Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Taiwan - Day 4...

We had a pretty yummy breakfast buffet at the Hotel this morning before setting off on our cruise on Sun Moon Lake...

Lil' Angel having her bowl of cereal with milk...

Enjoying her breakfast...

Is my mouth dirty?

Mommy's breakfast...

Sun Moon Lake in the background. We are waiting to board the cruise...

That's our Hotel on the other side of the Lake...

Daddy & Gong Gong carrying the Princess down the flight of stairs in her throne...

A picture before boarding the cruise...

Our first stop is at "Tian Lu" (Sky Deer) Island...

Lil' Angel & Mommy!

The Sky Deer behind us...

Gong Gong looks funny behind the board...

No...that can't be Gong Gong...

Harry Potter's Owl flew all the way to Sun Moon Lake!

Lil' Angel running around...

Mommy & Lil' Angel taking a little rest...

Lil' Angel enjoying the fresh air...

Can you see that?

Can you hear that?

That's our cruise...

We left Tian Lu Island and made another stop at Chung Tai Chan Monastery...

I think it reads Sun Moon Lake...

That's Tian Lu Island - the island which we were on earlier...

We are sitting on our zodiac animals...except for Lil' Angel cos both Gong Gong and her are Piggys...

Yipee...my turn to sit on Mr Pig!

"ROARRRR!" the Tiger says...

Scratchy...Scratchy like Mr Monkey!

Hop...Hop...Hop...

The Animals. Ooops...the main purpose is to visit the Monastery but Mommy just realised that she did not take any pictures of the Monastery! Oh well...

Hello Kitty Cruise!

Lil' Angel having a conversation with Daddy...

Pondering over what he just said to her...

Boat...Mommy...Boat!

Then we shall have a picture with the boats...

Running around as always...

I'm too busy to take pictures, Mommy...

Going back to the cruise...

Oooohhhh...the wonderful wind...

Lil' Angel was happily dancing away...she was happy to be out of the stroller!

Sticking her lil' tongue out...

Last stop...to catch our bus to Wen Wu Temple...

Browsing the shops on the way back to the bus...

Wen Wu Temple...

Very nice carvings on the stone walls...I am sure the pictures tell a story!

Very cheem chinese characters written on the wall...

At the entrance of the Temple...

Lil' Angel busy with her new toy...

After the temple visit, we went for lunch then back to the Hotel which we were so looking forward to!

The view from our Balcony...

We could see Sun Moon Lake too...

Lil' Angel taking in the picturesque view...

This is the perfect place to chill out...errr...where's the cocktail, Mommy?

Ahhhhh....so relaxxxxing...

The scenery is so beautiful!

Let's add more beauty(s) to the Beautiful Scenery...

This is the Lobby at every level....so spacious and nice!

The stunning view from the 10th level...it's the highest level and we were lucky to have the room on the highest floor!

This is the hotel's children's play room..very well equipped with books and computers with internet access...and best of all...

There's a HUGE ball pit with a million dollar view! It's a kid's haven!

Spot Daddy & Lil' Angel!

Lil' Angel was filled with Joy and Balls! The ball pit is overlooking the Lake...

Where's Caitlyn?

Time for some colouring activity...

Lil' Angel picked this book titled "My Daddy"...maybe because it reminds her of...

DADDDDDY!! See the resemblance???

Managed to capture the sun setting from the ball pit...

She's back in the ball pit again...

Insisting that Mommy goes down the slide with her...

We are on the BIG FISH.

If only we came to the playroom earlier. We had to cut short the time in there cos we wanted to walk to the Lake before it got too dark...

Outside the hotel...

Picture at the entrance of the hotel...

Down the flight of steps to the Lake...

The cool weather and fresh air make a nice stroll...

Lil' Angel looking at what's down below...

Hurry Up Mommy!

Lil' Angel trying to catch up with Daddy...

So scenic...

So peaceful and quiet...I like...

Back at the Hotel again...

How matching!

We went to the Gala Dinner at the Hotel's Ballroom which was organised by the Company that sponsored the trip for it's clients. No...we are not lucky enough to be one of the clients but we were included in the lucky draw...

Were we lucky? Yes you bet! Let's start with the smallest prize...Daddy & Mommy won a cow cushion each, MaMa & Gong Gong won NT$500 each, Lil' Angel won NT$2,000 and Gong Gong (Mommy's Daddy) won the 2nd prize - NT$5,000 and NT500 in the earlier draw!! Poor Mommy & Daddy...they only got cows...is this kelong or what??

After our lil' windfall and dinner, we went down to the games room for a round of football!

We checked out the indoor pool...

The Jaccuzzi...

The Kid's Pool. The pool looks so inviting, we decided to bring Lil' Angel for a dip...even though we didn't bring along her swim suit and swim diapers and it was already almost 10pm...

The little cafe...

Lil' Angel putting her stuff in the locker...

Let's go!

Lil' Angel coming down the slide with Daddy! She only has her Dora Pull Ups on...

Having fun in the swan float...

But she prefers being float-less...

Coming down the slide by herself. Ooohh...check out her super puffed up diapers...poor baby...she had on a 5kg (at least) load around her bum!

Time to go back to the room for a soak in the hot tub!

2 comments:

Jane said...

the ball pit looks so nice that i went to google the hotel! very expensive! how much did your tour cost?

Caitlyn's Mommy said...

I know! The hotel cost about SGD500 per nite and we stayed there for 2 nites = SGD1K.

The tour package was supposed to cost $1,800 but we got a really good deal at $1,000. The amount we paid for the trip is just enough to cover the Fleur De Chine Hotel!