BangKok Trip [2009]

Went to bangkok a few days after i returned from my japan trip. Went free and easy with my friends for 3 or 4 days.Shopping was ok, food there is oso cheap and nice.






Day 1
Arrived in Bangkok during the night, check-in the hotel. We ordered fried rice and noodles for our supper.
Ate a nice breakfast provided by the hotel, and we began our journey in bangkok.
First stop, we headed down to the Grand Palace and Temple, which we took a cruise down the river.Along the cruise, we passed by some old buildings like a old hospital and a bridge.
The grand palace is very magnificent and big. Almost everything is covered in gold and there are also nice paintings on the wall, which tells a story. Next, we headed down to the temple of Dawn, which we spent 50 baht just to go up to the top. It was scary just to come down from the top of the temple. It was so steep. After this, we went down to chinatown for shopping but it started to rain heavily which is so disappointing. With no choice, we headed back to the hotel.

Day 2
We went to the Chatuchat market where we spent the whole day walking through the market.
Then we went shopping in Platinum Fashion Mall and Central World Plaza.(Can't remember which one). But we walked through mall by mall to shop there. We even had a buffet steamboat for dinner (where i had alot of lala again,hohoho). With these, we ended our day and headed back to hotel to rest.

Day 3
Woke up and had our last breakfast in the hotel. We had checked-out and since the time was still early before our flight, we did our last shopping around the street market around the hotel. Then we headed to the airport where we took the flight back to Singapore.

Places Visited:
Grand Temple and Palace
Temple of Dawn
Chatuchat
Platinum Fashion Mall
Central World Plaza

Japan Trip [2009]

Japan trip in Sept 2009 with package tour,went toTokyo,Nagoya,Kyoto and Osaka. Got the chance to visit disneyland and universal studios. Didnt get to taste the BBQ Sotong selling up in Mount Fuji. 600 yen for 1 whole big sotong!! Have to try it the next time. The rice in japan smells nice and it taste good. Made you want to have another round.





Day 1 & 2
Arrived in Japan Tokyo, went straight to Disneyland to begin our day. Halloween atmosphere is in the air. Everyone is preparing for the arrival of Halloween in Sept to Oct. The parade are 3 times a day and the queue was super long for almost every rides there. Watched the parade 3 times, it was cool.Spent the whole day there, but sad to say didnt managed to see the fireworks cos it started to rain again. (Why everytime it rains when i visit Disneyland?hohoho). After we gathered and went for a nice chinese dinner down the streets near Disneyland. Then we went back to Sunshine City where we had stayed there overnight. (Didn't managed to go DisneyLand Sea, maybe next time i will go there) (Hotel stayed: Prince Hotel)

Day 3
Woke up early and had our breakfast in the hotel. We headed down to Asakusa Kannon Temple and had our free time to view the temple and do some shopping along the street inside the temple. Then we headed to Ramen Museum, where we had real japan ramen. Long queue inside the stall inside the museum and we had pork ramen. It was a big bowl and the soup was abit too salty and oily.LoL
After this, we headed down to Gotemba Premium Outlet Mall to do some shopping. Here gathered all the branded goods outlets. But it seems like no much diff compared to Singapore (i dont find the stuffs cheap..) After the shopping, we went up to Mount Fuji, where i got a beautiful view of the mountain and sunset. It was also super cooling up there. And there, i saw big BBQ sotong.LoL. After a nice view up on the mountain, we went down to our hotel which is located at Lake Saiko. I got a big room, which is for 3 pax for the night. (Hotel stayed: Hotel near Lake Saiko)

Day 4
Woke up early and went down to Lake Saiko for a nice morning walk. The Lake was big and the water is super clear.You can get the nice view on the opposite mountain. After everyone is ready, we headed down to Iyashi No Sato Nenba (Thatched Roof Village). It is a small village, like those old japan houses where samurai lived. From there, you can also get a very nice of Mount Fuji (Too bad, it is not snowing, so there is no snow on top). You can also dress up as samurai warrior (for guys) and try on the kimono (for ladies). Bought a nice ice-cream at the village, it was nice and cooling.
After this, we headed down to Owakudani Boiling Valley.Then we headed down for a nice lunch.
After a nice lunch, we headed to take a boat ride on a pirate ship (only went from 1 station to the next station). After that, we headed down to Nagoya, where we had some spare to walk along the street of Nagoya (Oasis 21) before we ended the day. (Hotel stayed: International Hotel Nagoya)

Day 5
Woke up and had international breakfast provided by the hotel. Then we headed down to Kyoto, where we went to Heian Shrine first. It was raining again, which is so disappointing. Walked along the 'pasar malam' opened outside of the shrine. After that, we went to Nishijin district where we had a super nice lunch. (like the lunch here, we had pork/chicken cutlet bento)
After the lunch, we walked down to watch Nishijin Kimono Show. It was like a fashion show with the models wearing different types of Kimono. After the show, we headed down to Kiyomizu Temple. It was a big temple and the one of the oldest temple in Kyoto. There are also alot of shops along the way up to the temple. (You even might get a chance to see Geisha there if you are lucky enough). After the visit, we headed down to Kintetsu Kyoto Station where we bought our ticket to take the bullet train and headed down to Osaka. Once we reached Osaka, we went to Shin Sai Bashi0Suji Market. It was like our bugis street, where there are alot of shops and restaurants. It was a shopping paradise there, the stuffs was cheap. There are discounts everywhere. But we only had 1 hour to shop, didnt manged to walk all the shops. (Bad thing with package tours). We went back to hotel, where we stayed for a night.
(Hotel stayed: Hyatt Hotel)

Day 6
We started off the day by going to Osaka Castle first. Bought tickets to go up the top of the castle. After that, we headed to Universal Studio, to spend the rest of the day there. The theme there is also Halloween. Tried the turkey leg for 780 yen, it was big. LoL. Also loves the parade there, which is only once a day. After that, we went down to have BBQ for dinner. Then we headed back to the hotel for rest.
(Hotel stayed: ANA Gate Tower Hotel Osaka)


Day 7
had my breakfast at a 62 level high hotel. You can see the expressway to the new airport. Anyway, it was time to say goodbye to Japan. Waited in the airport for the flight back to Singapore. (So sad....)

