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Skechers Friendship Walk 2018 is about celebrating Families and Friends 🙂
No need to run, it was a 5km easy walk.
But the weather had other plans. Persistent rain kept us indoor, I meant under the bridge.
We had fun participating in the carnival-like activities. Kids were challenging each other to complete the tasks first.
Family had Fun engaging each other.
Video: This is our walk through the drizzle 🙂
Skechers Mascots were spotted walking up and down.
The walk was delayed 45 minutes. It was still drizzling and overcast, but the worst is over. Families and friends were eager to pace the scenic riverfront view along Bayfront and Gardens by the Bay East.
Rain or sunshine, we are always game, just wear a cap or grab an umbrella 🙂
Spotted many smiley faces, and the smaller kids were happy to be exposed to the elements.
There are three obstacles along the 5km route to challenge the kids. I figured the obstacles are a bit too squeezy for adults :p
The obstacles near the end point were all muddy oops, but our kids just dashed through without hesitation (guess they missed their Spartan race)
The rain never really left us. Families soldier on together, good opportunity to let the kids know that the real world is never perfect.
Do not wait for opportunities to drop at your feet, go out there and chase your rainbows!
It is always easier to travel together when we have siblings and BFF along us (Well, most of the time :p )
Always look at the positive side of things and remember to have FUN!
As we walked towards the end point, the sun is setting over Marina Bay skyline. However the overcast sky denied us a spectacular Sunset.
Interesting “end point”, many folks took their time to pose.
Walkers end the evening with a movie treat 🙂
View of event venue from an elevated angle.
I brought the family up Benjamin Sheares Bridge for a night view, no sunset though.
And that ended our first Skechers Friendship Walk 2018 event 🙂
ps.. We were invited by Skechers Singapore for this walking event
This is our second Sekinchan trip (适耕庄). We wanted to enjoy the relaxing padi fields again, and visit nearby 天空之镜 Skymirror .
Sekinchan is about 5 hours (430km) from Singapore. But the trip will be easier if we have a few stopovers. I will list down the estimated time and distance from Singapore, GPS coordinates and where we enjoyed our meals.
Take note time is for estimation only, as we drives at different speed.
0645 to 0900 Tuas Malaysia checkpoint
Jams at the customs are beyond our control, and can make or break the trip enthusiasm. With small kids, prepare tons of attraction or food to distract them, and plastic bag for bladder situations!
*Try out Beat The Jam! app, it can give real time estimation of queues at both customs, and even forecast best-time.
We drove 1 hour to Yong Peng, about 80km from Tuas checkpoint.
This is one of the popular stopovers in Yong Peng. I told the kids that Yong Peng’s significance ( and smaller tributaries road too) have been reduced due to North South Highway.
Located between KFC and Caltex, look out for the red building.
We would recommend the fishball, fishcake and otah.
Do not eat too much as road ahead is still long.
We did noticed more speed cameras along North South highway, be vigilant and slow down when you see other cars slowing down near hot spots.
Speed Limit for NS Highway is 110kmh, but I normally drive faster.
Use Waze app to get advanced notification of spot-checks ahead 🙂
1230 to 1300 Kfc Bridge at Ayer Keroh (real name is Restoran Jelantas)
(GPS 2.397665 102.220007) is about 115km from Yong Peng. This is the iconic bridge which spans across NS Highway. Exit left when you see the R&R sign for Jelantas.
KFC, A&W and Baskin Robbin’s are waiting. This might be where you wish to top up your petrol for the next 200km, or short toilet break.
Image credit Google Map
1400 to 1500 Drive 130km to Klang area (Exit 214 Nilai Exit, drive towards KLIA and Shah Alam direction)
There are plenty of good food in Klang. These are the ones we visited to/fro from our trip. In fact, food hunting in Klang was high on our Sekinchan Trip itinerary 🙂
1)Restoran Peng Heong (GPS 3.048364, 101.444857) (Rated 4/5)
This is coffee shop, not restaurant. Delicious Hakka food, famous for pork rib. and many others.
Appetising home cooked style, we all love the fried round meatball.
Look for this mosque as you are navigating towards the stall.
We visited this 肉骨茶 Bak Kut Teh on our return trip. There are many Bak Kut Teh stalls along this stretch of roads. We reach around 1130 but most of the good stuffs already sold out.
We highlighted another Bak Kut Teh (under the bridge) in our previous trip.
Do not expect super hygienic premise, but we guarantee the soup stork are good 🙂
From Klang, Sekinchan is only 80km away. We arrived around 4pm and drove one round for the sunset view.
Sekinchan Trip
适耕庄Fields might turn yellow during harvesting period around end May or Nov. Wind down the windows and enjoy the breeze and view. You might see sparrows flying in unison too.
Love our colouful containers, which stands out among the surrounding padi fields. Every window let us peep out to green “meadows”.
Nintendo Mario (wow old school), cycling and billiards kept us entertained.
Our previous container stay at Farmville was a warm experience in the afternoons, even after we full-blast the aircon. PadiBox containers are ok with the aircon. (Maybe Farmville is better now)
Spacious bunk beds for everyone, with a morning view. Do take note this is a 6-pax family room, the smaller rooms might not have a window.
Love the green views !
Looks so poetic right 🙂
It is cheaper to book direct, rather than booking.com
PadiBox website here.
N.16 cafe the bus is just next to Padibox
(Gps 3.492867, 101.114068) (rated 3.5/5)
We noticed folks streamed non-stop to visit this bus. Quite a novelty to enjoy your lunch while enjoying the scenery all around.
Food is very Instagrammable too, go for the chicken chop.
(not that there are many options on the menu)
However, beverages and cheese cake are so so only.
We will share more from our Sekinchan trip in the next post. Meanwhile, you may read the following posts and photos first.
