More friends from Brunei

We are certainly in the right spot to catch up with our friends from Brunei. This time we met up with the Caicedo family (they now live in Jakarta, Indonesia). Rather meeting up in a cafe, we met up at the zoo.

Instead of walking with the toddlers we got an easy option this time - trolly! It was hard work for the daddies but they loved the ride:







We started from a different spot than we normally do. It was fantastic! We encountered animals we haven't seen on previous visits.

Like this crocodile/gharial, we have never seen this river part. Oliver was so excited.



Proboscis monkeys - they so remind us of Brunei...





Luca was very interested in all the animals this time:





It didn't take long for Diego and Oliver to reunite and be friends again.



Daddy swap is always fun :)



Oliver's recent favourite - Rhinoceros:





Giraffe:





Elephant:



White tiger:





More monkeys...







She? was very cute!



Luca checking out D'mirna's tattoo from Little India:



D'mirna and Vladimir :)



It was so nice to see them again. Oliver just loved having his friend to spend a whole day with. Thank you for a wonderful day!

Cruise - Day 4 on the sea

On the last day of the cruise we spent all day at the swimming pools. The cruise we took wasn't that full and there weren't many kids on board - lucky us!

At the kiddy pool:













Mummies enjoyed it too!





We pretty much had the whole pool to ourselves. Oliver and Helen had a blast going down the slides, over and over again!













Oliver and Matthew went for pretend fishing off the boat:



By the swimming pool there was a little kiddy activity area. Helen was amazing climbing the wall by herself.







The bigger pool had this awesome slide but we were told children under 6 cannot use it even accompanied by their parents - Booooo somehow we convinced them and managed to take them 3 times in total!

One part of the slide was transparent and was hanging out over the sea! So much fun!!!











Group photo time :)

Gala night

Time flies when you are having fun. It was time for the Gala night - our last dinner on board. First we headed out to the Grand Piazza for the pre-dinner cocktails.





After a glass of nice champagne we were at the restaurant.











We really enjoyed both the food and service at this restaurant. Only problem was we over ate again...

With our full tummies and a nice amount of wine we headed out to see more of the entertainment in the Grand Piazza.





Don't know why they had these dressed up people... but hey great photo opportunity:





There was a special Gala show called Somewhere in time playing in the auditorium. We weren't sure if we could take our kids along or if it was even appropriate for our little ones. But we gave it a go. It turned out if you have a push chair you get to see the show from a special viewing place.







We weren't allowed to take any photos of the show but you can sort of get the feeling?

It was a romantic fairy tale musical with some acrobats (Luca and Mina were asleep in the buggy). Even us adults didn't really get the story but Oliver and Helen stayed awake until the end and enjoyed the wonderful outfits and spectacular tricks.

I was so pleased we went to see the show. It made our dinner out even more special.