KL and Singapore

At the end of September our family went on our first visa run. Due to our visa type, we have to leave the country every 90 days and re-apply for visas. For our first run we went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Singapore. It was a really great trip!

Flying to KL is really easy and cheap, and the city is very fun! Some of the activities we did there include: touring the Petronas Towers, exploring the Batu Caves, visiting Chinatown, and seeing the KL Bird Park. The main reason we were there, though, was to apply for new visas. I was extremely nervous about this because approval of visas is up to the discretion of the approver. There are certainly guidelines you should follow when applying for a visa, but ultimately it is up to the person who is working that day. A lot of prayer and preparation went into our application, to make sure we had all our documents in order and had the best chance at getting new visas. Thankfully, our applications were approved without any problem!

Waiting in line for our Thai visas

Petronas Towers at night

Inside Batu Caves

Chinatown

KL Bird Park

Our kids loved KL! Even though all the attractions we visited were amazing, I think E liked the Petronas Towers the best. B definitely preferred the Bird Park, since he’s been obsessed with birds for the last couple of years. They truly enjoyed their first hostel stay, too, because we all got to sleep in bunk beds! We highly recommend BackHome Hostel if your family ever visits KL!

Skywalk of Petronas Towers

Feeding the birds

Once we had our new visas we could really relax! We took a short flight over to Singapore and had a few days to just relax and have a true vacation. You might already know that Singapore is one of the cleanest cities in the world. It’s also a lot less crowded than KL, which made it easier for us to explore.

We did a lot of amazing stuff in Singapore: rode the Singapore Flyer, visited the River Safari, went to Little India, spent a day on Sentosa Island, and toured Gardens by the Bay. E has been dying to go to the beach, so our day at Sentosa Island was especially fun for her. She’s also a little obsessed with India, so getting to spend some time in Little India eating real Indian food and getting a henna tattoo was exciting! B loved the River Safari, keeping with his love for all things animal-related. X loves everything, so it’s hard to tell which was his favorite. He was happy just to be with his momma all day every day (usually on my back in the Tula).

Singapore Flyer

B at the River Safari

Little India

Burying Daddy in the sand

Gardens by the Bay

X's favorite way to travel

Some days it’s hard to believe that we’ve been in Thailand for 90 days already, and other days it feels like we’ve been here for much longer. We truly enjoyed our time away as a family and are so thankful to have our visas reinstated. We highly recommend both KL and Singapore as tourist destinations!!