Wendy's Travel Monologue

Anyone for tea with the Queen ....

Hey people

Yes i was on the road again .. this time round was in London to attend 3 days of meeting and was lucky to be able to extend my stay for the weekend to explore the historic city of london.

This was a trip that i enjoyed both the work bit as well as the tourist bit .. and being able to be put (at the expense of the company) in business class for the 13hours flight was a blessing. As most of you would know, i can't sleep for nuts on the plane, so my 13 hours journey was spent .... catching up on all the movies that i missed. I managed to catch up on the lost harry potter movies and transformers ... after watching transformers - the dark of the moon ... i was like yes !! optimus prime rules !! yes i am a transformer convert : ) dont you think the autobats looks cool ... reminds me of my childhood where i use to watch transformers cartoon on tv. Of course in those days, the cartoons are not that sart looking ...

Never been to london , so what was my take on london ? Hmm its a historic city, filled with buildings which has a tremendous history behind every brick and motar .. and yes its worth to visit again.
St Pauls was beautiful. Thank God that it reopened the day (it was closed because there were prostestors camping on its grounds) before i visited on friday. The prostestors were still there, their tents pitched around the beautiful church. One of them tried to speak to me as i stood there taking in the beauty of the building and snapping away. But unfortunately the bloke was mumbling tremendously that i didn't understand a single word he was saying, so i just pretend to be one of those no english tourist and scooted away ... It was a pity that the dome was closed , so i couldn't make the 200+ stairs climb to the very top to take in the eye popping city view of london (sorry folks couldn't show you the inside of st pauls either. No photography allowed). But for those who are heading to London, go visit st pauls and make your way to the dome .. its worth the while and money.

Friend tagged along to london with me , so i had company this time round roaming london. Also managed to get discounted tickets to the musical " wicked" and was it good ? yes it was !

Covent garden is nice .. just take note if you do want to take the stairs up from the tube stop is a 198 flight of stairs to climb and i must say, the stairs are not your usualy wide and straight kind. Its those stairs that you find at the back of your grandma's house, spiral and narrow. I really felt giddy was i made my way, round and round up 198 flights of stairs and you can see from the faces of those passangers who just reached the top of the stairs, everybody has this yes ! i made it i survived the stairs look .. along with the sounds of people all grasping for air ! wahaha I must say i managed to climb all the stairs at one go and yes, i was panting : )

As usual photos and narration are found at my travel blog http://moomootravels.shutterfly.com/

Wendy

Land of the Dragons ....

Hello

Am back from Komodo! yes you heard me right, I went back to Komodo exactly one week after the one year anniversary of the incident. Took up the offer of the free replacement trip offered by teh dive operator and away i went ! ... so was it worth the while to head on back ?? the answer is a resounding YES !

Just the wonderful dive site - makarsar reef for the mantas alone was worth the while. Trust me, when you are there, you will defintely surface with a huge smile on your face : ) guaranteed!

Went on Blue dragon 1, older boat but ... the good news (well to me) was that we had only 6 divers to a boat which holds 12 divers ! wohoo ! we had the luxury of each having one cabin each to ourselves and regin kings and queens on the boat !! two divers had to leave one day earlier .. and than there were 4 divers who reigned and went double Whohoo!! i am one happy gal ... no complaints at all .

The dive sites in Komodo are teaming with life, just be ready for current (especially at makarsar reef and cold water. I learned after the first few dives, discount whatever the dive master tells you about the the water temperature, its usually much colder ! brrr.... so if you are looking to dive in Komodo, please bring along a 5mm wetsuit or have yourself a fleece under vest or hood with you. Trust me, you will greatly appreciate it when you are under water ..

One particular dive site which we all enjoyed and eventually went back three times .. yes three times was makarsar reefs. Its for the mantas .. but be prepared for strong currents (you need the strong currents for the mantas to appear). On our first dive at makarsar reef, apart from being knocked around by the currents, multi tasking - doing the i see manta, jaw drop, trying to keep regulator in mouth while holding on to the rocks, keep your balance with the most unlikely yoga pose available. You see fellow divers trying to do the sit with butt, use the dig fins into rocky bottom, the one or two hand hold on corals, legs and fins in a kinds of yoga pose ... whatever it takes to stay in position in the flow of the currents while oogling at the mantas. They were so close, so very close and I had one which was coming towards me that i could almost just stretch out my hand and touch it ... WAAAAAAA ..... was screaming through my head... at the same time, making sure that my regulator stays in my mouth !

As the bottom is just rocks and there isn't really a lot of corals for one to hang on, so come the next dive everybody is in the know that you need to look ahead plan your move accordingly to the corals that you could hang on to. Its like rock climbing just underwater ! and of course with the strong currents, you do encounter the situation that chunk of coral comes off along with the diver .. and you can only watch that unreveal before you like slow motion movie and go in your head " i'm sorry ! don't mean to give you a house renovation with an open air deck" to the inhabitants of the corals .. and you go " erh .. i think i need to go vegetarian for the next one month" .... besides having chunks of coral falling off .. you do encounter the situation of having to stare at a trigger fish in its face while holding on to the coral in the current .. thank god the trigger fishes in komodo are not aggressive .. heng ah ! my mask, face and fins came out intact in that encounter ..

And of course, when you are at Komodo there is of course the ugly pre-historic looking four legged animal with fork tongue to look it and so our no dive day, the 4 trooped off to Rinca Island to have our close encounter with those ugly looking Komodo dragons ..... when you reach the ranger's station, just look under the huts, you will find many of them lying there taking a break from the sun. They have the same colour as the sand around them, so their camouflage skills is ichiban i must say. Seriously if you were not taking note, you could have easily stepped on them without knowing ..

Another dive site that i enjoyed is wainilu ... our dusk dive stretched into a night dive. We were under for 90 mins ! so much critter to see and find ...hahaha you can say we made the best of it. One dive became 2 combined !

And of course i extended my stay to spend a day roaming Ubud and uluwatu in bali before heading back home on sunday ... sigh ... holiday comes and goes so quickly.
This was really an enjoyable trip (topside and underwater, the crew, boat, fellow divers,food etc) that i had acute holiday withdrawal syndrome kicking in as i was waiting for my plane back to singapore at Bali airport ..... and yes I suppose the holiday withdrawal syndrome will always be there, until the next dive holiday trip my friend ...

dim sum sashimi

Lei Hou, Konnichiwai !

Spend the whole of last week on the road traversing between HK and Tokyo for work. Although it was work trip, but i must say i ate well throughout the trip. Tokyo was interesting, I had a full saturday by myself to explore tokyo and i took advantage of it. I took the subway and made it to Tsijiki market, omote sando/Harajuku area, Shibuya and shijinku area. I walked till my legs almost gave way, but hey, when you only have a day to explore tokyo, I made sure i crammed in as much as i can. It was the first time for me to be in tokyo, so I was looking at it through the eyes of a tourist instead of me being on a business trip. The weather in tokyo was hot (summer) but when i was there, it was rainy which although brought reprieve to the temperature, but it didn't help my wallet. I had to pay an arm for an umbrella !

Traveling around tokyo using the train system is not that hard, but i would suggest that before you go do print out the train map from the internet, which shows you the entire tokyo train network and which line (they have many lines and its colour coded) so as to give yourself some bearings on what trains to take. One can be as prepared before the trip, but i do have to warn you, the underground passage ways are massive in Tokyo. I was perpetually lost when i am underground. Even trying to get out of the train station was no easy feat. Even when you manage to get out , the scene changes again when you get back in the station. I felt like alice in wonderland, but hey I made it to tsijiki market, shibuya, harajuku and shijinku on my own using the trains with no japanese at all .. so you can do it too.

