsycJG3gelBMx1c1NQj23HdEheorp_JOst8ilEL-gKVSdnm2lkLwX4QibLsA0fOJDhbzCbe-YNxw-qa9MJnK77Xy5_Yl2E2pddyIIquTwucI88T-28RmwgA2yJDgrPW8mGjHdoEA-zMQKgGw/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3VsmMzk3BtY45m86t2S8I5Vj2J8xDFqhvqU6zxSxnsCsycJG3gelBMx1c1NQj23HdEheorp_JOst8ilEL-gKVSdnm2lkLwX4QibLsA0fOJDhbzCbe-YNxw-qa9MJnK77Xy5_Yl2E2pddyIIquTwucI88T-28RmwgA2yJDgrPW8mGjHdoEA-zMQKgGw/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 3 - Kerid Crater Lake, Reykjadalur Valley, Seljalandsfoss</b></div><div style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 3 in Iceland started off with Kerid Crater Lake, which was a almost-neon blue lake sitting in a volcano surrounded by rare red volcanic rock. </span>
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Then it was an uphill 1 hour hike up Reykjadalur Valley, a geothermal region with boiling hot pools and steam rising. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">The hike was not very easy as it was uphill most of the way. But it was really beautiful once we hiked into the valley.</div><div dir="auto">I’ve <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>never hiked so deep into a valley before. We went so deep inside the views there were amazing. </div><div dir="auto">Best part was the end of the hike was the Thermal Hot Spring where we soaked ourselves into! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😉" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tb0/1.5/16/1f609.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQ1Cd9u_GeEXB2rjii8dXFHpUpdOB1FldAP9iXjnfIXCNgbx_1fDNEXEMdtwHLESBdasdqOD2l4QxTrjKfBCQItjSxE3RhSzJE36DR_-ojdW1-yr2q04bmckx-OZfCx1OmFa0xQbg-ogx4T23IQ-UAzTt24Cw9x6QkS7oLC1uQyDcf6oS9IhnO-40Q/s1080/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQ1Cd9u_GeEXB2rjii8dXFHpUpdOB1FldAP9iXjnfIXCNgbx_1fDNEXEMdtwHLESBdasdqOD2l4QxTrjKfBCQItjSxE3RhSzJE36DR_-ojdW1-yr2q04bmckx-OZfCx1OmFa0xQbg-ogx4T23IQ-UAzTt24Cw9x6QkS7oLC1uQyDcf6oS9IhnO-40Q/w640-h640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHILnonxyuu7P7SO-RL-1CARotI27orzbmm7ebAhV8AiG1NvuaH-Gm9xu9O7Dv33iJlM63B4utSHpiTwigb9A7J7eqEHbrFELauB8q0cyUoegOP8pX-4Ll2hm1Hu0jaRL9Yhw4ETTRMycRcI9sGxZW9pR1xUGV9pCY4m8WFaCOnMcdYRLSCKqQtJ06gg/s1080/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHILnonxyuu7P7SO-RL-1CARotI27orzbmm7ebAhV8AiG1NvuaH-Gm9xu9O7Dv33iJlM63B4utSHpiTwigb9A7J7eqEHbrFELauB8q0cyUoegOP8pX-4Ll2hm1Hu0jaRL9Yhw4ETTRMycRcI9sGxZW9pR1xUGV9pCY4m8WFaCOnMcdYRLSCKqQtJ06gg/w640-h640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hRyi3k2RLvqfDOf2YKAxso8iYhLUe5QBabSDlz4FqHVeK-gHGhkv02DF1neAjaDsxjmuv70IPMMGBhOnCrq2EwbI_uX_hQjtie1tcTAlyabxOhYDsy1XTydnBiEiLjKCrXlNQ6cpffs0urXb6mruHvn5ggodOvSXjosS8zLtGzjZpaMHZAk1Mx3f6w/s1080/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hRyi3k2RLvqfDOf2YKAxso8iYhLUe5QBabSDlz4FqHVeK-gHGhkv02DF1neAjaDsxjmuv70IPMMGBhOnCrq2EwbI_uX_hQjtie1tcTAlyabxOhYDsy1XTydnBiEiLjKCrXlNQ6cpffs0urXb6mruHvn5ggodOvSXjosS8zLtGzjZpaMHZAk1Mx3f6w/w640-h640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9HIpIBgkOhfJR3qB7f1xu3QACH8Fx_6EwasVYv_sscBvoqK1CY-o-XjRRDJwEzA4Acx1WKM9ob71Ls9oDDSla93fJQMVv4nDvcsUtIpCY6f9HjwJeZcDo3UPTcufBO6203Vc_kKhZAO6qhslPJndi5OwLn2HYxn1_wFvG1uyTAjy91qjfTg0gpX41w/s1080/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9HIpIBgkOhfJR3qB7f1xu3QACH8Fx_6EwasVYv_sscBvoqK1CY-o-XjRRDJwEzA4Acx1WKM9ob71Ls9oDDSla93fJQMVv4nDvcsUtIpCY6f9HjwJeZcDo3UPTcufBO6203Vc_kKhZAO6qhslPJndi5OwLn2HYxn1_wFvG1uyTAjy91qjfTg0gpX41w/w640-h640/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next highlight of the day was to visit Seljalandsfoss where we could walk behind the falls. </div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The experience was really special.
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font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 4 - Seljavallalaug Hike</b>, <b>Skogafoss,</b> <b>Sólheimasandur, Dyrhólaey, Aurora Borealis</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started Day 4 in Iceland with another morning hike to Seljavallalaug, the oldest swimming pool in Iceland. The pool was nothing special (just a very old normal-looking pool) but the hike and view there was pretty amazing. </span>
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font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">was the 7km round walk to see the US airplane that crash-landed on the black sand beach of Sólheimasandur in 1973. </span>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWu-_K281QQRMDxQsp4xK9-VcJAcmH3nvcvZ64nfHOmcl_rNG2UuYK3j-XiytCZHAwI4cWX79Pp7SUYGMa0nFQV6_thQtsP3NqEW4cai184WuQiN9a66NVDT0wXN5zTSX6dU8yxCSDYvbCG-5X8NDbC49OvTbJxzuePQD_UIqbn9T3LubVlu3rK3Z1A/s1080/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWu-_K281QQRMDxQsp4xK9-VcJAcmH3nvcvZ64nfHOmcl_rNG2UuYK3j-XiytCZHAwI4cWX79Pp7SUYGMa0nFQV6_thQtsP3NqEW4cai184WuQiN9a66NVDT0wXN5zTSX6dU8yxCSDYvbCG-5X8NDbC49OvTbJxzuePQD_UIqbn9T3LubVlu3rK3Z1A/w640-h640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let me tell you, the walk there was torturing although it only took us 45 mins walk in and 45 mins walk out. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was gravel all the way in and there was nothing to see. The beach looked so near yet was so far...</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plane wreck was ok, but I won’t walk again.
It was not that the path was difficult, it was just that the walk there was super boring to me haha <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😓" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t49/1.5/16/1f613.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnq6vwuDm25KzV9mF0Wf5PIDP8j25h4xt6uf2hG3rtbWDUOZLn42BKFSnXxJrJ7Uk0-VhclMp1ayDIh3FlJKPgnfZTRt5gsw9Hm-_91u2qySPAyDj_Cg7BjOk0f4s9Umh1AmPR2bQGcJu1uhw-pk7CPmdL1Ifin7-1TEr_3nAznf1TzBasLT8lYt0OQ/s5472/IMG_9803.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnq6vwuDm25KzV9mF0Wf5PIDP8j25h4xt6uf2hG3rtbWDUOZLn42BKFSnXxJrJ7Uk0-VhclMp1ayDIh3FlJKPgnfZTRt5gsw9Hm-_91u2qySPAyDj_Cg7BjOk0f4s9Umh1AmPR2bQGcJu1uhw-pk7CPmdL1Ifin7-1TEr_3nAznf1TzBasLT8lYt0OQ/w640-h426/IMG_9803.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then we drove up to the cliff to see the magnificent view from atop and the view was really great!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlCeqRJW3h6RZIN31nI2vd1izXoKo6SqNRXExu7Dene9XrU8irT9QsoRgQrxzzPFZlE_-kQQvjebRC7Q6b5qiBYpCC-nG8obO8diRHnQHyNbIKm5Rd9rPaiRj_8BEQ4rRxiOnmwKnxibMDKkA-JK0tmV8D6bXns6atdr6Ctcv9PQBBjaiNMZh05idmg/s1080/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlCeqRJW3h6RZIN31nI2vd1izXoKo6SqNRXExu7Dene9XrU8irT9QsoRgQrxzzPFZlE_-kQQvjebRC7Q6b5qiBYpCC-nG8obO8diRHnQHyNbIKm5Rd9rPaiRj_8BEQ4rRxiOnmwKnxibMDKkA-JK0tmV8D6bXns6atdr6Ctcv9PQBBjaiNMZh05idmg/w400-h400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4P0VOwy93TRmkJCbx2NLChFtv3v_5JmliMMZ4D3fLmkT6-r7BUWICq3ZlvXpXiC_qdv6m2tvnjelevIqs_g5Vmlu2AAYJjW4MRs-gKY3LdV_DrEn7QeTtqrWHYVorQJg_LkQDCaq__9ODrJ5qTS-qBgYKYMNPbla5JYsNhwoZ-GOj9hHl5-gy8ZmOQ/s1080/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4P0VOwy93TRmkJCbx2NLChFtv3v_5JmliMMZ4D3fLmkT6-r7BUWICq3ZlvXpXiC_qdv6m2tvnjelevIqs_g5Vmlu2AAYJjW4MRs-gKY3LdV_DrEn7QeTtqrWHYVorQJg_LkQDCaq__9ODrJ5qTS-qBgYKYMNPbla5JYsNhwoZ-GOj9hHl5-gy8ZmOQ/w400-h400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div>
<span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also stopped nearby for another viewing point to look down to the black sand beach and Dyrhólaey, the Arch with the Hole. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dyrhólaey is also one of the Game of Thrones filming site.</span>
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So lucky! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Photo of the aurora taken with my Canon point-and-shoot camera with some settings adjustments and WITHOUT a tripod! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✌️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te8/1.5/16/270c.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiEppEHgK7L0YCBY2XFBcPBJ70Qbyzt3mw5IOKWCWMg3kpHPgtZHty3WpLvtxIqjpTFSMeqrj35LWj0r1dIXcVpXcXk_f62cVKFgw2Yf6GnNF351A1Lkn8sjuwmX4q6t1yYIKHLbY_FrcEqwyUEnJq-RKH3kHJoiEPeZHM-NF8bgA0YTs3gjJDtGg8Q/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiEppEHgK7L0YCBY2XFBcPBJ70Qbyzt3mw5IOKWCWMg3kpHPgtZHty3WpLvtxIqjpTFSMeqrj35LWj0r1dIXcVpXcXk_f62cVKFgw2Yf6GnNF351A1Lkn8sjuwmX4q6t1yYIKHLbY_FrcEqwyUEnJq-RKH3kHJoiEPeZHM-NF8bgA0YTs3gjJDtGg8Q/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 5 - Paragliding at Reynisdrangar, Hjörleifshöfði Cave @ Mýrdalssandur Black Sand Beach.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 5 was the most crazy day for me in Iceland! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Firstly, we went to the black beach to see the Reynisdrangar, which are basalt sea stacks situated under the Reynisfjall mountain. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kFADT4Sx4XjC0jQwGdc2WMTfRvKBf8ntet1qJCwMTk1_7j1ZtBTTr3pGwp2t10vo2IbU1QvVIvz5_ofSCZyI1xPSY1NRZnJOUINLohdfDOa9CISLryqhqK28zXBsXHPAeTqIZT56uQOLc0sayCR6T7CzeKq4kV7Sh10vmWUDYS6wCbvcRO3fTcjDWw/s5472/IMG_0023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kFADT4Sx4XjC0jQwGdc2WMTfRvKBf8ntet1qJCwMTk1_7j1ZtBTTr3pGwp2t10vo2IbU1QvVIvz5_ofSCZyI1xPSY1NRZnJOUINLohdfDOa9CISLryqhqK28zXBsXHPAeTqIZT56uQOLc0sayCR6T7CzeKq4kV7Sh10vmWUDYS6wCbvcRO3fTcjDWw/w640-h426/IMG_0023.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div>
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(Omgosh....i’m not the type that does all these crazy stuff)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>was why I said it was a crazy day.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 of us went tandem paragliding in Vik, South Iceland with <a href="https://www.trueadventure.is/" target="_blank">True Adventure</a>. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before that, our paragliding pilot, Sammi took us up the Reynisfjall Mountain, which had the most incredible views of the Reynisdrangar Sea Cliffs. They are the towering, spiky basalt sea stacks jutting out from the ocean. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think my dad would have a heart attack seeing how near we stood near the mountain cliff. <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😱" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t85/1.5/16/1f631.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤭" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5c/1.5/16/1f92d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKdX9pWAphAuTGMOR_PoMEdiijEvfS4PQB6DrxcH0LdmMnLPpT_tu9kJLRZ78JD0rZSw1PGYCsO4captfRbSygmROjJ7ljIsXAFO8chj-ZMCZEnA-2IM3tLL-FVLHEwjarQzDcO1wre4ZAoT_0wXxGZWUiyvqqEgEeNi9BbKpF0ZFtEhcXrK_uwPktQ/s1080/5.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKdX9pWAphAuTGMOR_PoMEdiijEvfS4PQB6DrxcH0LdmMnLPpT_tu9kJLRZ78JD0rZSw1PGYCsO4captfRbSygmROjJ7ljIsXAFO8chj-ZMCZEnA-2IM3tLL-FVLHEwjarQzDcO1wre4ZAoT_0wXxGZWUiyvqqEgEeNi9BbKpF0ZFtEhcXrK_uwPktQ/w640-h640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO6UX7W1oPnVo6x1_1u2jLCOtt9eyVbMq_AycHJEkcEtyTNxhwzkCFx8hgT0kF2BFdFNUHziPQi6DIHyfAW2sfpAfx8sR7qMa_COEIiewRPmaNyLh93XI6COXik3sK36kwabhy2_rzM9nCtWBu_Ta2MQs9IFxKZF4Pd5yZroI8Mbba5_M06pGuubUDA/s1080/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO6UX7W1oPnVo6x1_1u2jLCOtt9eyVbMq_AycHJEkcEtyTNxhwzkCFx8hgT0kF2BFdFNUHziPQi6DIHyfAW2sfpAfx8sR7qMa_COEIiewRPmaNyLh93XI6COXik3sK36kwabhy2_rzM9nCtWBu_Ta2MQs9IFxKZF4Pd5yZroI8Mbba5_M06pGuubUDA/w640-h640/9.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGyKvKUM7oigLU-4M91mIp4UW34dqVgzeNprBd-UK4dtbXsdZgu_PK80pD96vjD9gs7Ell9aTREja2q_LA_SCGNF44bF8JX1r88JXAwkW5xL-iLb7iYLBtiy5uyMnCipaQCRciuNYef-spKvcdHNCOEES2Q40E6yzIE7YLywnrn1rNvrrGPsLAgJnwA/s1040/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1040" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGyKvKUM7oigLU-4M91mIp4UW34dqVgzeNprBd-UK4dtbXsdZgu_PK80pD96vjD9gs7Ell9aTREja2q_LA_SCGNF44bF8JX1r88JXAwkW5xL-iLb7iYLBtiy5uyMnCipaQCRciuNYef-spKvcdHNCOEES2Q40E6yzIE7YLywnrn1rNvrrGPsLAgJnwA/w640-h640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was not as scary as I thought it would be. It was surprisingly easy to take off and landing, thanks to our experienced pilot.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I felt quite relaxed sitting down and leaning back while enjoying the view for my 10-15 minutes ride up in the air!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">But truthfully, if it had been 1 hr paragliding in the air, I would have felt nauseous, as I’m an airsick person! So 10-15 mins was just a nice ride i think for me! (Btw, i declined all stunts in the air. I jist wanted to relax and enjoy the view in the air! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😌" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tda/1.5/16/1f60c.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤭" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5c/1.5/16/1f92d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lastly we drove out to the Hjörleifshöfði Cave at the Mýrdalssandur Black Sand Beach. The cave was nicknamed the Yoda Cave (alert, all Star Wars fan!)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will need a 4x4 car if you want to drive all the way to the end of the beach. I liked how isolate the beach was, with barely anyone there. <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😏" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5d/1.5/16/1f60f.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpSixANak_tCNmc8jwZG0F6LDEk6t2kAb2hTiCBiLyma88eMH4LDlMtRLRUYe-73XMWQyZld25v1bN271QzyGccSSLuhmBEtBciZuhVKgj8JFRSZ2Ot-mCp38MFQfOB5cYlpkZqUt5G9oxfuAePNGtf_1xftesi-RNZRUbas_YMX7PMhKWPXVhjCE5g/s1080/10.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpSixANak_tCNmc8jwZG0F6LDEk6t2kAb2hTiCBiLyma88eMH4LDlMtRLRUYe-73XMWQyZld25v1bN271QzyGccSSLuhmBEtBciZuhVKgj8JFRSZ2Ot-mCp38MFQfOB5cYlpkZqUt5G9oxfuAePNGtf_1xftesi-RNZRUbas_YMX7PMhKWPXVhjCE5g/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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<br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The drive on the beach where it was only us was really really nice!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1P89C3zAOYs6eifIVzGXBAJY3OikUda7pe66w1NShviU-OAZn1gP1cNJIEzZk726fBw1HCnt0_BXx3XbMOJTND4ixlo9OSGJrX6S6Me0bC2KLtnHNA1acetg7t6wQYVhBaIJWCKSLwK8Jl-uKgVKIBpQjMRkUFD6zMDYlE3GbDjlTG8NrtefFChNlA/s4032/IMG_3302.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1P89C3zAOYs6eifIVzGXBAJY3OikUda7pe66w1NShviU-OAZn1gP1cNJIEzZk726fBw1HCnt0_BXx3XbMOJTND4ixlo9OSGJrX6S6Me0bC2KLtnHNA1acetg7t6wQYVhBaIJWCKSLwK8Jl-uKgVKIBpQjMRkUFD6zMDYlE3GbDjlTG8NrtefFChNlA/w640-h480/IMG_3302.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sums up the most crazy day 5 in Iceland with me doing tandem paragliding....omgosh i still can’t believe I did that!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 6 - Fjaðárgljúfur</b> <b>Canyon Skaftafell National Park, Svartifoss Black Falls, Sjónarnípa for Skaftafell Glacier</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 6 in Iceland was Hiking Day </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Firstly, it was an easy hike to Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon was a 100-meter deep passage with stunning moss-coated walls and an ancient river flowing through its base. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because of the sun's direction, we could not see clearly the pure blue river colour. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-HMVdS1RioV8eKd_F-Xeud8esha29ZbQZ_9RniktIe7-WQPi2UGitSLTRXQtAhE7eDkZwPLu2jEDb6r8rGc57DVnxcPYCVqYIx62_JglA9L2hHh_usBLwFQVhGjpRt7yv3eeV77-RQptuQDG9WqXchJzVqi_zzC2nI0IuQDCRursIAXuPdfO51aWnw/s5472/IMG_0202.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-HMVdS1RioV8eKd_F-Xeud8esha29ZbQZ_9RniktIe7-WQPi2UGitSLTRXQtAhE7eDkZwPLu2jEDb6r8rGc57DVnxcPYCVqYIx62_JglA9L2hHh_usBLwFQVhGjpRt7yv3eeV77-RQptuQDG9WqXchJzVqi_zzC2nI0IuQDCRursIAXuPdfO51aWnw/w426-h640/IMG_0202.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then it was hiking at Skaftafell National Park.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started having early lunch at the Information Center. Our lunch view was unbeatable. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtg-riCTfI2dTt-V8kyg7WvUL8tSObTfoGhZOZqKEiRd7FQ9nDk7gxst_Du8DPe1WGfCNGPJhQJSLj0XiQpSXs3GV9qV7xlIVFtp3UF2Kue1krMo3eoH-0L3bIcZsGmh0CNr95KuYshCeDUw-D_vfYNaYDflsdSeK3AnOBwbtnbj5AGkK8iY5h7PHBg/s1080/1.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtg-riCTfI2dTt-V8kyg7WvUL8tSObTfoGhZOZqKEiRd7FQ9nDk7gxst_Du8DPe1WGfCNGPJhQJSLj0XiQpSXs3GV9qV7xlIVFtp3UF2Kue1krMo3eoH-0L3bIcZsGmh0CNr95KuYshCeDUw-D_vfYNaYDflsdSeK3AnOBwbtnbj5AGkK8iY5h7PHBg/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then we hiked about 30 minutes to Svartifoss (Black Falls). </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The waterfall tumbled down 20 metres over a cliff which was bordered on both sides by tall black basalt columns, resembling pipes of a giant organ, and was very unique and beautiful!</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rIUeiSniQQEYwWYznktAd7uJC1u-AeVipsy6YqAQbDU0Py4q0GEJEX-5pTdxDq_Es_pYh3v1ZRqRGguBHkKPNkcO7Y_Rcj4-1qnZ6tXry_zTPiTvSBk1SgxOJ-1_a5zEEu1a6V3KxnOEUNUR8skJR9ex9eC-S62Snv1gj4z95ODA30EELgYGDAOHrQ/s1080/2.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rIUeiSniQQEYwWYznktAd7uJC1u-AeVipsy6YqAQbDU0Py4q0GEJEX-5pTdxDq_Es_pYh3v1ZRqRGguBHkKPNkcO7Y_Rcj4-1qnZ6tXry_zTPiTvSBk1SgxOJ-1_a5zEEu1a6V3KxnOEUNUR8skJR9ex9eC-S62Snv1gj4z95ODA30EELgYGDAOHrQ/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Then we further hiked up another 1 hour to Sjónarnípa which was a viewpoint overlooking the Skaftafell glacier and its surrounding mountains. It was beautiful at the view peak.</div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We didn’t stay long up there though as we saw rain clouds above us. We took another 1hr+ to hike down.</span>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41ZY3xjP0GU_5SFTyT9SE92oB8P_K2198MG751CQbTqNY2ZH2Uk3RKw7QQNZAwbHojKEJIWExG4kBz5ezuDXfpjueT0e33zD7q-P6rRKUjLhV8bMgcIbU1iEL9-UzXVThe3pgQAv7ek-zivDjkrZ1tMna9xvw73bis_T2p2tiAr3HHUXoNlV9Lf1giw/s1080/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41ZY3xjP0GU_5SFTyT9SE92oB8P_K2198MG751CQbTqNY2ZH2Uk3RKw7QQNZAwbHojKEJIWExG4kBz5ezuDXfpjueT0e33zD7q-P6rRKUjLhV8bMgcIbU1iEL9-UzXVThe3pgQAv7ek-zivDjkrZ1tMna9xvw73bis_T2p2tiAr3HHUXoNlV9Lf1giw/w400-h300/4.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqCUcT68m1WNPVw7gVFJARSkB0dU-rf8NMtw_GRTkIT83ZSPa0PKyF3de93V8CZhG5ptuFhNA615i9Ncbo5IVQDReCH1TLYsBO6kSuS_60lplJCh5KK28AkTSImT5DB8qb7zgr7bnXGgXWFZl-J9FL-D0ygncHhSm4dwbXqSNPBYjo7awjhMhsnp-Ow/s1080/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqCUcT68m1WNPVw7gVFJARSkB0dU-rf8NMtw_GRTkIT83ZSPa0PKyF3de93V8CZhG5ptuFhNA615i9Ncbo5IVQDReCH1TLYsBO6kSuS_60lplJCh5KK28AkTSImT5DB8qb7zgr7bnXGgXWFZl-J9FL-D0ygncHhSm4dwbXqSNPBYjo7awjhMhsnp-Ow/w400-h300/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_sY5q1HNnZ33zRl3UjDPEK2eUhcW5LNs4V_WrE3ime__rhMUzviz3ve8GvRglTVdnmz-mDi0EYh9OxHl2dqiMXxYkZvEO9hitL-CZVVFEmDeacosNy8cj4YnJodXePm_sJI3YzhFgGxKL5eC7RKxnVCyYbjI1uch9wUuGvoI7qXo-oCcEIGjm1S1Fg/s1080/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_sY5q1HNnZ33zRl3UjDPEK2eUhcW5LNs4V_WrE3ime__rhMUzviz3ve8GvRglTVdnmz-mDi0EYh9OxHl2dqiMXxYkZvEO9hitL-CZVVFEmDeacosNy8cj4YnJodXePm_sJI3YzhFgGxKL5eC7RKxnVCyYbjI1uch9wUuGvoI7qXo-oCcEIGjm1S1Fg/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The hike to the glacier was a very beautiful hike.
