London Natural History Museum - 29th May

Spent the whole day exploring the Natural History Museum

Favourite exhibits were:
- Dinosaur fossils and the T-Rex
- The life sized Blue Whale
- Gemstones,  Minerals, and The Vault

London Eye - 28th May

          London Eye

          - birds eye view of London

HMS Belfast - 28th May

HMS Belfast

Visited this World War II warship moored as a floating museum on the Thames.

Boys enjoyed the big guns.

Tarsha enjoyed being Captain (as usual)!

Tower of London - 28th May

Visited the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels!

First castle for the boys!

London Bus Tour - 26th May

Had our first experience of London on the hop-on - hop off bus tour.

Saw all the big name sights and learnt a bit of English history as we went around.

Chilling with the Lions
in Trafalgar Square


             St Paul's Cathedral

Checking out the local phone service
                                                 


                                         London Tower Bridge

London Dungeon - 26th May

           We weren't scared!

London (Enfield) - 25th May

Arrived safely in London on the 24th May after a long day on the flight from Singapore.


Staying in Enfield with the Chisholms so decided to visit the Crown and Horseshoes pub for lunch which was just around the corner.

This is where Grant's Grandad was bought up so we all had a toast to Grandad!

Last Day in Singapore - 23rd May

Our last day in Singapore today!

Chilled out at the hotel in the morning after a busy couple of days.

The boys had their first go on the subway with a quick visit to Chinatown.

Later that night we visited the Singapore Zoo for the night safari!

Amazing tram ride see all the animals in the jungle like setting. No animal photos thought I'm afraid as no flashes allowed!

On to London tomorrow!!

Universal Studios - 22nd May

 Universal Studios - Harry's Birthday Today!!!

Spent the whole day at Universal Studios going from ride to ride!

In Harry's words - "this is the best day of my life!"

Amazing rides and sights - highlights were:

- The Battlestar Galactica ride
- Revenge of the Mummy Ride
- Transformers 4D
- Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure (we all got wet - several times!)
- Shrek 4D Movie

+ plenty more

Exhausted by the end of the day but still time for a swim in the hotel pool on the 8th floor before bed!

A great day - Happy birthday Harry!

Sentosa Island - 21st May

Spent today exploring Sentosa Island - plenty of awesome sights and experiences!

Underwater World Sentosa - watched the dolphin and sea lion show and explored the underwater world on the travelator.

Saw heaps of cool fish the boys got to touch stingrays in the close up pool.

Later they both got to hold a python too!

I-Fly Singapore - simulated skydiving in the 50 foot glass tower.

Tarsha was a natural and has the bug for the real thing now!

Boys had a great time too! See photos on their individual pages.

Hot dog time!

Other highlights at Sentosa:

- Bird and Butterfly Park (+creepy insect caves)
- The Merlion

Even visited the Kiwi Icecream Shop for a taste of home!

On Our Way - 20th May

Left NZ on 20th May - good flights and the boys enjoyed their individual screens for plenty of game time...

Arrived in Singapore to 30C heat - wonderful after leaving NZ at about 3C in the morning in Palmy!!

Checked in safely to our hotel and looking forward to the adventures ahead.