As usual, pictures and narration of my trip can be found on my travel blog

http://moomootravels.shutterfly.com/

Wendy

Meow Meow City

Hi Hi

Most of you would know that I am switching jobs (actually by the time you are reading this, I would have been in the process of going through baptism of fire in my new job and environment. Totally new, japanese bank , so yes everything is nippon! the only thing not nippon in the office is the printer ) I had a week in between so what not take the opportunity to head on over to the city of meow to visit a dear old friend and engage in a little of outdoor activity.

Kuching, located in sarawak, east malaysia accessible via direct flight from singapore (short flight journey of only 1Hr 15min) Its near, acessible, laid back and provides you with a dose of city life as well as satisfy one's craving for nature and adventure. Its the gateway to understanding and experiencing the culture and food of the head hunters (rest assured the practise of head hunting has stopped long ago), the indigenous people (Ibans, Badiyou, Orang Ulu) and the adventures that you can find while being surrounded by nature.

I have been to kuching a couple of times, and each time i am there, i come away with different experience.

Kuching is not exactly a big place, rather impossible to get lost. Trust me I drove on my own around kuching on my own in a rental with no street directory or use of GPS (on an earlier trip) and i managed to get to the caves in Bau town and the orang utan rehabilitation centre and back to kuching town without getting lost .. driving in kuching is a breeze and of course, if you get chauffered around (which i had the previleged for this trip), it is of course lagi best !

Come to think of it, the very first place that i visited using my newly minted singapore passport was East Malaysia, where my parents and family are from.. the little (erh actually not so little) town of Sibu Sarawak. Well i suppose you can say this ex-malaysian was paying a visit to refresh and not forget her family heritage : )

Visiting the markets is a must (well for me), its where you get to see the locals and experience the local culture. Food (well to me) is a good starting point to experience the local culture. After all isn't this what most of us will want to bring back as memories and form part of the traveling experience when visiting a foreign country right ?

You get to see what the local eat and most interesting to see what has been grown in the local region and to see first hand what indigenous food culture is like (eg. terong assam or sour brinjal, Midin) These are things that you don't see or get to taste in Singapore or even in West Malaysia (well so far i have yet to spot them in west malaysia) or other neighbourng countries that i have been to).

We made the trip up to Serikin. Where is this place ? Its actually a border town in sarawk (which is about an hour drive away from kuching city) and kalimantan (indonesia). The market is most interesting, it opens on the weekends only, its bustling and busy with vendors making the border crossing from kalimantan over to sarawk to set up shop and sell your wares. Its a very basic set up, its just two row of shops along the road that leads from sarawak to kalimantan. All sorts of wares, goods you name it they sell it are represented and its most interesting to see what is being sold. Its popular with people because you can generally get a good buy with prices lower as compared to Kuching city. Just take note, its hot in serikin, not just because of its geographic location, its also because there are no shelter at all. Basically there isn't any toilets to be found (i may be wrong but i didn't see any), but judging form the heat, trust me you will be loosing enough water through prespiration and not through your bladder. So please bring along your sunnies and stay hydrated (this you don't have to worry they have plenty of stalls selling all sorts of water and drinks).

If you fancy a little of indigenous food market, there is a bidayou market available before you hit serikin. I would suggest that you visit the bidayou market on your way back, there you will find produce which are grown by the sellers and there you are able to try the bidayou cusine like rice cooked in pitcher plant. The pitcher plant conjures up images of Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, (i know Seymour is a venus fly trap, but pitcher plants too capture and feed on insects, same same but different ?) so i was most curious to try what wonderful delicious food you can get out of it and i was not disappointed at all. The rice (think its bario rice) cooked in the pitcher plants were fragrant and flavourful to the core, its a must eat i must say if you can find it. I also tried chicken cooked in bamboo with herbs and chicken cooked with terong assam at this place called aroma cafe - its a place that serves bidayou cusine and again i was not dissappointed (rub stomach .. pat pat .. burp ) In terms of food, its definately on my list of must try when in kuching apart form the kuching laksa, kolo mee and midin.

Besides stuffing my self with food, i went kayaking. Kayaking down the kuching river, surrounded by nature and stopping by a village was fun, not mention the little excitment you get from pushing through rapids along the way. Its perfectly safe, the water cool (which helps when you need to hose down from the heat) and anybody can do it. And if you get caught in shallow water or on rocks, the caterpillar methods does work . The caterpillar method in my book is basically to use one's butt power to try to shift the kayak over the rocks and if all else fails, just get down and push. The water is rarely pass waist deep (most of the time is knee deep). Along the way as we paddled or rather sat there (we did that most of the time hahahaha) and allowed the current to push us forward gently, we saw an eagle swooping in the air, an eagle nest with a little eagle in it high up in the tree, swallow flying and dipping into the river (i think they were drinking water ?), a cave , waterfall along the way and have the opportunity to dock our kayaks and visited a bidayou village where they sell pineapples although small in size, but big on taste and sweetness and cheap too! Its a most wonderful way to spend a day, although i must say, we really didn't do much rowing but the 4 hour journey does manage to zap you out.

We went with Kuching kayak, and for those who are interested to do kayaking, you can actually do this over the weekend. Fly in either on friday night or sat morning, do the kayaking on sat or sun (if you fly in on sat) and take the evening/night flight back on sunday. With budget airlines flying in to kuching, the weekend kayak adventure is possible and affordable : ) Anybody interested ? Let me know cause the kayaking trip is something that i enjoyed and would want to do it again ! More information on the kayaking trip can be found at http://www.kuchingkayak.com/

FEED - 12b Green Court Renuion Trip

It was during one of the hangout sessions early this year, that the idea of lets do a household renuion trip was broached and that started the idea of yes! its been 15yrs since i graduated (okay, now you can guess my age) and i haven't been back to Perth since graduation. So why not ? it would be interesting to see how much the place where i spent two happy years of my life has changed. Is perth still the sleepy town, where there is only one tall building in the city (bank west building) and where shops closes at 6pm everyday except for late night shopping on thursday (surburbs) at 9pm ? How much as Uni changed ?

Also it has been ages since i have done a self drive eat drink trip , so yes!! The plan was hatched and planing went underway .. the trio, housemates of 12B greencourt, decided to put the action in place, Unfortunatley the 4th housemate couldn't join us, she is in melbourne!

And so it was with great excitement the trio packed their bags and rolled to the airport to board their flight to Perth early on 29th April 2011.

Flight was okay, qantas, thank god no engine problem and i could catch up on my movie list for the year.

Touch down ... and the first thing we saw, after settling and getting our rental car, was the clear blue skies of Perth (check out my photos, the predominant colour is blue) , which hold fond memories for me. Perth always had such clear blue skies, just looking at them makes one feel happy : )

Finally finally, after 15 long years, my feet is back on the ground of Perth... my nose breathing the air of Perth and my skin under the Perth sun and sky. Although its autum, the weather is still very hot. The wind is cold when it blows but the effect of the hot sunrays just dissipates the coldness ..

We picked up our car, packed the trunk, logged on the GPS, map and address in hand and away we went ! wohoo .. driving along the streets of perth, seems so foreign to me, even along those roads which i would frequently use in my years in perth .. sigh .. sign of old age. Cannot remember.

We checked into our lodging (perth city), convenient located self service apartment (its just behind pan pacific) dropped our bags, and away we went to galavant perth city (its firday, so its late night shipping in city). My i can only say, i felt like a stranger in Perth everything looked so different and the prices are so different (its become very expensive), when we had to pay for our carpark, my jaw dropped. it was like of AUD12 for less than 3 hours .. i'm like ... man! i need to get the 15yrs ago prices out of my head. It was nostalgic, walking along the hunts of school days, hunting down the cafes that we frequent for coffee . We managed to find uncle vincent, those who were in Murdoch with me will remember the wonderful slurpilicous chilli mussels !