It was full of greens with the mountain glacier just in front of us. </div><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDlyn1Lb7qb2o6QasJ-qeJ7iinPZ_HL6POR7eYOrf0vKKpvKiZtbF0SUpMA-apt41mRlYUkvMN9Lgzps5kDSEoUBgPjDpeqPvJkMtrnpJ0XBglgbruSlcrT0WXP1ChA46pS1xn8UoLstNobEZrHgCkRu7BN8h4fqlM189hwDpKyxvUwxvgyby9DBdZg/s1080/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDlyn1Lb7qb2o6QasJ-qeJ7iinPZ_HL6POR7eYOrf0vKKpvKiZtbF0SUpMA-apt41mRlYUkvMN9Lgzps5kDSEoUBgPjDpeqPvJkMtrnpJ0XBglgbruSlcrT0WXP1ChA46pS1xn8UoLstNobEZrHgCkRu7BN8h4fqlM189hwDpKyxvUwxvgyby9DBdZg/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmam81XsFylPNqXJjj2yXukWJZLSR40XClxEbbzLof5yrvmLqhDPpfNhU1sXRccLeFQYl_kw3FjrdRWazq-rlyAmMAc0B6lBZ4H-yUF3-mN5n7ZUxXPYwTDOD0X68SQ8VGy9y4W-3xe89gjhqtrM-u-9Pl36a6isVrvSN4C25gv-W9l8vE9fvGI-gvA/s1080/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmam81XsFylPNqXJjj2yXukWJZLSR40XClxEbbzLof5yrvmLqhDPpfNhU1sXRccLeFQYl_kw3FjrdRWazq-rlyAmMAc0B6lBZ4H-yUF3-mN5n7ZUxXPYwTDOD0X68SQ8VGy9y4W-3xe89gjhqtrM-u-9Pl36a6isVrvSN4C25gv-W9l8vE9fvGI-gvA/w640-h482/8.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDBnl0F7XOysLP7RpfwxqwomMs6IQWf8dfpS8DYggI4vmw48eB3iSEj5cA5LOamyy08Ef6P4X87ASTMXmFxgpziOnErvu492YIqaUowjILlb1IJvDvboDa6cX6daaWewCtSXwfbBagWYvTu27bpiLoaTcrW3K-Q8i88_lURNuj9YsrkQTFM6JmeBqzg/s1080/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDBnl0F7XOysLP7RpfwxqwomMs6IQWf8dfpS8DYggI4vmw48eB3iSEj5cA5LOamyy08Ef6P4X87ASTMXmFxgpziOnErvu492YIqaUowjILlb1IJvDvboDa6cX6daaWewCtSXwfbBagWYvTu27bpiLoaTcrW3K-Q8i88_lURNuj9YsrkQTFM6JmeBqzg/w640-h482/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">On our way, we saw a few smaller falls and we filled up our water bottles there. My 1st time drinking straight from the falls. ✌😊</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We ended the day driving to our next airbnb and saw a few rainbows along the way. Managed to capture one which was really very distinctive in its colours, even with the grey cloudy skies. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnsWjA67ezMA3vQ9j7f2lVhxBRGGW2sthfytElQZ0Hh-cxBdDo7z6McP4B8inIcOR9FrEQeTIyJrgjGBitxu8dVhlJ376HMnqhXK1pL8I0tTpz_aNe9xTXzW0ytnHMJ6AhdMbCjoStl20zxMYVfUujgbZLE-L_LFoHVlTkroS8Vv6yRzBWc2GhH4ngw/s1080/10.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnsWjA67ezMA3vQ9j7f2lVhxBRGGW2sthfytElQZ0Hh-cxBdDo7z6McP4B8inIcOR9FrEQeTIyJrgjGBitxu8dVhlJ376HMnqhXK1pL8I0tTpz_aNe9xTXzW0ytnHMJ6AhdMbCjoStl20zxMYVfUujgbZLE-L_LFoHVlTkroS8Vv6yRzBWc2GhH4ngw/w640-h482/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 7 - Glacier Kayak @ Heinabergslón</b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 7 in Iceland was another exciting day for me. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We signed up for the 3 hour Glacier Kayak with <a href="https://iceguide.is/" target="_blank">Ice Guide</a> and had one of the best experience of our lives! </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Except that our feet were freezing numb after awhile!)</div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We kayaked in the Heinabergslón (Heinaberg Lagoon).</span>
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I mean, i was just thankful that our kayak didn’t capsize <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>!</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And that our hand/shoulder muscles didn’t ache the next day seeing i rarely exercise my upper body. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We spent at least 2+ hours kayaking and about 1/2 hour walking on the glacier/icebergs. We were suited up with a drysuit and life jacket so we felt really safe just in case we topple over <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😬" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t18/1.5/16/1f62c.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>!</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6s7Uw6w5LD6Yja0J7xttGJNabc5w7muv7BZ971N3_JXQtekCIUlukI5cOmG6-zQGubX3lPS8Bwc9KO1U0wGt_MW6sbHtL-_BTlD6cjzKJDYcVk2ypCQW5WfXgG3Ew3-Irpnox4ZVzKDTPL_wtLmB4madYv2p5mr2domwvXKXOIw10JdzHM6VkpbYag/s1040/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1040" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6s7Uw6w5LD6Yja0J7xttGJNabc5w7muv7BZ971N3_JXQtekCIUlukI5cOmG6-zQGubX3lPS8Bwc9KO1U0wGt_MW6sbHtL-_BTlD6cjzKJDYcVk2ypCQW5WfXgG3Ew3-Irpnox4ZVzKDTPL_wtLmB4madYv2p5mr2domwvXKXOIw10JdzHM6VkpbYag/w640-h640/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rPNy7olkizDdE5A9O-5mPF_cmjmbV7NUmS8lmJpIuJB3Ja7fjscQSCWhJ45951Errmzj2ZFp6QhBXri69UY0cDQIwpzzufW3S04SG13fQWGTTXc-3Tjqpuq_fLxs6ZOmi4gKoFRGtJ3rtiJ5u7--Q86CZTYJTIaXHSNJqYBBo5EbdzPMMcbKaWhqWg/s1080/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rPNy7olkizDdE5A9O-5mPF_cmjmbV7NUmS8lmJpIuJB3Ja7fjscQSCWhJ45951Errmzj2ZFp6QhBXri69UY0cDQIwpzzufW3S04SG13fQWGTTXc-3Tjqpuq_fLxs6ZOmi4gKoFRGtJ3rtiJ5u7--Q86CZTYJTIaXHSNJqYBBo5EbdzPMMcbKaWhqWg/w400-h400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepKF_0xud-0jgg9K5ZtqNIxu00R2wmcB7KxICb8RGA9DAuahv4AzzM_iF2bOAwUwCELLQSveNx5K87OpWGstYqU9WeLVg9bjdu3_ozqtyGzeJLrqWb50jvYVqX7nSB3TWoLfk5O0Pn3zwo2qfhMCk7u9hRrdGaocxfhewp_6FhSooSzxUXrIP8VszFQ/s1040/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepKF_0xud-0jgg9K5ZtqNIxu00R2wmcB7KxICb8RGA9DAuahv4AzzM_iF2bOAwUwCELLQSveNx5K87OpWGstYqU9WeLVg9bjdu3_ozqtyGzeJLrqWb50jvYVqX7nSB3TWoLfk5O0Pn3zwo2qfhMCk7u9hRrdGaocxfhewp_6FhSooSzxUXrIP8VszFQ/w400-h400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ejA2uGYEk_6pYN17zCDs7hq4tu2CZG_TJpAsY8oHaLuS6fEpMjRT1kEYuJoqCASFagcNtND9sBvJumMQ1-bUOeLQq6ceBvXPF5jdKPKHkWYjdJnphPtLOcCetNv1lmS90mGpS8KegBxdWv7V1wbL0TWoGMy1XmopxYFiBt1x_exzGF6zWpiAd8nIvQ/s1080/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ejA2uGYEk_6pYN17zCDs7hq4tu2CZG_TJpAsY8oHaLuS6fEpMjRT1kEYuJoqCASFagcNtND9sBvJumMQ1-bUOeLQq6ceBvXPF5jdKPKHkWYjdJnphPtLOcCetNv1lmS90mGpS8KegBxdWv7V1wbL0TWoGMy1XmopxYFiBt1x_exzGF6zWpiAd8nIvQ/w400-h400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKatpR6qe5Uy0e8EA9QwL6dK46dKd_mFOiUluRzOjRl0BmMuJAab4Flz6fyHROXVUSkU2YAXqUq5qHVXKEOFw9viJZFiEZqb0w5ifHVxbTA5ZwrKQwympHvzVprwwuo8CkjgEliDOuuAEP06OZICBch7cCKxHYo5rTqmT6h8Bp3X2xXSVM9EMo8QzIDA/s1080/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKatpR6qe5Uy0e8EA9QwL6dK46dKd_mFOiUluRzOjRl0BmMuJAab4Flz6fyHROXVUSkU2YAXqUq5qHVXKEOFw9viJZFiEZqb0w5ifHVxbTA5ZwrKQwympHvzVprwwuo8CkjgEliDOuuAEP06OZICBch7cCKxHYo5rTqmT6h8Bp3X2xXSVM9EMo8QzIDA/w400-h400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fyi, our feet were really freezing as our feet didn’t move much during kayaking and also we walked on freezing icebergs!! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
And be forewarned that you needed to hold your pee for like the next 4+ hours (yes, that was how long needed to wear our drysuit/gears and then drove to the lagoon, kayak-ed for 3 hours, then we drove back to the changing area!)</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 of us in our group was like super-needed to pee and it was suffering to have to hold your pee for so long! And the freezing cold did not help either!
So tips is to minimize your water intake before doing this activity!</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the kayak, we had a late lunch at the cafe at the meeting point. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And on our drive to our next airbnb, we saw some magnificent Icelandic horses which are unique to Iceland only. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK39lWrjEnkRt3Dk4kkeNJz3FQTIIZ7li3lPakTE1wD5FxiBdiX87iQJYhAXpNMoqCFJmeTwx0-AjcJ8qTMOpAo_Sk0H4lVuAcRmTjIrdZU1rzpa2qj9Np4uuEdrge3-J3A_B-wvdlGTNRGuQRi3JuNBUa17SNpyQdxR72ACFRDFPxzynIThej9k8WIg/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK39lWrjEnkRt3Dk4kkeNJz3FQTIIZ7li3lPakTE1wD5FxiBdiX87iQJYhAXpNMoqCFJmeTwx0-AjcJ8qTMOpAo_Sk0H4lVuAcRmTjIrdZU1rzpa2qj9Np4uuEdrge3-J3A_B-wvdlGTNRGuQRi3JuNBUa17SNpyQdxR72ACFRDFPxzynIThej9k8WIg/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 8 - Mývatn Nature Baths, Hverir Geothermal Area, Grjótagjá Cave, Dimmuborgir Lava Fields, Goðafoss</b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The highlight of Day 8 in Iceland was us soaking/bathing in the Mývatn Nature Baths. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mývatn Nature Baths are a set of geothermally heated pools and steam baths found in the Lake Mývatn area. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We decided to go to this one and not the more famous Blue Lagoon as we preferred it to be less crowded. And we never regretted it! </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DYWHjcAvIG4DCuHT5iT6lVz_-Wb5gabNbipGq2D1tGip3PNoMgYZ6qVWXrqbLrsE9DWnjHDpHs3MfFCjYO-OJoYOCoaPKPcbH1p5NZ5889ppOmNJJP82gntjDk2ZiYKecEvOS4e4PMpCfzAZGtwChf9cfswZUQ8OM2MSWqk4cnVFMnUnRglclstNXg/s780/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="780" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DYWHjcAvIG4DCuHT5iT6lVz_-Wb5gabNbipGq2D1tGip3PNoMgYZ6qVWXrqbLrsE9DWnjHDpHs3MfFCjYO-OJoYOCoaPKPcbH1p5NZ5889ppOmNJJP82gntjDk2ZiYKecEvOS4e4PMpCfzAZGtwChf9cfswZUQ8OM2MSWqk4cnVFMnUnRglclstNXg/w640-h640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>we went in, we had the pool almost all to ourselves, with just about 10 other people in other parts of the pools. It was really nice and we could pose in the blue water with barely anyone. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And we also got a great discount 40% as the weather was cold which made the water to be cooler than usual. So lagi tatt for us! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✌️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te8/1.5/16/270c.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90LYlBviA4h6aroNZ6OyRvcivYBwYBeZBekx_P813071gHaD06LPZzvDLOCe2Q66yJAnodbY64lFTkytx3LT2EwWRCTovUyKgiWluWIEH1LhLVmcA3zDv8pDAqaSljazvMcSNeTeOftyKCrJFzOROgiBjHHYzSP3ZMFAw8bq3wSs-KnqVDqDUqxFH7A/s1040/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1040" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90LYlBviA4h6aroNZ6OyRvcivYBwYBeZBekx_P813071gHaD06LPZzvDLOCe2Q66yJAnodbY64lFTkytx3LT2EwWRCTovUyKgiWluWIEH1LhLVmcA3zDv8pDAqaSljazvMcSNeTeOftyKCrJFzOROgiBjHHYzSP3ZMFAw8bq3wSs-KnqVDqDUqxFH7A/w640-h640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBj48ERKk8KlNzvJa2eUhjEwUgEVJvYp_F5yD78Zz9sqTBTqlxjgnR7eD68OKbcGWQiLGOipzt5RhaIf1dYrWbdwRXplyMebCaADGTvWzLHi7nevF_GaJ2JKU7MjQK-I7XAwThhEvzyVpOw3HcO2vKJJDl7r_DbqZT4QHCLV9ObY2hpcaoO8-ZlP_GA/s1040/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1040" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBj48ERKk8KlNzvJa2eUhjEwUgEVJvYp_F5yD78Zz9sqTBTqlxjgnR7eD68OKbcGWQiLGOipzt5RhaIf1dYrWbdwRXplyMebCaADGTvWzLHi7nevF_GaJ2JKU7MjQK-I7XAwThhEvzyVpOw3HcO2vKJJDl7r_DbqZT4QHCLV9ObY2hpcaoO8-ZlP_GA/w640-h640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The water there was packed with minerals, particularly sulphur, which was supposed to be good for our skin. Whatever, but we felt really good soaking our bodies into the warm waters. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then it was a visit to all the Game of Thrones filming sites.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">First, it was to the Hverir, a geothermal area with boiling mudpots and fumaroles. At a depth of 1000m, the temperature at Hverir is above 200 dC. There was the sulfur smell (to us, it smelled of rotten eggs!) from the fumarole gas.</div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was the GoT filming site where Sam Tarly killed a White Walker. </span>
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That was the cave where Jon Snow lost his virginity to Ygritte. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😬" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t18/1.5/16/1f62c.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was just a small cave with natural hot springs which we had to kinda climbed inside and although it was dark, we could still see that the water was blue.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T4xT4nvq8mwrpXg2VVILsTGRQTageSzduQR43jKSaOf3cOWRJMima5ei1bUIQNOgeAz-SWlCBGiONAVNeRfSz-moE1gK9CPpyZuKEp1okvcqgb8pJOyy0kQcgbr0hkqWAg-W8-D_ei5_kw_oJnWN6KRygQ9eu7VQK_TxliVM4_h6cikjPWWjvh4oXQ/s1080/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T4xT4nvq8mwrpXg2VVILsTGRQTageSzduQR43jKSaOf3cOWRJMima5ei1bUIQNOgeAz-SWlCBGiONAVNeRfSz-moE1gK9CPpyZuKEp1okvcqgb8pJOyy0kQcgbr0hkqWAg-W8-D_ei5_kw_oJnWN6KRygQ9eu7VQK_TxliVM4_h6cikjPWWjvh4oXQ/w640-h640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vSl7JlD-V-No8s_AhR_BQmfV5C4jqNbpBvegMfYwFv8rBkzpX5YEUBqQvT7-xkJUKsh2RvCbis2Tx5kNUOBkE_l8id3SZpKBVMSgAVSA9FcyH-1Xegy4dbr-tJmtb0L5jZEAjk8RsK5nl8vR4vugt1SQSDn6bx7I2D54M_lraxaiaTU2fvl77qbSxg/s1080/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vSl7JlD-V-No8s_AhR_BQmfV5C4jqNbpBvegMfYwFv8rBkzpX5YEUBqQvT7-xkJUKsh2RvCbis2Tx5kNUOBkE_l8id3SZpKBVMSgAVSA9FcyH-1Xegy4dbr-tJmtb0L5jZEAjk8RsK5nl8vR4vugt1SQSDn6bx7I2D54M_lraxaiaTU2fvl77qbSxg/w640-h640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And for the last one, we went to Dimmuborgir Lava Fields. It was another GoT filming site as a location beyond the wall, where Mance Rayder’s wildling army camp was. .</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This frozen lava field was a lovely place, with the amazing rock formations. Lotsa trees n planta there too so really a pretty walk for us.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This frozen lava field was a lovely place, with the amazing rock formations. Lotsa trees n planta there too so really a pretty walk for us.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJyGa5qWVBjqZJO8G2EYm6Ylw219pBvV5x-E6sCB3v0S8SeBZluU7BCUi4jjrFMOM-8US1lg4LxO3q2WbSHvN2b93q6ot--k7CX80BXS4D0MY4wB7XYlVV9LHW9J38_r2k6zUvtWlYoWNbSmGTzbKdN0b_RcntkBFwz-duTcxoVm-7cLs42BzYKo9lA/s1080/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJyGa5qWVBjqZJO8G2EYm6Ylw219pBvV5x-E6sCB3v0S8SeBZluU7BCUi4jjrFMOM-8US1lg4LxO3q2WbSHvN2b93q6ot--k7CX80BXS4D0MY4wB7XYlVV9LHW9J38_r2k6zUvtWlYoWNbSmGTzbKdN0b_RcntkBFwz-duTcxoVm-7cLs42BzYKo9lA/w640-h640/9.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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It was really a beautiful one although I’ve seen so many waterfalls in Iceland.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDSWYJvyHuRKGIZeQOgZ_uo25dtcsXf-l2lt-mlz80Nz9wkC3YmdEO8GwzKxItLKp-Nxq1TtAh8nJ5t-Bhf0JE60LkdX9odfOepqMXYGgooTwPvvaWLFHi9DW7qyiLDko_i9tr1Ea4nQaOfJshbr4w8ucCwSvgajhOFVc3flibLnwnjHzewf_PoesGQ/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDSWYJvyHuRKGIZeQOgZ_uo25dtcsXf-l2lt-mlz80Nz9wkC3YmdEO8GwzKxItLKp-Nxq1TtAh8nJ5t-Bhf0JE60LkdX9odfOepqMXYGgooTwPvvaWLFHi9DW7qyiLDko_i9tr1Ea4nQaOfJshbr4w8ucCwSvgajhOFVc3flibLnwnjHzewf_PoesGQ/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 9 - Akureyri, Aurora Borealis @ Þjóðvegur Airbnb</b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 9 in Iceland was a restful day for us. We reached the 2nd biggest town in Iceland, Akureyri the night before and walked the town a ‘lil bit. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZDgmUACidC08Q-oJMUvFoYx6enFXhJdUBJrFSk-SzBcnLLtiGaqPxliEvFAX0W3HxU4QI7axYN-Hyg5yOOWdXUn5ReHX4tAsmJhExDzSTd_79J5T-BStCX6R8v81-XQPirOMf09Rn2Pk6QMjK8sVPluXNHhmCMAuOEkysoPkuiJ_-ylXC9cgd0ls2Q/s1350/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZDgmUACidC08Q-oJMUvFoYx6enFXhJdUBJrFSk-SzBcnLLtiGaqPxliEvFAX0W3HxU4QI7axYN-Hyg5yOOWdXUn5ReHX4tAsmJhExDzSTd_79J5T-BStCX6R8v81-XQPirOMf09Rn2Pk6QMjK8sVPluXNHhmCMAuOEkysoPkuiJ_-ylXC9cgd0ls2Q/w512-h640/1.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Had gelato just next to our airbnb in the cold at 5dC! </span>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqidcCjKQpc1hD9U7FU3Rs0xrNDppJTq0oEajbvIoEWcEprkLVBixsLtHTcLwQRH_PTJAqMkK-lB9iV9CFgLBiEZ1s7p_WbtsBo9UH51QmhTz_hGjsAtj9S26YYASVDt_uycNzpjqLBbXVAJzjKwiHyy5sXyJdH9ias7P5aio73xAgAaOCdVgA9Y8VDQ/s5472/IMG_0495.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqidcCjKQpc1hD9U7FU3Rs0xrNDppJTq0oEajbvIoEWcEprkLVBixsLtHTcLwQRH_PTJAqMkK-lB9iV9CFgLBiEZ1s7p_WbtsBo9UH51QmhTz_hGjsAtj9S26YYASVDt_uycNzpjqLBbXVAJzjKwiHyy5sXyJdH9ias7P5aio73xAgAaOCdVgA9Y8VDQ/w426-h640/IMG_0495.JPG" width="426" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We then drove to our next airbnb in Þjóðvegur at the Northwest region of Iceland. Our home for the night was a Geodome so it was pretty unique.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV1BIHAlpG8R6xHD1jVXG5xeCyCiCv04BaGHMv6Pfz5tWI0CgTuzJpuTQzbCuUjKl88MjJ7D5cfU8eB7iLj3_nIG-7TpYs9CLI7q0qP15AnJdBcCSIgabcwlbpHqn0pKjYJyQcHy_bkZ1UalY9LFsv4bzBsDOAEIMEkT1lCmLPNzaZe_GugixGI0b0Q/s1346/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV1BIHAlpG8R6xHD1jVXG5xeCyCiCv04BaGHMv6Pfz5tWI0CgTuzJpuTQzbCuUjKl88MjJ7D5cfU8eB7iLj3_nIG-7TpYs9CLI7q0qP15AnJdBcCSIgabcwlbpHqn0pKjYJyQcHy_bkZ1UalY9LFsv4bzBsDOAEIMEkT1lCmLPNzaZe_GugixGI0b0Q/w514-h640/5.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>just walked around the farm nearby our Geodome and did funny antics (like this crazy Pat who is trying to be a “Rosmah” priest!).</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi332iWsIwKOkHVMviYM4K4WTDer8mwMJ0VvahXVFxduXNT3O1MaB95an0RsZgW7YJJY7Qldk-SayhxMpVkzHLDxlu0eM-UQo7RHMReO-yQLgm2cd3BCDZFk4BSnByZ1Bp2aF22FiuOrh1F3nSPE0KP53mVs3l5vNKRo-JT6O-rqRGqjhlIC_yeJ8oq8Q/s1346/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi332iWsIwKOkHVMviYM4K4WTDer8mwMJ0VvahXVFxduXNT3O1MaB95an0RsZgW7YJJY7Qldk-SayhxMpVkzHLDxlu0eM-UQo7RHMReO-yQLgm2cd3BCDZFk4BSnByZ1Bp2aF22FiuOrh1F3nSPE0KP53mVs3l5vNKRo-JT6O-rqRGqjhlIC_yeJ8oq8Q/w321-h400/4.jpg" width="321" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRuj2X32VCJry_1peZ8C5196Hx5MzQj6_7gAL46DvIWK6ZS5_QMHFUDw5B9PWP-a3qhdhMy0Km_PfwRnRI7owieXvztplB2NMTyvwjMOF_eu58-yR_Y0B1Gu0EiYk5hJ2Aq5UehDG9lEum_I9dJUiWdiyF4vHOGYADetGwvAdsU740Gie-W3Eg9h7UA/s1346/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRuj2X32VCJry_1peZ8C5196Hx5MzQj6_7gAL46DvIWK6ZS5_QMHFUDw5B9PWP-a3qhdhMy0Km_PfwRnRI7owieXvztplB2NMTyvwjMOF_eu58-yR_Y0B1Gu0EiYk5hJ2Aq5UehDG9lEum_I9dJUiWdiyF4vHOGYADetGwvAdsU740Gie-W3Eg9h7UA/w321-h400/6.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29mYdvubt2OqZ0ZfG0KBdVKXJDI2ErkQoea3PINAtO7mff5SofB0mUGf6SA3-bVuASdLOeshHLSA5wmn_II2jQovcAPh3bHtMojEjOlie6eWpPDPzUfb24rnULTEeWrBlrnQsT5u1Pcdgej-n07BYWkmpDEQ0e5CQySAWAdzGYoZFVTcsu1Iu88w9nQ/s1346/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29mYdvubt2OqZ0ZfG0KBdVKXJDI2ErkQoea3PINAtO7mff5SofB0mUGf6SA3-bVuASdLOeshHLSA5wmn_II2jQovcAPh3bHtMojEjOlie6eWpPDPzUfb24rnULTEeWrBlrnQsT5u1Pcdgej-n07BYWkmpDEQ0e5CQySAWAdzGYoZFVTcsu1Iu88w9nQ/w321-h400/7.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We ended the night by staying up until midnight to catch the Aurora Borealis again because the forecast said the activity level is ‘4’ .</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Roz said we are the most lazy Aurora Hunters because all we ever did was to just go out of our airbnb in our Pyjamas and hoped to see it from outside our airbnb! </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luckily we saw it again, and this time it was dancing! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✌️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te8/1.5/16/270c.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 10 - Hvítserkur @ Vatnsnes peninsula, Sjavarborg Restaurant in Hvammstangi town, </b></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 10 itinerary in Iceland was a visit to the Rhino - Hvítserkur. </div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We drove along the Vatnsnes peninsula which was where the Rhino was, an extraordinary rock formation of Hvitserkur which was a 15 meter tall cliff jutting out straight from the sea.</span>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5jIsMkVDmofA7g3yWfBfVZCllpgjdntLJQi1_RWuaQK2R90B5TmoHIRnwstzfPd5HsLoPlaaZidWJ47i5ptntoiAMnhv6_f6iNrctugH2fZIU_o4JnPWZ9OOH8UqBJfYjbCgH0tBvQhjjCLFJiQeVJc7eZh6hrnsKurTF-9lhTyoqOqONbyXX3ZT3Q/s1080/1.jpg" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5jIsMkVDmofA7g3yWfBfVZCllpgjdntLJQi1_RWuaQK2R90B5TmoHIRnwstzfPd5HsLoPlaaZidWJ47i5ptntoiAMnhv6_f6iNrctugH2fZIU_o4JnPWZ9OOH8UqBJfYjbCgH0tBvQhjjCLFJiQeVJc7eZh6hrnsKurTF-9lhTyoqOqONbyXX3ZT3Q/w640-h640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You could watch it from the platform above, where the carpark was. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XAXDOBms-00BeIJJN9c75Jha1yKRaS1DmfZg3WF6YXuOh3pbeUN0-Ov40hiXwqquilPHjJGkQ3DnaFZG3zo_NrpvX7pRHstl6YkJzKEmLITwD-Tkx2sYYkRENw1BirpYt5coiMIhkoy_9O9cR-4-C6ExFA1OTi0bFfuRJzeLX8_Sz_gTzPfi1cqrsQ/s1080/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XAXDOBms-00BeIJJN9c75Jha1yKRaS1DmfZg3WF6YXuOh3pbeUN0-Ov40hiXwqquilPHjJGkQ3DnaFZG3zo_NrpvX7pRHstl6YkJzKEmLITwD-Tkx2sYYkRENw1BirpYt5coiMIhkoy_9O9cR-4-C6ExFA1OTi0bFfuRJzeLX8_Sz_gTzPfi1cqrsQ/w400-h400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvru6AWClRRQ-ncpx3rxflsBYlRm0AMIU8FLmfMRdhuNbNNI187Sg7gXuikNkhRkXadVQlFzLajD1d_0xQI1IiFwRWg5fnLWR86_Qnf6XKSdCLy9w9Z5GPihEno2WqFM6WzqUd-Vmx3NsnxrQ_5T1b99FEIugiB0EvS5JdBwOosJXehRgVG0khRAoQeg/s1080/9.jpg" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvru6AWClRRQ-ncpx3rxflsBYlRm0AMIU8FLmfMRdhuNbNNI187Sg7gXuikNkhRkXadVQlFzLajD1d_0xQI1IiFwRWg5fnLWR86_Qnf6XKSdCLy9w9Z5GPihEno2WqFM6WzqUd-Vmx3NsnxrQ_5T1b99FEIugiB0EvS5JdBwOosJXehRgVG0khRAoQeg/w400-h400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or you could admire it down there by walking down a rather steep trail to the sand below. (Which we did, btw! <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤭" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5c/1.5/16/1f92d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>)
It was quite a steep path and so please thread with caution. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z3J5Sd5IwFnMHrw0xU8hy_xvFwAENcAVgpF3cWLv-3Q6u-dDiIcm9L7QIARb6cKP6Cjsd7EZ6pNrKAHC0QVSjj_yJsICzdc66m9yBU73qEDuS-XGuwQgTD-K4cWmXI8Cp8DNUeTQqc-0wW1CLAACO793f156xe23Gftz9LvKudI7XdYKzbk_60XBjA/s1080/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z3J5Sd5IwFnMHrw0xU8hy_xvFwAENcAVgpF3cWLv-3Q6u-dDiIcm9L7QIARb6cKP6Cjsd7EZ6pNrKAHC0QVSjj_yJsICzdc66m9yBU73qEDuS-XGuwQgTD-K4cWmXI8Cp8DNUeTQqc-0wW1CLAACO793f156xe23Gftz9LvKudI7XdYKzbk_60XBjA/w400-h400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7TavZPYrP1ZhrZz6GjxukK9ujo0XCbL9efL_xhV1QQyckVeuCaEpm0qjH5z05E-O0LvhvP4Jq029cU00Sam0Eu_KiDz1EqPF3z6e2Rf1_KzbpLFiI82sP1soGvaA1s97nYghzInX48WckPuYgbShaPvrNcs45Cr5D6LURy4Tm4ojljCflxGzN0Wzdg/s1080/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7TavZPYrP1ZhrZz6GjxukK9ujo0XCbL9efL_xhV1QQyckVeuCaEpm0qjH5z05E-O0LvhvP4Jq029cU00Sam0Eu_KiDz1EqPF3z6e2Rf1_KzbpLFiI82sP1soGvaA1s97nYghzInX48WckPuYgbShaPvrNcs45Cr5D6LURy4Tm4ojljCflxGzN0Wzdg/w400-h400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Loved how unique and beautiful this Rhino rock was, especially with the sea and beautiful blue sky as the background. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZhei8K6RVyiOBARPmQZ_l9W3OWm_MyDDDmfIcgCEfkX9XHqEyrk9v1Rl3pbYiCURQhaftI_WTVYG8mZujU-vE6mGeCLeTjDO3vO1uDt5ZmYqGoZGYoB0aXKD-EyNfC99SRBVLlvP6Gv4NUI59lKenPsWCGWIJop6GMAJhzBRDrmDlTVtDj0wGz_wug/s1080/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZhei8K6RVyiOBARPmQZ_l9W3OWm_MyDDDmfIcgCEfkX9XHqEyrk9v1Rl3pbYiCURQhaftI_WTVYG8mZujU-vE6mGeCLeTjDO3vO1uDt5ZmYqGoZGYoB0aXKD-EyNfC99SRBVLlvP6Gv4NUI59lKenPsWCGWIJop6GMAJhzBRDrmDlTVtDj0wGz_wug/w400-h400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjva3Bfpcel6LKiIHVpc-A8lrixaRY_bKnKRHiRJ8Kl8oAsegH8P0vOIlN9j-zOZhF2rH6pDPT4s5jO9h8WyX5VD29E2v3wQk8Mmn6_bGQcllVUBFIZO3eBdUJqsE7JkUs7Vsw230zuvO4LsHs1sdZLOrPo1Ma2R0II7lGDYgFymNUyuSReTuextkMyxQ/s1080/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjva3Bfpcel6LKiIHVpc-A8lrixaRY_bKnKRHiRJ8Kl8oAsegH8P0vOIlN9j-zOZhF2rH6pDPT4s5jO9h8WyX5VD29E2v3wQk8Mmn6_bGQcllVUBFIZO3eBdUJqsE7JkUs7Vsw230zuvO4LsHs1sdZLOrPo1Ma2R0II7lGDYgFymNUyuSReTuextkMyxQ/w400-h400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then we had lunch at Sjavarborg Restaurant in a town (Hvammstangi) we stopped by. Beautiful scenery but mediocre food. <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then we did grocery before we reached our next cabin airbnb to prepare for Iceland’s first winter storm. <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tac/1.5/16/1f605.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was getting quite windy. Watch the video on how the wind is blowing the sand on the beach!
