Album: Singapore

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High school friends, Michele, Diana, and Nancy off to Singapore!

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And Baby Alex.

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Wished we all had one of these to sleep in.

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Meeting big Alex.

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High school friends reunited. Traveling light ;-)

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First stop, the Kopithiam that we frequented last time we were here in 2005.

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Baby Alex is hungry too.

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Our favorite - fruit.

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Alex squared.

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Nancy eats at DB Bistro Moderne in Singapore! - and meets Daniel Boulud, yeah!

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Finding some fresh coconut at the Tekka Market.

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The super fresh fish.

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Having our first roti prata. Yum!

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Delicious, even better than Nancy remembered.

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Big Alex and his daughter Cassidy.

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Diana visiting with her niece Madison.

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Nancy hanging out with baby Alex.

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Making a huge Lego mess.

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Miss Madison.

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In our awesome 2 bedroom apartment at the Somerset Bencoolen. It was amazing.

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At Plaza Singapura.

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Baby Alex has a nap.

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What could be cuter?

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Another Kopithiam.

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Baby Alex is easily entertained.

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Madison loved to play the big girl.

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What a great helper.

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erase

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We check out some fish.

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Out into the hot and steamy day.

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We had lots of fun hanging out with Alex and his family.

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A lot has changed in the last 20 years since we were in high school.

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Michele loving Alex's dad status.

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So adorable.

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Take a cool, refreshing ice-cream break.

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Special Singapore treat - homemade ice-cream sandwiches.

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Brother and sister together again...

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They are some cute girls.

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Chilling out.

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Madison holding the baby.

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Precious.

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She did a great job.

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Baby Alex ready for a day on the town.

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The umbrella is the perfect accessory for the tropics: protects from the sun and the rain.

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Waiting while we get our coffee fix.

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The girls wait patiently.

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Kids never stay still.

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Happy Chinese New Year wishes from McDonald's

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Poor Baby Alex looks on longingly at Nancy's food.

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Dim sum lunch at Lei Garden, yummy.

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Delicious fried rice.

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Cassidy likes to play peekaboo.

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Nancy most favorite vegetable - the loofah squash aka towel gourd aka "si gua"

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Mmm...fried sesame balls with no filling, just the way Nancy likes it.

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Out for a day on the town.

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The girls with their Aunt Diana

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The girls doing a happy dance.

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Aren't they cute!?

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Alex is 5 months old!

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He found his toes!

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Uh oh, what did Nancy do.

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What's cuter than a baby having a bath?

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Thaipusam Festival

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Super delicious boneless Hainan chicken rice at Boon Tong Kee, Balestier outlet.

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Muah Chee in peanut powder, mmm...

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Baby Alex rides the Singapore MTR for the first time.

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So clean.

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Chinatown.

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Happy Year of the Snake.

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Brother and sister enjoying hanging out in Chinatown.

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Baby Alex loved to look around.

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So fun to travel together, just like when Nancy and Michele traveled in Malaysia 8 years ago.

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Chinese New Year jellies.

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Yum...we found the best coconut water.

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So...good.

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We all have one.

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Then a second.

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Popular rice cakes for the new year.

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Cute little dessert shop.

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Maxwell Food Center. Tofu pudding!

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Shoot...look a little pregnant in this picture.

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Hainan chicken rice, braised pork, daikon cake, so delicious!

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That is one cute outfit.

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There was some delicious food!

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Uh oh, is there a stinker in there?

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Why is it okay to sniff a baby butt in public?

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Duck rice and roasted pork.

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Hainan chicken rice.

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Yummy tofu desserts.

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Fish soup.

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More Hainan chicken rice.

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Baby Alex kept trying to see who was holding him.

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Funny, he just kept looking and looking.

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The soy milk and dessert were so good.

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Baby Alex's turn to eat.

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CUTE!

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There were such great New Year decorations everywhere.

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Rubbing the big buddha for good luck.

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Look what baby Alex found, his thumb!

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Enjoying the Fort Canning park.

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That's a graphic warning sign.

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"Home cooked meal" picked up at a local food center.

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Next morning - off to the Tiong Bahru market.

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cool looking vegetable. Rosette bok choy.

