Last night was my Dad's birthday so we took him out for a very special Jumbo Seafood birthday dinner where he tried chili crab for the first time.

They were even given matching Jumbo bibs

Today my parents and I took a day trip to Batam island Indonesia. Sadly Kingsley had work meetings so could not explore with us. We took a 40 minute ferry ride from Harborfront marina in Singapore.

It was amazing to see the difference between Singapore and Indonesia. Although only a short 40 minute ferry ride away, it feels as if you have stepped back in time 50 years.

A typical house in Batam

There are lots of road side vendors selling ice cream, sodas and rujak which is an assortment of sliced fruits blended with a very spicy chili paste. None of us were brave enough to give it a try, except perhaps my mom but she is on "adventure probation" after the finger incident.

Went for a drive across the island and saw lots of small fishing villages

For lunch we went to a great seafood restaurant and were served snails, pepper crab, cuttle fish and a whole assortment of other things. Best thing about the lunch is that it was amateur hour on the karaoke stage so we were serenaded with a mutilated version of Frank Sinatra's "I did it my way" among other songs.

We had a great day but were happy to return to the organization and cleanliness of Singapore. I have to say, it has been so much fun exploring with my parents. I know very few people who are up for as much adventure as they are. I can hardly keep up!

Here my Dad is learning to extract the snails from the shell via toothpick