We were abit unfortunate as the news forecasts said the first winter storm in Iceland came early!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGwWmgsOJN0YH2LSXbYvxaudEs036vwFu2fJfpsY1Pr5Z0v6u7T6KJ_XZbjsUSTUjidhJ61N06xs1ZBZwN-8jDqJOlU7qBC8oa_723Z454Z_O1fF4DAG1lzmhMwvfY9XpulO7h5GKczkPKQMec-rA5M7Gzds3NUPuFmGxD0t_lH3qbDlH2d075f7nng/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGwWmgsOJN0YH2LSXbYvxaudEs036vwFu2fJfpsY1Pr5Z0v6u7T6KJ_XZbjsUSTUjidhJ61N06xs1ZBZwN-8jDqJOlU7qBC8oa_723Z454Z_O1fF4DAG1lzmhMwvfY9XpulO7h5GKczkPKQMec-rA5M7Gzds3NUPuFmGxD0t_lH3qbDlH2d075f7nng/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DAY 11 - Kirkjufell @ Snæfellsnes Peninsula
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<span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 11 in Iceland - Luckily, we could still make it in time to our tiny cabin overlooking the Kirkjufell, a 463 m high mountain on the north coast of Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula. This mountain was also one of the filming site in Games of Thrones.</span>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsZNb533gWlrElpW8Fzihcvl5xU0LsOzJ-o2v92Qfs9yejHmaHvdEEr3zLxSuvOEDi9QR9_T-ZTUDxqPHpobQ_xWNIupf546WrbBb2hgmbmIf-fljCvCSdYofS0D84jwCRsf2P4-a4wNn0kJ6mPhrdZO0AY8JbtNzzAMXIl-10GN7SbNKzu2QHZxlzQ/s1080/9.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsZNb533gWlrElpW8Fzihcvl5xU0LsOzJ-o2v92Qfs9yejHmaHvdEEr3zLxSuvOEDi9QR9_T-ZTUDxqPHpobQ_xWNIupf546WrbBb2hgmbmIf-fljCvCSdYofS0D84jwCRsf2P4-a4wNn0kJ6mPhrdZO0AY8JbtNzzAMXIl-10GN7SbNKzu2QHZxlzQ/w640-h640/9.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">All we managed to do was to walk about an hour to the nearby lighthouse. Look how stronhg the wind was (video of the grass n also me meditating in the strong wind <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😝" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfa/1.5/16/1f61d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>)</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPJqbfSMiihHf2yzohuK-izi2uSqN4fhIwKwpQEelEJPrtEWwvuAYHbW8TsWM4QI26p8oLese6KxB1-cYHfNJezr_5AdhnhFg5-5RZPY0u7YKxwjxPBPWW2_3Q5ddtDuoNWn78emyvBNKRSBIJfcLbQXL4XHu5Xk303JPXvjeW4tttX8wSW7CTcP8jA/s1080/4.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPJqbfSMiihHf2yzohuK-izi2uSqN4fhIwKwpQEelEJPrtEWwvuAYHbW8TsWM4QI26p8oLese6KxB1-cYHfNJezr_5AdhnhFg5-5RZPY0u7YKxwjxPBPWW2_3Q5ddtDuoNWn78emyvBNKRSBIJfcLbQXL4XHu5Xk303JPXvjeW4tttX8wSW7CTcP8jA/w640-h640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>we played Chor Dai Dee cards while being stuck in our cabin! </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">P/S - It got up to “feels like -11dC” according to Yahoo! Weather!!! </span>
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The Gerðuberg is a row of perfectly shaped hexagonal basalt columns that run along a cliff on the southern side of the Snӕfellsnes Peninsula, in west Iceland.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To me, it kinda looked like a fortress wall.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYH-pYWR_IRFOO2AZ7fxD1z9yu6r8UTg8t-rK_tXxcu6L9ZScyXXjebLCyAM4-Kobz9bfaro2WRkjjdMdRVbt0ljl2u0_Rr0a4f8NwbT9Gx27A1jnhPoQC1so7RZSfW8qbkgKlqbwaOW7VK5_23gB7xIba3PIv88_4zVSB2QBkxlQzCzHinqVJuV-d0A/s1080/9.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYH-pYWR_IRFOO2AZ7fxD1z9yu6r8UTg8t-rK_tXxcu6L9ZScyXXjebLCyAM4-Kobz9bfaro2WRkjjdMdRVbt0ljl2u0_Rr0a4f8NwbT9Gx27A1jnhPoQC1so7RZSfW8qbkgKlqbwaOW7VK5_23gB7xIba3PIv88_4zVSB2QBkxlQzCzHinqVJuV-d0A/w640-h482/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We wanted to climb on top of it but decided not to because the windy was really strong and chilly and all we wanted to do was to get back into our car away from the strong wind! Brrrr....<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤭" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5c/1.5/16/1f92d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After that we stopped for lunch at the Anarstapi village, where we tried horse meat which tasted not bad. We had lamb n Cod fish too. But the bread with their complimentary homemade butter was the most delicious haha!</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just nearby our lunch place was this Statue of Bardur Snaefellsnes - a half-man, half-giant that is said to roam the Snaefellsnes glacier in Iceland.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh9QFVicKGm75cXhOPAzVXB74ZaPeHz99ESnyMHGj8iiFexqgOmpfEG_3JgjxyLDHBS6NWlJHeHuCTI4q3Rca343hVoURljT8MW5HD03o8f1YHkfxR18FrE23Tp5vgrVNYp1Kn14EXbuVZkQhKx7tw5zQKNLclk0kEs8aCHIJtfpmaxGg3mFCQu-anQ/s1080/8.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1080" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh9QFVicKGm75cXhOPAzVXB74ZaPeHz99ESnyMHGj8iiFexqgOmpfEG_3JgjxyLDHBS6NWlJHeHuCTI4q3Rca343hVoURljT8MW5HD03o8f1YHkfxR18FrE23Tp5vgrVNYp1Kn14EXbuVZkQhKx7tw5zQKNLclk0kEs8aCHIJtfpmaxGg3mFCQu-anQ/w640-h482/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are so many myths and legends in Iceland, with its trolls and elves and such, making Iceland really magical. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thant's all for 12 days in Iceland.
Bye-bye Iceland. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZdmOJpI-Scm41QX_GuMgPzCeaffZcyUmsxqzNzqXRKmvy_Cc9pzU94RrxjNvZcotq9OPr_izLXhLQfhV6W99Ii1ljQNXb8O6eItN461V0vsXLc3sQDItzNPCnhLq678JK9h5Y5Ti8HGhzq6umfifwaC3IhjcgGR5IvQDWfBFe6I-SDbnpYfg5_TT5w/s1080/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZdmOJpI-Scm41QX_GuMgPzCeaffZcyUmsxqzNzqXRKmvy_Cc9pzU94RrxjNvZcotq9OPr_izLXhLQfhV6W99Ii1ljQNXb8O6eItN461V0vsXLc3sQDItzNPCnhLq678JK9h5Y5Ti8HGhzq6umfifwaC3IhjcgGR5IvQDWfBFe6I-SDbnpYfg5_TT5w/w640-h480/10.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PMXgyZvYY_dMWGlmPMXeweL3OmLzv5qW9nJyxubp9zDk3IAdP-cuN8vMblHWwmTBq0hG5a3XPdTIJcBh1QrWPPGF8-BPNwZd8Wj1ZXYmnqabmSJhzPYlpjfCLH970LhqC6dXxrWLBb9WiEnpePGKGShbQuBOtBCREJ7MlO8UVpDMkzZEOHut18dNtA/s5472/IMG_9505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PMXgyZvYY_dMWGlmPMXeweL3OmLzv5qW9nJyxubp9zDk3IAdP-cuN8vMblHWwmTBq0hG5a3XPdTIJcBh1QrWPPGF8-BPNwZd8Wj1ZXYmnqabmSJhzPYlpjfCLH970LhqC6dXxrWLBb9WiEnpePGKGShbQuBOtBCREJ7MlO8UVpDMkzZEOHut18dNtA/w640-h426/IMG_9505.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJTFSqxFO7DAp4T_JSSfuQT-ao1IUvIAZxgpfjjoGNcnR7LXYdvoEhg75xFYRPtYWAqOQtfM6neN5kbxOGTfMgLi-hKqLcvcZr995IRL2EqA8C9zA1tLtDkq06K04r_8jse4OtrmXxY9yOOo8jlHfZDqCF9w7u5Oij3IokvLGRpRAs2rgr1aCzTl9Sg/s5472/IMG_9879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJTFSqxFO7DAp4T_JSSfuQT-ao1IUvIAZxgpfjjoGNcnR7LXYdvoEhg75xFYRPtYWAqOQtfM6neN5kbxOGTfMgLi-hKqLcvcZr995IRL2EqA8C9zA1tLtDkq06K04r_8jse4OtrmXxY9yOOo8jlHfZDqCF9w7u5Oij3IokvLGRpRAs2rgr1aCzTl9Sg/w640-h426/IMG_9879.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hope my summarized trip to Iceland inspires some of you out there to visit beautiful Iceland!
</span></span></span><br /><br /></div></div></div>tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-74446369390139860152023-04-02T12:47:00.001+08:002023-04-02T22:45:15.195+08:00I Woke Up One Morning and I Couldn't Walk...<p><i><span style="color: red;">***sorry, another long-winded post but mainly I jot this down here mainly for my own reference in the future<br /><br /></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMk_A6xw3IiB4JafJH-ZfXRE411hiPn4wKSuhnCAR8BoTIexkILhX-VH2ywK0QlsNsOJiGpA6jUeBTaOHAj_C4uVnTEM-3ebeoP-PJJvqcoKKSEyoZGTK0AWSDMVT2pf02ohMWVuEh0yDSnWPAvJVJvKoBzw-wm8XdQme6KmuhDBJxYtQzF2iHD04UbA/s4032/IMG_1273.JPG" style="font-style: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMk_A6xw3IiB4JafJH-ZfXRE411hiPn4wKSuhnCAR8BoTIexkILhX-VH2ywK0QlsNsOJiGpA6jUeBTaOHAj_C4uVnTEM-3ebeoP-PJJvqcoKKSEyoZGTK0AWSDMVT2pf02ohMWVuEh0yDSnWPAvJVJvKoBzw-wm8XdQme6KmuhDBJxYtQzF2iHD04UbA/w480-h640/IMG_1273.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sep 2023</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: red;"></span></i></div><p></p><p><br />A few people whom I met up with asked me what actually happened to my leg/foot. As I mentioned before in my personal Fb & IG page that I was initially thinking if I should share about my leg/foot condition.</p><p>Initially I was too overwhelmed that I did not have the energy to share.<br />All the various doctors and the many hospitals visit made me really exhausted by the end of the day.<br />I was also weary of the overwhelming response I may get from my good-meaning good hearted friends on Fb.<br />On one of the better days, I was ready to share my story in Fb & IG one month later...<br /><br />Well, to cut the long story short;<br />This happened one morning in early Sep 2022 last year.</p><p>Almost 7 months ago, I woke up one morning in pain with me couldn’t put weight on my right foot. If I did I would have shooting pains on my right foot, which led me crawling to use the toilet.<br />My husband sent me to the ER.</p><p>Doc initially suspected herniated disc/slipped disc based on my symptoms and so I was admitted to the hospital.<br />But then the MRI results came up and my spine looked totally fine. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_-iYl4_6TMjub7munEy3sBiWzv5xYNzAib5hPCgjj6AENHWH66ASlvvlyRbMRP2-uitDR4ZOOJEGLxp_NUK9u4um7vMxCMtb0vV5g4BxJf-ItWCN0rXZWM6L-teWZL8Nz1FIAw1lxv2k86PG9xV8mYDA3EpD-Oo23X7NjPwxAYJGIrk9KoRN_nbvZg/s3840/QISD0672.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_-iYl4_6TMjub7munEy3sBiWzv5xYNzAib5hPCgjj6AENHWH66ASlvvlyRbMRP2-uitDR4ZOOJEGLxp_NUK9u4um7vMxCMtb0vV5g4BxJf-ItWCN0rXZWM6L-teWZL8Nz1FIAw1lxv2k86PG9xV8mYDA3EpD-Oo23X7NjPwxAYJGIrk9KoRN_nbvZg/w360-h640/QISD0672.JPG" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Admitted to the hospital</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br />From then on, I'd seen 5 orthos and 3 neuro surgeons.<br />I'd done 3 MRIs, several CT Scan and ultrasound tests, and also did Nerve Conduction Study/Test.<br />I'd also done injection, extraction and some other non-invasive procedures but so far none got me better then. <br /></p><p>The docs also ruled out herniated/slipped disc by then, as well as spinal injury, plantar fasciitis and many others. I was later being diagnosed with Idiopathy Neuropathy with suspected Tarsal Tunnel.<br />But then all the doctors could not determined WHAT caused the neuropathy because there was no injury, I am not diabetic etc. So Idiopathy Neuropathy it was…</p><p>(For those not so well-versed in these terms, Neuropathy stands for nerve damage. Docs basically knows I have some form of nerve injury, but they do not know what causes it, thus they don't know how to treat it.)<br /><br />MRI and CT Scan did find a ganglion cyst behind my knee near my tibial nerve.<br />The doctors did an extraction of the cyst but symptoms still persisted.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNnC86chtwfboq-xrq9lOHAd-cz2KywzuZL_GiEr83tN4Sy2tnsUc9woQCUcwt3MzxJN-q1KqC57BTurv5lSvPof1fKiqituKIv98H1N9K0PyyZn-dIv6yxYQRyHgaMeLRS7mpMgL1dA_CLtf8ZVVr6tZocLZtFA8CHvLJfLSCiVt2f-5kHLKaiqUlg/s4032/IMG_2255.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNnC86chtwfboq-xrq9lOHAd-cz2KywzuZL_GiEr83tN4Sy2tnsUc9woQCUcwt3MzxJN-q1KqC57BTurv5lSvPof1fKiqituKIv98H1N9K0PyyZn-dIv6yxYQRyHgaMeLRS7mpMgL1dA_CLtf8ZVVr6tZocLZtFA8CHvLJfLSCiVt2f-5kHLKaiqUlg/w480-h640/IMG_2255.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ganglion Cyst Extraction</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br />In just 2 weeks, my acute pain was no more but my symptoms progressed to intense tingling/pins and needles, numbness, pain, burning, sensitivity and cramps.<br />All on my right foot sole only. <br /><br />This made me not being able to walk as usual (the initial weeks I was confined to only a wheelchair!). And also I couldn't walk far. <br />I couldn't drive because it was on my right leg.<br />I also couldn't sleep too because of the constant 'pain' in my foot. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuh6vNt_yp3y6StfsfKHCowHzjcgttH9UQMpqvxwXCEMHDMVXESLWxqbLJEfco-4VuH3gSwbIodHXZ8Il64gYEwoDRWYP7SfxpEvxwWXvZ1ewBDdV80M-urNcPDZubXTu5BgS97shmJg1PevJo-9moI95CM5RfkIO5K3iSZkaHD1BlmSYT3CG7II556Q/s4032/IMG_2567.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuh6vNt_yp3y6StfsfKHCowHzjcgttH9UQMpqvxwXCEMHDMVXESLWxqbLJEfco-4VuH3gSwbIodHXZ8Il64gYEwoDRWYP7SfxpEvxwWXvZ1ewBDdV80M-urNcPDZubXTu5BgS97shmJg1PevJo-9moI95CM5RfkIO5K3iSZkaHD1BlmSYT3CG7II556Q/w480-h640/IMG_2567.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Wheelchair-bound</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaurMIi_2RZwTTZvhpb9Fz9qLGfFIFSsKvB7YqxpZY432O6vkenj5RXDragx9RflT1RAvRL4amCOTSqOPfo34PJ4TP-tvRlnQCVB21ydfNU-z_ttAysa_6_XnsEOUXD_QTJOqNOkKoK6PwoxHmmi7AGJLw62fCH33ZMigVmLFjQ4celxp9UbomPKTiUQ/s4032/IMG_2649.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaurMIi_2RZwTTZvhpb9Fz9qLGfFIFSsKvB7YqxpZY432O6vkenj5RXDragx9RflT1RAvRL4amCOTSqOPfo34PJ4TP-tvRlnQCVB21ydfNU-z_ttAysa_6_XnsEOUXD_QTJOqNOkKoK6PwoxHmmi7AGJLw62fCH33ZMigVmLFjQ4celxp9UbomPKTiUQ/w640-h480/IMG_2649.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br />My right foot was so sensitive until I couldn’t bear for a blanket to brush through my foot. I would be burning with pain. <br />I could not step on the floor with my right foot.</p><p>I'd also prayed to various ang-kongs, drank burnt 'hu/fu', seen herbalist, done physio etc.<br />I had such a bad experience in one of the ang-kong trance that I told myself not to go through that again. 😖<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdpH0dw3hurljYZbxchEtCey4pQCE_X0xyHi5wxT0aeWu-db3kZXgsuE4L7ClMJAOrwdsI4JCVq2BHbH0UK3lTWButwH2XgRNicnZUC3r4R_3L7VRYoVALZ4Z1_u3-jdm419nS0S01rcOPuousxwk2jgQu34JvpyGcizl-c0es2WBAAakVTAi4fGRqA/s4032/IMG_1938.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdpH0dw3hurljYZbxchEtCey4pQCE_X0xyHi5wxT0aeWu-db3kZXgsuE4L7ClMJAOrwdsI4JCVq2BHbH0UK3lTWButwH2XgRNicnZUC3r4R_3L7VRYoVALZ4Z1_u3-jdm419nS0S01rcOPuousxwk2jgQu34JvpyGcizl-c0es2WBAAakVTAi4fGRqA/w480-h640/IMG_1938.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The herbalist wrapped up my foot<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboOWYBwsigPUtBquFhsKO0eFrlypX9ND6v207niH5yb97HWhKy51wTInEiguJedCecwUbpW1A2EU1MYxcTl_EJ8Ov-lvjOZoWhMbUhQdSXdfViiywjGzkA_swmDdZRul7Imcd0XplClt7oJGSvAI4YyPTTXhDWOn4juZ7bGQ_9H2dEKQah-HcTmJYPw/s4032/IMG_1476.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboOWYBwsigPUtBquFhsKO0eFrlypX9ND6v207niH5yb97HWhKy51wTInEiguJedCecwUbpW1A2EU1MYxcTl_EJ8Ov-lvjOZoWhMbUhQdSXdfViiywjGzkA_swmDdZRul7Imcd0XplClt7oJGSvAI4YyPTTXhDWOn4juZ7bGQ_9H2dEKQah-HcTmJYPw/w480-h640/IMG_1476.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the initial physio session</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><p>It was really suffering.<br />I would lie awake for hours at night, feeling super tired but the pain was keeping up. I had no way to reduce the pain my in foot. </p><p>I am 40+yo then with 3 young kids, and I was devastated. I was in a wheelchair as I couldn’t walk for more than 10 steps.<br />I couldn’t sleep due to the pain even when I was not walking.<br /><br />Of course there were good days and bad days.<br />Some days I was all good. Some days I broke down and cried.<br />Cried not because of the pain, but because I was feeling so scared.<br />Scared that I may never be the same again. Scared that I may need to live with this constant pain and being a 'cripple' for the rest of my life.<br />The scary feeling was really real then, guys. <br /><br />My kids were confused why mummy was not getting better even after so many hospital visits.<br />My house was a mess. My mind was a mess then.<br /><br />If you had looked at my my right foot, you would find that it looked 'normal' as if nothing was wrong. <br />It was like I had this 'invisible' pain that it was difficult for me to describe to someone else.<br /><br />Tell me, how can you explain to someone that your foot is very sensitive to touch and yet it is numb? <br />These 2 sensations are opposing each other, but yet that was how I felt!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZPDWwDgie3qDAyuj-g88JskNNNefyJqFlRj5Bt4u4Y0oKE7YpYeRAo7F04Tw9sWX6A8DN_wrDP-1eM_Shr5WXTt8I5D_0O0VGURVSvXaSFtwfNktX4rN5f7CBaXHLKcZAP5nJQTmAYVxMebMiQccI8T5oiGNPc0waBBRJA8S0lm4gZcD6Jo2aVVVMw/s4032/IMG_1493.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZPDWwDgie3qDAyuj-g88JskNNNefyJqFlRj5Bt4u4Y0oKE7YpYeRAo7F04Tw9sWX6A8DN_wrDP-1eM_Shr5WXTt8I5D_0O0VGURVSvXaSFtwfNktX4rN5f7CBaXHLKcZAP5nJQTmAYVxMebMiQccI8T5oiGNPc0waBBRJA8S0lm4gZcD6Jo2aVVVMw/w480-h640/IMG_1493.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I even needed to be on a wheelchair at home - This wheelchair is just outside the toilet waiting for me to finish my business</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br />I was then on strong meds (which I read that besides treating nerve damage, it is to treat epilepsy as well) and also on a nerve supplement. I also took Vit C as well.<br />Nothing helped much then.</p><p>I then started going to a Orthopedic specialised in foot & ankle. He started me on physiotherapy to help with my foot muscles and also to desensitize my super sensitive foot.<br />I cried to my physiotherapist on my first session there as I was feeling so dejected!😭</p><p>I also went for acupuncture session once a week (This was not being referred to by my doc though the doc said it won't harm me in any way and I could give it a try!) <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHLFqgsl0nx63EmQDu5_sjoYu_Xlc63tFmrcEBfWY-XhiNxlLpghlfH9aSBni7wZAmnGul61KbmjFOT6BsgWXTrpLCIsysYeAH9mgmN3c8-Z3kU8CYD6HTvuFJjzF2sKOshRLF6LP7poOBTfgzL81xuxSuqLu3m87cYogMCJeAMgcqBRWA4TFykTL9w/s1280/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-04-01%20at%2011.36.05%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHLFqgsl0nx63EmQDu5_sjoYu_Xlc63tFmrcEBfWY-XhiNxlLpghlfH9aSBni7wZAmnGul61KbmjFOT6BsgWXTrpLCIsysYeAH9mgmN3c8-Z3kU8CYD6HTvuFJjzF2sKOshRLF6LP7poOBTfgzL81xuxSuqLu3m87cYogMCJeAMgcqBRWA4TFykTL9w/w480-h640/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-04-01%20at%2011.36.05%20PM.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the acupuncture session</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNAFHugHFLJ11bRMUFG7aT63Nl6zirnM5R_fsXytDpxFaz1UG5NbimaMCCZlq1b7XWl3oj3q9me2rfVA0S7DSgfpW1aWJVl879Vq9e0t9OdD6twFjY748LQpIh-Y0oRNx_fs2LVJaLcVa_l21bWjLKNvw-cRSRIucoaEIniFULwSU0FrTjNJGkI5HfQ/s4032/IMG_4435.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNAFHugHFLJ11bRMUFG7aT63Nl6zirnM5R_fsXytDpxFaz1UG5NbimaMCCZlq1b7XWl3oj3q9me2rfVA0S7DSgfpW1aWJVl879Vq9e0t9OdD6twFjY748LQpIh-Y0oRNx_fs2LVJaLcVa_l21bWjLKNvw-cRSRIucoaEIniFULwSU0FrTjNJGkI5HfQ/w480-h640/IMG_4435.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Acupuncture with light/heat therapy</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><p></p><p>And just about a few weeks later, I also went to a new Neurosurgeon (recommended by my Orthopedic). Although she still didn’t know what caused my neuropathy, she recommended me to up my strong meds to TWICE a day. <br /><br />I was reluctant at first (because I was afraid of being too dependent on it). And also some of the side effects of this medicine is weight gain, brain fog and a lot of others...😱<br />But I gave it a try anyway.<br />And I am sure glad I did!<br /><br />And a few days after I upped my meds dose, I could feel noticeable improvement on my symptoms. <br />All my symptoms reduced my 50%.<br />From wheelchair to on a crutch while walking and then progressed to walking without crutch, but still with a slight limping while walking.</p><p>And because of the 50% less pains n sensitivity in my foot, I could progress during physio session. I can do more exercises now.<br />Could not believe that in just 3 months of not walking, my right foot muscles has weakened so much so I needed to build up the strength again.<br />My physiotherapist then scratched her head on how to build up my foot strength when my foot was so sensitive it couldn't be touched! She said it was her first time encountering a case like mine!😂<br /><br />I went for physiotherapy sessions once a week. I also continued going for acupuncture every week too. This went on for several months. I don't know which of these two help or maybe both things helped (in addition to my meds of course). But seeing my progress during my physio sessions really boosted my confidence level.<br /><br />I now can walk up to 10,000 steps a day (ok, I won't be pushing it yet!) although uneven surfaces still make me cringe and I still can’t walk down a steep slope.<br /><br />However, I still can't jump or run or dance. <br />And there are still certain shoes I can't wear. <br />But it is OK. <br /><br />And about 2 months ago, I started driving again. The feeling of getting of being able to get behind the steering wheel, after 5 months of depending on others...it felt so good!<br />It was the feeling of freedom and independence!✌</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTZIXS83WJsYzRY8XxPLHHnRWpeQNzvG8TMN8kqejL-txvLCaGzhMHcG9Mcow1ojvhkZNhYWYdWy_4J0dNrFyg5QzDMgqgsw_dPt2TEf9vsSFWM-UZcL-1MLJGlzR5BaJ_GKNO7w_W5bA85Pd_omAIf96gl4QvETCmR-0ltynxMfitgKmXUOFV0V-Wg/s4032/IMG_7500.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTZIXS83WJsYzRY8XxPLHHnRWpeQNzvG8TMN8kqejL-txvLCaGzhMHcG9Mcow1ojvhkZNhYWYdWy_4J0dNrFyg5QzDMgqgsw_dPt2TEf9vsSFWM-UZcL-1MLJGlzR5BaJ_GKNO7w_W5bA85Pd_omAIf96gl4QvETCmR-0ltynxMfitgKmXUOFV0V-Wg/w480-h640/IMG_7500.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Happy to be behind the steering wheel again after 5 mths</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p>Doctors tell me that they are not too sure how much I can be healed. I may be healed 100% in the future, or it may be that I will only reach to a certain level and may not be all well again as last time.<br /><br />I am not pain free yet but it is now manageable and I am making progress. <br />For me to reach to this level, I am extremely grateful...<br /><br /><br />p/s - I am grateful for my hubs who is my pillar of strength.<br />And to my sis whom I don't know what I will do without her. <br />And to my cuz whom I can share heartfelt conversations with. <br /><br />To my fam & friends who are always there checking on me. <br />And also to my docs and physiotherapist who helped me in every way they could! <br />Thank you so much!</p><p><br /></p>tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-52510605138324427432023-03-29T19:02:00.006+08:002023-03-29T19:18:51.478+08:00How My Google Account (Gmail/Blogger/Youtube) Got Hacked and How I Recovered It!<p><i><span style="color: red;">***pls be warned this is a very lengthy and long-winded post. <br /><br /></span></i></p><p>I woke up one morning and I found that my Gmail was hacked.</p><p>This was what I saw when I checked my email. <br />My heart sank. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A9Gnx583g92032PpwvOuLgP2fFVMQRX3J0fjrv_gsIF2bT7b_f7uBcWt1OdqPLWgIiMnB8uVhcxmpk-P7hfZRP2Jeme9mfvlT5zjqN8wekiaZysH63IZ8D4XH--rUY1Ms0dAL_2NHG5h0oNjYdl9Nivqusz3aXTx7MH0X-iJT5XQuZww2GRTZw39Pw/s1280/password%20changed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A9Gnx583g92032PpwvOuLgP2fFVMQRX3J0fjrv_gsIF2bT7b_f7uBcWt1OdqPLWgIiMnB8uVhcxmpk-P7hfZRP2Jeme9mfvlT5zjqN8wekiaZysH63IZ8D4XH--rUY1Ms0dAL_2NHG5h0oNjYdl9Nivqusz3aXTx7MH0X-iJT5XQuZww2GRTZw39Pw/w296-h640/password%20changed.jpeg" width="296" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The hacker obviously changed my password of my Gmail. Not only that, the hacker also changed my recovery phone, secret question, recovery email.<br />He/she also added in security key and backup codes.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Although my Gmail is my secondary email, I was still worried because my Blogger (this blog - www.tanshuyin.com) and YouTube account are linked with the same Google account.<br /><br />Although I had neglected my blog for awhile now, but my blog had so many years of hard work/sweat.<br />I really did not want to lose access to it! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was no way for me to recover my Google account. I tried all ways, kept pressing 'Try Another Way' but I couldn't answer any of the questions after the hacker changed ALL my recovery options.<br /><br />The hacker changed one of my recovery email to this/his I presumed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix__q_P993aElzEF7ZXaqjvJmyyas1fXyA_SVPjzSRpu-fR2tucnnjTTLXfi8pqz4zyuawQO7Hk54en026ZSt3pMwStxqcwvDICBaZvk5CR94vVfqMtjwumsUfdMbQxM4A5KjccbWDREXMd16LXUCUc4ovLMSKnSogFg9Coq3B08NPnkd8y8xb6GGfkQ/s1280/email%20les%20ram.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix__q_P993aElzEF7ZXaqjvJmyyas1fXyA_SVPjzSRpu-fR2tucnnjTTLXfi8pqz4zyuawQO7Hk54en026ZSt3pMwStxqcwvDICBaZvk5CR94vVfqMtjwumsUfdMbQxM4A5KjccbWDREXMd16LXUCUc4ovLMSKnSogFg9Coq3B08NPnkd8y8xb6GGfkQ/w296-h640/email%20les%20ram.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And this was when I realized there isn't any Google Customer Support, no email addresses that I can send to, basically no human customer support!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Some of the emails I found on Google either didn't work or they did not reply me. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I was really anxious and worried on how I to recover my Google account. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I saw that some people who got hacked posted on the Google Help Communities and got help there. So I also tried posting there hoping to get there, but no one replied to my post thread. 😔</div><div style="text-align: left;">So I tried posting again the following week, as I believed my earlier post had been 'lost' between the thousands of posts every week.</div><div style="text-align: left;">And to my dismay, my 2nd post got çlosed off for comments due to 'duplicate posting'.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I tried a few times several weeks later but it was always the same. I am being flagged for duplicate posting although I'd tried re-wording my post and all. Well, I only tried posted there again because there was no reply!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also online chatted/emailed the GoogleOne Account customer service for help (as I have a Google Cloud paid account), as I realized Google only has customer support for paid accounts/stuff.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The customer service I got was lousy. He was no help at all and told me 1000x that the only way I could get my account back was to keep on trying the <a href="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7299973" target="_blank">Account Recovery Page</a>.<br />Obviously, I tried that 1000x before I asked for help. <br />I could not answer any of the questions because the hacker changed ALL my recovery options. It was so frustrating talking to them! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, I also 'stalked' some of the Youtubers/bloggers who shared how they got their account back and sent Facebook and Instagram private messages to them, hoping they will reply me. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I also tweeted for help to @teamyoutube and some of the other individuals I found online. (when I usually don't use Twitter!)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Most of them ignored me (maybe my messages ended up in their spam?🤷), but a few of them replied.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I began to lose hope after about 1 month+ of no real help and nothing much I could do!😢</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then, one of them replied me saying that I needed to set my Twitter account to public, if not then @teamyoutube could not see my direct messages sent to them if my account is private! (sorry, I did not know coz I don't use Twitter much!)</div><div style="text-align: left;">This help was the first light at the very dark tunnel of mine. Thank u @subversiveasset. <br />I quickly changed my Twitter account to public and sent another direct message to @teamyoutube.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was really happy when @teamyoutube finally replied to me, and that was how I got the ball rolling!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Phew.....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After some verification, @Teamyoutube sent my email for me to access a special form that had me connect with the Google specialist team. <br />I received the email within the hour and I was really happy that I finally had hope that I could recover back my account!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From there, I answered questions after questions for Google to verify that I am actually the owner of my account. I also needed to send proof if possible.<br />They asked me for my Youtube channel URL (which I did not know or have initially), asked me about my Youtube videos contents, IP addresses, etc.<br />I just answered as accurately and as much as I could and then prayed for the best!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After 24 hours or so, I got my Gmail account recovered! Yay!<br />I almost danced with joy!💃<br /><br />This also got back my access to my blog, so double yay! 💃💃</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZS42b0OwRQAcPxEVSuw4sO1rIiHpMq5Qy0EodBWYUvUtnIxrwDAmlHF3lCYjxgSjiQj_QOucMqTdygPbj4wm6IYVsP55-fAKKzpbfGtj8YS-bEFeoGaI655YH2dflsHCvW-_Kg-aD94IgcLZhJzT2lF4F2l2VUUY92kHhF79OWuOh86TJNOGaciuBA/s1280/successfully%20recovered.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZS42b0OwRQAcPxEVSuw4sO1rIiHpMq5Qy0EodBWYUvUtnIxrwDAmlHF3lCYjxgSjiQj_QOucMqTdygPbj4wm6IYVsP55-fAKKzpbfGtj8YS-bEFeoGaI655YH2dflsHCvW-_Kg-aD94IgcLZhJzT2lF4F2l2VUUY92kHhF79OWuOh86TJNOGaciuBA/w480-h640/successfully%20recovered.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">But not all was well yet.<br />My Youtube channel was still down. </div><div style="text-align: left;">The hacker actually hacked my Gmail account to take over my Youtube Channel. They privatised all my previous videos (thank goodness they did not delete it!) and renamed my channel to 'Tesla News'.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I assumed they posted many shit videos which got them flagged and taken down for violating Youtube's impersonation policy. 🤣</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I appealed stating that my account was being hacked.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now all I could do was to wait for a favourable response from them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTtZyJb28Rh22Z7qFOHxXJGQ9zU__4mSRlFfYMpaUP0V3bxLzI6zfMNbL6tNW6fEa_fmiYNA4AuGijHl1xIo1Udf_whlC0jxDnH_W_VyW0LKrJcV6-6ZzlkATebBDlgmcteJE7BuJ1KRbcAUIB_hoi7MbBDF3-mnqadA7rVpl-Qh9WLBxB1dhmoLNtA/s1280/youtube%20taken%20down.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTtZyJb28Rh22Z7qFOHxXJGQ9zU__4mSRlFfYMpaUP0V3bxLzI6zfMNbL6tNW6fEa_fmiYNA4AuGijHl1xIo1Udf_whlC0jxDnH_W_VyW0LKrJcV6-6ZzlkATebBDlgmcteJE7BuJ1KRbcAUIB_hoi7MbBDF3-mnqadA7rVpl-Qh9WLBxB1dhmoLNtA/w480-h640/youtube%20taken%20down.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And about 24 hours later, I got a message from them saying that my Youtube account has been recovered! 💃💃💃</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7x1Z2dmMcAWaGQGcwkOgYBIglXWqhFUI3mJ7iCsGDp1bix77yx1lq8lyco6sX6yNuETWoPQUmMOe4RZ5dL6ChpXy9FxJYSv1jPKgXluBLuZ1SI136zMitAvONKBr7USspnZzgS-3ML-bjLx0tAzA_AwH5Po0PT1vhXBaax_qNA7BlSx5fX6LGvuevg/s1280/youtube%20recovered.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7x1Z2dmMcAWaGQGcwkOgYBIglXWqhFUI3mJ7iCsGDp1bix77yx1lq8lyco6sX6yNuETWoPQUmMOe4RZ5dL6ChpXy9FxJYSv1jPKgXluBLuZ1SI136zMitAvONKBr7USspnZzgS-3ML-bjLx0tAzA_AwH5Po0PT1vhXBaax_qNA7BlSx5fX6LGvuevg/w296-h640/youtube%20recovered.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After I got back my account, besides changing my password, and re-added 2-step verification, and also added security codes etc.<br />As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The feeling of getting back my account after 1 month+ was like a big and heavy stone lifted from my heart! It was such a great feeling...!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really want to thank my hubs as he was the one who helped me as much as he could and asked me not to give up.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Also special thanks to @subversiveasset for replying my fb messages. </div><div style="text-align: left;">And super super thanks to @teamyoutube. Without this team, I would not have got the ball rolling to the recovery of my account. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I am super thankful and very grateful to all!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>So all of you reading this, please go strengthened and protect your account. You don't want to go through what I went through..... </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And now that I've got my Google account back, I have decided to REVIVE this blog of mine. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I won't be posting frequent posts but I decided not to let it 'die'! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And so this post is the first post of the revival of this blog.......:)</div><div style="text-align: left;">So all, Thank you for reading my revival blog post! 😄<br /><br /></div></div><br /><p></p>tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-24115289376374337382019-08-02T19:36:00.000+08:002019-08-02T19:36:16.676+08:00Review: Thomas & Friends™ TrackMaster™ Boat and Sea Set<div style="text-align: center;">
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I cut down on product reviews a lot.<br />
