Rawa, Malaysia

Thanks to a polling day public holiday (Singapore elected a new president), Toby had a 4 day weekend. We took advantage of it at went to Rawa Island, Malaysia. It took less than 4 hours total travel time to go from our door to this wonderful little island.

From our house we were in Malaysia in about 20 minutes and then continued for another 2+ hours to the city of Mersing. From there we took a 30 minute ferry to Rawa. The only "hiccup" we had was that Anastasia threw up (yuck). She might have gotten a little carsick, but she was fine after we stopped and got her cleaned up.

Elyse waiting for the boat:


Our boat getting loaded with the luggage:


Toby ready for vacation:

RAWA! (I took this on the way home so that's why it's out the back of the boat.)

We were in a waterfront room. This is our neighbor's room, but ours looked very similar:


View of our deck:


View to the other side:
If you look at this picture of the island, the white spots are waterfront chalets. Our's was the second from the left,


Our shower opened up to the outside:

After we settled in, Anastasia went down for a nap and Elyse and I went out to the beach.


Toby and Anastasia joined us a little later:

We were on the beach most of the time, but we did take a break from time to time.

Guess what Elyse had for snack:


Elyse met a friend while jumping on the trampoline. They kept finding each other (which wasn't hard since we all ate at the same place and played on the same beach). She is from Singapore too. (didn't get a good shot of her friend's face- oops, her back will have to do.)

Anastasia wasn't a huge fan of the sand on her feet. She did like the waves washing away the sand as she sat in someones lap though.

At the very end of our trip Toby tried out the slide. I should have too. Next time...



The beach had soft sand and gentle waves. We got to float in the South China Sea while seeing fish and baby sharks. We got to visit another country and got to spend time as a family. We had a great time.