A short getaway for the four of us, as we milked the week-long school holidays. We stayed at The Residence, which was great for resort noobs like us. It took us 1 hour 40 minutes by ferry and another hour by car to get to our resort.The ferry ride wasn't all that bad, there wasn't much to do but we kept ourselves entertained with books and Amazin' Graze nuts. Those nuts are insanely delicious! We bought some for Russell's teachers for Teachers' Day and kept a pack for ourselves; they were incredibly moreish and I bought a few more packs for my in-laws.
Coming back to The Residence - It was lovely and quiet, modern but not sterile. The food was really good too though you pay Singapore prices. Best of all, the staff were all genuinely caring and polite. I loved how they really paid attention to details (granted it's not the fastest service) like how we didn't need to queue to check in and how that lemongrass drink we had on arrival was so refreshing.
We had a one-bedroom villa with a private pool - you can imagine plenty of time was spent wading around. There is a huge pool for everyone in the resort that we visited once but nothing beats having your own dip, yeah?
We really just scratched the tip of the iceberg. Though the resort has lots of activities like rock-climbing and paintball, I spent lots of time painting. I’ve recently caught the paint-by-numbers bug (it’s probably not even a thing and I’m just trying to sound cool) and it's so incredibly therapeutic.
There’s a kids club too with daily activities WHERE YOU CAN DROP OFF YOUR KIDS AND BID ADEIU... but our boys preferred to just stay with us and keep things relaxed. Bless their tiny beings.
We spent 3 days at The Residence, when we got home, I found myself looking up resorts for our trip. Sigh, bitten by the resort bug for sure. I will let the pictures speak for themselves and blog more about what we ate soon.
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