Phew, finally, Rachel's fever is also residing after a dose of the chinese medicine we've gotten from the Physician this morning...
This trip, prompted by hubby's clients/friends, wasn't arranged last minute(thank goodness) but somehow, we didn't have the mood to pack til the eve and hubby even needed to 'push' me to get me going, heee. Luckily he did, 'cos it made me realised that I still had quite abit of stuffs to pack! hahaha.
Actually, I was rather skeptical about the trip. Firstly, although I've heard alot about the generosity and kindness of the people whom we'd be travelling with, I couldn't help but worry if we could all get along well and most importantly, whether our young kids might cause them any inconveniences. However, it turned out that they are really nice people and even helped us with our kids! They were so kind that even Renee felt abit sad when they returned home a day earlier than us(they arrived a day earlier too).
Our flight was at a good timing, 5pm(Rachel napped on the plane) and we arrived at Baiyoke Sky Hotel at close to 9pm(Thailand time). We arrived at a good timing and were greeted with a parade/performance of some of the fairy tale characters and thereafter, the choir started singing and the characters/'Santa Clauses' went around distributing Christmas cookies and we were given quite a handful, lolz. Our companinions had wanted to wait for us to join them for dinner but it'd be too late, so we told them not to. Neverthelss, they still packed some food for us and luckily, they told us on time whilst we were trying to find food on our own, :).
As I hadn't been as enthusiastic about the packing this time round, I had only remembered to pack in the kids' travel meds but not the adult's, :( and so, when the 2 teenager kids of our group fell ill, I hadn't got any of mine to offer.
Arrangements had already been made for us to join a local tour @6:45am the next morning and due to the early hour, I only managed a 3hours sleep! We were brought to the infamous floating market which we've been hoping to have a chance to try! It was a nice experience though Rachel clung on very tightly to me in the carrier during both boat rides(one motorised and one manual) and my legs almost got numbed from the cramp during the ride on the 'manual' boat, hahaha. We didn't buy anything from the rides, heeee.
Next, we headed to the elephant village where papa and Renee(reluctant initially) rode on the elephant but as Rachel's afraid and refused, I didn't get to try... Anyway, I don't think it's gonna be easy for me to go onboard carrying her, :). We were then brought to the wood carving and the gem factories, after the snake show(which Rachel and I missed). The wood carvings were really really nice and we were tempted to buy a cabinet but the price tag put us off the idea, hahaha.
After our half day guided tour, we went for our own lunch and though it was already past 3pm, we still managed to do some shopping, grabbed dinner at a chinese restaurant and came back to the hotel for a room change(co-incidentally, this room was also given to 1 of our companions but they had rejected it on the spot). The 2nd room, though abit smaller, has a king size bed, so it's better for us. Earlier, on our way back, we had stopped by Amari Hotel and there was also some performances going on there and again, a 'Santa Claus' gave Renee a present, :). Whilst I got the kids ready for shower/bed, papa went for a massage with the rest, all except me - the one who needed it the most since I carried Rachel the whole day! :(
On the 3rd day, we did more shopping and after our sumptous Japanese dinner at a Zen restaurant, we headed back to the hotel where again, I was left alone in the room to take care of the kids' needs whilst papa went to join the men drinking in 1 of their rooms.
The 4th day was a miserable one. The night before, I had already felt something coming and I woke up with a high fever, bad phlegmy cough and feeling extreme lethargy. The paracetemol didn't help and for the whole day, I fell in and out of sleep in the room. Had wanted hubby to bring Renee along to shop but with my condition, she had to stay in to help watch over Rachel(but she was playing game on my iphone the whole time! lolz). This turned out to be a better idea 'cos there had been alot of walking involved and Renee would have complained and killed papa's shopping mood, hahaha.
Fortunately, I had felt better on our last day and though I very much hope to sleep-in, I knew I had to wake up early so as to catch on some lost shopping. Hubby needed to go back to 1 of the shops to do some size exchange, so he left us at the nearby wholesale mall where we only spent 1hr plus before we decided to return to the hotel room 1st. Thereafter, when we have checked out of the room upon his return, I told him that I wanted to go back to the Platinum shopping mall and we managed to buy some more stuffs(mostly and mainly the kids', hardly any of mine) before we had to rush back to the massage parlour near our hotel as hubby needed another round(haiz) and before we knew it, it was time for us to come home... :)
As I had to carry Rachel onboard the plane, she caught the cold virus from me and got a high temperature when we got home, :(.
We had been to the physician's this morning and thankfully, she's feeling better already, after the 1st dosage of the medication. Next would be my recovery I hope...
*Bought quite abit of stuffs this trip but mainly, papa's and the kids', :) Not as much photos taken as well but they can be viewed at facebook, :).
On the 3rd day, we did more shopping and after our sumptous Japanese dinner at a Zen restaurant, we headed back to the hotel where again, I was left alone in the room to take care of the kids' needs whilst papa went to join the men drinking in 1 of their rooms.
The 4th day was a miserable one. The night before, I had already felt something coming and I woke up with a high fever, bad phlegmy cough and feeling extreme lethargy. The paracetemol didn't help and for the whole day, I fell in and out of sleep in the room. Had wanted hubby to bring Renee along to shop but with my condition, she had to stay in to help watch over Rachel(but she was playing game on my iphone the whole time! lolz). This turned out to be a better idea 'cos there had been alot of walking involved and Renee would have complained and killed papa's shopping mood, hahaha.
Fortunately, I had felt better on our last day and though I very much hope to sleep-in, I knew I had to wake up early so as to catch on some lost shopping. Hubby needed to go back to 1 of the shops to do some size exchange, so he left us at the nearby wholesale mall where we only spent 1hr plus before we decided to return to the hotel room 1st. Thereafter, when we have checked out of the room upon his return, I told him that I wanted to go back to the Platinum shopping mall and we managed to buy some more stuffs(mostly and mainly the kids', hardly any of mine) before we had to rush back to the massage parlour near our hotel as hubby needed another round(haiz) and before we knew it, it was time for us to come home... :)
As I had to carry Rachel onboard the plane, she caught the cold virus from me and got a high temperature when we got home, :(.
We had been to the physician's this morning and thankfully, she's feeling better already, after the 1st dosage of the medication. Next would be my recovery I hope...
*Bought quite abit of stuffs this trip but mainly, papa's and the kids', :) Not as much photos taken as well but they can be viewed at facebook, :).
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