Day 2 - sat

Swan valley. A quaint place, wine producing area just less than 90 mins drive away from Perth city. We vistied winery tasted free wine (which i liked) and did a wine tour. The wine tour was interesting, show casing you the procedures and steps that goes into making wine and at the end of the tour, we got o play wine maker. Where we were given wine to sample and mix to come up with a wining combination of taste. Lets just say i drank more than i mixed and I am sticking to my day job definately! While we were having lunch at Marsh (microbrewery place) we met a couple and their friend. Turned out they are singaporeans who had retired in Perth. We got a shock, cause when the guy opened his mouth, he spouted perfect hokkien and singlish. So why were we shocked, he looked completely ang moh .. turned out his eurasian. Chatted and we got good eating place to go from them : )

Day 3 - Sun

Visited South city perth church and met up with friend who was staying in Perth. Lunch was at Sorrento Quay. Nice place by the sea side, where you get shops and restaurants. Its packed with people for the weekend. For those wondering where it is, its just next to the perth aquarium, over at hilarys.

Since we had time decided to visit subiaco markets .. when we got there ... it was like ???? what happened to the markets! the building is close ! this is not not the subiaco market that we remembered it to be : ( it was dissappointing ... oh well ..

Dinner was over at little cesears, where apparently their pizza was renowned and won some contest in the world of pizza.

So how was it, it was delicious ! although i would much prefer a thinner crust .. but it was burp ..! pat .. rub stomach, so complains

Day 4 -6 -Mon - Wed

Monday morning, bright and early, loaded up the car and set off to margaret river. In between we stopped at Busselton and visited the world longest jetty .. about 2km long and i suppose it was a good exercise to walk, after all we have been eating plenty on the trip ? As to why they need such a long jetty ? have no idea, but it was a pleasant walk,with the clear skies and no worries, although there were sea gulls and birds, none of us got any bird shit on us. For those who are adverse to walking, you can always buy the ticket and get a ride on the choo choo train . ALong the way as you walk the jetty you see locals, sitting there with a pail, rod and hook in hand .. fishing .. and yes they do catch fish !

After travelling for about 4hrs (including stops in between) we pulled into margaret river. It has changed, the pie shop at the corner is gone ! I am like ??? what no pies .. how can there be no pies ! i always had pie when i visited margaret river as a student ... alamk, the empty containers we bought in perth city to load up on our pies seems useless now. yes no kid, we actually got empty containers in perth city so that we can store and bring back pies to singapore from margaret river ! so sorry folks, no pies for you this time.

Stay in margaret river was a blur which i can only use 3 words to describe, eat drink drink and drink some more ! Margaret river is a wine producing region, so it was winery hopping daily, drinking wine, and the fact that you can get free wine tasting at the winery (even if you are not buying) was an incentive. But alas, i was the designated day driver .. so i had to hold back at the winery, but when it was dinner time .. kekekeke ... i could finally drink to my hearts content. You could say, the days in margaret river, we made full use of our AA membership gakgakgak : ) and it doesnt help that wine are cheap.

We even had wine on a brunch picnic at prevally point, a beautiful coastal area where the sunset was beautiful, the waves awesome (if you are surfer) or you could just be like us, pack some food, wine and cheese throw in a poncho and have a brunch picnic at the grass land, and yes, wine was definately in the works. Wine at 1030am in the morning .. a new record of me .. hic hic hic ..

On our last night in margaret river, the place where we stayed had a free BBQ pit that we could use. So it was off to the local butcher to load up on meats and we had wagyu beef as well and away on the Barbie we went !

Day 7 -THur

Headed back to perth to freemantle. Before we pulled out of Margaret river, we made a last winery stop (leeuwin) for stepping on the pedal and headed back to perth. It was raining ! thank god in our stay in Margaret river it was rain free !

As we pulled into perth city after 3 hours, we had to pass Murdoch to reach Freemantle where we were staying. As we drove past Murdoch everybody got excited and went wah! uni! our old hunting ground .. i could only go wah! as i catched glimpses of uni as i drove past ..

Day 8 - Fri

Yes people, its back to uni today ! its the purpose of the trip .. although i must way we were pretty distracted by other places and we had to remind each other, we must go back to uni cause that is the purpose of the trip ! .. the feeling of driving into the carpark, getting out of the car and walking the hallway where i use to roam as a student .. it brought back memories ! memories of me running to class in my slippers (when i was staying at student village - hostel) cause i over slept, memories of mugging for exams in the library, memories of roaming the hall way to class, which i must say, the hall way and lecture hall looks exactly the same. It has not changed at all in 15 yrs, the letterings used on the hallways are still the same, whereas elsewhere around the school ground, new buildings were built, extended. Well my fellow murdocians, i must say bush court is still the same ! the trees are still there, the grass are still there .. but the refractory has changed !! it is no longer the refractory that i loved, where i spent my lunch time there everyday, my spare in between classes there. It has now become machiam like a food court !! I am like .. WHY !! i want my old refractory back .. : (

Going to student village and it was really down memory lane , tryng to hunt down the flat which we stayed in during our school days .. and yes, student village still looked the same !

When we had enough of roaming uni, it was off to lancelin (about 2hrs away) for sand dune surfing! lancelin is a small town, to me its in the middle of now where, where you pull into the gas station, hire a sand board and head down to the sand dunes. The sand dunes is a pretty amazing place .. it just sand sand sand dunes , its amazing how nature and god's handi work sculpts the location. Its just sand everywhere , but it was beautiful. Well since none of us did any form of surfing must less and surfing, it was decided, okay we do the safe way. We put our butt on the sand board instead of standing. Just tracking up the sand dune with the board in hand was pretty hard work, not to mention trying to launch and getting your self to slide down the dune. You would think its pretty easy ?? well lets just say we discovered the caterpillar techniques, where one is stuck midway of the sand dune, so you had to use your butt power to try to nudge the board to move. So the eyes of those at the bottom of the sand dune, it looks like you are trying to walk/move the board with your board, like a caterpillar crawling , than you have the eh quick use your leg to give her a push technique, and you have the falling off the sand board mid sand dune technique, lean forward hopping that gravity will take its course and move you down the sand dune technique, which at most times needs to be coupled with the caterpillar technique. We really had so much fun and laughter. For those who are thinking of visiting perth, I tell you go and try sand board surfing at lancelin. Its an experience, a wonderful fun experience nad be prepared to have sand everywhere .. and i mean everywhere on you.

ooh ooh and don't forget as you are at the sand dunes, near the coastal line, wind are pretty strong, so always make sure that your back is to the wind, if not as you scream or laugh, you don't get a mouthful of sand !

The night was spent packing our bags, why so early you might say, you don't fly till sun. While because we bought things and i mean things during the trip, we had to pack to make sure it could all fit into our luggage and not be over weight! you should have seen us packing, each and everyone was like alamak ! how to fit in , how to bring back bottles of wine food etc. As to the empty containers we bought for pies initially, i must say it was put to good use, to store breakable food items and stuffed into the luuggage .. no worries of breakages!

day 9 - Sat

Today was devoted to Freeo (freemantle) a place which holds a special place in my memories. Its a place where i will go almost everyday sun for lunch .. when i visited freeo markets .. its still the same. But somehow, i don't know why the feeling that i got was it feels like it shrunk ? But it has not, its still in the same building .. friend say its because i grew up .. yah i grew all right , in terms of waist size .. hahahha i definately cannot fit into my uni day's outfit ! and after all that eating and drinking during trip, i also worry if i can still fit some of my current clothes !!

I must say galavanting around freeo did bring back many memories but yet that place feels foreign to me. It has changed definately. I really felt like a tourist .. but than again i am a tourist !

Day 10 - Sun

Packed up and headed to airport!

It was indeed a Fun Exciting Eat Drink and Drive (FEED) trip ! i dare no step on the weighing scale , i am worried that the numbers reflecting back at me would cause me to go aiyoh yoh !

but than again, knowing me. Its eat today starve tomorrow and in my situation tomorrow never comes ! hahah .. burrrpp... rub stomach .. pat pat .. contentment .. bliss ...

