Bangkok Exploits of the Explorer Kids

This is the exploits of the Explorer kids to Bangkok. Exploration of the city life of Bangkok. The Explorer kids adventure on the chat phrase river was somewhat mixed feelings. Excitement was only for the first ten minutes of the hour exploration. The awful smell and boredom makes the 50 min less worthy. After the not so adventurous river ride the Explorer kids heads to the more adventurous shopping exploration of Platinum Mall and Pathname markets. Small crowded lanes and packed with goods shops makes explorer kids stroller less effective.  But it is an exciting exploration as the Explorer kids went home with cool t shirts, beautiful dresses and unique shoes at bargain prices. In the chaos we lose opah in the crowd. The Explorer kids and pa and ma go on a frantic search while atok care for fatima only to find opah just around the corner negotiating the price of a bag. The Explorer kids sample the local cuisine and its two thumbs up. Atok give an extra one thumb up.

Exploration of Bali Part 3

Part 3 of the Exploration of Bali

After a tired 1st day of the Bali exploration the explorer start of the next morning with a swim at the hotel pool. While other guests are only begin to start their breakfast the explorer kids atika and nafisa is already eagerly waiting for the pool to open. Pa holding up Explorer Kid Nafisa in her new swimsuit. Ma is at the back holding on to Explorer Kids Atika. The explorer kids cousins join in as well. The pool was nicely designed for kids this hotel really appreciates kid travellers. Good job Wina Kuta Holiday Villa explorer kids approval of the pool.

Play time

While waiting for the Explorer Kids getting ready for the next adventure the Explorer Kids decided to explore the hotel a bit. A nice hotel with lots of lush green areas and ......... a playground for kids. This hotel get two thumbs up for having a kids playground even though a bit dated but hey as long as it still safe to play it is fine with the Explorer Kids.

 After the cousins are ready we went on straight to Tanah Lot. Thats Pa and explorer kids Nafisa hanging on with the cousins. How come the cousins got groovy shades? explorer kids Nafisa got a nice hat on. Here are the nice scenes of tanah lot.

Exploration Ends

After three days and two nights of exploring Bali the explorer kids are   really tired. Both explorer had to share the only stroller the team brought which is why a robust and sturdy stroller will come in handy. The stroller has been travelling with the explorer kids through the toughest terrain and yet still able to cradle to tired explorer kids. Yup the explorer kids slept through the whole process at the airport which make the miss their meals which cause them "angin" so Explorer Atika vomitted in the plane for the first time. So to all explorer kids out there make sure you have a sufficient meal before traveling.

See you guys all  Explorer kids out there in our next adventure.

Exploration of bali part 2

Wina Holiday Villa in Kuta is our base for Bali exploration. The explorer kids team thinks the hotel was not that strategic as its located in a street that wasnt  near to the shops but the beach  was about 5 minutes walk. the hotel staff was not too friendly to explorer kids team, not anywhere near as nice as holiday villa in diwangkara. but the hotel has pools just nice for explorer kids which is its plus point. After breakfast the explorer kids first day itenary is to explore the artistic value of Bali. our guide pak komang was ready at 930. Our first destination is the ubud kintamani route which is a must for first timers in bali. our mission is to find work of arts to bring back to malaysia.

Explorer kids firas and his mum

explorer kid nafisa and pa waiting for ma at galuh batik . explorer kid atika and friends jadikan galuh batik their playground

at one of the art studio lining ubud road

at the turkish restoran for lunch in ubud. owner is turkish. but service was slow take them 1.5 hours to get our meal. but the food was nice. the explorer kids to to eat pizza but everyone pass the tomatoes to pa and ma. quite expensive for bali rate.

at the coffee plantation - small one for show- in kinta mani. they got kopi luwak also. they said its halal but my opinion its haram

explorer kids with pa ma at the coffee plantaion's testing hut. pa drink all the coffee

nice view of the lake near ula batur crater.

nice picture of the volcana. still active explorer kids atika and nafisa still excited. next time we will trek to the volcano

the ubud kintamani trip was a nice adventure for the explorer kids team. we ended the day with a soto ayam pak sudi. atika was looking was the mee in the soto ayam but there is too little me. apparently the people in bali eat soto with rice like a soup. no nasi impit or mee. nafisa eat a lot too as always. papa has to order 2 bowl coz the portion was small. want to know how the 2nd day of exploring bali turn out come again to explorer kids blog .. the travel blog for the kids out there with passion for exploration

to be continued .....

The Bali land of culture adventure

On April 16-19 2011 is when the adventure starts for the exploration of Bali. this is the 2nd exploration of Bali by explorer atika and the 1st exploration for explorer nafisa. we are joined by three other explorers , a 1st timer for Bali too, Zarith, Nabil and Firas. Exploration of such number of people requires planning of almost 7 months by their trusted Pa. The exploration does not start good at first coz   our flight a MAS flight was overbooked due to MAS inefficiency so we are as if forced to take a flight via Changi airport. Lucky for us Changi is a heavens for kid explorers as their facilities are top notch. No kid explorer will die of boredom.

The airport have all the things that a tired explorer kids would need gaming centre ( the large and 3d version kind), movies with big screen, playground for big kids and small kids, changing rooms are everywhere they even have a family room version, activies for kids explorer drawing, painting etc and you can even borrow their stroller for tired feet. shopping for the kid explorer is endless you have all you need here. our exploration team were very excited. we left changi via sq flight to bali after 2.5 hours of exploring changi airport.

In the sq flight  firas was singin all the way . the rest of the team are asleep tired after exploring changi. explorer nafisa gives a tip that during take-off and landing make sure take your milk that eases the ear pain. sitting near the enginee is like hummings of beautiful song that makes us fall asleep. pa and never worries as they know all airline will attend to kid explorers as best as possible.  in the sq flight all explorer kids  team member were given plush toys not like the cheapskate MAS.

we arrive in Bali land at around 7. it is dark by then. but the immigration in Bali is smooth the team really appreciates it. they are very efficient. after getting our luggage with explorer atika lugging her newly bought barbie luggage bag we met up with  pak komang our local guide is right on time with his smile.. this is after the usual process of cleaning up ( you know what i mean) of  the team at the airport toilet. 

what's in store for our adventure in bali land...........be back for the exciting adventures of the explorer kids atika and nafisa.... coz pa and ma no time to write yet...to be continued