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Lotus root dirt and all.

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Morning meat pies and egg tarts.

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Sticky rice with chicken.

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Mmm...

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The man was making fish balls.

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Each little ball is formed by hand.

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soft little rice cakes eaten with spicy BBQ satay like sauce.

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It's a lot of work to flick out each little cake.

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Getting snacks for Michele who's at home with baby Alex.

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Making fried "you tiao"

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$5 organic carrots

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The shui kueh.

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Baby's got milk on his face.

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Good for the skin.

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Poor baby doesn't want to take any more pictures.

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Food coma.

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That's a gorgeous baby.

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First Singapore bus ride.

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We go pick up Madison and Cassidy.

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Madison's class.

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Cute, they had this little girl teaching the class.

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erase

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Madison's so excited to have so many visitors.

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Cool, no shoes allowed.

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Cassidy getting picked up.

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The teacher uses a little stick that she raps on the table to get the kids attention.

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Cutie girl.

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French braids.

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Enjoying another visit to another Kopithiam.

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Madison is such a performer.

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Getting some delicious dried plums.

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And, some muah chee in peanut powder.

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Soft, chewy, crunchy, sweet and salty.

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Even Nancy liked them.

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So did Cassidy.

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So cute.

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Nancy's starting Alex early on the food travel books.

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Silly Michele.

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Eating dinner at the Newton food center.

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Nice how you can sit outside year round.

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Someone's sleepy.

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Coconut is yummy.

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Clean, cute baby.

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finds his thumb.

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Gorgeous.

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Quite a lot of firsts on this trip.

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Nancy likes to make baby Alex giggle.

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An interesting way to air dry clothing.

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At the Geylang Serai Wet Market.

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You don't keep an eye on Nancy and there she is eating crab! (She's allergic)

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Nancy's 2nd favorite part of traveling, seeing food.

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Beautiful lemongrass.

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Such gorgeous ingredients, no wonder the food is so good.

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Pulasan - a relative of the lychee abd rambutan.

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Mmm...prata.

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So spicy but SO good. Chicken reydang, young tapioca leaves, and lots of other yummies.

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Tissue prata.

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Happy baby, happy mommy.

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Poor baby bird fell out of his nest.

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Some seriously awesome Malaysian food.

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Delicious lime juice for Nancy and watermelon juice for Michele.

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We take a cab ride all the way out to the Hougang 6 Miles Famous Muah Chee. It was the last day they were at this spot.

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The cab driver was laughing at us, telling us that we had some seriously expensive muah chee.

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Whatever, it was good. Each little muah chee is dipped in shallot oil first then rolled in the peanut powder.

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Then we're off to dinner at the Long Beach seafood restaurant.

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Then we go off to the Night Safari zoo.

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The happy group.

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So cool, Nancy's never seen a real pangolin.

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Hard to photograph at the night zoo

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The Night Safari.

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Oop, someone fell asleep on the couch.

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Cool apartment building.

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Little India.

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Nancy's last day of eating in Singapore. First snack - roti prata, coconut water.

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Such a lively place.

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Then a second roti prata.

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Not sure what Nancy ate.

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The cilantro...so fresh and fragrant.

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Beautiful fruit.

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Duck rice, eggs.

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And a lot of piggy parts.

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Next course, fish soup.

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And, more roti prata to take home.

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Wish I could bring this guy home with me.

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By far the favorite of the trip.

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Best biryani any of us had ever had.

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That's pig snout.

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Poor baby just gets to nibble on plastic.

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Nancy LOVED the pool.

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Baby likes the view too.

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Resting after a day of swimming.

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What a cute baby.

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Look, now I can sit!!!

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So cool how much a baby learns to do in 2 weeks.

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Like much on a carrot.

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Off to our last meal together.

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Sing Ho Hainan Chicken Rice right around the corner from our place.

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All together.

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Really awesome food! That's home cooking.

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Baby's a little hungry too.

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Ah, mommy.

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Ah, milk.

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Back to sleep.

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We like the bucket clean up method.

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An awesome soy place, right next door is another place, they are brother in laws, one store is open at 5 am, the other closes at 5 am.

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