To my house mates , lets do this again every 10 years of our lives .. as a marker in celebration of the friendship that we have and the memories ..and yes , once a housemate always a housemate.

Sarah, mark the calendar cause the next renuion trip, we hope to have a complete 12B GreenCourt renuion ! and to my fellow murdocians .. yes come !

Pinoy Adventures ..

Yes, we are back from the land of fiesta, mangoes and lechon ! yes 5 months following the incident, we were back to dip our feet into the deep blue and taking a swig of compress air .

The original plan was initially to head to acheh, but we sort of went like ooh this is good as well , as we did a little more findings on the net. We looked at dumaguete, malaspascua, donsol, tico, manado, putera gelara etc etc. Alternate plans surfaced and it took a rather long while (I tell you shopping and deciding on that perfect wetsuite was much easier than this), after this and that,the breaks was put on and decision was made. Dumaguete and malaspascua it shall be, no more changes !!

And so, we packed our bags and off we we during the CNY period and dived with Sea Explorer. Sea explorer, german outfit, 5 star padi dive resort available in panglao, cabilao, dumaguete and malaspascua. We went with them when we did pangalo and cabilao some years back.

Dauin (dumaguete) is in the province negros (which is half an hour boat ride from south cebu and than a 3hr ride by car to reach cebu city) and the other, a 3 hour car ride from cebu city and half and hour boat road from north cebu. So as you can see, when we did the transfer from dumaguete to malaspascua, we were on the road for a good 7 hours or so. We travelled by car from the southern tip of cebu all the way to the northern tip of cebu. You could say we literally did travel across entire cebu!

Early morning on the first day of CNY, we were at the airport bright eyed(Well i try) and bushy tailed to catch our 630am flight to manila. 630am came .. our butts are still on the chairs in the waiting lounge.. 7am came and went .. are we there yet ? papa smurf kept ringing in my mind. Ladies and gentleman there has been a plane delay. We apologise for the inconveninced caused. The new departure time will now be 8am floated through the PA system ... thank God we had sufficient time catered for the layover in manila for our internal flight to dumaguete. (60mins from manila to dumaguete)

Think to take note off. The 3 airline terminals at manila, there are not side by side as we would see it at Changi Airport. They are miles apart and unless you have plenty of time to spare, its better off to just take the cab instead of waiting for the internal inter terminal bus.

At the airport while checking in for our flight to Dumaguete, I was asked by the staff " mdm are you pregnant?" . i am like ???? har ???... i gave that blank look and said a no after a delay. The question just didn't register, i mean in all the times that i travelled, no body at the airline check in counter has every asked me this question before. I looked at what i was wearing, its all fitting. I'm not in my buffet or fat clothes what ... sigh ... i can only say OMG ! means that i look fat !!!.. : (

We stayed at pura vida at dumaguete. Its a charming dive resort, and the rooms we had although small, has its own charms . Its built using bamboo (the standard rooms. The deluxe rooms were concrete ), has fan and aircon. So people like me who are heat adverse and turn a grouch when faced with too much heat, the fan and aircon was yes !

But thing to note, you are basically holed up in the dive resort, cause there is really nothing, no shops restaurants of which you could walk out to for meals. You are basically confined to the dive resort.

The resort was a pretty and charming place, but can't say much about the beach (anyway they are not known for the beach).

It was raining basically everyday before our trip and everyday when we look at the weather report, it just didn't bring a smile. But yes, prayers answered. When we arrived, weather turned sunny and warm . Rain rain go away come again another day mantra worked !

I suppose people go to dumaguete for Apo Island. And while we were there, we heard fellow divers raved about how nice apo island is etc etc. Hmm .. we did make it to dive at Apo Island. Its nice, full of life and corals, but i would say you can get similar and even better dive sites elsewhere in the philippines as well (eg. leyte). Water visibility was not exactly crystal clear.

As my mask either floods or fogs (its the same when i took a rental mask), half the time, i wasn't even sure if what i was seeing through my mask is the actual visibility. And the mask woes followed me to malaspascua as well, rental mask gave same problems. And you start to think .. ah ? u mean there is something wrong with my face shape ?? i mean the last i checked, have a normal face like everyone else. It brought back memory of why i don't use that spare mask that i brought along for the trip. It doesn't work! In the end, it was Leng's spare mask that provided the most relief. It fogs (initially, but after a few use it was okay) but at least it doesn't flood! I never spit so much spit into a mask, in an attempt to stop it from fogging !

Half the time,my visual was either foggy or water filled and with the water vis, i really cannot different the difference at times. Needless to say, photos were like hmmm .... and it doesn't help that unless it is something really obvious, things tend to escape my eyes. I remember on this dive, the DM was showing me something. I was like staring at the spot and in my mind i was going like " kuah si mi ?" i don't seen anything. I was about the swim off, when the DM grab my hand and ding! this black sponge thing in front of me suddenly moved. The black frog fish was right in front of me the whole time and i was like ? what ? where ? .. LOL

Malaspascua is a beautiful island. Its as pretty as boracay but less commercialsed (which i liked) . People go mainly is to see the thresher sharks. Well i made the attempt. Waking up in the wee hours of morning and jumping into the waters at wee hours .. tried two times .. sharks were on vacation. Saw nothing, but I did see a Mantis Shrimp and an octopus. No luck either at Manta point, the mantas were on holiday as well : (

On the last day of dive, was suppose to make the attempt again, but because i had ear problems, I aborted the 5am dive. When i went to meet the divers when they returned, i could see the DM and Leng walking back with this huge beam on their face, smiles .. ! i am like .. ?! aiyah !! on that very one dive that i didn't go ..the shark decide to make an appearance and .... leng didn't bring the camera !! Sorry no pictures of thresher sharks for me and you ..

Apart from the thresher shark, there is a dive site called Bantigua which we did a night dive. Awesome place, lots to see. Ranks as one of the most enjoyable night dive that i have done. We forgot about the time, and stayed for a full hour underwater . When i backed rolled into the water .. checked, camera in hand, regulator, pointer .. "wendy where is you dive light? " ah its gone ... next thing i saw it was lying at the bottom of the sea. Good thing it was night dive, waters are not deep and i could see where my light landed.

We had a rather humours dive master called ting in Malaspascua. He composed a song about malaspascua and sea explorer and he did a live performance for me : ) You can check out the you tube video posted on his face book account - Ting Rubio

Had gear problems on the trip. First BCD went out (it was leaking and to think i had it serviced before the trip), foggy/flooding mask and than i lost my dive computer at Masaplod, Dumaguete. Don't ask me how i did it, but i went down with my dive comp and only realised that there was an empty patch on my wrist 15mins later into the dive. And there i was contemplating on changing my dive comp (but didn't) before the trip. Oh well, i suppose its destined that i am to get a new dive computer : )

So needless to say, i am going back to malaspascua again. Thresher sharks, i was so close, so close to seeing them .. anybody wants to join me ?

photos and narration on the trip can be found at my travel blog http://moomootravels.shutterfly.com/

Recent Pictures

london 25-31oct 2011

tiny nosh to tide me through on the plane
suprising black label goes quite well with dried cranberry

dum ti dum ... passing time
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my entertainment for the next 13 hours
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peachy
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delicious choco puddy thing
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on the heathrow express
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lancaster london hotel my home for the next 5N
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view from the room
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dinner first night
too zonked out from jet lag so we just grabbed stuff from nearby sainsbury supermarket

dinner first night
chicken tikka which is very good i must say !