Main reason is that I just don't have the time to blog about it. #stilllotsofbacklogblogposts<br />
But then I was pretty happy when the agency representative of Thomas & Friends™ in Malaysia contacted me to do a review.<br />
Why? Because all 3 kids of mine are big fans of Thomas & Friends™!<br />
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<b>FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND PRODUCT</b><br />
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I received the Thomas & Friends™ Trackmaster™ Boat & Sea Set sometime in a big and sturdy brown box.<br />
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Upon opening it, the whole box set was inside.<br />
I'm glad they used the brown box to cushion it during delivery so the whole original box was in pristine condition.<br />
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This is the front and back of how the Thomas & Friends™ Trackmaster™ Boat & Sea Set looks like.<br />
The front has clear images and words of the name of the set.<br />
It also states that it is a motirized action set.<br />
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Behind it shows the already assembled set, together with a kid, so parents can roughly gauge the size of the set.<br />
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The highlight of the set, which is Thomas the Tank Engine and the rolling boat is strapped firmly on the corner of the set so the kid kinda get to have a peek on what it is. </div>
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As my 3+yo Vern was turning 4yo soon on the 14th July, I kept the set hidden and only gave it to him on his birthday as his birthday present. :)<br />
This is him with his 4 birthday presents together with his Thomas & Friends™ Trackmaster™ Boat & Sea Set!<br />
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<b>FIXING AND TRYING OUT THE SET</b><br />
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As I mentioned, all my 3 kids are fans of Thomas & Friends™ and so all 3 were also excited to help their brother to fix the set.</div>
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I like how everytime we fix a Thomas & Friends™ railway set, my kids get to learn a lot from it.</div>
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They would read the instructions together and try to fix it up together.</div>
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Watch how the big brother Shern let his small brother Vern to help to fix the tracks.</div>
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And look at how all three of them were grinning happily when they managed to get it right!</div>
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And this is how the whole thing looks like when it is all done.<br />
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The star of the set, Thomas the Tank Engine on the Rolling Boat.<br />
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First let me tell you all what is this set all about.</div>
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This Boat and Sea set is a unique concept launched by Fisher-Price based on this new sea theme. </div>
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This set consists of a motorized Thomas the Tank Engine, a Rolling Boat, "Water Tracks" to be used by the boat, and the usual railway tracks and two docks.</div>
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What I like is that the Rolling Boat is powered to sail from one dock to the next dock. And like how the original ship sails in the ocean, this Rolling Boat also runs on the to and fro concept. </div>
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During play, my kids experience how Thomas the Tank Engine will move from its railway tracks on land onto the floor of the ship and help the Rolling Boat to power to sail across the oceans to different places.</div>
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Love how happy Vern was and how in awe he was with it!</div>
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After awhile, Shern and Khye who is 10yo and almost 7yo got bored with it. They only got excited while helping to fix the set.</div>
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So I guess this set is more suitable for younger kids from probably 3-6+yo.</div>
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But Vern on the other hand was fixated with it for quite some time. </div>
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He did not get bored watching the train goes round and round.</div>
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I guess he did not get bored because he had a play in it as he needs to transfer the Rolling Boat from one dock to the other.</div>
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But me on the other hand prefers to buy my kids non-motorized toys. Because I want them to roll the trains on the tracks themselves to improve their motor skills and to let their imagination runs wild while making up stories as they play.</div>
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But maybe because I don't buy them motorized toys, Vern is very fascinated with it and was exclaiming "wahhhh...whoah...as he watches the train goes round the tracks and onto the boat and the water tracks! :)</div>
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See how Vern is still playing with all his Thomas & Friends™ sets!</div>
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He already has the Thomas & Friends™ Take-n-Play Tidmouth Shet Set, the Take-n-Play Sodor Search and Rescue Centre, the Take-n-Play Rescue From Misty Island Set passed me down from his brothers.</div>
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And now he has the TrackMaster™ Boat and Sea Set to add on to his Thomas & Friends™ sets!</div>
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<br />tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-91376350458401086842019-05-25T22:54:00.001+08:002019-05-25T22:59:23.224+08:00Khye's 6yo SOLAR SYSTEM Birthday Cake<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I just realized I forgot to blog about Khye's birthday last year! (Ooopss...coz I whisked off to Iceland straight after his birthday was over!)<br />
Khye celebrated his 6yo birthday last September.<br />
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So here it is.....the first part of his birthday celebration.<br />
Let's start off with his cake.<br />
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He wanted a Solar System-themed party and so I had the planets and the sun cake toppers all printed out.<br />
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I ordered Chocolate Indulgence cake from Secret Recipe.<br />
I told them I wanted it plain.<br />
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I put on the planet toppers and the yellow sun.<br />
Added the number '6' gold candle.<br />
Added some stars on the sides of the cake.<br />
Simple cake deco.<br />
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Then I felt it was a little off as it was missing Khye's name.<br />
So I added in 'Yiu-Khye' on the yellow sun.<br />
Ahhhh....it was much better, much more complete, don't you all think so?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Click below to get inspirations from all the birthday cakes I've decorated for my kids' birthdays!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">(Click to view <b>Shern's</b> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2010/06/sherns-vroom-vroom-1st-bday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1st</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">, </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2011/06/sherns-choo-choo-2nd-bday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2nd</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">, </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2012/06/sherns-colourful-3rd-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">3rd</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;"> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2013/06/sherns-pirate-4th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">4th</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/06/sherns-train-5th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px; text-decoration-line: none;">5th</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;"><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2015/06/sherns-lego-6th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">6th</a>, <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2016/06/sherns-hotwheels-7th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">7th</a>, <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/06/sherns-8th-donut-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">8th</a> & 9th birthday cakes)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">(Click to view <b>Khye's</b> <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2013/09/khyes-sunshine-1st-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">1st</a>, <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/09/khyes-mickey-2nd-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">2nd</a>, <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2015/09/khyes-alphabet-3rd-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">3rd</a>, <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2016/09/khyes-rainbow-4th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">4th</a> & <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/10/khyes-5yo-popsicle-no-cream-birthday.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">5th</a> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">birthday cakes)<br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(Click to view</span> </span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Vern's</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2016/07/verns-koala-1st-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1st</a>,<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/07/verns-2nd-sea-turtle-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2nd</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;"> & <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2018/09/verns-3yo-baby-shark-birthday-cake.html" target="_blank">3rd</a> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">birthday cake)</span></div>
tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-4588603777959023582019-01-23T17:02:00.002+08:002019-01-23T17:11:23.919+08:00Khye's Reading Journey @ 6yo<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Just wanna share how Khye started his reading journey.<br />
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Khye loves books since young. But then we would need to read to him which I sometimes couldn’t do it all the time (esp when I’m attending to Vern or doing housework etc).<br />
So I was really happy and glad when he joined his brother Shern and started reading independently at about 5yo last year.<br />
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What we do always is to let him choose whatever books he likes to read.<br />
As long as it is not a book using bad language etc we are fine with it.<br />
So Khye started off with comic books.<br />
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He started off by reading Dog Man series and Hilo. He loves them as they are funny and silly (my boys love silly stuff!) and that was how he learned to read full books independently.<br />
He read all the books in this Dog Man series.<br />
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He also loves Usborn’s Lift the Flap books of Questions and Answers about How Things Work and Why and such.<br />
This series i super like and super encourage coz he gets to broaden his general knowledge.<br />
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Then he moved on to read the Captain Underpants series.....all about a superhero who wears only an underpants (I told you my 5yo likes silly stories haha). These books are semi-comic books with some pages of comics and some words.<br />
He finished reading all the books in this series.<br />
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Then about 1/2 year ago at 5.5yo he started reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He started to resonate with Greg on his struggles to fit into middle school. I’m not sure if he gets all the jokes but well....he laughed when he reads it so i guess so. 😏<br />
And yes, he finished the whole Wimpy Kid series too.<br />
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Then at 6yo he started Geronimo Stilton books. Those paper backs thin ones.<br />
There are hundreds of titles in the various series that he is still devouring them one by one even until today.<br />
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Recently, he started reading the hard cover Geronimo Stilton’s Kingdom of Fantasy series. These has more words and is about 300+ pages per book.<br />
It takes him only 2-3 days to finish one book (after school until dinner time 😅)<br />
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He also reads random books on topics he likes....like book about Space or about Minecraft 😌<br />
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Or these Time for Kids X Why Z series which we got from Big Bad Wolf. He loves them. Not too many words and easy to read.<br />
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Shern on the other hand finished reading all of these books and is reading other books as well. He reads even more than Khye.<br />
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I’m really glad my kids love reading.<br />
It really helps when they get to choose what they want to read.<br />
What we can do is to buy/borrow books for them so the books are easily accessible to them.<br />
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What we do at home is no screentime on weekdays/school days.<br />
They can do whatever they like after on schooldays after finishing their homework, as long as no screentime (which means no tv, computer or phone).<br />
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They can play with their toys or boardgames or draw/paint or even just laze around.<br />
But more often they choose to read (when screentime is not allowed).<br />
And once they started reading, they are very engrossed into their book....lost in their own little adventure.<br />
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It’s a good hobby and one I enjoyed most when I was a little girl. So I am glad I am passing this hobby of mine to my kids.<br />
May they also love reading as much as I do even to adulthood!<br />
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P/s - This post is not to boast or anything.<br />
But I hope this post can help some of you there to choose books for your little ones to encourage them to read (that is if your little ones love silly stories like Captain Underpants like my 2 boys 😬😌)<br />
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Khye had been chosen to give the Welcome Speech in his Kindy's Graduation and Concert 2018.<br />
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There were 3 student (4 because of twins) representative for the Welcome Speech.</div>
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One will be giving a speech in Bahasa Malaysia. And the twins will be giving a speech in Chinese.</div>
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As for Khye, his speech will be in English.</div>
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We were extremely proud parents to say the least.</div>
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Khye wrote the speech together with his headmistress, who guided him on the grammar and structure of his speech. </div>
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I felt that it was a really great experience for Khye.</div>
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He learnt to write a speech, and then to memorize it and to practise it again and again.</div>
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He now understands what "Practise Makes Perfect" means. ;)</div>
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Khye's name in the Program sheet. </div>
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Just 3 days before the concert day, Khye developed quite a bad cough. </div>
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Luckily he was all well again and could attend his concert and graduation with a smiling face.</div>
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Khye spent 3 years in this Kindy and he obviously was looking forward to this and to enjoy the concert with his friends. </div>
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And now time for his much practised speech.</div>
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I was so glad he was so brave enough to speak in front of a thousand audience.</div>
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One THOUSAND audience consists of daddies, mummies, ah kongs, ah mas, geges, jie-jies, mei-meis, didis. Hahaha.<br />
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I love how gungho he was.</div>
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He told me his headmistress told him to "talk like a soldier", thus his serious face. Hahaha.</div>
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Here are some photos of him while giving his gungho speech.</div>
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Anyway, so proud of him.</div>
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And so I really need to blog this down so that I can just refer here to see how proud I was of my 6yo! :)</div>
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As I now have 3 kids and 3 birthday parties to plan, I get more and more slack.</div>
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For this party, I planned and prepped the deco just a week before. *gulp*</div>
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And now the posting of the party. 3 mths late. *erm, sorry guys*</div>
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And also thanks to my dearest friend Josie for the jpg of the sharks. </div>
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Made some cupcakes and food toppers and a frame, birthday cake topper, and the compulsary bunting. That was about all.</div>
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And last minute, I made the mini golden brown with the "3" for the birthday boy!<br />
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As for the <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2018/09/verns-3yo-baby-shark-birthday-cake.html" target="_blank">awesome one-of-a-kind BABY SHARK Birthday Cake for Vern</a>, click to read all about it.<br />
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And look at our ad-hoc Baby Shark Video Invitation. lol.</div>
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Prepping of the dessert table was on the morning itself, and we got everything ready by the time the guests started arriving at 12noon.</div>
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A few closed up of the decos I made.<br />
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A dish broughy by one of the guest....our good friend Linda and Saiful. ;)</div>
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One of our little family of 5.<br />
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Birthday boy. </div>
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Vern proudly showing that he is 3 years old with his fingers. </div>
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With Ah Kong & Pho-pho<br />
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With gramps and Min-yee & Yee-Pho<br />
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With mummy & daddy included in it.<br />
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With our very good friends Justin & family.<br />
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With our good friends Linda & Saiful & family. </div>
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With the Mah-s.<br />
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With the Cheong-s kaufus and kaumous and yee-yees.<br />
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Singing of the birthday song.<br />
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A short clip of the birthday song.<br />
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Make a wish.<br />
One. Two. Three. Blow.<br />
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Thank you all for coming and thank you for the presents and angpows.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2011/06/sherns-2nd-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2nd Red and Blue TRAIN themed Birthday Party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2012/06/sherns-3yo-mini-birthday-party-at-home.html" style="background-color: white; color: #33aaff; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">3rd COLOURFUL themed Birthday Party</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">4th PIRATE themed Birthday Party - </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2013/06/sherns-4yo-pirate-themed-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Part 1</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">, </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2013/06/sherns-4yo-pirate-themed-birthday-party_24.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">5th TRAIN themed Birthday Party - </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/07/sherns-5yo-train-themed-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Part 1</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">, </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/07/sherns-5yo-train-themed-birthday-party_21.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2015/06/sherns-6yo-lego-themed-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">6th LEGO Themed Birthday Party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2016/06/sherns-7th-hotwheels-themed-birthday.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">7th HOTWHEELS Themed Birthday Party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/06/sherns-8th-donut-themed-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">8th DONUT Themed Birthday Party</a><br />
9th MOVIE themed Birthday Party<br />
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<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2012/10/khyes-fullmoon.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Fullmon OWL themed Party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2013/10/khyes-1st-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1st SUNSHINE themed Birthday Party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/09/khyes-2nd-mickey-themed-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2nd MICKEY themed Birthday Party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2015/09/khyes-3rd-alphabet-themed-birthday-party.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">3rd ALPHABET themed Birthday Party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2016/09/khyes-4th-somewhere-over-rainbow-themed.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">4th Somewhere Over The RAINBOW themed Birthday Party</a><br />
5th POPSICLE themed Birthday Party<br />
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<br />tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-18443061965521082812018-09-06T23:40:00.002+08:002018-09-06T23:40:40.833+08:00Vern's 3yo BABY SHARK Birthday Cake<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Vern celebrated his 3rd birthday in July and I haven't blogged about it yet. *sweats*</div>
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He loves the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w" target="_blank">Baby Shark song</a> from Pink Fong (well, which toddler doesn't?) and so I decorated his cake with Baby Shark theme.</div>
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I ordered a plain light blue cake from Brix & Baume. </div>
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See how 'white' it looked? It had just a teeny hint of blue which was actually not noticeable at all. *failed plain cake* </div>
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So I just made do with what I had.<br />
I made the Baby Shark family topper with Daddy Shark, Mummy Shark & Baby Shark and also with the word ' HAPPY BIRTHDAY' on it.<br />
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Put some shark gummies around the cake sides and some candies to form the number '3' and stuck 'Yiu-Vern' topper and also 3 candles.<br />
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Ta da.....an awesome One-of-a-kind BABY SHARK Birthday Cake for Vern.<br />
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Very simple cake indeed.<br />
And Vern didn't mind a bit. He was actually very happy to see his favourite sharks cake.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">(Click to view <b>Shern's</b> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2010/06/sherns-vroom-vroom-1st-bday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1st</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">, </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2011/06/sherns-choo-choo-2nd-bday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2nd</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">, </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2012/06/sherns-colourful-3rd-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">3rd</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;"> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2013/06/sherns-pirate-4th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">4th</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> </span><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/06/sherns-train-5th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px; text-decoration-line: none;">5th</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;"><a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2015/06/sherns-lego-6th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">6th</a>, <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2016/06/sherns-hotwheels-7th-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">7th</a> & <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/06/sherns-8th-donut-birthday-cake.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">8th</a> birthday cakes)</span></div>
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It had been a long time since we last had our family trip. Family as in all 9 of us. (minus Wen + family).<br />
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Travelling with a big group was not easy, especially with the age difference. </div>
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Youngest traveler just turned 3 yo and there were a few 60+yo. Haha.</div>
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But it was a really great experience for all of us visiting Hanoi.</div>
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We planned our activities to include both the young and the old. And we preferred experiences rather than visiting museums after museums.</div>
And so we engaged <a href="https://www.tonkinvoyage.com/" target="_blank">Tonkin Voyage Travels</a> who was really good in giving us what we wanted - experiences in Hanoi and its surroundings.<br />
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Here are the 10 Highlights of our trip to Hanoi, Ninh Binh & Halong Bay:</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">1. Cyclo/Trishaw Ride in Hanoi's Old Quarters. </span></u></b></div>
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We had a 1+ hour cyclo ride all over the Old Quarters of Hanoi. We saw the many buildings and such. It was very relaxing and that was the first time I sat in a trishaw for so long. Haha. So relaxing until Shern fell asleep towards the end of the ride. ;P</div>
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Vern loved it and asked to sit on it again everytime he saw a trishaw ride past us.<br />
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One of the many special experiences in Vietnam is to go on a GrabBike. </div>
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We didn't do that but our guide fetched us on his bike for short distances.<br />
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The most canggih was 4 adults on a bike! Our guide, my sis, my mum & dad! Awesome!<br />
But it was only for a short distance. Probably about 2 mins ride back to our hotel.<br />
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And oh, there was even once when we were stuck in the temple area in Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh due to heavy rain. After waited it out for awhile, it looked like the rain was not going to stop anytime soon. And it was a distance if we were to walk from the temple area to the entrance where our mini bus was waiting for us. We left our raincoats and umbrellas in the mini bus.<br />
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So our guide was bargaining with some local people there to fetch us out to the entrance. Three of them got ready their bikes to fetch us out to the entrance. A short 1 minute ride but then it saved us from running in the rain.<br />
This was how awesome our guide was. He did things that were ad-hoc and went out of his way to really take care of us.<br />
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This was our short ride in the rain. Our bike person even gave me a raincoat to cover up Vern.<br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tò he </i>is a traditional toy for children in Vietnam which is made from glutinous rice powder in form of edible figurine such as animals, flowers or characters in folk stories.<br />
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The moment I saw this, I knew I wanted my kids and even myself to have a hand in learning how to make them. I remembered seeing and even buying these when I was a child. I lived in Georgetown area and nearby my grandma's house there were people selling these whenever there was an occasion of festivals, together with the Chinese Opera Show or the Puppet Show.<br />
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Nowadays, I don't see it anymore. In fact, I haven't been seeing them for more than 20+ years.<br />
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And so I was really happy that Tonkin Travels arranged for all of us to be able to have a chance to learn how to make them.<br />
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And we somehow managed to shape them, but only because the <i>sifu</i> already kinda shaped them for us before he passed the bits of paste to us.</div>
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So all we had to do was to kinda stick/assemble them and also shape them. And still ours looked a bit distorted when compared to the <i>sifu's</i>! haha. </div>
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Look at Vern's Angry Bird. He was mighty proud of his too! </div>
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This remains one of my kids' favourite activity in Hanoi!</div>
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Drove to Bat Trang Ceramic Village to visit the local craftsman who produce the famous high quality ceramics. We stopped at the ceramic studio to learn about pottery production and also to learn to make one ourselves. </div>
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After that, one of the local craftman showed us how to make our own piece.<br />
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As usual, it looked easy but it was not easy. You need to use one hand to turn the wheel (and it needed strength to turn it fast and it was heavy!) and then use both hands to shape it while it was turning. And also you can't use too little or too much water. </div>
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And when we were waiting for ours to dry and fired, our guide brought us to explore the well preserved charms of a small village. We walked through many small, narrow alleyways before we reached the banks of the Red River and also the Ancestral Building/Hall/temple (my guess). </div>
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Everyone was really happy with our end products, especially Vern which his has A B Cs on it. ;)</div>
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The temple grounds were all very well maintained too.<br />
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So nope, this water buffalo was not being tortured. :)<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">6. Boat Ride at <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tràng An</span> (A Unesco World Heritage Site)</span></u></b><br />
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The scenery there was breathtaking.</div>
