Bye

I moved to New York City! This blog was decdcated to exciting writing stuff while I was working as a travel agent in SG so goodbye for now.

Volcanic Ash!

June 2011, I was stranded in Tasmania because of the volcanic ash that flew from Chile to Australia. All flights were cancelled in & out of Tasmania! OMG. I had to spend 2 more nights in Launceston, which is by the way a really quiet, quiet, quiet city, then finally flew to Melbourne. I spent 45 minutes in transit at the airport before catching a 5 hour flight to Perth.  I stayed 1 more night in Perth before flying home the next day morning. WOW, what a trip!

Manly

When I first heard of Manly, I was like whaaaat? There is a place named that? So, I was offered a chance to visit Manly anytime I was in Sydney, about 2 years back. I never got a chance to go until February this year! And that was because I finally had some free time in Sydney! So off I went! Boarded the ferry from Circular Quay and went to Manly. OH MY! This is really a beautiful coastal town! Walked along the Corso and had sushi for lunch. Spent some time trekking along the beach trail. Met an old friend Phil who drove me further to see more beaches. I couldn’t resist the temptation and bought a new swim suit in Manly and swam in a private beach, overlooking great houses and private yachts!

Here are some pictures!

2011

Wow, it has been so long since I updated walkthelongway. So HELLO! Flying to Melbourne & Sydney in 2 days time! So see you when I am back! CHEERS!

Updated Header!

Whoa. I uploaded a new header and this was a picture I took when I was in Egypt. Yayyy.

Talk to you soon!

BACK!

I am back from NY!

Had so much fun with baby and I will always treasure the precious moments with him.

Love him so much 🙂

Talk to you soon again!

Away

I will be away till mid July! See you when I am back from NYC! Tata!

Game Arcades

I love game arcades. Especially when I travel to Australia, I go in search of Time Zone in the different cities. Now I am a proud owner of 2 VIPs game cards.

Hah. TOTALLY RANDOM.

Tata.

Packing Chore

OMG. I am having trouble packing for New York!

I always find it easy to pack, especially when I am on a work trip. This is because all I have to do is look neat, tidy, professional and goody two shoes. LOL.

This time since it is a holiday, I want to look at least glam. 6 months of not meeting my husband, I must at least look good (to remind him why he married me) Heh.

Wow. I cannot imagine that my previous 4 posts were Travel Tales (though overdue) so this is really kind of a rambling post.

Here is a picture of me in Scottsdale, Arizona, enjoying the awesome winter 🙂

See you guys!

South Africa – The land of beauty

South Africa is so beautiful. I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to visit this country last spring.

It was a 10 days tour and I went to various cities such as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Sun City and Cape Town.

Here are my pictures and I hope you enjoy them!

 Flying direct from Singapore, it took about 11 hours before I arrived into Johannesburg. Upon arrival, we went to Gold Reef City, which is a theme park with underground gold mine tours. The mine was dark and there was minimal lighting there. I tried to be as brave as I could in the dark and I succeeded!

Watching a cultural dance and the same people performed various dances (in different costumes) on stage, depicting the different tribes in Africa! The dances were full of energy, a contrast to how I was feeling that morning (dead tired) after the long flight. I was glad to check into my hotel in Johannesburg and rest for the night before making our way to Pretoria, then to the game reserve the next day.

Before I could go to bed, something freaky happened. That night one of my customer had a heart attack and had to fly back the next day.

I had to make arrangements for the doctor and medics to come over to the hotel before I finally retired to bed at 12am. Then loud crazy thunder took me by surprise and I cowered in fear under the blanket, before giving in to weariness.

The next day, after sending my customer back home, I felt so much better and we visited Pretoria.
 

We went to a curio shop where they sold African handicrafts.

Then we went to a game reserve where we had a chance to be on a open top jeep! They call this a game drive. WILD! I saw wild animals like rhinos, buffalos, giraffes and even lions. It was exciting and made me feel like I was one of the explorers in National Geographic 🙂

She is so pretty. Note: Such a pretty animal must be a she 😉

We drove around the reserve till it got dark. Mmmmm. Lovely sunset.

I cannot get enough of sunsets.

Spent the night in a game lodge. Uber huge room. Wished I was on holiday with Guy, rather than being on a work trip in a work mode. I always do the best I can. One last picture of the game reserve before I leave for Sun City.

We went to Lion’s Park before Sun City.

This is me attempting to carry a baby lion. I did carry a baby lion in Egypt but when I showed my co-workers the pictures, they told me it was no longer a baby! GASP! So this is a real baby lion here.

The baby lion thought my lanyard (used for my tour guide pass) was interesting and it started nibbling on it. OMG.

Sun City is a man made city with hotels and casinos. I thought that Sun City was rather boring (if you don’t game) and ended up exploring The Palace Hotel (a 6 star property) No entrance is allowed to non residents of the hotel and you must book lunch, tea or dinner if you want to enter. I entered with my guide pass and had fun with Linda (my Johannesburg guide)

Linda and me

After spending 2 nights in Sun City, doing more rest and relax, we flew to Cape Town.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME GORGEOUS PHOTOS? Not of me of course 😛 Of Cape Town which is breathtaking every second!

Top of Table Mountain. I was really lucky to have beautiful weather that day. I have heard stories of fog and strong wind and many times, people were unable to visit the mountain because the cable cars cannot operate. The cable car that we took is a revolving one, and there are 3 of these in the whole world. One is in Switzerland, another in Palm Springs, USA and one in Table Mountain!

 I love the blue sky! Lifts up your spirits instantly!

Cottage on Table Mountain

The next day, we went on a Cape Peninsular tour. This is the Cape of Good Hope, it was extremely windy that day. The wind could have blown a baby away!

My guide and driver 🙂

Boulders Beach to see the African Penguins, they were lying on the sand like everywhere. They are wildlife, so it is a totally different experience from seeing them at the zoo. Awesome!

 The magnificent ocean. WOW.

Too cold for swimming though.

Seal Island to see the seals! Wildlife again, how amazing is that?!

My awesome lunch at Fish Hoek 🙂

V&A Waterfront, a huge shopping complex by a wharf!

By the wharf!

The next day, we went to Green Square Flea Market for some shopping!

Bought a handmade bag from this person (from Zimbabwe) at 400 Rand (appx. USD60)!

Stellenbosch

Looking through the pictures makes me feel like going back again. I hope you enjoyed yourselves here!

See you next time!