unusual find in the hotel room
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early morning scene
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dead silence
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eyes just opened automatically at
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morning of day 2
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day 2 - london office cafteria
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day 2- lunch in cafteria
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day 2- lunch in cafteria
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day 2- dinner at some pub near office
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day 2- dinner at some pub near office
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day 2- dinner at some pub near office
my colleague on tokyo overtaken by jet lag .. fell asleep during dinner. I managed to stay awake ..but barely

day 2- dinner at some pub near office
eaton mess .. dessert, rather yummy i must say and its considered as a tradition dessert in britan

day 2- supper
it was yummy. friend got it for me and it lay awaiting at the table when i got back to the hotel room

day 3 - breakfast
yogurt and granola was yummy

day 3 - breakfast
these are delicious .. i was so tempted to cart back a few bags

day 4 - dawn
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day 4 - on to apollo victoria theatre
went to catch "wicked" after work

day 4 - on to apollo victoria theatre
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day 4 - on to apollo victoria theatre
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day 4 - on to apollo victoria theatre
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day 4 - on to apollo victoria theatre
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day 4 - dinner before watching wicked
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day 4 - dinner before watching wicked
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day 4 - dinner before watching wicked
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day 4 - dinner before watching wicked
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day 4 - dinner before watching wicked
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day 4 - dinner before watching wicked
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day 4 - dinner before watching wicked
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day 4 -wicked
friend managed to get discounted priced tickets yippee !!

day 4 -wicked
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day 5 - lunch at wagamama near office
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wagamama - curry katsudon
hey its pretty good ! : ) it did not disappoint

wagamama - appetisser colleague ordered
something crispy crispy

wagamama - squid
wonderful and tender - not chewy like rubber band at all

scene from london office
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scene from london office
can you see the gerkin in the distance

ello ello
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streets of london near london office
moorgate tube station

streets of london near london office
moorgate tube station .. this is CBD area in London

friday drinks dink
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friday nosh
can't have

friday nosh
drinks without

friday nosh
food !

cheeze ...
ex colleague from ny who is now located in London

night scene of london streets
was wondering around have absolutely no idea where i was

night scene of london streets
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night scene of london streets
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night scene of london streets
st pauls at night

dawn as broken ..
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on the way to st pauls
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on the way to st pauls
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on the way to st pauls
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on the way to st pauls
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on the way to st pauls
protestors camping on st paul grounds

on the way to st pauls
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on the way to st pauls
protest messages on the walls

on the way to st pauls
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protestors on the grounds of st pauls
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protestors on the grounds of st pauls
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entrance to st pauls
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protestors on the grounds of st pauls
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entrance to st pauls
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entrance to st pauls
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tea break at st pauls
dont know what this is called, all i know it was referred to the jammy thing

tea break at st pauls
coffee my best friend

st paul
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signs
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all so confusing
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futuristic
i quite like this picture .. : )

london tube underground
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london tube underground
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covent gardens
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covent gardens
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covent gardens
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covent gardens
i just love the names they give to the pubs

covent gardens
street performers at work

covent gardens
it was people mountain people sea !!

covent gardens
check out what is written on the aprons

covent gardens
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covent gardens
tea shop that sells wonderful teas .. angmoh style

covent gardens
well too bad we couldn't get a seat .. too crowded !

covent gardens
the weather was beautiful ... nice saturday away from the rainy days that i experienced when i was there

covent gardens
clear skies !

covent gardens
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covent gardens - lunch
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covent gardens - lunch
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covent gardens - lunch
my glass of bubbly .. hic ..hic ..

covent gardens - lunch
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covent gardens - lunch
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covent gardens - lunch
the mussels were delicious !! slurp

covent gardens - lunch
fries in the white wine sauce which the mussels were cooked in ? ... heavenly

covent gardens - lunch
it was delicious ... we finished every last drop

covent gardens
spider spidey ! with fur

covent gardens
walking towards picadilly

covent gardens tube stop
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somewhere in london
as usual i didnt know where i was , i was somewhere in london thats all i know

somewhere in london
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somewhere in london
decided to stop for gelato !

decisions decisions decisions ..
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ooh .. yum
best time to eat icecream or gelato, during autumn and winter, it doesn't melt !

yummy !
friend who tagged along with me for the trip

somewhere in london
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somewhere in london
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somewhere in london
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somewhere in london
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somewhere in london
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somewhere in london
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somewhere in london
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ship in a bottle and its huge !
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in its full glory
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count down to olympics
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st james park enterance
grand hor

stand on one feet, balance balance
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cool old looking street lamp
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along the street
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along the street
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here horsey horsey
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ooh ... nice horsey nice horsey
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old buildings
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harrods bus
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mounument on the streets
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man in black
we ran into a street protest as we walked

tight security everywhere
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dong dong big ben
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big ben in full glory
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eros
thongs of people everywhere !

the shopping belt of london
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yummy
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so very the cute and yummy
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check out the street sign .. i like !
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invasion of the elfs
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leg rest time
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leg rest time
ah wouldn't recommend this at cafe nero .. lets just say you can throw it against the wall and hear thud

night scene of london
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night scene of london
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night scene of london
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night scene of london
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night scene of london
dont ask me how the elephant got onto oxford street

marble arch
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dinner
too tired and hungry to go elsewhere so ended up at macdonalds

dinner
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dinner
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dinner
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day 6 -knightsbridge
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check out the sign
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harrods
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
breakfast,

knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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knightsbridge - harrods area
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wait wait
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marks and sparks
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red letterbox
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day 6 - evening ..flight home ..
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bubble galore !
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airplane nosh
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airplane nosh
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airplane nosh
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airplane nosh - breakfast
which was served to me at singapore time 12noon

airplane nosh - breakfast
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airplane nosh - breakfast
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komodo 18-23 sept 2011

LAbuan BAjo airport
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our metal carriage from bali to LBJ
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Komodo not kodomo ah
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Floating house for the next 6 days
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antenna ... wannabe
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and away we go
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this little lamb ..
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away we go
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lunch - day 1
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check out dive - day 1
reminds me of a button

check out dive - day 1
black sluggy looking nudibranch

dinner - day 1
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a very slim looking coke
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morning has brokern - day 2
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morning has brokern - day 2
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morning has brokern - day 2
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morning has brokern - day 2
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morning has brokern - day 2 - dive plan
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day 2 - brocoli of the sea
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day 2 - white fungy looking thing
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day 2 - yellow nudibranch galore
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day 2 - watch me grow
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day 2 - here fishy fishy fishy
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day 2 - yes you called ?
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day 2 - komodo surroundings
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day 2 - komodo surroundings
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day 2 - breakfast : )
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day 2 - pipe piper of the sea
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day 2 - ding din ding din
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day 2 - lunch
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reminds me of my childhood
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day 2 - dog face puffer my fav !!
so very the cute i just want to grab it !

day 2 - people in the sea
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day 2 - new species of fish
dead fish found along the way

day 2 - very still looking fish
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day 2 - to pass time
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day 2 - splash of colour
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day 2 - keep very still , very very still
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day 2 - watch me strut
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day 2 - calling queen lobster.. calling
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day 2 - turtle, wu qui
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day 2 - coral life
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day 2 - view from the underside
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day 2- teaming with life
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day 2- goreng pisang or pisang goreng ... hmmm
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Day 2 - evening
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Day 3 - sunset
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day 3 - sunrise
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day 3 - in the still of the darkness
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where we gear up
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day 3 - waah sunrise
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day 3 - waah sunrise
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day 3- dive plan for the day
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day 3 -i like the clouds
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day 3- manta !
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day 3 - wohoo!
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day 3 - breakfast
hey got to make my breakfast look good right ?

day 3 - colourful fellow
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day 3 - yes si mi si mi
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day 3 - simon says don't move !
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day 3 - tda !
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day 3 - purple button looking thing
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day 3 - rainbow colours
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day 3 - rainbow colours
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day 3 - lunch
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day 3 - cruising along
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day 3 - steady pong pi pi lets go !
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day 3 -cleaner shrimp
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day 3 - clearners at work
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day 3 - shy shy so very the shy
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day 3 - pokka pokka dots
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day 3 - decorated crab
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day 3 - flashy fellow
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day 4 - dive plan
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day 4 - jaws !!
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day 4 - breakfast
doesn't look good but was proven wrong!

our boat man
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day 4 - bubbles
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day 4 - lunchy
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day 4 - crusing
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day 4 - picachu ! no not pokemon
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day 4 - picachu distant cousin
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day 4- picachu distant distant cousin
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day 4 -can see me ?
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day 4 - calamari rings anyone ?
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day 4 -sotong rings ?
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day 4 - hard at work
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day 4- cowrie
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day 4 - transparent fellow
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day 4 - just mossy along
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day 4 - one in colour
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day 4 - up for air
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day 4 - tea break
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day 4 - home made donuts
yes i dipped them in sugar first before i took the shot ...