Places Visited:
Tokeyo DisneyLand
Sunshine City
Asakusa Kannon Temple
Ramen Museum
Oasis 21
Mount Fuji (5th Station)
Owakudani Boiling Valley
Iyashi No Sato Nenba – Thatched Roof Village
Gotemba Premium Outlet Mall
Lake Saiko
Nishijin district (Nishijin Kimono Show)
Bullet Train ride to Osaka
Kiyomizu Temple
Heian Shrine
Shin Sai Bashi0Suji Market
Osaka Castle
Unverisal Studio (Osaka)

Taipei Trip [2009]

1st time in Taipei for 5 days, free and easy. It was fun, the food there is nice too. Went in February and spent my birthday in Taipei






Day 1
Reached Taiwan in the evening.
We ate BBQ steamboat for dinner along the street in Xi Men Ding, after which we went to Longshan temple and walked the market along snake alley. Went to Wan Nian building for to begin our shopping spree

Day 2
Spent a day in Taiwan Zoo, after we headed to Taipei 101 Building.
Went to a big bookstore, where we had a nice,hot coffee at Starbucks before continuing our journey. After that, we went to tour around the big bookstore for 1 or 2 hours
Then we headed towards Taipei 101 to get a nice of Taipei from above
After that, we went to Wu Fen Pu wholesale market for dinner (which we had the 1st taste of Taiwan's chicken cutlet. It was very big and nice. ~ wanted to have it again)
Shopping around the wholesale market till late, headed back to Xi Men Ding which we had supper before heading back to the hotel

Day 3
Started the day with a nice breakfast in McDonald's. Then, we headed to Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. It was so cold, the wind is blowing strong on this day. HM is the only one who had the thinnest jacket and she was sneezing the whole day.We also saw a super long earthworm crawling on the ground.LoL
After that, we headed to Dan Shui Wharf, where the wind is blowing more stronger (it was freezing there). Then we headed back the MRT station, where we had a All-You-can-Eat buffet steamboat for less than $20 SGD per pax. I had a lot of lala there, PY was targeting to clear all the vegetables, ZH was targeting on the beefs and HM was targeting on the porks.LoL
Later, we headed down to Miramar Enterainment Park where i bought a new basketball. We toured around for 1 hour or so,then we headed down to Shi Lin Market. We had fried oyster, red bead soup and mango ice-cream. We headed to Taipei Main Station where i got to visit a gundam model kits shop. We walked around and headed back to our hotel to rest.

Day 4
Had a early breakfast at McDonald's again and we headed down to Xiao Ren Guo Theme Park. Inside consists the miniature on building around the world and there is also a small theme park for children. There is also an exhibit on Doramon. We had managed to grab a toy (like UFO catcher) here. Later, we had a long journey back to city (on bus, everyone was sleeping). We headed back to Taipei Main Station and shopped around. We also had our dinner in a Japanese restaurant. Then we headed back to Xi Men Ding early and walked through the streets of Xi Men Ding. We also had the onion pancake and chicken cutlet on the last night in Taipei.

Day 5
Prepared our stuffs for checking out of the hotel.Ate our breakfast in the hotel
After that, we headed down to the airport, where we waited for our flight back to Singapore.

Places Visited:
Xi Men Ding
Long Shan Temple + Snake Alley
Taipei Zoo
Taipei 101
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
Shi Lin Night Market
Dan Shui
Miramar Enterainment Park
Xiao Ren Guo (Miniature Museum)
Wu Fen Pu Wholesale Market
Wu Nian Building

Hong Kong Trip [2008]

My 2nd Trip to Hong Kong in 2008. Finally got to visit the disneyland, it was so fun there.Took photos with old camera when i went to Hong Kong on my 1st trip. Even went to Macau for 1 day, but didnt went to any of the casinos there. wasted!! LoL
Anyway this is the last trip with my bf before we broke off.




Day 1
Went down to the Peak, we enjoyed the view and breeze up on the peak. We also visited the Madame Tussaude there before we came down. Had our dinner in a restaurant, where there seems not many people eating there. Luckily, the food is still ok and cheap.

Day 2
Can't remember where we went during the day. During the night, we headed down to the Victoria Harbour where we caught the laser showing of the buildings.

Day 3
Ate our breakfast in McDonald's and we headed down to Disneyland by train. Unfortunately, it was raining. But we still proceeded with our plan. My first trip to Disneyland, we met alot of the disney characters, everyone is queuing to take photos with their favorite characters. We spent the whole day, ending the day with a beautiful view of the fireworks.

Day 4
We ended up in Disneyland again, this time to catch the High School Musical Parade (which we managed to catch it before it started to rain again).LoL

Day 5
Last day in hong kong and it started the day with rain.Anyway we checked out from the hotel early and we headed down to Giant Buddha Train Station for some shopping. There is a shopping mall where the wholesale shops are gathered. After which, we headed to the airport for our flight back to Singapore.


Places visited:
The Peak
Madame Tussaude
Victoria Harbour
Disneyland
Giant Buddha Train Station