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We boarded one of the <i>sampans</i> / small boats which seats 4. We were given life jackets before we boarded. These sampans were rowed by local women and I must say, I was in so much awe of them. She rowed us for 2+ hours. Her hand muscles must be really strong to do that for so long. </div>
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Hubs, Khye, sis, Vern & I were in a sampan, while Shern was with my parents, and ah yee.<br />
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Vern fell asleep before we boarded. I was a bit nervous because Vern didn't have a life jacket on. I think they only have 4 life jackets in a boat. </div>
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But then since the water was really calm, I got over my nervousness. </div>
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She paddled us down the large river towards the impressive limestone karst peaks. </div>
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I love how serene it was and how I could just sit back and relax and to enjoy the view. Especially when Vern was sleeping and I enjoyed the peace and quietness, even for just a little while.</div>
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After about 20-30 mins, we were approaching a temple. We could go down and had a look but since Vern was still sleeping, we decided not to.<br />
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It was then I saw that nearby the temple, there was a small cave.<br />
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Here is a short clip of us when we were to enter into the cave.<br />
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Inside one of the few caves we passed through.<br />
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We passed by a few caves and we went through it again and emerged in another part of the landscape. It was really mesmerizing.</div>
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One part of the river, the water was emerald green in colour and very clean we could see what was underneath it.<br />
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The airplane used in the movie set.<br />
Really pretty with the scenery behind us.<br />
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After about 1/2 hour, we got back on the boat and met back our boat driver/rower and she rowed us again for the last part of our boat ride.<br />
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See the very beautiful scenery as we sat on our litle sampan which paddled gracefully along the river. Best part of the boat ride was that it was not overly crowded by tourists.<br />
We saw many locals there enjoying the boat ride.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">7. Water Puppet Show in Thang Long Theatre, Hanoi</span></u></b><br />
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Water Puppetry is a tradition that dates way back in the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of norther Vietnam.<br />
It is called <i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="vi">Múa rối nước</span></i> Vietnamese, which means "making puppets dance on water".<br />
These puppets are maid out of wood and the shows are performed in a waist-deep pool, making it one of the most unique puppet shows I have ever seen.<br />
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So how was it? I would say it was entertaining enough although the whole show was in Vietnamese. But then, it was easy enough to understand and 40 mins duration was just right. It was not too long for me to get really bored.<br />
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The puppeteers who were behind the scene during the show, and came out to take a bow at the end of the show. Look at them in waist-deep waters.<br />
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We spent 2 days 1 night in a junkboat cruise in Bai Tu Long bay (which occupies three quarters of Halong Bay World Heritage Site) while admiring the beautiful limestone karsts.<br />
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This was our cruise - Dragon Legend 2. </div>
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2 in a room. 4 rooms in total. Even my kids had their own room. ;)</div>
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View from our room windows were amazing.<br />
I could just sit in my room for hours just looking outside. Or just be like my kids...bathe with a view!<br />
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My sis took Shern for some kayaking at the beach they stopped for us.<br />
Vern was asleep in my arms and it was raining so we didn't get down the small boat.<br />
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The cruise also took us to the Cong Do area to explore the well-hidden Thien Canh Sonn Cave. </div>
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Inside the cave.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">9. Street Food/Cafe Hunting in Hanoi</span></u></b><br />
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Vietnamese Food in my opinion was one of the best cuisine in the world.<br />
I think they don't get enough recognition of it. Before going to Vietnam, all I knew about Vietnamese Cuisine was the Vietnamese <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Phở </span>and the <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gỏi cuốn (</span>Vietnamese Spring Roll)<br />
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But after eating just a few days in Hanoi, I love their street food.<br />
Our ultimate favourite was the Bún Chả.<br />
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<b>- Bún Chả - Grilled Pork and Noodle.</b><br />
The noodles were fluffy and soft and although the soup was not boiling hot (and I usually hate lukewarm soup), the noodles were so soft after dipping into the soup/sauce. And the grilled pork was really flavourful and yummy.<br />
It was so yummy that we ate it twice for the 2 nights we were in Hanoi.<br />
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<b>- Miến Lươn - Eel Noodles/Vermicelli </b></div>
The eel noodle was not bad. The soup was flavourful but the eel was deep fried so it was crispy.<br />
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<b>- Mỳ Gà Tần - Chicken Noodles</b><br />
This was really delicious as well with the herbal soup. This place was nearby our hotel and it was always full of locals.<br />
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- <b>Vietnamese <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Phở - Vietnamese Beef Soup Noodles </span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had one of the best p</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">hở </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Phở 10. Forgot to take photo of the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">p</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">hở</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> because we tapau/take-away. Even with take-away, it was delicious. Long queue for it though. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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Pandan Leaf Yogurt with Cheese was delicious. </div>
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Love the subtle yet refreshing pandan jelly, and in one of the two pink jelly was a burst of cheese when you bit into it. </div>
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This was a hidden cafe. We went past the souvenir shop next to the narrow entrance. The deco was eclectric with a fake and also a real cock at the entrance of the cafe. </div>
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I am no coffee person but this was one of the best coffee I'd ever tasted. </div>
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It was foamy and creamy and kinda melt in my mouth. It was almost like drinking hot melted ice-cream. </div>
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<b>- Coconut Coffee</b><br />
It was nothing special. Subtle coconut taste in the coffee. The shop was near the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.<br />
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Ok, this was not Cafe Hunting but it was Girls Cocktail Session in our hotel in Ninh Binh! ;)</div>
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Hanoi is a fascinating city. There are many shops that interests me, and also many mobile shops on bicyles and even by the people. </div>
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I saw a "postman" (or postgirl) on bicycle in Huo Lu with parcels on her bicycle. </div>
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The electric wires on the roads are not hidden underground but are exposed. </div>
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And yes, I bought home one of the rattan bags for less than RM50. ;)</div>
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One of the best thing to travel with all of us together was that we took many many group photos of all of us, which we otherwise don't take back home!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At thr rounabout near Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Temple of Literature, Hanoi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Ngoc Son Temple near the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi</td></tr>
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And obviously Vern couldn't walk all the way. His tiny legs would be so tired. </div>
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And if I were to carry him (he only wants <i>mummy</i> most of the time!) for 6 days 5 nights, my arms and back would definitely be <i>broken</i> by now. </div>
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So if you have a small baby or even a giant baby (like Vern!), please consider babywearing! </div>
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So my advice is still to skip this. :)</div>
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We took the direct Air Asia flight which departed Penang at goddamn early hours 6.15am.</div>
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Which meant that we woke up at 3am and left for the airport at 4am! </div>
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But then we got to sleep in the plane (Thank goodness all the kids slept for at least 2+ hours) and reached Hanoi at 8.20am.</div>
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On our flight home, we also left the hotel early pickup at 5am for our direct flight back to Penang at 8.50am. </div>
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But no complains as we only paid around RM 300 each for our flight tickets to and fro. Super cheap!</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Our Tour Agency - Tonkin Voyage Travels</span></u></b></div>
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We engaged local tour <a href="https://www.tonkinvoyage.com/" target="_blank">Tonkin Voyage Travels</a> for the whole of this trip. (pls click top right for the English version)</div>
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It turned out to be one of the best decision ever.</div>
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Besides our ease of travel with 9 of us and also with old and young, they also provided us with a very good guide. </div>
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Our guide's name was <b><i>Chien</i></b>. (My kids call him Mr. Money!).</div>
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He made sure we were all well taken care of. He bought us sugar cane juice and Bahn Mi ad hoc. Arranged for bikes to fetch us during rain and even transported us with his own bikes. </div>
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He went way out and beyond to make us feel really pampered. </div>
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We were allocated a mini bus for 9 of us and including our driver and guide there were only 11 of us. I think there was space enough for 18. So there was ample space in the mini bus. The bus was air-conditioned and kept very clean. Mineral water bottles were supplied to us throughout the tour, which I found it very convenient. </div>
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Meals that were arranged by the company was excellent. Too many dishes in fact until we told Chien to cut down on the number of dishes as most of us were small eaters. </div>
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The person I dealt with to arrange for this tour was <b><i>Vy.</i></b> </div>
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She replied my emails and whatsapp very promptly, even at midnight. </div>
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She gave me what I wanted. An trip to Hanoi which was full of experiences. </div>
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You can contact her at <b><i>+8496 3454 119 </i></b>or via her email at <b><i>vy@tonkin-travel.com</i></b>.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>(<span style="font-size: large;">TIPS</span>: Please quote my name and she did mentioned that she will give discount to my readers.)</b></span></div>
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Below was our brief itinerary of our whole trip if you are interested.</div>
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And below was our accomodation for our trip.</div>
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Hotels given were amazing. It had been a long time since we stayed in hotels as we were so used to staying in Airbnbs.<br />
Kids also had their own room, mostly connected to our room, so it was really nice to have all the space and not being cramped.<br />
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All in all, I would say I am more than happy to recommend <a href="https://www.tonkinvoyage.com/" target="_blank">Tonkin Voyage Travel</a> to my family and friends. </div>
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Even with the very good reviews I read before taking this trip. I am still very much impressed by their service and level of professionalism shown to us during our trip to Hanoi. </div>
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tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-20323963428875238782018-08-20T23:10:00.001+08:002018-08-20T23:20:27.829+08:00Shern & Khye's Piano Recital 2018So both my kids had been learning piano since they were 4+ yo.<br />
Shern is now 9 so he has been learning it for about 5 years now. And Khye for about 1+ years.<br />
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Just last weekend, their teacher held a Student Recital for all of his students. Nothing big but just among the parents. They had been practising for it for a few months.<br />
I think it was a great opportunity for them to be able to perform in front of a crowd.<br />
To be disciplined and to practise their pieces regularly. And to be able to perform in front of so many people.<br />
And the crowd was not very small either. I think there was be about 60 to 80 ppl.<br />
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It was Khye's 2nd piano performance. His <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/11/khyes-first-piano-recital.html" target="_blank">first performance</a> was about a year ago.<br />
Khye was in the first session this time. In fact, he was the first one to perform for that afternoon session.<br />
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<br />This was Khye's performance - Pretty Bouquet.<br />
He played good and was confident and I was very proud of him.<br />
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Shern had done a few performances as he has been with this teacher for about 5 years now.<br />
His <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/05/sherns-first-piano-recital.html" target="_blank">first ever performance</a> was when he was 4+ years old and I also <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2018/02/shern-learning-enjoying-piano-8yo.html" target="_blank">blogged about his love for playing the piano</a> earlier this year.<br />
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He had been enjoying learning the song he chose, although towards the end I still needed to nag him to practise playing the song as the recital date got nearer. </div>
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But in the end he played well, although there were some mistakes here and there. </div>
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I am still very, very proud of him. Not only because he did well in the recital, but because he learnt a lot through it. The hours of practising throughout (though he practised only "minutes" every day! :P) and also seeing it with his own eyes how practising makes him play better.<br />
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This was Shern's performance on that evening - Souvenirs D'Enfance (Childhood Memories)</div>
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And above all, I want to thank their teacher for being one of the best piano teacher I've ever known. For being stern yet really nice. And for instilling their love in playing. </div>
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Taroko National Park 太魯閣國家公園 is beautiful on Google Images so it was on our to-go list in Hualien <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">花蓮</span>. </div>
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But then luck was not on our side because the weather was nowhere beautiful during our day to the Taroko National Park.<br />
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We wanted to watch the sunrise at Hehuanshan 合歡山, which is within the Taroko Gorge National Park. But because of the cloudy and misty weather on that day, it was impossible.<br />
There was also a slight drizzle on that day while driving along the winding road to reach to the peak of the mountain.<br />
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But man, was it cold! We were all decked in many layers and it was freezing up there. Look at us wearing woolen hats and our many layers.<br />
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We were supposed to see this gorgeous mountain ranges over this view. (Look at the board showing us the mountain ranges).<br />
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We stopped for lunch at Tianxiang. Tianxiang is situated at the junction of the Dasha River and the Tacijili River. It is a wide river terrace surrounded by mountains and a holding valley in the middle. The place is really tranquil and beautiful. </div>
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During the Japanese colonization, Tianxiang was the administration, economy and culture center of the cabinet. However, after the completion of the Central Cross-Island Highway, it has become a rest stop for travelers. </div>
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<i>Cimu</i> in Chinese means "motherly devotion". Legend says that in this area known as Heliu <span style="background-color: rgba(4 , 4 , 180 , 0.03); color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">合流</span> where the two rivers meet, a child was near to the river edge and was swept away by a large current. Every day, the child's mother would go to the river to wish for her child's safe return to her. </div>
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The walls on each side of the river contain caves which form natural nesting places for spring swallow birds, bringing life to the area nearby the roaring river, with locals naming it Swallow Grotto.<br />
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The path is shared between pedestrians and automobiles (one-way traffic), and a tunnel is located south of the primary trail running parallel for main traffic.<br />
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The scenery here is really beautiful. We took many, many photos of the rocks and such.</div>
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Sights along the trail include the Indian Chieftain Profile Rock <span style="background-color: rgba(4 , 4 , 180 , 0.03); color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">印第安酋長石</span>, potholes <span style="background-color: rgba(4 , 4 , 180 , 0.03); color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">壺穴 </span>along the cliff face, swallows darting in and out, and around the cavesm ultimately leading up to the Jinheng Park <span style="background-color: rgba(4 , 4 , 180 , 0.03); color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">靳恆公園</span> and Jinheng Bridge <span style="background-color: rgba(4 , 4 , 180 , 0.03); color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">靳恆橋</span>. </div>
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Walking from the Buluowan-Swallow Grotto Trail to the Jinheng Bridge takes around 20 mins. </div>
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It took us about 30+ minutes because we were stopping almost every few minutes to take photos. :P</div>
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The famous Jinheng Bridge <span style="background-color: rgba(4 , 4 , 180 , 0.03); color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">靳恆橋</span></div>
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Next, we viewed the Eternal Spring Changchun Shrine <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: center;">长春祠</span> from afar.</div>
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Built to commemorate and celebrate the lives of those who built the Central Cross-Island Highway through Taroko National Park, the Eternal Spring Changchun Shrine is a beautiful temple sitting on top of a natural spring gushing out of the rocks into a waterfall.</div>
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Due to the power of the Liwu River running over a fragile combination of green schist, thin marble, and quartz located over a fault, there is a constant corasive force on the rocks. Cracks in the rocks allow for natural spring water to flow through. While typhoons and rainfall greatly increase the amount of water causing it to gush through the rocks, minimal of no rainfall does not cause the stream to stop, with the stream of water below the shrine bearing the name "Eternal Spring".<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Source: <a href="https://guidetotaipei.com/visit/taroko-eternal-spring-changchun-shrine-%E5%A4%AA%E9%AD%AF%E9%96%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%98%A5%E7%A5%A0" target="_blank">Guide To Taipei</a>)</span></i></div>
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One thing I really regret not doing was to hike the Shakadang Trail. I would have loved to see the crystal clear Shakadang River as it winds through marble canyons and the massive pools of bluish-green water. </div>
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But I know Khye and mum may not be able to do this 4.4km hike. Our driver told us that it takes about 3.5 hours two-way. Maybe next time. </div>
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Because we earlier skipped the suspension bridge near the Yehfei Pavilion, due to the hoards of tourists on it, our driver took us to the lesser known Suspension Bridge near the Changuang Temple (Zen Monastery). </div>
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Yes, we preferred it here as there were less people and the place was also more serene.</div>
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The view from the middle of the bridge. </div>
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Lastly, we got to the Taroko Archway, which was actually the gateway to Taroko Gorge.<br />
The compulsary photos of us with the Archway.<br />
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Saw this giant stone nearby the Archway, though we couldn't read the words. lol.<br />
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Lastly, our driver drove us to Qingshui Cliff 清水断崖, one of my favourite place in Taiwan.<br />
No wonder it is said to be one of the Eight Wonders of Taiwan.<br />
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Situated between Heren and Chongde on the Su-Hua Highway, Qingshui Cliff is a big rock formed by Chongde, Qingshui and Heping mountain coastal cliffs.<br />
It stretches more than 21km and rises vertically from the Pacific Ocean, with an average heigh of over 800m.<br />
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This section of the cliff is composed of gneiss and marble. It has risen straight up on the eastern coast of Taiwan for thousands of years.<br />
The route along the Qingshui Cliff is the only coastal road in Taroko National Park.<br />
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The views were indeed breathtaking.<br />
All the photos here are NOT photoshopped in any way, and taken using my iPhone.<br />
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It was near sunset when we reached there, coupled with it being a rainy day,thus the skies were a bit gloomy. If not it would be even more magnificent!<br />
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Food was awesome here. Simple dishes but so satisfying and cheap too.<br />
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The place we had our dinner. It was nearby the Hualien Night Market, so we walked across the street to have a look.<br />
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The entrance to the Night Market.<br />
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It was nothing much to see actually. We got bored and left after 20 mins and took a cab back to our hotel.<br />
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We booked<a href="http://www.hotelbayview.com.tw/english/directions.html" target="_blank"> Hotel Bayview</a> for our stay and the place was really nice.<br />
The hotel is located right on Qixingtan Bay and so it was really convenient for us. That was the main reason to book this hotel because we were short on time. We only had the next morning to visit Qixingtan Beach before we leave for the train station around noon.<br />
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Another plus point is the hotel provides free pickup service to and from Hualien Train Station.<br />
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This was our hotel + entrance.<br />
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There was also a small little cafe within the hotel which provides the guests with free coffee and tea and also snacks!<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">Qixingtan Beach 七星潭海邊</span></u></b><br />
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The next morning, we woke up early to have a little stroll to Qixingtan Beach.<br />
Bikes are available to every guests of the hotel.<br />
Khye took a bike and cycled to the beach while we walked there.<br />
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Qixingtan Beach was really beautiful.</div>
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It was early in the morning when the air was still cool and almost no one was there. It was such a beautiful place to be. Weather was perfect too. </div>
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Khye stacking the pebbles.<br />
Such a picturesque photo here with the sea and mountains at the background.<br />
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Khye feeling pretty good with himself for stacking the pebbles successfully.</div>
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Me and my baby.<br />
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Just Khye with millions of pebbles around him. </div>
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With 3 of my favourite people.<br />
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Us attempting a wefie of all 4 of us.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">3 stacks of pebbles this time.</span><br />
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The beach was so beautiful and serene we were reluctant to leave.<br />
Qixingtan Beach is one of my favourite place for this trip. Really so reluctant to leave.<br />
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But at last we had to go back to pack and the Hotel's coach took us to the Train Station.<br />
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For those interested in hiring an English speaking driver in Hualien, Neil Zhang is highly recommended.<br />
He drives a Toyota Camry Hybrid with free in-car Wifi.<br />
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His English is excellent and he is more of a guide than a driver. He is very polite (a bit too polite sometimes!) and most importantly, we felt safe in his car even along winding roads all the way in Hehuanshan/Taroko National Park.<br />
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He replied to my whatsapp messages very promptly and gave us detailed itineraries and such.<br />
Our planning was easier because of him.<br />
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His number is +886 963 369 086<br />
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<b>SO WHO AND WHAT IS GASTON LUGA</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.gastonluga.com/" target="_blank">Gaston Luga</a> is a Swedish brand specializing in backpacks. Its design is minimalist yet chic with clean, simple lines. Gaston Luga believed a backpack is the optimal companion when discovering the world. Their backpacks are of classic elegant style and practical details.<br />
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<b>FIRST IMPRESSIONS </b></div>
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I was so impressed as my package arrived my place only just 3 business days after it was being shipped. It was shipped to me via DHL and boy, it was fast!<br />
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It came in a brown sturdy box.</div>
Upon opening up the brown box, the backpack was wrapped in a dust bag.<br />
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This is the dust bag that it came with, with the Gaston Luga logo. </div>
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This is the Gaston Luga Classic - Navy & Brown backpack that I chose.<br />
I love this colour as the <b>brown leather straps contrasts with the dark Navy Blue canvas</b> and so can really see the leather straps detailing.<br />
I also love the <b>strong durable canvas which I know will practically last forever</b>.<br />
And I read that the <b>leather straps are actually made of vegan leather.</b> I don't even know that vegan leather exists! ;P<br />
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There is <b>a side ring which you can hang your own keychain or anything to personalize</b> it which is such a nice feature. This is also the place to hang the leather address tag if you wish to purchase it along with your backpack.<br />
Love the steel metal of the Gaston Luga logo at the front pocket of the bag which gives it a luxe feel.<br />
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At the bottom of the backpack are 4 small metal legs. This is a very useful and practical feature as it enables the backpack to "stand" on its metal legs. This is especially useful when I have the need to put the backpack down on the floor or somewhere a little wet.<br />
The <b>metal legs gives the bag the extra protection</b> and also makes the bag looks chic. ;)<br />
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One of my favorite feature is the front pocket. </div>
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It comes with <b>strong magnetic straps and also a zipper underneath, w</b>hich makes the pocket quite secure. I usually keep some of my small change there or my keys. </div>
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One thing to note though is that this backpack comes with <b>a strong durable drawstring opening</b> in the main compartment.<br />
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Firstly, I am so used to using zipped backpacks. So initially I felt a bit insecure with this drawstring opening. But after using it for some time, I find that it is actually more secure with this than just a zipped backpack.<br />
This is because after the drawstring closure, there is still a flap over that secures it with a strong magnetic lock. This <b>extra magnetic flap closure works as a second layer of security</b>.<br />
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This strong durable drawstring opens the main comparment, which contains an inner 13-15" laptop comparment and also 2 smaller pockets for smaller belongings such as wallet or phone. </div>
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This inner lining is made of a soft and luxurious 100% cotton fabric. </div>
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Or if you use it as a kids day out back, I keep wipes or toy cars or stainless steel straw container in there.</div>
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On the back of the backpack is the <b>unique Gaston Luga pocket meant for keeping passport/travel documents etc. </b></div>
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This unique pocket that I haven't seen in other backpacks is really tight and snug so it can keep your passport or documents secure yet easily accessible. </div>