Day 4 - brown looking 1st cousin of the picachu
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day 4
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day 4 - ghost pipefish
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day 4 -check out my lips
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day 4 - tiny weeny fellow
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day 4 - mantis shrimp
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day 4 -yes yes yes yes yes yes yes, what is it
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day 4- looks like mandarin fish but is not
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day 4 - ghost of the sea
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day 4 - ghost of the sea
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day 4 - pretty or not, i ?
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day 4 - dinner - my fav : )
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day 4 - din din
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day 5 - eagle ray
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day 5 -
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day 5 - commodo training under water
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day 5 - manta manta manta manta
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day 5 - manta manta manta manta
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Day 5 - brekkie
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day 5 - brekkie
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day 5 - shark attack !
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day 5 - sun bathing
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day 5- sunbathing galore
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Day 5 - my calling card under water
check out my moose !!

day 5 - hanging in the sun
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day 5 - lunch
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day 5 - komodo - rinca
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day 5 - rinca island
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
pathway you walk to reach the ranger station

day 5 - komodo national park
looks like graves but actually its not Its tree planting lah

day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
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day 5 - komodo national park
baby komodo

day 5 - komodo national park
the happy quartet

day 5 - komodo national park
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our boat - blue dragon 1
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our boat - blue dragon 1
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our boat - blue dragon 1
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day 5 - labuan bajo
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo - dinner
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
check out the size of the statellite dish !!!

day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo streets
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day 5 - labuan bajo
nice restaurant where we stopped for drinks

day 5 - labuan bajo streets
view from the bar

day 5 - labuan bajo
view of the bar

day 5 - labuan bajo
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day 5 - labuan bajo
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day 5 - labuan bajo
you have to be pretty drunk to get this collection

day 5 - labuan bajo
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day 5 - ice cream i scream!
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of course bintang is the choice
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erh the mohijto ..
i should have stick to my flores coffee instead ...

day 6- sunrise
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day 6 - airport - LBJ
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day 6 - airport - LBJ
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day 6 - airport - LBJ
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my pad for two nights
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my hotel room
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walkway to my hotel room
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the hotel room
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the pool
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the walkway
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day 6 - bali - warung madi
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day 6 - bali - warung madi
the food is delicious !! they have branch in seminyak now

day 6 - bali - warung madi
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day 6 - bali - warung madi
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day 6 - bali - warung madi
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day 6 - bali - warung madi
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day 6 - bali - warung madi
pork with papaya ..

day 6 - bali - warung madi
satay sar teh

day 6 - bali - warung madi
my mother say must eat vegetables !

day 6 - bali - warung madi
the duck tatoo (i think that's how its spelled) is to die for ... a non duck lover like me

day 6 - bali - warung madi
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day 6 - streets of bali
and they all use absolute vodka bottles !!

day 7 - breakfast
i ate the bare minimal cause i wanted to stuff my face wtih the yummy local fare!

day 7 - breakfast
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - sights of bali
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day 7 - batik making
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day 7 - batik making
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day 7 - batik making
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day 7 - batik making
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day 7 - batik making
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day 7 - mid morning snack
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day 7 - mid morning snack
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day 7 - mid morning snack
let the food fare begin !

day 7 - mid morning snack
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day 7 - mid morning snack
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day 7 - mid morning snack
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day 7 - mid morning snack
babi guning

day 7 - mid morning snack
ayam betul

day 7 - silver jellewery making
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day 7 - silver jellewery making
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day 7 - silver jellewery making
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - sights of ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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day 7 - must go place in Ubud
the dessert is to die for !!

day 7 - must go place in Ubud
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Day 7 - uluwatu - sunset
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Day 7 - uluwatu - the inhabitants
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Day 7 - uluwatu - the inhabitants
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Day 7 - uluwatu - sunset
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Day 7 - uluwatu - sunset
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Day 7 - uluwatu - sunset
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hk tokyo 22-26 aug 2011

JW marriot
my home for the next 2 days

not a mirror
nope its not the mirror, its the window in the room. It becomes a mirror at night !

the room
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guess what i found near the tv ?
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tada .. shen zhi dow!
its the tv channel write up .. scroll like looking thing that reminds of ancient china imperial edicts.

morning has broken
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fuel for the day
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fuel for the day
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looks not impressive but taste impressive!
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view from HK office
that square building belongs to the PRC army

caffine !
I'm not a fan of starbucks but i must say starbucks in hk taste a lot better than starbucks in singapore

guess what greeted me in the morning
this is what i found stuck to the monitor of the screen at HK office .. control obsession !! i rebel against that !

L3 L3 L3
on the way to dinner with a friend who happens to be in HK for biz as well.

Ye Shang Hai
no they don't have the shanghai tang song playing in the restaurant

oohhh
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restaurant
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check out the pretty menu
i can't help it. i'm a visual menu person, marketing people darling. so of course me and friend just went crazy ordering everything on the menu !

the all important, the sauce
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the sauce the sauce the sauce !!
and yes it taste as good as it looks and described in the menu.. i ate tons of it !

drunken chicken
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tou fu thingy
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wobbly jolly eggs
this is really really good! for someone who doesn't like egg yolks .. i relished every single bite of it

some mince meat thingy
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xiao long bao
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something something fried
it has radish in it .. that's all i remember

pork ribs .. ooohhhh ... slurp
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dicpher mos code ?
we took a walk at causeway bay and couldn't resist to eat dessert ... despite being so full from dinner and bear the consequence of having food coming out of our ears ..

a blob of pure mango joy
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breakfast day 2
yes despite stuffing myself silly the night before, i still ate breakfast !

breakfast 2
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dinner - yong gay
the famous shop for geese and the pei tan and i'm pretty shop yong gay is not spelled as yong gay.

all rise for the famous .. geese
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scallops with vegetable
we had more than these three dishes but i was too busy eating and chatting with my colleagues i forgot to take pictures ! wahahaha

lights lights
took a walk at causeway bay after dinner

causeway bay
it was late but still filled with people

guess who i met
i think its suppose to resemble some fried pork cutlet ????

early in the morning 6 o clock
yes i had to leave for airport to catch my flight to Tokyo at 6 am!

nosh at airport lounge
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view from the lounge
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view from the lounge
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chang chang .. dok dok chang !
there was a chinese opera display at the airport

check out those shoes
mr ferragamo you should see this !

can you actually walk in this ?
i'm a klutz i admit it. I wouldn't last a single nano second in these

butterfly pajamas ..
it reminds me of one i don't know why

write up
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all things shiny and pretty
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hat
can you imagine walking around with this stuck to your head

hat
i think it wouldn't last a day with me, cause i would probably cause a dent in it

bao ching tian !
it reminds me of him

greetings from Tokyo
first thing that greeted me when i stepped out of tokyo airport

airport limo
first time in tokyo and i didn't want to get lost on the trains track. So i bought the airport limo bus ticket which drops me off in front of my hotel it shall be

pretty ticket
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the bus stop
the place where you board the bus outside of tokyo airport

eh queue ah queue !
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on the road to my hote
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marunochi hotel
my home for the next 4 nights

lobby
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they even have a zen garden !
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scene from the lift
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view from my room
yes hotel is right next to tokyo train station

small but comfortable
its small seriously. I was upgraded can you imagine the normal room size ?? 4 steps max across the room !

