Back to Life - Back to Reality

We had such a fantastic time in Singapore and Thailand but we've got to get back home as it will soon be CHRISTMAS!  We've got ONE day in fact before Christmas Eve. 

David do you need to take anything out of your pockets!?

Killing some time in the Phuket airport

Bought a few souvenirs

Singapore Airport

The Singapore airport is nothing short of amazing.  Matt and I have decided that the next vacation we take will be to the Singapore AIRPORT.  Yep.  Just fly to the airport and never leave! :0)  So many fun things to do all within the confines of the airport and nearly everything is FREE!  In fact, they even give you an airport guide which directs you to all of the different options within the airport and depending on how much time you have between your flights - The airport guide will give you suggestions based on your time constraints.  They have taken "efficiency" to a whole new level!  They are ridiculously organised, clean and on top of things!

Like most people when we first looked at our itinerary and realised we had a six hour layover we were less than thrilled.  What to do with four kids in an airport for SIX hours?!  ACK!  Well, as it turns out - It was GREAT!  We caught a movie in the airport cinema (FOR FREE!), played video games (FOR FREE), had we known - We could have even kept our swimming suits in our carry-on baggage and hit the rooftop pool for a couple of hours...and yes, that too would have been FREE ;0)  

  Orchid Garden

Two More Reasons to Never Leave the airport....

MAC

&

SUSHI!!!

David with a bird's eye view of the sushi selection

Oh, Happy Day!!!

Rachel eating her fav....Seaweed Salad

Michael eating his fav....edamame

Squid for the Big Boy

Chilled Milk Tea for Mommy

It was YUMMY!

David was still claiming to feel a bit off - So he's got his puke bag at the ready!  NICE!  :/

After 4 months and not a single Dunkin Donuts to be found....We had four happy and QUIET kids as they were soooo busy eating their donuts!

Oh Joy!  FOUR chair massagers! :0)

All Aboard the Changi Express!

By far the craziest thing we experienced while waiting for our connecting flight in Singapore was the "Fish Spa."  Hundreds of little fish eat (Yes, eat!) the dead skin off your feet creating a wacky, disturbing, unconventional spa experience!  At first, I really didn't think I was going to be able to do it!  The second you put your feet down into the water HUNDREDS of fish ATTACK your feet.

Mommies feet in the fish spa!!

At first Matt and I kept taking turns pulling our feet out of the water because we knew the second that we yanked our feet out of the water that all of the fish would go swarming for the other ones feet.  EWWWW!

Daddies tootsies take a turn!

The Foot Spa Experience!
 In that short video...I am asking Matt if I can PLEASE pull my feet out!!  (Eventually, I got used to it but it was totally skeeving me out!)

 A back massage while the fishies munch on your feet!

Kids experimenting to see if the fish will come after your hands too!?

Yep!  They aren't picky eaters!  They'll take a hand...foot...whatever!

 I was CONVINCED Erica was going to fall in HEAD FIRST!!!

 Hand AND Foot

Waiting...

The koi fish were HUGE!  Even from 2 stories up - You can still see them swimming around!

Daddy vs. David

Video Games are NOT relaxing for Rachel

Erica is TENSE too!

Good Thinkin' Rach - Go Back to your Book....

Ah!  Serenity!

With her Kung Fu Panda eye mask in place -

Thank You Singapore Airlines -

This will be one quiet flight with all of the children...

SLEEPING!  zzzzzzz

We'll be back in Bangalore soon - dodging wild dogs & listening to the "beep-beeping" of the local traffic.  We had a nice vacation but we're already to get back "Home!"  Merry Christmas!

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