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I also do keep my iPhone there as well sometimes. </div>
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This backpack is <b>really spacious</b>.</div>
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I mostly use it for the day out backpack to put my 3 kids stuff and it serves me pretty well. </div>
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Let me show you roughly how many items I put into my Gaston Luga backpack. </div>
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- 3 bottles of water bottles</div>
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- 3 small books</div>
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- 1 slim stationery case</div>
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- 1 cards wallet</div>
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- 1 toy car</div>
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- 1 change of clothing for Vern; a shorts and a top</div>
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- 1 diaper</div>
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- 1 packet of wipes</div>
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- 1 case of stainless steel straws<br />
- 1 rubbber bib (not shown in photo below)</div>
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Yes, these are the things that I usually put into my Gaston Luga backpack. And yet it doesn't look too bulky nor does it feel really heavy.</div>
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One thing to note though, <b>the shoulder straps are <i>not</i> padded</b>. </div>
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But somehow even with all the things I lugged into my backpack, it does not feel heavy at all. Maybe because the straps are wide enough or maybe of the ergonomic design. I'm not too sure. </div>
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When I bring my kids out exploring, this backpack is really useful for us.</div>
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The colour Navy & Brown is also unisex and thus no problems for either me or hubs carrying it. </div>
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It's also no problem for me to carry Vern while back carrying the Gaston Luga backpack.</div>
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And best of all, I can even babywear Vern in front while carrying the backpack! Double yay!</div>
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All in all, I love my Gaston Luga backpack.<br />
It is <b>stylish yet practical and serves its purpose</b>. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wish to bring it for travel use or to use it as a kids day out bag (or you can call it a Mum bag) just like me!<br />
Or you can also use it as a gym back or even for the photography enthusiast to keep all its gears.<br />
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See Vern's happy faces below with our Gaston Luga backpack!<br />
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tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-12315056781021136272018-06-29T15:25:00.003+08:002023-04-07T17:49:12.005+08:00Staycation With Kids: Disappointed with Our Stay in Holiday Inn Resort, Penang<div style="text-align: center;">
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I try to write our experience as accurately as possible. I try to write both the good and the bad. And I may be a little long winded. So please bear with me. ;)<br />
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During the Raya hols, we thought it would be fun to have a little staycation in Penang. I searched around as it was Raya and also school holidays and we were quite last minute, most hotels/resorts were full and also quite expensive.<br />
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In the end, we decided to try out Holiday Inn Resort in Penang.<br />
It is not as famous as Golden Sands Resort or Hard Rock Hotel in Penang (I always wondered why not many people choose this resort), but I read some good blog reviews on it. And I also know that Holiday Inn is quite kid-friendly oriented so we thought to give it a try.<br />
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We checked-in on the eve of Hari Raya on the 14th June 2018. We booked for 3 days 2 night stay.<br />
One good thing though was that they allowed us to check in although we arrived about an hour earlier at 1pm.<br />
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We were given 2 Kid Sets which has an activity book and a small box of colour pencils in a transparent pouch. Lovely touch indeed.<br />
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We got the keys to our room which we booked a Kid Suite at the Beach Wing. ( There was another Feringghi Tower opposite the road linked by a Pedestrian Overhead Bridge).<br />
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This was the entrance to our room.<br />
It was spacious enough for our family. Furniture was a bit old but cleanliness and condition was decent.<br />
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The kids were thrilled to have their own bunk beds. Shern took the top bunk and Khye at the bottom.<br />
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There was also a pull-out/trundle bed for an extra adult/kid. Kids exclaimed in delight when they saw the Playstation 3 (PS3) in their "room"!<br />
The TV was a little too near to their beds for my comfort but well, I guess you needed to be near enough to play video games? Maybe I was too used to having long cords/wireless remotes at home and the TV at home was much bigger.<br />
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Anyway, they were excited to load up the games for some finger exercises!<br />
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Meanwhile, let me show you our room with the King-sized bed. Decent sized.<br />
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Vern was the first one to climbed onto our bed. :)</div>
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We got to choose/personalized our pillow preferences (soft/firm) and we took firm pillows which we was quite happy with it. I hate those too-soft pillows haha. </div>
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All 4 of them got cosy on our bed.<br />
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All Kid Suites at the Beach Wing has the Hill/roadside View which wasb't much of a view at all! But it was ok because we weren't there for the view.<br />
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And then things started to go downhill.<br />
It took forever for the PS3 to load and after waiting for more than 1/2 hour, hubby decided to call for help. And also one of the remote seems not to be working.<br />
The technician came and tried to fix the PS and exchanged a new remote for us.<br />
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Hubby also started complaining to the technician that some of the channels on our TV were so blur we weren't able to watch it at all. He said that it was due to the same cable used for the PS3 and our TV. Hubs told him it couldn't be because other channels are clear and fine and only some. He shrugged and said he will get someone else to come.<br />
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He never came back. After that we decided to go out of our room to explore the resort. Hubs made a call and told the person that we will be out of the room and to ask the technician to come while we were out so that hopefully by the time we came back, it would be all fixed.<br />
But guess what? Nobody came and the tv was not fixed.<br />
We gave up and didn't bother calling them again!<br />
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When we went out to explore the hotel, kids were pleased to see 2 Playlabs.<br />
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One was dedicated to the younger ones like Vern and was was a much smaller Playlab.<br />
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There were some toadstools meant to be used as a reading area with some pillows and fairy lights inside.<br />
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There was a small selection of kids picture books and a large selection of Enid Blyton's books which I found it weird because this Playlab was meant to be for toddlers.<br />
Anyway, maybe this would let the older kids enjoy some books at the reading nooks.<br />
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There were only a few toys in there.</div>
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Namely Dominoes, some wooden train tracks and some baby blocks. That was about all. </div>
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It may seemed like a big space the way I described it but it was actually a really small Playlab.</div>
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On the left were the toadstools.</div>
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This was the middle tree climbing/slide structure.<br />
See how near was that to the toadstools?<br />
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And on the right was the reading nook/table corner.<br />
In front of the bean bags on the right side of this photo (not shown in the photo) was a big Projector screen where it was on kiddy shows on Youtube. It was a few hours long youtube video where no one was interested in. And the audio was so soft it was almost on mute.<br />
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This Playlab was so small they only allowed one parent to accompany inside. And with my 3 kids there and another 2 more other kids, the place felt crowded already.</div>
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And they all were not supposed to run or make loud noises. My kids were trying to play catch around the tree structure but the Indian lady who manage the place told the kids to be quiet and told them no running. </div>
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I was thinking what kind of Kid's Club was that if they were not allowed to make some noises. </div>
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Without anything much to do there after awhile, I saw these Art Stands at the corner of the Playlab. So I asked my kids if they wanted to do some drawing.</div>
The Indian lady said "sorry, they can't draw at this Playlab. Only at the other Playlab" (which I found out later that the other Playlab do not have these Art Stands!)<br />
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I then asked her if cannot use it here, why were they being places here. She did not answer me.</div>
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She also kept trying to tell me to go to the other Playlab which she said is much bigger. </div>
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By the way, the lady's face was not very friendly and obviously not fond of kids. </div>
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They did not try to talk/engage with any of the kids at all. She was just standing near the door the whole time. And her face was obviously annoyed our kids were there. </div>
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I felt so unwelcomed by her attitude. I was disappointed as other hotels' Kids Club we'd beeen has staff which are friendly and full of smiles and engaging. She was just the opposite. </div>
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We walked across the Pedestrian Overhead Bridge to check out the other Playlab.<br />
Kids happy just walking across the bridge.<br />
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This Playlab was meant for older kids but definitely too kiddy for Shern either. </div>
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It was bigger and was about I would say slightly double the size of the earlier Playlab. There were 2 staffs manning it. Their faces at least were more friendly although they did not interact with the kids. They were merely just talking to each other the whole time I was there. </div>
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Vern liked to run up the playhouse and slid down into the ball pit. </div>
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Shern and Khye did that for a while and after a few rounds got bored. </div>
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There was an interesting interactive racing game on the floor where you use your hand to spin the wheel to move your car. It was not very senstitive and so it was a little bit frustrating for the kids to spin it.</div>
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The tv there was on youtube channel just like the other Playlab and no one seemed to be watching it at all. </div>
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A digital drawing board here. </div>
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I read in blogs that there were activities planned like Art & Craft etc in the Kids Club and so I asked about it. I enquired about that and they said that was last time and now there were no more activites. What a bummer! </div>
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Only certain activities planned and they pointed me the signboard places outside the Playlab.</div>
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It read 2.30pm Carom sessions at the lobby, and 4.30pm Kite-Making at the pool front. </div>
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So while waiting for 2.30pm, my 2 elder kids went to play some Pool table/table tennis just outside the playlab. </div>
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Verrn tried his hand poking the balls too. ;)<br />
The middle table which was another game was spoilt. :(<br />
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There was only 1 video game console with 2 remotes nearby and kids need to queue quite long to play it. Shern did not have the chance to play it until the following morning.<br />
And Khye got tired of waiting he watched Disney Channel on the tv nearby.<br />
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Then at 2.30pm, kids were excited to try the Carom game and we rushed over to the lobby. When we reached the lobby, we couldn't find anybody there with the Carom board or any crowd at all.<br />
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She gave a phone call to the person and spoke in Bahasa:</div>
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"Eh, mana ni Carom session? Guest tanya" (Eh, where is the Carom session? Guest is asking)</div>
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She then turned to me and told me there would be no carom session that day. I asked her back why not since it was in the notice being displayed. </div>
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"Guest nampak notice ada Carom session." (Guest saw the notice stating there is a Carom session)</div>
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She then said, "Oh, it has finished as it started at 2pm"</div>
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I told her no as the notice stated 2.30pm and it was only 2.35pm then.</div>
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"She then asked me if it is ok if they bring out the Carom board and we played by ourselves"</div>
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I was almost fuming then as I needed to be firm then only they brought out the Carom board for us. </div>
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I had no choice but to agree. Better to let the kids play than nothing. I didn't want them to be disappointed since they were excited to learn to play Carom. </div>
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A man then came and brought the Carom board out. To be fair, he did try to explain to the boys on roughly how to play. After that he left. So we played by ourselves.<br />
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At 4.30pm, we then went to the Poolside to enquire about the Kite-Making session.</div>
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One guy at the Towel Stand told us to wait there as his colleague was the one doing it. We waited outside at the lounge chairs.....it was really hot at that time at 2.30pm. We waited for like 15 minutes and no one came to tell us anything. I went to enquire again and they said oh "It is in the Kid's Playlab".</div>
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I wasn't pleased then as we were waiting for so long outside when the weather was so hot! </div>
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Anyway, we walked the kids to the Playlab nearby and the man was walking out with some materials and told us it would not be in the Playlab but outside at the Lobby area. *fuming indeed*</div>
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And needless to say, he wasn't very pleased that there are guests asking to do this. It was like he was forced to do it. </div>
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Look at the sweat dripping down my kids' faces. </div>
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I was looking at the materials and was surprised to see lantern paper being used. But then I just kept quiet. </div>
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He showed the kids a demo mini kite and told them he would only be showing them how to make a kite and they don't get to make one.<br />
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I said I read in one of the blogs that they are making a REAL kite, not a demo mini one. He just shrugged and said that he would only be making a demo mini kite.<br />
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Look at the crosspiece of the kite. It should be bent and not straight like a cross. </div>
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And can lantern paper be used for making kites?</div>
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Anyway the material used and the way he made the kite was questionable. But you know what was the worst part?<br />
He made the whole kite <i>without saying a single word to the kids</i>.<br />
Imagine him sitting down there making a kite and kids just sat there watching the whole time with no explanation at all! Of course my kids and two other kids there were bored. Even I was bored!<br />
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Almost the end of it, hubby told us to just leave because he said watching a Youtube on how to make a kite would be more beneficial than watching him making it wrongly and also without any explanation.<br />
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We were all very disappointed with both the Carom sessions and Kite Making sessions which were supposed to be the highlight of the day! Very frustrating with the service and attitude of the staff as well.<br />
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We then took the pool/beach area to check it out.<br />
The resort was beautiful with its many palm trees.<br />
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The Kids pool was ridiculously small for a Resort. (I forgot to take a photo). </div>
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I think it was only 10 feet x 10 feet or 12 feet x 12 feet. There were already like 10 kids in it already and no way can fit another 3 kids of mine. </div>
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As for the adult pool was also really ridiculous.</div>
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The smallest part on the left was 3 feet deep. The middle slightly bigger part was 4 feet deep and the biggest part of the pool was 2 meters deep which was really deep for kids to be in.</div>
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I mean, who needs a 2 meters deep pool at a resort? Especially in a supposedly kid-friendly resort?<br />
Needless to say, most of the families were crowded at the 2 shallow ends, with practically no one at the deep end.<br />
So it was really really crowded in an already small sized adult pool.<br />
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Kids had a lovely time as usual at the beach.</div>
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Shern & Khye enjoyed sitting at the edge of the sea and let the waves lapped up onto them. They did that for almost the whole 2 hrs we were at the beach. </div>
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Vern on the other hand enjoyed building sandcastles and scooping the sand. </div>
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He always enjoys sand time as his teacher in the playschool told us he plays at the sandpit area every day in school! </div>
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The sand stretch was not really very wide, maybe due to high tide at that time. And there were operators which allow people to ride on horses and ponies for a fee. We saw 3 horses, a pony and even a camel. And they were walking ride next to us where we were seated on the sand.</div>
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It was actually really dangerous as if the animals started galloping or something, we would all be trampled on!</div>
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And of course there were many jet skis, banana boat rides and parachuting in the sea. Some Jet Skis even rode too near to my comfort.</div>
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I needed to keep a sharp eye on my kids the whole time. So it was not a really relaxing time for us parents on the beach!</div>
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They accommodated our requests for 7 chicken thighs and even went out of their way to help hubby bring the trays up to the 2nd floor.<br />
And as the place were not full, the staff was friendly and talked to my kids and all. It was really such a pleasant surprise to see the service of a KFC restaurant topping a supposedly kid-friendly resort.<br />
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Went back to the hotel to sleep at night. And to our horror, our dissatisfaction was not over yet.</div>
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When we checked in, the room was freezing cold and we saw this sign at the aircond switch where it told us not to turn off the aircond or turn the temperature above 25 degrees Celcius.</div>
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We were ok that the aircond was at around 12 degree Celcius in the hot afternoon, but not ok for it to be so freezing cold at night. </div>
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So since the room was already really cold due to the aircond on the whole day, I turned it to about 18-19 degree Celcius for the night. </div>
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Guess what? When I woke up to pee in the middle of the night, <i>I almost slipped as the whole tiled floor on the hallway to the bathroom was very wet.</i> It was really so wet even the thick pool towel was damp when I layed the towel across so that my kids and hubby won't slip and fall down on their way to the toilet.</div>
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It was crazy! I did not even turn the temperature above 25 degree Celcius. And even if I did, whoever says that the aircond can't be turned above that? </div>
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The aircond in my house is always at 26 degree Celcius. And my tiled floor is not wet at all. It was not due to Malaysia being a humid country.</div>
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There were also some minor things like the Room Service trays (2 trays with plates and bowls and utensils) put on the floor opposite our room was not cleared when we checked in until we came back from KFC at night. The trays with food and soup on the trays were left there for the whole day and probably the whole night too! This leads to food smell on the hallway which was not really pleasant when we walked past to get to our room. </div>
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I would say that overall it was such a disappointment to experience Holiday Inn Resort Penang this way. Holiday Inn prided itself as a kid-friendly hotel/resort and yet the staff service and attitude showed otherwise.</div>
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And now I understand why Holiday Inn Resort Penang is not among the top choices for kid-friendly hotels in Penang (as compared to Hard Rock Hotel, Golden Sands Resort etc). </div>
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I initially wanted to book Holiday Inn Resort in Bali for our next holiday but I guess I am now scared of the Holiday Inn experience. So unless something changes, I guess I would not book another Holiday Inn stay or recommend it to any of our friends. </div>
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And I hope other people won't be "duped" like us and have too high expectations from Holiday Inn Resort Penang.</div>
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Right: Very disappointed with the service and attitude of the overall resort experience. </div>
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<i>Click to read our experience staying with <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/02/our-experience-with-marriotts-phuket.html" target="_blank">Marriott Phuket Beach Resort</a><br />Click to read our experience staying with <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2015/06/weekend-getaway-lone-pine-hotel.html" target="_blank">Lone Pine Hotel</a></i></div>
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tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-88844198400726060592018-06-07T00:07:00.004+08:002018-06-07T09:18:03.642+08:00Choosing the Right Schools For My KidsThe decision of sending my kids to which schools is not easy.<br />
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My kids, both Shern and Khye went to about 1/2 year of playschool before started Nursery. Then progressed to Kindy and Prep Class.<br />
Vern is still in playschool now.<br />
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When it comes to formal education (Standard 1/Year 1) at 7yo, I had a difficult decision to make for both my kids.<br />
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As you know, Malaysian education does not have a good reputation. Previous Ministers have been treating our education as a political agenda. Our Science and Math subjects have been changing from BM to English and now back to BM. Syllabus and also language especially the Malay language has been forever changing.<br />
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<b>Decision for Shern</b><br />
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During Shern's time I decided to send him to an International School, admittedly because he was clueless in Mandarin. No one in our family speaks Mandarin. Not us, not the grandparents. It was our mistake for not starting him with Mandarin earlier on. And it also doesn't help that he is really weak in languages.<br />
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So when it came to enrolling him to Std 1, I didn't send him to a SJKC as initially planned because he could not understand a word in Mandarin. So he would have no idea what the teacher will be saying.<br />
Some friends told me to just "dump" him in SJKC and he will somehow "learn to float/survive" there.<br />
Yes, I agree he would but to me, this was not a good way to start his formal education.<br />
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And although I think Chinese/Mandarin is very important, it is not the most important subject of all. I would want my kids to learn how to converse in Mandarin and to read/write in Mandarin, and so I sent him for tuition classes.<br />
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Shern is still very bad in Mandarin (and obviously hates it), and I had been toying with the idea of increasing his Mandarin tuition classes. But now after much thinking, I decided that the Mandarin tuition he is having now is enough. I won't add to it.<br />
Language may not be his thing. And I think it is no use trying to force it into him.<br />
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This doesn't mean that I don't think learning Mandarin is not important. It is just that I will let him learn it at his own pace, and to treat learning Mandarin as a lifelong, gradual process.<br />
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Now I hope to encourage him to learn and not "force" him to learn.<br />
I hope that one day, Shern will be able to enjoy learning Mandarin.<br />
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<b>Decision for Khye</b><br />
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And now comes Khye's time. He is 6yo now and doing Prep class in his Kindy. He will be entering formal education next year if I sign him in for SJKC.<br />
Khye on the other hand has been attending Mandarin class since he was 4yo. He is quite good at it and enjoys going to class.<br />
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Now, the question is, should I send him to SJKC.<br />
Khye is quite the studious kind who loves to study. However, feedback from teachers is that he loves asking questions in class and is very curious about everything and thus he always put up his hand to ask questions in class.<br />
I see this as a good thing. Asking questions is good if the school environment/teacher encourages it.<br />
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Many parents feedback to me that in SJKC, asking too many questions is not encouraged. Reason being there will be 40+ students in the class and that the teacher won't have so much time to entertain this. And also if asking too many question, one would easily be the "target" of ridicule if your questions are silly, etc.<br />
Of course this depends on schools/teachers, but largely this is the culture.<br />
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But then many parents and even relatives had asked me to try putting Khye into SJKC as he is the studious type and the teachers there would love him.<br />
Seriously, I really did think about it as I would also love to push him further if he is capable of it.<br />
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But a few things in my mind are stopping me.<br />
One, I do not want to kill his curiosity mind. I want him to be in an environment in which he can continue to ask lots of questions and to always have a curious mind.<br />
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Secondly, is that no one in my family can read in Mandarin. So this means that he will need to go to those After-School Care classes. And in those classes, you go there until 6pm. And from school to home, it will be a 12 hours day, even longer than a working person.<br />
12 hours of non-stop academic input. It is tiring even for an adult, I think.<br />
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Many parents also told me that go for SJKC for primary, then only switch to International School for secondary. Then you get the best of both worlds.<br />
But my husband said one thing that I agreed. He said we should focus more on their core years, when they are young.<br />
If they are being "taught" not to question and not to speak their mind when they are in primary, this habit would form and they would stay with them even in secondary years.<br />
This makes me look at the whole picture differently and I have to say I agree with him.<br />
The formative and core years are really important.<br />
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Having said that, I would not say International Schools are better than National Schools.<br />
Not all International Schools or National Schools are the same.<br />
International Schools also have their own weaknesses. It depends on what is the priority in education for you and your child. You need to know what you are looking for.<br />
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There are no best schools.<br />
You need to do the research and find one that fits your child. Every child is different.<br />
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I know that we are really blessed that we can afford (currently) to send our kids to International Schools if we choose to.<br />
We may need to sacrifice some things, but then at least we can afford it.<br />
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We believe in equipping our kids with life skills. Social skills, probing and problem solving skills all are equally, if not more important than being just good at studying.<br />
We hope our kids can grow up being more adaptable in real life.<br />
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Some parents recently told me that with the New Malaysia now with the New Government, National schools will be better. Yes, I do agree and our new Education Minister looks promising.<br />
But these kind of changes is not an immediate change. You cannot just change the whole school culture in a short period of time.<br />