the throne the throne
the seat warmer ... hmmm ...

the gadgets on the throne
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shopping
i arrived late evening and i was too zonked out to eat at a restaurant so i bought bento from the friendly family mart near hotel

wah !!
guess how much my bill came up for just one bento box, two drinks and two instant noodles. almost 1200 yen, which is like almost sgd 20 bucks ! faint ...

bento bento i so love
yes what you hear people say, the bento boxes that you find at the mart (like 7 eleven stores) are cheap and they are good ! i have no complaints

me breakfast
i heard much about the instant noodles in japan so i decided to give it a try for breakfast

looks good taste good too!
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me in my full gear to visit HQ
I nearly fainted having to wear a jacket in the summer of tokyo ! plus this is the most formal i have been for work ever !

on the way to office HQ
walk to office is a short 10 mins walk .. in japan of course hello kitty every where

on the way to office HQ
taxis which cost you both arms and legs in queue waiting for customers at tokyo train station

on the way to office HQ
office HQ is at marunochi area, which is like the shenton way of singapore

tokyo train station
its currently under renovation

tokyo train station
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on the way to office HQ
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tokyo train station
the crossing in front of the station

tokyo train station
check out the common colours people wear to work in tokyo .. white white white white ... black black black .. very sombre colours ..

office HQ
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office HQ
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office HQ
i was given a visitor name tag ..

view from the meeting room
it was gloomy ... tokyo was warm but the rainy weather gave reprieve to the heat

view from the meeting room
everything was in the same colour, the wall, the table, the door. Its all seamless .. if i were to work here.. i will walk into the walls for sure !

view from the office
ah lets just say i am glad i am not working in Tokyo HQ office. It drives me stark mad with melancholy with the colour

reprieve .. lunch
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reprieve .. lunch
lunch was a restaurant at the building next to office ..

cold soba
cool and yummy !!!

on the way to dinner
the bosses took me out to dinner

on the way to dinner
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dinner- course 1 - tofu
it was good. the tofu taste was strong but yet not over powering

dinner -course 2 - bitter gourd and fish
i gave the bitter gourd a miss ... bitter gourd leh bitter gourd how to eat ...

dinner - course 3 - sashimi
ooooohhhhhh ....

dinner - course 4 - chawamushi
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dinner - course 5 - fish
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dinner - course 6 - chicken
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dinner - course 7 - noodles
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dinner - course 8 - yuzu ice cream
ice cream .. i scream !

morning tv
the image that greeted me when i switched on the tv the next morning .. hello kitty deejay ?!

test try instant noodle no.2
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complicated instructions ..
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tada .. the image
doesn't look good but taste okay lah

lunch - day 2
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sky full of stars
a famous japanese western chain in Tokyo

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sky full of stars
we took the lunch set .. hamburger steak with rice and stuff. Burp .. pat and rub stomach ..

real can eat or not
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the food menu on display at the office cafeteria!
yes there is a cafeteria in the office ..

where you top up your cash card
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inside the cafteria
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it reminds me of classroom
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rainy day
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it was when i left the office on friday
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had to duck into the shops to look for an umbrella
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kawaii
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so cute
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sing a mah jig
wanted to buy one home to keep my sing a mah jig at home company but i looked at the price and nearly fainted .... sorry to the sing a mah jig that i got a home, you will be only child still

bento dinner
it was raining so i decided to just grab bento and enjoy dinner in the comforts of the hotel room and avoid the rain

of course i vegetables
was trying to be healthy after all the eating i had on the trip

my dessert
it was full i mean full with oranges !!!

early in the morning
before 7am i was on my way to tsijiki market on a sat morning

the train ticket
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the station
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the station
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inside the train
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hmmm ...
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why only start at 7.48am leh ???
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it was a gloomy sat morning
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but i made it to my destination
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area outside of the fish market
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area outside of the fish market
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area outside of the fish market
check out how huge the watermelon is !!! and its just cost you a princely sum of SGD16 dollars or 1000 yen

area outside of the fish market
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area outside of the fish market
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area outside of the fish market
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area outside of the fish market
its a busy place with the delivery carts zooming here and there

area outside of the fish market
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area outside of the fish market
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local shop that i stopped for breakfast
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local shop that i stopped for breakfast
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local shop that i stopped for breakfast
sashimi for breakfast ?? well i am in tsijiki market of course !!!! it cost me nearly SGD40 but its worth every single cent !

local shop that i stopped for breakfast
best clam miso soup i ever tasted ... i left a satisfied customer ..

temple in the tsijiki market
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temple in the tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
people hard at work delivering the produce

area outside of tsijiki market
chef at work

graveyard to the scales
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area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
check out the queue i see plenty of tourist standing in queue with guidebooks in hand

area outside of tsijiki market
i was full from breakfast so as much as i wanted to sink my teeth into one of these i could only feast with my eyes

area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
whats a giraffe doing in a fish market ??

area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
christmas tree decorated with toilet brushes

area outside of tsijiki market
oooooohhhhhhhhhh .....

area outside of tsijiki market
wasabi in its original form

area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
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another temple
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another temple
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another temple
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area outside of tsijiki market
the puffer fish is so cute !

area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
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area outside of tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
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tsijiki market
check out those googly eyes

tsijiki market
the ice masters at work

tsijiki market
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to omote sando/harajuku
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
van coffee shop

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
at first i thought it was someone address .. but

omote sando/harajuku area
its actually the name of a shop !

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
is it really that good that people queue that long ??

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
pet accessory shop

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
beer anyone ?

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
pet grooming shop

omote sando/harajuku area
please buy me ...

omote sando/harajuku area
check the number of types of crepes !

omote sando/harajuku area
there was more than 80 !!

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
latest look in town, a deer face

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
dramatic custom anyone ?

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
no.71 that what i went for

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
verdict ... yummmy

omote sando/harajuku area
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omote sando/harajuku area
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shibuya
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the famous shibuya crossing
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shibuya
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shibuya
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shibuya
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shibuya
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shibuya
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shibuya
the building shape reminds me of transformers

shibuya
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shibuya
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shinjuku
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shinjuku
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shinjuku
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shinjuku
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shinjuku
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shinjuku
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shinjuku
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shinjuku
the coke in japan taste different from singapore. I like the one in toko better

dinner with george
colleague who was back in tokyo for holiday took me out for dinner

last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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last night dinner in tokyo
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fireworks
apparently my last night in tokyo was the summer festival night as well - fireworks

fireworks
i didn't see it but i caught it on tv

fireworks
looks like i took it on ground zero right ? fooled you its from the TV!

morning - departure to airport
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morning - departure to airport
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morning - departure to airport
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morning - departure to airport
my breakfast at the airport lounge

at airport
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at airport
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on the plane back to singapore
hmm .. water , vodka, shouchu, gin, tonic .. what am i

on the plane back to singapore
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on the plane back to singapore
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on the plane back to singapore
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on the plane back to singapore
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on the plane back to singapore
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on the plane back to singapore
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on the plane back to singapore
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on the plane back to singapore
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clouds
they look so fluffy and white .... as the plane flies me towards home

kuching 23-27 june 2011

day 1 - kuching
in the bat mobile

day 1 - kuching
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day 1 - lunch
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day 1 - lunch
aroma cafe they serve bidayou cusine

day 1 - lunch
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day 1 - lunch
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day 1 - lunch
chicken cooked in bamboo with herbs .. nice

day 1 - lunch
chicken cooked with terong assam .. nice .. slurp

day 1 - lunch
midin yum yum

day 1 - sights at super market
you can still find glass bottle

day 1 - coffee time
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day 1 - coffee time
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day 1 - coffee time
triangle scones ???

