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Grateful for the 3-day ASEAN Summit holidays in Metro Manila, I flew to Cagayan de Oro City with Alma Mariano assisting, to conduct the Ring-fencing and business planning workshop sponsored by DILG. After the tiresome 3-day workshop, the training team took a break and ventured into one of our common bucketlist - the river rafting.

Auntie Myrna and I have an extended trip. From Luang Prabang, we flew to Malaysia to join the Go Family in their tour of Malaysia. Johor Bahru City Legoland Hotel Due to the very long queue for immigration clearance in KLIA, we missed the Malaysian Airlines flight to Johor Bahru at 2PM. We passed through the immigration at barely 2PM but we still have to take to train to get to the other airport. So we decided to rather take the bus and reached JB at sundown. We reunited with Rose, Ruth, Jun and the kids at Legoland Park. Legoland is basically for kids, but we enjoyed the new section of the park, the Water Park. We stayed at the hotel from Nov 2 to 3 before heading back to Kuala Lumpur. The fun of building Lego bricks starts at the Hotel Lobby Even the Dining area, from plates to furnitures is made of Lego Building Blocks Singapore City Singapore is just a bridge away from JB. Auntie Myrna and myself skipped the second day in Legoland to cross the bor...

The trip on a sleeper bus was cool and comfortable. But just the same, I have failed to take a good sleep. That's my problem, I cannot earn a nap while in motion. Our room in Rama Hotel  I initially thought it would take us 12 hours to reach Luang Prabang but the bus already settling at its designated bay at the Bus Terminal at 6am. It was indeed a smooth 10-hour ride. The Floating Restaurant for the Mekong River Tour to Pak Ou Caves Without further ado, Auntie Myrna and I hired a tuktuk to take us to Rama Hotel. We were again fortunate to be accommodated right there and then. And we decided to start the city right away. The Hotel Rama's receptionist was too kind to assist us and obtained 2 seats at the Dine and Cruise with Nava Mekong Restaurant. The route of the river cruise The cruise through the murky Mekong River to the famous Pak Ou Caves started at 10am. It was completely a unique experience on a floating restaurant. Our first stop was at the so-cal...