We set off on Saturday morning around 10 am. The day before, Hubby took our Exora for servicing and also a general check before going on a long journey. The mechanic did not notice anything amiss with the car. As we were driving out the main gate next to the guardhouse, I told Hubby to stop the car and throw away Hannah's milk box which she had finished drinking at the main garbage disposal so as not to accumulate rubbish in the car. When he went down, he just turned to have a look at the tyres and discovered that the front tyres were goners with a big slash in each of them (slash due to wear and tear and not done by purpose). So we drove to the car workshop just down the road and they replaced the two front tyres for us. Thank God that He gave us the foresight to stop the car, otherwise the tyres would have gone unnoticed and they may have exploded in the middle of the highway. Thank God for his protection over us too.
Here we are ready to start off our journey. This was Heidi's first long distance trip by car and also her first time in KL. See Hannah's Dutch Lady milk - this was what I asked Hubby to throw away.
And here is our driver :p
We directly checked in the hotel when we reached KL around 3 pm. The room was big and spacious, very worth the price we paid.
We also had a very nice view of the Petronas Twin Towers at night. I specifically requested for a room with this view.
The first two days we went to Mid Valley/The Gardens and One Utama. Unlike previous times, we didn't "shop till we drop" since we had the 2 kids with us, so more of the time was spent with looking at their stuff and their toys, and doing things like this:
They also enjoyed swimming (even though the hotel pool is nothing to shout about) and for Heidi it was her first time in the swimming pool. She only had a 5 minute dip in the pool though as we were afraid the water would be too cold for her. She had to make do with the bath tub in the room after that :) She really enjoyed both the pool and bath tub though, splashing away until her face was all wet. I did not take any pictures of them in the pool as all of us were in the pool together, but here are some of Heidi in her swimming suit.
Hannah brought some of her art supplies so she managed to keep herself entertained in the room. I told Hubby that I didn't know if driving ourselves was a good thing or a bad thing. When we went to Langkawi, we travelled really light so that we would not have to pay for extra baggage. But this trip, driving ourselves gave us an excuse to pack a whole of things which we didn't really use. Oh well, as long as the kids are happy!
We bought some little gifts for their cousins back home. Hannah was quite interested to see how they made the candy - one outlet will be opening at Gurney Paragon in the near future.
Hannah got one too!
After the 3rd night, we decided to extend our stay one more night so the next day, we wanted to bring Hannah to the Petronas Science Centre in KLCC but we couldn't get in. The queue was massive despite it being a weekday - must have been the school holidays and people would have taken extended leave due to the public holidays. So to curb her disappointment of not being able to go in, on the 4th day, we went to Zoo Negara. I haven't been there since I was a little girl and now I am taking my two little girls there.
We arrived just in time to catch the animal show, but it wasn't much to talk about, with the exception of the sea lions.
Later on, we decided to take the tram ride around the zoo as it would be too hot for us to walk. We managed to see the giraffes and elephants up close.
All in all, it was a good holiday. The girls were very good and behaved themselves, especially Heidi. Looking forward to the next road trip!
Driving holidays are holidays where parents bring the whole house apart from the kitchen sink. Remember when you were little your Papa will make a bed for you and your sister when we go travelling so you and your sister could go to sleep when you both have enough of playing with each other,listening to the tapes or looking out of the windows. From your account and pictures you all had a great time. You should do it again. Family holidays are memories the children will take with them. Love you all.
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