Sunday, April 16, 2006
Perth - Day 1 - The flight
1 Apr, Day 1 - Singapore to Perth
We flew SQ223 at 9:35am to Perth, reaching our destination almost 3pm. Matthew missed his morning nap or rather he refused to sleep, so he was rather cranky on most parts of the flight. Despite being sleepy, he fought his urge to sleep and ended up crying quite a while. Finally, after his lunch, I managed to find a quiet spot (near the toilet) and rocked him to sleep. Here's a photo of Matthew sleeping in the almost too small bassinet.
The take-off of the flight was good, but the landing was the WORST we have ever experienced and Matthew got a shock and ended up crying again!
We cleared customs without much trouble, though we brought along 1 pack of rice, lots of baby biscuits and sachets of milk powder. After we left the restricted area, the first thing the kids wanted to do was to go outdoors! The weather was brilliant despite the wind that was blowing. Most of our time at the airport were spent waiting for Avis to get our car ready and us trying to fix the car seats.
We stayed at Mont Clare Apartments at East Perth and we must say that the accommodation was pretty good. It was 2-bedroom-2-bathroom self contained apartment. But it was a little far from the central Perth area, approximate 7 streets away. We ended up eating Chinese takeaway from a little outlet nearby for dinner. Well, lousy and expensive, but enough to fill our hungry tummies.
Stay tune for Day 2 of our beautiful Oz trip!
We flew SQ223 at 9:35am to Perth, reaching our destination almost 3pm. Matthew missed his morning nap or rather he refused to sleep, so he was rather cranky on most parts of the flight. Despite being sleepy, he fought his urge to sleep and ended up crying quite a while. Finally, after his lunch, I managed to find a quiet spot (near the toilet) and rocked him to sleep. Here's a photo of Matthew sleeping in the almost too small bassinet.
The take-off of the flight was good, but the landing was the WORST we have ever experienced and Matthew got a shock and ended up crying again!We cleared customs without much trouble, though we brought along 1 pack of rice, lots of baby biscuits and sachets of milk powder. After we left the restricted area, the first thing the kids wanted to do was to go outdoors! The weather was brilliant despite the wind that was blowing. Most of our time at the airport were spent waiting for Avis to get our car ready and us trying to fix the car seats.
We stayed at Mont Clare Apartments at East Perth and we must say that the accommodation was pretty good. It was 2-bedroom-2-bathroom self contained apartment. But it was a little far from the central Perth area, approximate 7 streets away. We ended up eating Chinese takeaway from a little outlet nearby for dinner. Well, lousy and expensive, but enough to fill our hungry tummies.
Stay tune for Day 2 of our beautiful Oz trip!
Labels: Perth 2006