First you need to train the teachers and this also need a lot of Government budget. These changes takes years. It will be many years until the real change takes place.<br />
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I know many of you will disagree with me. It is ok.<br />
As I said, this is just what I think and feel is best for my kids. And this does not mean is the best decision for your kids.<br />
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I think overall, I just feel that we should not be sucked into this crazy Rat Race world. We should not be losing ourselves just to chase what people expect us to live.<br />
I always tell my kids this.<br />
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Be kind. Be nice. Try the best in whatever you do. And be happy.<br />
These are what matter in life.<br />
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This is the first part of our recent visit to the United States of America - Cockpit Visits.</div>
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This is one of the highlights of the visit for Shern. </div>
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I got him a logbook to log down his flight journey, and he was pretty excited to get on the plane and to get the captain to write on his logbook. </div>
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And all of the captains and crew are really very friendly and nice. Most of them invited Shern to the cockpit for a visit after the flight. </div>
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Needless to say, Shern was ecstatic.</div>
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This is the flight from Incheon to Los Angeles (ICN-LAX) with Singapore Airlines.<br />
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The captain and the co-pilot from Singapore Airlines.<br />
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This one's from the flight from Chicago to Omaha. (ORD - OMA) with United Airlines.<br />
He even received his first ever gold wings pin from the Captain.<br />
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Then we flew from Omaha to Orlando (via Atlanta) with Delta Airlines.<br />
So it was a 2 legs flight.<br />
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This was from the very smiley, friendly pilot from Omaha to Atlanta (OMA-ATL).<br />
He put on his captain cap on Shern while he answered Shern's questions while filling up the logbook.<br />
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And from Atlanta to Orlando (ATL - MCO) with a very experienced captain. </div>
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We loved flying with Jet Blue because comparingly, seats are more spacious and also the service was more friendly. </div>
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We sat in the smallest plane ever in our flight from Buffalo to New York (BUF-EWR). It was even smaller than Firefly airplane. Only 3 seats per row and as for the height of the plane, some of the ang mohs even bumped their head while walking to their seats so they had to bow their head low.<br />
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The pilot was also small sized haha and he was really friendly. He was originally from Africa. </div>
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This was from our flight home from New York to Hong Kong (EWR - HKG) with Cathay Pacific.<br />
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On our final last leg of our flight Hong Kong to Penang (HKG-PEN), Shern slept all the way without meals as he was having jetlag as the time difference was 12 hours. </div>
So his sleepy groggy face in the cockpit.<br />
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Overall, it was such a experience to get the pilot to fill in his logbook and all the visits to the cockpit. </div>
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He also received some wing pins and name cards and flight cards from the various captains.</div>
It's something we will all treasure for a very long time.<br />
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Some of the logbook entries. </div>
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And so this was Shern's cockpit visits on our most recent USA trip.<br />
Happy flying folks!<br />
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For those who are interested, I got the logbooks from Simple for Flying.</div>
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You can visit their <a href="https://simplyforflying.com/" target="_blank">website</a> to purchase. Bronwyn is a really nice person to deal with. She helped me a lot when I nearly missed the parcel before we flew to US. </div>
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<br />p/s - I wouldn't say that having a Flight Logbook guaranteed invitations to the cockpit. But I would say that the pilots/crew are more happy to invite a little boy/girl for a short visit as it shows that someone is interested enough to have their flight miles jotted in their logbook.<br /><br /></div>
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<br />tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-7133928009120863822018-03-20T08:00:00.000+08:002018-03-20T08:00:13.052+08:00Taiwan With Kids: Cingjing / Qingjing 清境 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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(Please click here to read the first part of our adventure in Taiwan - <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2018/03/taiwan-with-kids-taichung.html" target="_blank">Taiwan With Kids: Taichung 臺中</a>)<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">MISTY VILLA 雲濛仙境</span></u></b><br />
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Albert, our Taichung driver drove us to our accomodation at Cingjing quite late.<br />
We booked 2 nights at Misty Villa 雲濛仙境 as we wanted to experience staying in a Minsu.<br />
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So what is a Minsu? A minsu is like a homestay/bead and breakfast/guesthouse kind of accommodation, where it is usually run by family and is a good chance for you to have a taste of local life. Minsu accommodation is also very popular in Taiwan.<br />
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Maggie was personally there to greet us although we arrived late at night.<br />
The reception area was spacious and homey, with quirky deco everywhere.<br />
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She told us briefly the rough map of Cingjing, and also the breakfast time etc and took us up to our room.<br />
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We booked the <a href="http://www.misting.com.tw/rooms_detail_28.htm" target="_blank">Wonderland Double Room</a>, with an extra bed. Breakfast was included as well.<br />
This was the door to our room.<br />
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I was surprised to see that our room was quite big even with the extra bed added in it. There were still plenty of floor space to our luggages and to walk around.<br />
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There were the basic amenities like TV, hot water kettle, coffe & tea, tables and chairs.<br />
The bathroom was huge as well, but then there were no separate shower area from the toilet, so when someone showers u cannot actually poo inside as it will be wet.<br />
And also it could be quite damp even when we opened up the small little window.<br />
And being wet and cold is no fun here in Cingjing as it was really cold up there!<br />
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Oh ya, there is no heating facility in the Misty Villa, as in most Minsu-s I supposed.<br />
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One thing that Maggie/Nita told us in advance before we booked our room was that there were ~75-80 stairs up to our room.<br />
Since we were all still young, we were ok with it.<br />
So now let me show you the stairs to our room. Haha/<br />
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This is the first two flights of stairs from the reception. Then you will reach the breakfast area and there will be a door.<br />
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Lastly, climb this stairs (sorry, this photo was taken from the top of the stairs instead of the bottom) and you will then reach our room. :)</div>
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To tell the truth, it was easy climbing up these stairs because there were breaks and it was not a continuous climb. I mean, unless you have leg problem or if you are an elderly. </div>
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Even my 60+ yo mum had no problem at all climbing up those stairs twice a day. ;)</div>
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Oh ya, don't worry. They will have someone to help you bring up the luggages to your room!</div>
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This is the road leading up to Misty Villa. Just a short walk up the slope and Misty Villa is on your right. </div>
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Posing with our accomodation behind him.<br />
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The beautiful morning view while walking down.<br />
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The breakfast area (photo source: <a href="http://www.misting.com.tw/restaurant.php">http://www.misting.com.tw/restaurant.php</a>)<br />
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Breakfast was served from 8am-9am every morning. There was quite a wide spread. There were bread and porridge and usual stuff like eggs/sausages/ham.</div>
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My only concern was that the food was a little too oily. But then we were quite satisfied with the spread and taste. </div>
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The misty view from our room's balcony.<br />
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Overall, it was a really good stay at Misty Villa.</div>
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Nita/Maggie were really friendly without being overbearing and it gave us a very homey feel to it.</div>
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There was an occurrence when Khye vomitted once at night. He wasn't really sick or anything, probably just ate too much or indigestion.</div>
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Anyway, we called up reception and Maggie personally came and helped us wiped the gunk and changed the bed sheets even though it was night time already.</div>
She was really helpful.<br />
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The other best part in staying here is due to the location of the minsu.</div>
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It was strategically located very near to the eateries/bus stops and everything! So we didn't even need to hire a driver at Cingjing.</div>
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From the entrance of Cingjing Farm, you can actually walk all the way down to Misty Villa. So it was really convenient!</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">**Please take note that the Little Swiss Garden and Carton King were closed for renovation when we were there.</span></div>
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We walked down a little to whether the eateries are (Starbucks/7-11 etc) and there was a bus stop and there was already a long queue waiting for the bus to bring us up to Cingjing Farm.</div>
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Queued for the Nantou bus that would bring us all the way up to the entrance of Cingjing Farm. It costs us NTD$20 each. Khye was free if I remembered correctly. </div>
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Upon reaching there, we decked out our warmer jacket. We even wore our wooly hats because it was cold up there, especially 9+am in the morning!</div>
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And it was a really misty morning too. Look how misty and cold it was!<br />
It was really difficult to navigate our way on the farm as visibility was low and we could see like less than 100m in front of us.<br />
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First/top part of Cingjing Farm is Green Green Grassland.<br />
There was supposed to be a Horse Riding Show where highly skilled riders originally from Mongolia would be doing stunts. We could hear noises and sounds of horns and speakers but we couldn't see anything. We just followed the sound and the crowd.<br />
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In the end we found it, just next to us.<br />
Look at the visibility......<br />
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The Horse Riders acrobatic show was finished when we reached.<br />
But then there were pony and horse riding. Children can ride the pony for a little fee. They actually just walk a small round, perhaps just a 1 minute walk haha.<br />
Khye wanted to ride one so we paid for him to go on a ride.<br />
Khye and his pony.<br />
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Erm...where is the horse's head? lol<br />
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And so we went to buy the sheep food from the machines and we started feeding them. </div>
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Khye had so much fun feeding them. Look at the smile and joy from his face!</div>
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Boy, the sheep were hungry and fast and clever!!!!!</div>
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But the sheep's fur is really really thick. You need to really squeeze it only you are able to feel its' body! haha. The super thick wool is really thick to give them the warmth needed up in this Cingjing mountain!<br />
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Look at how "fat" is this sheep when compared to Khye!</div>
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I tried to take a photo of the 4 of us together with the sheep!</div>
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After about an hour or so, we reached the half way of Cingjing Farm.<br />
By then it was not so cold anymore as it was already almost noon.<br />
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We walked along stalls selling food and fruits and vege.<br />
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We stopped to grab some lunch. We had some pizzas and some soup and Khye had some of his favourite Taiwanese sausages as well.<br />
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I think all of us enjoyed the vast land in Cingjing Farm with its cool, crisp air.<br />
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We just sat down and chilled. </div>
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The scenery is actually really beautiful up here in the mountains. But due to it being so foggy, we couldn't see the view which was such a pity!</div>
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Mum, sis & Khye with one of the windmills there.<br />
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All 4 of us posed with some sheep behind us.<br />
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There were actually many people when we were at the Horse Show earlier but I don't know where were they coz after awhile I didn't see them anymore!</div>
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No complains though as we just happily posed for photos without anyone bombarding our photos!</div>
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See...no one but us! So nice! </div>
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This place was also the last place as we then found the entrance of the 487 Steps Trail, just opposite here. </div>
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">487 STEPS TRAIL</span></u></b><br />
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This trail is one of our favourite in whole of Taiwan.<br />
We were so lucky the mist lifted and the views as we walked down the steps was amazing!<br />
This view greeted us as we walked down...<br />
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No filter. Just straight from my phone.<br />
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Beautiful, huh?<br />
Both my mum and the view. "_"<br />
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The mountain range far away with shades of blues and greens. </div>
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As we walked down, there were indication telling us how many steps we had taken.<br />
Here we were at 150 and 300 steps down.<br />
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View of mum from the bottom up.<br />
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Khye as we reached the midway at a rest stop to the side.<br />
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At 350, 400 and 450 steps down.<br />
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Khye was such a trooper.<br />
He walked the whole morning at Cingjing Farm and also walked down all 487 steps all by himself!!!<br />
No regrets brought him to Taiwan with us at all!<br />
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This was the final 487 steps and we took a photo of us with 4 of our shoes to show that we conquered it down! haha<br />
A really recommended walk down from Cingjing Farm!<br />
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Since we were already almost downhill and not too far away from our villa, we continued walking.<br />
Saw many stalls selling fresh vege and fruits while walking.<br />
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Those vege and pears were huge! </div>
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And thiese chives were sooo huge!<br />
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Biggest chives ever!</div>
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We were tired as we finally reached the eatery place.<br />
We settled down for some food at the food court!<br />
Bought the rice sets from 7-11 and surprisingly it tasted quite good.<br />
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Overall, it was a great day!</div>
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Lotsa walking but really worth it!</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">**Please take note that the Little Swiss Garden and Carton King were closed for renovation when we were there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: black;">Please click here to read the rest of our adventure in Taiwan:-</span>- <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2018/03/taiwan-with-kids-taichung.html" target="_blank">Taiwan With Kids: Taichung 臺中</a></span>tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-8868697273976587462018-03-10T01:17:00.001+08:002018-03-13T09:41:16.907+08:00Taiwan With Kids: Taichung 臺中<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Ok, to be fair, this trip was a really leisurely trip because I only brought along one kid, Khye.<br />
Initially, this trip was supposed to be just mum, sis & I, but we decided to bring Khye along at the last minute so that hubby doesn't need to take care of all 3, and also Khye has school holidays but Shern still has school.<br />
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And so this is the first blog of our Taiwan trip Nov last year.<br />
Let's start of with Taichung as this was our first destination upon reaching Taoyuan International Airport.<br />
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Actually Khye was very happy to be travelling with me as he said "Finally, I get to sit with mummy!"<br />
Hearing that really made my heart ached. Because usually baby Vern would be the one sitting with me while hubs will manage the older kids when we travel.<br />
Only then I realized that my older kids also needed babying sometimes.<br />
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So I was pretty happy to be able to bond with Khye for this Taiwan trip!<br />
Look how happy was Khye while we waited to board at Penang International Airport.<br />
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The four of us...ready for our flight to Taipei via Cathay Pacific Airline!<br />
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And this fella is a champion. He didn't nap at all in the plane. He was doing Movie Marathon and once out of the plane for transit, he napped in the stroller. #thankgoodnesswebroughtstrolleralong<br />
This happened both times even on the flight home.<br />
Need to jot it down so would remember this. :)<br />
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Upon reaching Taoyuan International Airport, we went to collect our Pocket Wifi and then went straight to buy bus tickets to catch the Ubus #1623 to Taichung.<br />
It was NTD$170 for child and NTD$280 for adults.<br />
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Khye happy to be sitting next to me again!<br />
It took us slightly more than 2 hours to reach Taichung. Khye did not nap at all and was singing softly and entertaining himself throughout the bus ride. He was a good boy.<br />
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We stopped at Zhaoma station and then took a cab to our hotel - <a href="http://www.greenhotel.com.tw/wp/en/aboutus/" target="_blank">Fengjia Green Hotel</a> which was just about 5 mins ride away.</div>
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I forgot to take a pic of our room but it was really clean. We stayed in the <a href="http://www.greenhotel.com.tw/wp/en/room-type/standard-quadruple-room/" target="_blank">Standard Quadruple Room</a> and although small but it was enough for our 1 night stay. We even enjoyed 20% for Early Birds. </div>
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Yes, the struggle is real for breastfeeding mum.<br />
It was a long time since I last pumped my milk but since Vern was not with me, I had to pump to release engorgement.<br />
And I was also surprised that I can still get 4+ oz.<br />
Anyway, my hope to wean him off while I was gone failed. Vern was smart and could still remember and asked for "nen-nen" once he saw me again! :)<br />
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After shower, we marched on and walked about 5 minutes to the Fengjia Night Market.<br />
That was the reason we stayed in this hotel as that was our only itinerary for the night!<br />
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His name is Albert, and he was the driver for our day in Taichung.</div>
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First stop was Rainbow Village. </div>
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4 very energetic tourists on the entrance of the Rainbow Village. ;)</div>
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Khye saw the playground and he couldn't resist taking a slide down and I, of course couldn't say No to him. Look at how happy he was!</div>
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And so this is Rainbow Village.<br />
I would say it is nothing much, just painted houses of a tiny village. What is worth noting though is that this is a one-man show.<br />
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Mr. Huang, an old veteran soldier started painting his old and dying "veterans village" with vibrant colours and then it got caught on.<br />
So what you see here is actually done by this one man, which they called him Rainbow Grandpa. We saw him sitting down as the many tourists visit his house and his village.<br />
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If you want, you can finish this in less than 1/2 hour but we lingered on as we had fun looking at the paintings and taking many photos as usual.<br />
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There was a place for stamping and Khye gleefully stamped all in his "sketch book".<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">MIYAHARA </span></u></b><span style="color: blue;"><b><u>宮原眼科</u></b></span></div>
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This was a short stop as we wanted to just browsed through the place and to get a feel of the place. </div>
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Miyahara was originally an ophthalmic hospital founded by Dr. Miyahara Takekuma during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.</div>
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Due to the earthquake and strong typhoon, the building structure was partially damaged, but it was then restored and it now sells boutique chocolates and pineapple cakes etc.</div>
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Upon entering, I was really amazed by the grand decoration of the whole place.</div>
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As it was near Christmas, the whole place was done up in Christmas theme.</div>
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This reindeer could move, I kid you not!</div>
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Everything they sell there, be it cookies, or tarts or chocolates, they are beautifully and uniquely package.<br />
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See, some are packaged like a novel collection. Or some are like books.<br />
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The place is full of deco and yet you won't find it too messy. It's really beautiful and has got a vintage grandness feel to it.<br />
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Khye standing in front of the cabinet full of drawers which shows you the sign of how it used to be an ophthalmic hospital.<br />
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Yes, there were 18 types of Chocolate Ice-Creams using chocolates from various origins. </div>
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There are also an equal number of tea ice cream flavours, mostly Chinese teas and tea blends and also other fruit flavours.<br />
We were spoilt for choices really.<br />
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We got ourselves this in the end. 1 tea flavour and 2 chocolate flavours. </div>
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Next stop was to the Carton King Creative Park.</div>
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This was actually not in our plan. We initially wanted to visit Xinshe Castle but then this was not along the way and Albert told us this Carton King is bigger than the one in Cingjing and that it is nice for kids, so we decided to visit. And we had no regrets.</div>
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Everything here is made from corrugated paper - from displays and table and chairs, to the plates and utensils etc.</div>
First stop, a photo with this erm...Santa.<br />
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There were landmarks all around the world from the Windmill to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and even the Eiffel Tower. All made from corrugated paper/cardboard!<br />
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Khye riding a black stallion. See the pink slide behind.</div>
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Here is a short clip of him coming down the slide.<br />
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There were many simple games to play.<br />
This is simple Pinball game made from carton. And this is Rubber Band Pistol Shooting Challenge!<br />
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The whole place is pretty nice actually.<br />
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The Bees area. Khye and Albert koko. ;)<br />
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Mushroom town.<br />
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Khye found another slide from the souvenir shop to the mushroom world.<br />
It really was an interactive and interesting park.<br />
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Ringing the bell.</div>
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There was also a train made entirely of carton that was moving around the park. Khye was looking for the station the whole time and eventually found it. It was near the entrance actually.<br />
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Paris' Arc De Triomphe.</div>
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Last stop of the day was to this Zhong She Flower Market.<br />
We paid NTD$120 for adults and NTD$60 for child.<br />
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Needless to say, flowers were aplenty here. </div>
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This was taken when Khye was still in a good mood.<br />
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This was his grumpy face and after this he decided that he didn't wanna take photos with anyone except for Mummy "_"<br />
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And so there were only photos of the 2 of us or without him but no more 4 of us. Haha.<br />
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Yellow flowers.<br />
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Huge sunflowers as big as my head!<br />
Love the mountain behind us!<br />
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This is a sea of pink and reds and purples. Lovely indeed!<br />
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Look at the gorgeous mountain behind the beds of flowers.<br />
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We tried doing a jump pose!<br />
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Khye with mummy :P<br />
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A rare selfie of just me.<br />
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Ooohh and the lovely purple lavenders.....<br />
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We rested here awhile and bought some fish food for Khye to feed the fishes.<br />
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This was taken when the sun was about to set.<br />
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Erm.....photographer cacat as we were off centre haha.<br />
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We stopped at the mid of the mountain for some local fare and it was tasty and good.<br />
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I enjoyed myself so much at Artsy Sip doing my first painting (since I was in Form 3!) of <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/09/some-me-time-to-paint-sip-artsy-sip.html" target="_blank">Van Gogh's Starry Night</a> that I kinda organized a private session with Artsy Sip agaom with a group of my friends and did my 2nd painting - Van Gogh's Olive Trees With Yellow Sky and Sun.<br />
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Seeing how much I enjoyed painting, hubby got me a set of Acrylic Paints and some blank canvases to paint to my heart's content! #alsobecauseiwontwastemoremoneyatArtsySip<br />
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And so I got back and started painting just a week later.<br />
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I painted another Van Gogh's painting - Les Alpilles, Mountain Landscape near South-Reme because I am such a fan of his paintings.<br />
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Of course my work is nowhere near his. Although I know nothing about paintings, but his colours and strokes are amazing.<br />
My take is on below left, and Van Gogh's on the right.<br />
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And just this week, I managed to paint my 4th Van Gogh's paiting - Thatched Cottages at Cordeville.<br />
This was attempted while I was home sick with fever, and my parents so nicely took care of Vern for me.<br />
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This is the process of my sketching it and drawing it.<br />
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And this is the end result after 3 midnight painting sessions.<br />
Left is mine, and right is Van Gogh's.<br />
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A bigger photo of my latest painting attempt.<br />
Nowhere near the original of course, but I am still mighty pleased with myself.<br />
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Ooh, and I got myself a simple table easel too. :)<br />
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Four attempted cheerful versions Van Gogh's paintings. ;)<br />#vangoghfan </div>
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Just like to his brothers, we speak to him English as his main language. But then he is exposed to his yee-pho speaking Cantonese to him, and unlike his brothers, he picked up Cantonese fast.</div>
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At his current age, he can even hold a decent conversation with Yee-pho in Cantonese! :)</div>
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As I know he has a knack for languages, I just added on simple things for him to learn. </div>
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Just like teaching him to count while we walk up the stairs in our house.</div>
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Of course I started off with English, and then I slowly taught him in Cantonese, then Malay and then Mandarin.</div>
