Seoul, South Korea (1-2 December 2016)

I wanted a nice winter holiday before the start of a new school year. Since our Korea 2014 holiday plans was cancelled, I told my parents we should make new arrangement with me in charge this time around. Alhamdullilah we finally managed to add South Korea to our "conquered list".

Day One : 011216 (Thursday)

We were out bright and early to catch our 8 am flight in KLIA2. The munchkins was excited but 6.5 hours in the plane did leave them restless. Lan and I and tried everything to amuse them. We watched movies, played with dolls, main osom, did colouring and slept for a bit. Other than that the flight was quite uneventful.

Moody people in +KLIA2 at 6am :p

Iman was with me throughout the flight, Ranya sat with my sister and Ryan was with my parents

Happy faces at the @Incheon International Airport. 

The commute via Arex from the airport to our hotel in Seoul took about 45 minutes. We reached Seoul Station around 7.30pm and it was coooollllddd. I think the temperature was around 2'c when we arrived. We bundled up real good and walked to out to our apartment which is just 5 minutes walk from Seoul Station. We decided not to venture out since it has been a long day and hung out at the apartment 

Day 2 : 021216 (Friday)

The sun was shining on our second day in Seoul, it is still very cold (between 2'c to 8'c) but the walk around was bearable. The ride to Lotte World took about 15-20 minutes from Seoul Station. Up till today, I still have yet to figure out how much each train ride cost. I find the subway in Korea a bit more confusing than the one in Japan, and the apps I downloaded wasn't very helpful, but we managed to find our line with the help of a very kind conductor. 

The twins refused to put on their jackets and made do with just their Uniqlo heattech inners and sweaters, while the rest of us was bundled up from head to toe :p

We pre-paid for the tickets online 3 days before arrival. We managed to secure a 30% discount on the whole day pass. You just need to print out your voucher and exchange it for tickets at the Group Ticketing booth. 

Lotte World is fun, but I wouldn't say that it is the best/most interesting theme park that we've visited. It is age appropriate for my 5-7 year old. Older children or the more adventurous people may be bored though with the lack of a more interesting and extreme rides. 

We brought TONS of food from Malaysia and since there's a small kitchenette in our apartment, we cooked lunch and brought plenty of snacks with us. The park allowed outside food so that's a major relief esp with 3 very picky eater. There's no halal eateries IN the park. We saw a restaurant in the shopping mall connected to the park offering halal food, but other than that there's not much of an option. However do note that most of Korean 7E and marts offers Halal food. You can identify them from the HACCP signs. Technically you won't go hungry :) 

The Nutcracker 

The park is divided into indoor and outdoor park. It was cold but the kids was super eager to try out the rides. So we braved the 8'c weather and wind

I think we were quite happy with our trip to Lotte World. Since the kids are now bigger and older they are able to try out more rides. So as long as my babies are happy, I'm happy too :) Since it was December, most of the decorations was up, so it felt very festive and extra special for my family and I

My everything <3 p="">

Lost World Of Tambun (29 November 2015)

We decided to surprise the kids with a trip to Lost World of Tambun for the school holiday. This trip was not planned as we already arranged for a trip down south this December but since we had the time and opportunity, why not make the kids happy, kan?

The park is big and houses more than one activities for both adults and kids. The fact that it is surrounded by hills is a big plus. I totally enjoyed the view. The park is divided into water park (swimming pool), hot springs, petting zoo and tin valley exhibition. 

 The entrance, all beautifully decorated for Christmas.

 with my super excited babies...

Park Map : Source Google

Huge ground to cover, thank god my babies are up for the walk

 There is a section with all the carnival games/rides like merry go round, ring toss etc

Tiger Valley : There are 2 tigers and a few other big cat species like leopards and wild cats in an enclosure nearby.

 Tin Valley: Where you can learn about Tin Mining back in those days where everything is done manually. Interesting exhibit, I would say..

Next to the Tiger and Tin Valley, there's a small zoo/animal care centre which houses several types of small animals like emu, roosters, porcupine, Patagonian mara and capybara (largest rodent in the world)

The caretakers feeding the Patagonian Mara carrots, they look like a cross of rabbits and deer. Anyway the caretakers were super cheerful and informative. The kids had fun interacting with both the caretakers and animals.

Petting Zoo: Another highlight of the day, there's quite a selection of animals in the zoo, though it is a bit of a walk from the entrance (esp with my 3 little munchkins) it is worth it. Had so much fun looking at the animals. 

My beloved babies :)

Waterpark: The rides and water features are not as extensive as the ones in Sunway Lagoon, but they do have some nice kids slides and wave pool for the kiddies. 

Hot Spring: What made Tambun quite special is the fact that it has a few hot springs pools in the vicinity. The temperature from one pool to another may vary and the warmers ones may not be suitable for younger children. But after a long swim in the pool, it feels good to have a good dip in the hot spring.

We truly enjoyed out trip to Tambun and it feels so good to see the cheery smiles on my babies face. Can't wait for the long xnas public holiday and for our "closing break" for they year 2015, Inshaallah.