Our First Staycation at Amara Sanctuary Sentosa (Part 2)

The next morning, as usual, little fella was the first to rise and shine and when he's awake, that meant everyone else have to wake up as well!

Think by 8am, we were happily enjoying our breakfast at the hotel's restaurant and not long thereafter, we were ready to explore other parts of the wonderful island.

From my initial research, I knew that our hotel's location was within walking distance to the Palawan beach and therefore had earmarked it as a destination to visit during our stay. Morning visits to the beach sounds good to me so off we went to change into the appropriate outfits after our breakfast for a morning of activities by the seaside   =)

When we arrived at the beach and to our pleasant surprise, the place have changed much since wifey and myself last visited ( er...... about 10 years ago? Oops! ) We were the beach dude and babe back then in our schooling days, Hahhahahaha!

And now back with a kid in tow! Wow, times really flies.....

As it was a Monday morning, the place was relatively quiet and deserted, not that little butternut mind though, with a little bit of encouragement he was soon happily exploring and playing at the beach.

Here's one posing for Man BoyHunt 2012

We found a huge soccer ball and little fella had some fun kicking it around

There is also a manmade waterplay area for the kids.

Basically, anywhere with sprouting water will attract the attention of kids!      =)

Next up was the suspension bridge to the southern-most part of the island. It seemed like we have a little fearless boy on hand here.....

And last but not least, we chanced upon this place as it was located at the same beach.

Entrance fee was $8 per kid and complimentary for accompanying parents and since we were already there with little fella in his swimsuit, we decided to go in for a look.

The place was more crowded with kids and children running around the area. It seemed like fun but surprisingly little fella was quite hestitant to explore the area and was quite clingy to his mummy. Guess he's still too young to appreciate the infrastructure and bet that in another year or two, he will be running around the place and doesnt care if we are around! Heez.....

With that, we round up our short but pleasant two day one night staycation at Amara Sanctuary Sentosa. After the Port of Lost Wonder, we went back to the jacuzzi in our hotel room again as little boy really enjoyed having fun in it. Did a late checked-out at 2pm and headed home straight for a well deserved rest.

Kinda hooked on the holiday feel of a staycation for now, more to come soon? Heez........

Our First Staycation at Amara Sanctuary Sentosa (Part 1)

Wohoo! Earlier this month was darling wifey's birthday and our little family of three checked into our very first staycation at Amara Sanctuary.   =)

Both wifey and I were quite excited in the days leading up to the actual stay while we were also a bit apprehensive of how our boy will cope in his first overnight stay at a new place....

In the end, it was a breeze and how we wished we could have stayed for a few more nights! Ha!

Check out our Courtyard Suite below:

The private verandah area before our room. Nice to have but we did not use this area for our entire stay. 

The King size bed for the three of us.

Twin basins

Shower area

And now here's the highlight, see our boy checking out our private courtyard with an attached outdoor jacuzzi.

Ahaaah........... we were surrounded by greenery and away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Its a good feeling!      =)

But first and foremost, have to take care of little boy's tummy first....

Enjoying his milk on the cushy comfy bed.

After settling down and a little rest thereafter, we wasted no time in heading to the jacuzzi and little fella had a whale of a time.....

He was all smiles and enjoyed splashing and playing around in the water. Something he did not get to do normally...

When it was time to leave the jacuzzi for our next destination, it took quite a fair bit of coaxing and cajoling to get the little boy into the shower room, heez....



Next up was the buffet dinner at RWS Festive Hotel.

There's even a section set aside just for kids.

The selections available is quite decent but tend to favours more towards meat lovers....

Here's what little fella was having for the night. Glad that he likes his vegetables!    =)

Wifey with her bbq prawns...

Little boy having a go with the utensils too...

The atmosphere of the restaurant was lively and yet relaxed with a singer in the background belting out some familar tunes, nothing much to "complain" about except for its charges to be a bit pricey for the given buffet spread.

Its back to back activities for us on that day and immediately after our dinner, it was time to head out to view the screening of the RWS "crane show". We have heard of it for a while but had not have the chance to catch it till that night.

For a free show, I must say that its quite impressive for first timers given the sheer scale of the performance with the machineries, prototypes, water and color displays involved. Think the little one was quite fascinated by it as well as his eyes were glued to the performance throughout the show.

After the performance, it was "shopping time" for the little fella at the RWS Candylicious store where he managed to grab some "goodies" before we head back to our room for a birthday cake celebration with wifey/mummy before we retired for the night.

Think I heard the little pumpkin snoring away when he finally managed to settle down for the night and wifey was "complaining" of don't know whose birthday we were celebrating as it seemed that our little boy was the one throughly enjoying himself. Heez.......

Stay tuned for the next day's activities coming up in part 2!          =)