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And as I said he is quite good in Cantonese, he can even recite a simple Kiddy Cantonese Rhyme that Yee-pho taught him, although not perfectly. My pho-pho taught me this too when I was a little girl and so I am really pleased Yiu-Vern knows this now. :)<br /><br />
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Sometimes really cannot tahan this little monster baby.<br />
He is at an age where he can be really whiny and his crying is like a shouting match all by himself!<br />
But then looking at these 2 videos, he is really cute and super lovable! #biasedmum<br />
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Ok, now to teach him 1-10 in hokkien, and to endure another 1 year for the Terrible Two to be over! :)</div>
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tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-78432375429091137362018-02-08T00:07:00.002+08:002018-02-08T00:08:01.522+08:00Shern Learning & Enjoying the Piano @ 8yoShern has been learning the piano since he was 4yo. He is 8+yo now and so it has been 4+ years.<br />
He has come a long way. From his <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2014/05/sherns-first-piano-recital.html" target="_blank">First Mini Piano Recital</a> to his first ever Yamaha Junior Music Course (JMC) Exams 2 years ago.<br />
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Yes, this was Shern about 2 1/2 years ago when he was 6yo.<br /><br />
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One thing though, he has always loved going for classes, even now.</div>
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I'm sure friends play a very important role there, as he made many good friends in his Yamaha class. </div>
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But the teacher's role is even more important.</div>
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I personally believe that having a great teacher plays a very important part in nurturing the child's interests in a subject(s). </div>
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Thus, I am so blessed that both Shern and Khye have such a dedicated and great piano teacher. </div>
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His teacher is great in teaching the syllabus, and also to throw in certain songs of their interests.</div>
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Eg: Besides the usual Yamaha syllabus, he teaches them to play Xmas songs during Xmas, CNY songs during CNY, Beauty & the Beast song when it was a hit in the cinema, etc.</div>
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This makes learning fun and not just restricted to play the syllabus only.</div>
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His teacher is also great in maintaining class order, ensuring discipline and yet is a really fun teacher. </div>
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He often gave them class parties and the most recent one was because they just finished their JXC exams. </div>
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And also to reward them, they each got a <i>Shaker pencil with their names engraved</i> in it. All out of his own pocket money!</div>
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With his teacher's influence, Shern loves Richard Clayderman's songs and so he started learning to play on his own.</div>
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What I'm proud of is standing by and watching how his interest in piano grew.</div>
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And to see him having the interest to want to learn how to play a song. To see him working hard learning how to play it.</div>
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And then his teacher stepped in and taught him properly on using the correct fingering and correcting his mistakes. And then with the correct guidance, he is learning faster than on his own.</div>
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It has been awhile since Khye attended the Mandarin class.<br />
And we are so glad to see how well he has progressed, considering the whole household are "bananas" - Daddy, Mummy, Ah-Kong, Ah-Ma, Pho-pho, Yee-Pho, Yee-yee all included. lol.<br />
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He has always loves Chinese / Mandarin, and he even took home to the <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2016/12/khye-chinese-whiz-in-our-family.html" target="_blank">Best Chinese Reader award from his kindy. </a><br />
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He has also always been a really good in reading Flash Cards.<br />
He learns to read Mandarin words through Flash Cards in his Mandarin class. And that is how he learns how to read better I guess.<br />
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He brings home cards from his class once he knows the word/meaning. So some days he will bring home a card or two. Some days five to ten cards. It all depends.<br />
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We don't practise the cards at home.<br />
Why? Because well, I don't have the time. #lifeofmumof3kids<br />
And I think he needs to play more at home.<br />
And also I may teach him wrongly later. Haha.<br />
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Last week, he brought home a stack of 51 cards. His teacher told me he knows all these cards in one class. (But then some of the cards he learned before in the earlier syllabus).<br />
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And so for fun, to test him out, I took a video of him reading the Flash Cards to me this morning!<br />
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I love how he reads it then tells me the meaning in English, with actions thrown in as well! haha. So cute! Love his expressions!<br />
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And so I am really proud of how well he has been doing!<br />
Kudos to the teachers in his Mandarin Class! Thank you very much.<br />
It is all their effort and Khye himself!!! :)<br />
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Hope you continue to love Mandarin as you do now.<br />
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<br />tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-13299798342501151042018-01-25T13:44:00.002+08:002018-10-24T00:10:20.947+08:00Vern's First Few Days at Playschool<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 January 2018 - Attending Trial Class</td></tr>
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And now is time for my littlest baby Yiu-Vern to attend playschool.<br />
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He has just turned 2 1/2 years old (30 mo).<br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2012/02/sherns-first-two-days-at-playschool.html" target="_blank">Shern koko went to playschool at age 2 years 8 mths.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2015/04/khyes-first-few-days-at-playschool.html" target="_blank">Khye koko went to playschool at age 2 years 7 mths</a>.<br />
And so it is about time for Vern to go.<br />
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I chose the same playschool I sent Khye last time.<br />
He even takes the same Mickey Mouse schoolbag as Khye! #passmedowns #thankyou3kaufu3kaumou<br />
The playschool which I like because it is one of the few playschools in Penang that <i>really</i> emphasize PLAY!<br />
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The head teacher there tells me often from Khye's time until now, "When the kid has enough play, it is easy and the kid will be ready to absorb everything!"<br />
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How can you not love a playschool like this, right?<br />
And at only 2 1/2 yo, what else do you want them to do other than play?<br />
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And so this playschool has lots of playtime and no academics.<br />
They play outdoor for 1 to 1 1/2 hours every day. There are wooden playhouse with slides and ropes and stairs, and a big garden for them to run and to play with the balls, and sand and water, etc.<br />
It's unstructured play which I super love for little kids.<br />
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Vern loves the sand and you can find him at the sandpit most of the time. His pants are usually sent home brown and now I send him to school with cheap pants I bought from the market! Haha.<br />
He also loves throwing balls and just running around with the other children.<br />
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And they have singing, and art and craft time too.<br />
He comes home singing some CNY songs. I'm surprised to see him repeating songs he learned at just 2 1/2yo.<br />
And I love their unstructured art. They give them crayons and paints and an empty drawing block. And he brings home his masterpieces from time to time. "_"<br />
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And oh ya, he still brings <a href="http://www.tanshuyin.com/2017/07/verns-2nd-sea-turtle-birthday-cake.html" target="_blank">his Turtle </a>to school with him. Turtle stays in his school bag during school hours.<br />
Look at him holding his turtle while preparing to go to school! ;)<br />
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So how did it go?<br />
First few days of trial classes were fine. He was all happy and smiley.<br />
After 3 days, he grew smarter (just like all my kids when they realized this is an every day thingy!).<br />
He wanted to go to school, but then he also wanted me to stay next to him!<br />
Clever or not!<br />
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And so he started crying when I left drop him off in the mornings.<br />
But after 3 days of crying when I left him, he stopped crying when he realized that I will always be there to pick him up after school.<br />
And school is only 3 1/2 hours long! (too short for mummy!)<br />
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And so after about a week, there is now no more crying when I leave him there.<br />
Just "kiss and hug mummy at the door" and "mummy will come back very fast"<br />
And this recent 2 days he tells me "mummy go market first and cook rice for Yiu-Vern"! haha.<br />
Very true. I think the aunties there tells him this and so he repeats after them.<br />
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And so now happy smiley face near school grounds.<br />
I will say that he is now more or less quite settled in his playschool now.<br />
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And it helps when the head teacher quite often send me whatsapp photos of him playing/eating and also reassuring me my son is in good hands and learning to be independent!<br />
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I hope there would be no more crying from now on.<br />
I hope he continues to enjoy school and play hard in school.<br />
Here is Vern giving you a GOOD sign (although he knows how to do good with his thumbs now!)<br />
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And with my littlest baby now away in school, I realized all my babies are growing up.<br />
One in Primary, the other one in Kindy and now the littlest is in Playschool.<br />
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Ooooohhhh...don't grow up so fast little Vern!<br />
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p/s - The first day Vern saw me picking him up from school, the first thing he said was "I want nen-nen (erm...breastfeeding time!)" and so I needed to tell him we can't have nen-nen in school.<br />
And so now he will tell me "school have playground and food and friends but no nen-nen!"<br />
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And now I've been given the opportunity to try their new range:- Family Range & Mother's All-Natural Range!<br />
Now let me refresh your memory on who is Four Cow Farm.<br />
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<b>SO WHO IS FOUR COW FARM?</b><br />
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1369268921168_10802" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Nanna is a former midwife, nutritionist and natural remedies advocate so is very strict and particular about ingredients! It's her recipes and her selection of ingredients that go into the recipes, every single ingredient is <i>food-grade</i> (including preservatives and emulsifiers). </span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1369268921168_10802" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1369268921168_10802" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">So when you open a jar or bottle from Four Cow Farm, what you see is what you get<b> </b>- the colours, textures and fragrances come from our wonderful ingredients themselves, and nothing else. And every product is still made on their family</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span class="yiv4811760410il" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">farm</span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1369268921168_11057" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">, where she personally oversees (and has a hand in most of the making!) herself. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Four Cow Farm’s range of products are made right here at the farm, from the finest ingredients from sources and suppliers they know and trust. All their products are made from 100% renewable energy and packaged in 100% recyclable bottles and jars and are 100% biodegradable. And they are animal-lovers ourselves, so no animals are ever harmed in the making and testing of their products.</span></span><br />
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Upon opening up the box, I saw lotsa recycled papers stuffed to the brim and also a brochure of the products. This is to protect the products from being bumped around the box.<br />
I could also see how all the individual bottles we carefully bubble-wrapped to minimize spillage, which I really like.<br />
Overall, I like how much care they put into packaging their goods for delivery.<br />
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However, I received the latest news from Four Cow Farm that they have recently further improved their packaging, and below is their latest packaging.</div>
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I love how they no longer use recycled boxes and have their own boxes.</div>
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Their packaging are now so simple yet so pretty they make a good gift box too. </div>
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Upon unwrapping, all the bottles were tightly closed and sealed, with no leakage at all. </div>
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Now, let'e see all the products all lined up.<br />
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<b><u>A) Four Cow Farm's Family Range</u></b></div>
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Four Cow Farm's Family Range follows in its footsteps, also made right in Nanna's workshop on their family farm in Australia. The range contains only the finest food-grade ingredients, preservatives and emulsifiers, and is a selection of the best products for soothing and caring for both young and not-so-young skins alike!</div>
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This Family Range is completely food grade, and is safe enough to use everywhere on the face and body. Formulated with absolutely no harmful artificial additives or chemicals, and with only the safest ingredients suitable for all in the entire family.</div>
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Their newest Mother's All-Natural products contains also the finest ingredients intended for use on stretched or stressed skin going through the ups and downs of pregnancy or post-natal fatigue, or any skin requiring continuing extra loving care and attention.</div>
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It is also safe enough to use anywhere on the face or body, and with only the finest ingredients safe for mothers and newborns, it is the perfect start to caring for skin from pregnancy and beyond!<br />
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A) Four Cow Farm's Family Range<span style="font-weight: bold;"> - i) Traditional Castile Hair & Body Wash</span><br />
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First item is this range is the Traditional Castile Hair & Body Wash. It is made<i> ONLY</i> with Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil and Organic Roman Chamomile Essential Oil One ingredient to note is the Organic Roman Chamomile Essential Oil which is excellent for soothing the skin.<br />
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This Hair & Body Wash is good for the entire family, from newborn to toddler to adult.</div>
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I actually brought this along with me for our trip to Cape Town last year. I didn't want to bring so many toiletries there to save space but I brought this along as this can be used for everyone in our family. </div>
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And this one is for both hair and body as well! How good is that! (But for my long hair, I did use a natural conditioner after that!)</div>
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And for that I had no regrets. If you are used to using natural/organic toiletries then you would not be surprised that it does not lather much. </div>
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And seriously, our skin is so smooth after using it. I actually like this more than the Baby range's Baby Wash. This is because with this one, the whole family can use and the effect is as good as the baby wash! Try it to believe it! ;)</div>
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This is also my favourite item for this range. As all Four Cow Farm products, it is 100% Natural and is made with Organic Ingredients. The list of ingredients is with words you can pronounce and is also vegan-free and paraben-free. One thing to note is that it is also nut, soy, oat & dairy-free. </div>
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A) Four Cow Farm's Family Range<span style="font-weight: bold;"> - ii) Gotu Kola & Calendula Rich Cream Salve</span></div>
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This is the other item in the Family Range - Gotu Kola & Calendula Rich Cream Salve.</div>
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This item is an excellent product for hypersensitive and dry skin as it has two core moisturizing ingredient which is the Gotu Kola and Calendula.</div>
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I did mention about how I used the Calendula Remedy on Khye's sensitive skin and some rough patches. And I find this equally as good as well. Some rough patches on my kids elbow and knees do go away after some weeks of application. I think it does a good job in moisturizing it. </div>
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And I find that it also helps to sooth the sunburn skins of my kids while they go out and explored Cape Town every day. </div>
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But I don't like the smell of it that much. It smells strongly of olive oil I guess but then my kids didn't complain, so I guess it is just me! But the smell goes away after awhile or maybe because we get immune to it. </div>
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And as all its other products, it is 100% Natural and is made with Organic Ingredients. The list of ingredients is with words you can pronounce and is also vegan-free and paraben-free. One thing to note is that it is also nut, soy, oat & dairy-free. </div>
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B) Four Cow Farm's Mother's All-Natural Range - <b>i) Castile Hair & Body Wash</b></div>
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I am thrilled to be able to try out the Mother's All-Natural Range because it is always the kids that got pampered in all the natural and organic stuff. And now finally, there is a range who understands mum and that is catered just for the mums. Thank you so much Four Cow Farm!</div>
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I received this 1 1/2 yrs post partum but it is never too late to pamper oneself I believe. </div>
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And so I was so keen to try on their Castile Hair & Body Wash.</div>
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Mother's Wash contains of Organic Pomegranate extract which is known to possess enormous antioxidant benefits and its unique skin fortifying effect.</div>
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This is perfect for post-natal mum skin like mine that require greater care. </div>
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This one though I use for my both hair and body, my unruly hair requires the use of a little hair conditioner after it. </div>
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This is a must for me as I have really dry skin. </div>
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This is especially so after I've given birth to 3 babies (or is it maybe I aged?), my skin especially on my legs are so dry and sometimes I feel like they are not my legs as it looks like some snake skin. </div>
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This Daily Rich Cream is especially useful also on our stretched belly as our skin stretched throughout the pregnancy and so it needs all the pampering and care now. </div>
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I am lucky I do not have those red streak stretch marks but then I can also feel that my belly skin are stretched almost to the max and needs lotsa moisture now. </div>
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Just like the Gotu Kola & Calendula Rich Cream Save, I am not so fond of the smell but then knowing that I am putting so much goodness into my skin makes it worth it. </div>
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This item uses Rosehip Oil and Camellia Oil which are antioxidant-packed and also rejuvenating in nature to help our skin heal. </div>
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B) Four Cow Farm's Mother's All-Natural Range - <b>iii) Intensive Restorative Oil</b></div>
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My skin were dry, especially my legs. And to my amazement, when I applied the Intensive Restorative Oil on my legs, it absorbed into my skin almost immediately. </div>
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1 unit x Mother's Castile Hair & Body Wash 185ml</blockquote>
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1 unit x Mother’s All-Natural Daily Rich Cream Salve 185ml</blockquote>
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1 unit x Mother’s All-Natural Intensive Restorative Oil 85ml</blockquote>
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tanshuyinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596428958401477114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525759908386821536.post-85373198558293185612018-01-08T15:53:00.000+08:002018-01-10T21:39:44.783+08:00Glamping With Kids: Lost World of Tambun @ Ipoh<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camping @ Lost World of Tambun - 6-7 Jan 2018</td></tr>
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So last weekend, I took my kids for glamping @ Lost World of Tambun (LWOT) in Ipoh.<br />
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Glamorous + Camping = Glamping!<br />
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We were initially apprehensive if we should go on with our Glamping plans as just on Friday, a few places in Penang was flooded as it rained for like 12hrs+.<br />
But I've already postponed this trip twice, and I dared not postpone again.<br />
So we decided to just go and try our luck!<br />
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So, Hubby & I took Shern & Khye for a 2 hour ride to Ipoh. My sis, Min tagged along too.<br />
I left Vern to my parents as he is a bit too young for all the water slides. If he had went, guess who would'nt get to play? "_"<br />
So thanks to my parents & ah-yee taking care of Vern for the weekend.<br />
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Reached LWOT at about 10.15am.<br />
Took a happy photo with these macho guys at the entrance. (Erm, not all are macho. The one next to me has like 6 packs though!)<br />
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Then we saw this ghostly woman in costume and I asked if they would like to take a photo with her too. Surprisingly, Khye also said yes. And look at his wide smile.<br />
I guess my Khye is a baby no more. </div>
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We didn't know where to check-in. Went to the Theme Park entrance to ask, then they pointed us to the Hotel to register. The hotel is opposite the road of the Theme Park. On the way there, saw a buggy driver and he told us checking-in is at the Theme Park entrance.<br />
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Went back there and the person at the counter said we have to check-in at the hotel first. No choice but to walk back there again. Upon reaching the hotel, saw the driver and he told us we must register at the Theme Park. I told him we've been going to and fro several times already.<br />
In the end he drove us there and accompanied us for the check-in and registration.<br />
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Not a very good start to our day.<br />
But after 15 mins, we got our wrist band tickets and breakfast voucher and everything.<br />
The buggy driver drove us to our campsite which is located in the Theme Park itself.<br />
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Upon reaching the campsite, I quickly calmed down as I love how serene the place was.<br />
The campsite is in Adventure Park, just next to the Zip Line activity.<br />
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There are 5 campsites just next to each other along one bank of the lake.<br />
And another one near to the toilet.<br />
And lastly another floating tent on the lake itself. (Will never choose this one! I will sure vomit in there lol)<br />
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Campsite#4 and #5 were already taken. But the rest, we got to pick since we arrived so early.<br />
We chose Campsite#3, which was more shaded by the trees.<br />
I figured out we needed the shade in case it got too hot. And also needed the shade if it rained too heavily! "_"<br />
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This is how our tent/campsite looked like from the side view. </div>
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Look how shaded it was. </div>
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Love the wooden table and bench provided outside our tent. </div>
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Now let's look inside.<br />
Our tent was long in shape.<br />
At one end was the queen sized bed, where hubby & I slept.<br />
At the other end opposite us were the kids' beds.<br />
And there was a small table/drawer in the middle with 2 fans plugged in.<br />
There was even a full length mirror with some hangers behind, and a small close-lid rubbish bin there.<br />
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4 mineral water bottles were provided (you can ask for more if not enough).<br />
They also provided for us shampoo, body gel and body lotions.<br />
There was also a towel each.<br />
And most importantly of all, there was a power socket for us to charge our phones!<br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">TIP: Bring a 3-way electric socket so that you can charge more than 1 devices at the same time!</span></i><br />
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They also provide you a padlock with 2 keys to lock up your tent.<br />
But we brought our own coz ours is the lock with the numbers so easier as we don't have to keep the keys!!! :)<br />
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This is the view when peering out of our tent "door". So peaceful and nice.<br />
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There are kayaks which you can use it to kayak on the lake. Look at the life jackets hanging there.<br />
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Us standing next to our campsite.<br />
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So many people ask me, "how to go to toilet and shower ah?"<br />
Do not fret.<br />
There is a toilet/shower building just nearby there.<br />
This is the building. Looking really good right?<br />
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This is the front view.<br />
On the right is the Shower area divided into Male and Female.<br />
Male and Female has 2 shower rooms each.<br />
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And on the left is the Toilet divided into Male and Female.<br />
Male and Female also has 2 toilet rooms each.<br />
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In front of the Toilet is the open tap area. This is where you brush your teeth etc.<br />
There is also a sink in the shower area where you can brush your teeth there too.<br />
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Oh ya, and the toilet is very, very clean. No smell.<br />
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And nearby our campsites is this common area where you can buy some drinks/snacks or just to chit chat and play some darts.</div>
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I was glad we went because the weather was nearly perfect.<br />
First of all, we were glad it did not rain the whole day like the day before.<br />
It was cloudy the day we arrived all the way until about 4+pm when it started to drizzle.<br />
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By that time, we finished all the Wet Park and everyone was already very tired.<br />
Khye even slept on the Train Ride on the way back to campsite.<br />
We rested awhile there where Khye took a 1-hour nap in the tent.<br />
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And then at about 6pm we came out again to have some dinner at the food court and then off we went for the Night Hot Sprint Spa. (will blog more about it in the next blog post).<br />
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After that, we went back to our campsite to call it a day.<br />
Everyone showered and brushed our teeth and we all slept at 10+pm!<br />
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We zipped up our tent all the way because we didn't want strangers peering into our tent while we were sleeping (just in case!).<br />
But if you want, you can leave one zip open, it will be locked but with a mosquito netting while the air can blow in.<br />
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We turned on the fan and we still need the comforters provided.<br />
So I should say it was a really cooling and pleasant night sleep in the tent.<br />
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Love again how we were surrounded by the limestone hills and lotsa greeneries.<br />
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Mirror-lake View :)<br />
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My kids enjoy their many buggy rides with the very nice uncle driver where they get to sit in front sometimes. :)</div>
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Taking photo with the nice Uncles before we checked out.<br />
These guys take shifts and they are the ones taking care of us throughout our Glamping stay.<br />
They are also the Buggy Drivers / Receptionist / Zip Line guides.<br />
They are all very very nice people.<br />
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So besides the slight hiccup when we first arrived, it was an amazing stay.<br />
We truly enjoyed our Glamping Stay there where we were so nicely taken care of.<br />
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So how much did we pay for it?<br />
We took the Family Package for RM588!!!<br />
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Family Package - RM588<br />
> Glamping 2 Days 1 Night for 2 Adults + 2 Kids<br />
> 2 Days Day & Night Theme Park for 2 Adults + 2 Kids (inclusive of Wet Park, Dry Park, Night Hot Spring Park/Spa, Day & Night Petting Zoo)<br />
> Buffet Breakfast for 2 Adults + 2 Kids<br />
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Add on - RM120 per adult including Extra Bed, Buffet Breakfast and 2 Days Theme Park.<br />
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It was soooooo worth it! Check out the entrance fee and you will see how worth it, it was!<br />
And we had so much fun there!<br />
I will blog more about our 2 days in the Lost World of Tambun in the next post....<br />
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<i>p/s - I booked this last year.</i><br />
<i>It looks like price has been increased to RM788 now for Family Package.</i> (So I paid RM588 only so I lagi feel is super worth it!)<br />
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