This is the 2nd part of our road trip in Japan and you may click here for the 1st part. Day 7 (Shizuoka – Nippondaira Hotel) We set our course for the Shizuoka prefecture, making our way to the picturesque Makaino Farm Resort. Here, the kids relished the opportunity to feed and ride horses, learn…
Travelogue Series – Nov / Dec 2023 – Japan Road Trip (Tokyo / Yamanashi) – Part 1 of 2
A throwback to our much-anticipated road trip with our extended family felt like a long-awaited reunion after the trials of the Covid era. As 2023 unfolded, it seemed that travel was on everyone’s agenda, with “revenge travel” plans in full swing. The prospect of returning to Japan, a place we hadn’t visited since 2019 when…
Travelogue Series – September 2023 – Desaru Long Weekend Trip (3D2N)
After our last day trip to Desaru in April where we went to the Desaru Fruit Farm and beach, we wanted to have more time to explore this region and will make use of September school holiday to do so. We went in via the causeway to our favourite breakfast place Tea Garden at Mount…
Travelogue Series – June 2023 – Queensland/Brisbane Road Trip Part 3 of 3 (Montville/Maleny/Noosa – Sunshine Coast)
As we slowly move off from Gold Coast and head up north towards Sunshine Coast, we were looking forward to the last leg of our road trip which started from Brisbane. We will be driving to our next airbnb – Laura’s Cottage located at Hunchy near Montville which is a little town in the Sunshine…
Travelogue Series – June 2023 – Queensland/Brisbane Road Trip Part 2 of 3 (Tamborine & Lamington National Parks and Gold Coast)
As we continued our journey out of Brisbane City (Road Trip Part 1), we begun our warm up treks within Tamborine National Park. We had been training our kids in the various hiking trails in Singapore for the past one year to condition them to at least be able to hike for an hour or…
Travelogue Series – June 2023 – Queensland/Brisbane Road Trip Part 1 of 3 (Brisbane City – Springhill)
We have been preparing for this road trip through driving up north numerous times since last year (click here for our Malaysia road trips) to make sure our kids get accustomed to life on the road before we embark on this two weeks road trip in Australia. Its actually the first time we took a…
Travelogue Series – April 2023 – Day Trip to The Desaru Fruit Farm and beach
We have been driving up to Malaysia pretty frequently since last Sept as we were getting bored of our small city state during the pandemic period where we were literally trapped in Singapore for more than 2 years. Not to forget that our exchange rate is currently hovering around 1SGD to RM3.30 to RM3.40 which…
Travelogue Series – December 2022: Road Trip 2 – Johor / Malacca (Yong Peng/Batu Pahat/Muar/Malacca)
This is our second road trip during the December school holidays as we want to gradually increase the distance and days to make the kids slowly get accustomed to life on the road. This time round we spend quite a bit of time driving on the North South Expressway where you see all the nice…
Travelogue Series – December 2022: Road Trip 1 – Johor (Legoland / Puteri Harbour)
This will be our new Travelogue series for the Minimalist in the City household where are targeting to do a series of road trips to cover all the 11 states of Western Malaysia or possibly cross the Thai border in the near future. As our kids are finally old enough at age 8 (Ally) and…