day 1 - coffee time
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day 1 - dinner
lok lok - skewers of stuff which is boiled

day 1 - dinner
mini rojok puff

day 1 - dinner
the magic sauce

day 1 - dinner
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day 1 - dinner
first time .. century eggs - quail eggs

day 1 - dinner
ice lemon tea .. ahhh ...

day 2 - breakfast
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day 2 - breakfast
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day 2 - breakfast
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day 2 - breakfast
it was so good ... as you can see .. burp ..

day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
buah kawa

day 2 - 7th mile market
some assam causing fruit

day 2 - 7th mile market
terong assam

day 2 - 7th mile market
ginger flower

day 2 - 7th mile market
midin

day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
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day 2 - 7th mile market
aunty at work

day 2 - 7th mile market
peeling the palm heart

day 2 - 7th mile market
incredious travel essential must have - pocket at underwear, no body can have access to your money when you travel !

day 2 - tea time
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day 2 - tea time
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day 2 - tea time
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day 2 - tea time
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a refreshing break on a hot day
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cat symbol
the place where every tourist will gather and take a picture at kuching

body stomach feet
buidling where you can get reflexology, fill your stomach with mcdonalds, and if your feet hurts from reflexology, can buy shoes from bata

harooo ..!
streets of kuching

haroo ...!
streets of kuching .. pretty public phone booth

reflections
me in kuching !

skinny reflections
hahah .. somehow this makes me look slim ! i like : )

day 2 - nana project
day 2 - our afternoon tea project

day 2 - nana project
day 2 - our afternoon tea project, bananas in the bowl

day 2 - nana project
swim my babies .. swim in the hot oil

day 2 - nana project
crispy cripsy nanana !

day 2 - petai beans - dinner project
dinner project , we decided to test try the products that we bought from the 7th mile market in the morning

day 2 - petai beans - dinner project
tada ! the finished end product . yummy but good luck when you pee and fart .. its petal chanel no. 5

day 2 - purperly potatos - dinner project
locally grown sweet potato

day 2 - purperly potatos - dinner project
the cooked product , really purple !

day 2 - ginger flower - dinner project
this is how the centre looks like. contrary to what is used in singapore (where little is used in rojak), we can actually eat the whole flower !

day 2 - ginger flower - dinner project
in the making , swimming in the pan

day 2 - ginger flower - dinner project
tada! the end finished product. Ah its not too bad, but caution, don't eat too much cause we were burping ginger flower the next day .. burp !

day 2 - boing boing - dinner project
boing boing .. fish ball

day 2 - weiner - dinner project
malaysian susage

day 2 - bario red rice - dinner project
nice and its good for health !

day 2 - buah kawa - dinner project
local fruit , taste a little like avacado. soak in boiling water for ten minutes

day 2 - buah kawa - dinner project
this is how it looks like when you peel it. The cap reminds me of an elf's hat. Em .. if you have never eaten it before, go try it once , its an acquired taste, not revolting, but .. once is enough for me

day 2 - green orange - dinner project
local orange - grown in cynthia's back yard

day 3 - kayaking Trip - our ride
our bat mobile to the river

day 3 - kayaking trip - orang utan
before we hit the river, we went to semongog orang utan rehabilitation centre to catch a glimpse of the orang utan

day 3 - kayaking trip - orang utan
pathway to the viewing platform

day 3 - kayaking trip - orang utan
the platform where you see the orang utan .. so busy so many people ! it feels like a circus

day 3 - kayaking trip - orang utan
young orang utan in action.. check out those arms

day 3 - kayaking trip - orang utan
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day 3 - kayaking trip - orang utan
perfect weather for kayaking

day 3 - kayaking trip
the bridge at the village where we picked up the kayaks (its also where we end our kayak trip)

day 3 - kayaking trip
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day 3 - kayaking trip
nah its solid, i tested it ..

day 3 - kayaking trip
the kuching river which we will be kayaking on

day 3 - kayaking trip
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day 3 - kayaking trip - work horse
the van all loaded up with the kayaks and off of to the next village to start our kayak adventure

day 3 - kayaking trip
it was a very hot day ! perfect for kayaking.. don't forget the sunscreen .. very important!!

day 3 - kayaking trip
the river , the water is clear actually, it looks muddy cause the bottom is brown and muddy. it was cool water

day 3 - kayaking trip
our ride

day 3 - kayaking trip
big or small ?? energy break

day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
rest stop at the bidayu village

day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
pebble beach, gateway to the bidayu village

day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
stairway to the bidayou village

day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
pebble beach

day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
i had to wait for the dog to look at me .. and it sure took its time to do so ! machiam like movie star

day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu villageG
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
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day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
pineapple which are super sweet ! and dirt cheap rm 2 for 2 pineapples !

day 3 - kayaking trip - bidayu village
our kayak all set to go with the precious pineapple on board

day 3 - kayaking trip - pose
posing, machiam like how the kayaking was done in the old old days

day 3 - kayaking trip - pose
my arms looks very long in this picture, machiam like orang utan

day 3 - kayaking trip - drying off
the hat is very important ..

day 4 - breakfast
what else but ...

day 4 - breakfast
kopi o gurung manis

day 4 - breakfast
local sandwich - luncheon, egg and cheese

day 4 - breakfast
gong pian with meat

day 4 - breakfast
kolo mee !

day 4 - breakfast
something mee ... delicious .. slurp ! pat stomach ..

day 4 - serikin
about an hour drive from kuching, you arrive at the serikin carpark where you can park your car for a grand sum of rm 3

day 4 - serikin
sight of serikin market

day 4 - serikin
pointy bag any one ?? ouch !

day 4 - serkin
the market is just two rows of shops on the stretch of road leading to the boarder of kalimantan indonesia

day 4 - serikin
knicks knacks which I have absolutely no idea what they are

day 4 - serikin
reminds me of my childhood days .. i used to use pillows like these !

day 4 - serikin
cute child safety helmets for the motor bike ..

day 4 - serikin
dead dried stuff

day 4 - serikin
anybody wants a penguin with red glasses ?

day 4 - serikin
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day 4 - serikin
check out the vintage suitcase ! its made of metal

day 4 - serikin
check out the lock !

day 4 - serikin
all things crunchy

day 4 - serikin
for the musically inclined

day 4 - serikin
check out the latest model

day 4 - serikin
is this a shield ?? rattan food cover really reminds me of old grandmas, dunno why but it just does

day 4 - serikin
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day 4 - serikin
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day 4 - serikin
all things bubbly

day 4 - serikin
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day 4 - serikin
spider man spider man, ni(2) de(4) kung fu zhen(1) li(4) hai(4), in case you have difficulty in understanding my lousy hanyupin yin, its your(spider man) kung fu very good

day 4 - serikin
check the duck out, it has wheels !

day 4 - serikin
bead designs .. remidns me of kuah kuah .. dunno why maybe its the colour .. or maybe i was hungry when i took the photo

day 4 - serikin
back scratcher ..

day 4 - serikin
self made swimming pool

day 4 - serikin
gong gong gong ... i almost wanted to cart one back

day 4 - serikin
woven fish basket, used to catch fish but can also double up as a lamp shade

day 4 - serikin
beautiful woven mats

day 4 - serikin
brings back childhood memories .. little rattan chairs

day 4 - serikin
i have no idea what this ustensil is for .. i think its to make some type of kuah kuah

day 4 - serikin
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day 4 - serikin
check this out ! self made ovens !! yes it is an oven you just need to connect it to a gas pipe reminds me of masat masat

day 4 - serikin
so pretty these woven baskets

day 4 - serikin
have absolutely no idea what these are but i suppose its along the line of male virility ?? judging from the picture on the package, picture of strong man and some root thing (ginseng or tonkat ali)

day 4 - serikin
hiyak!! death to the flies

day 4 - serikin
strawberries ??? they have ???

day 4 - serikin
dried stuff that magically transforms to keropok when in contact with oil ..

day 4 - serikin
semi precious stone rings ??? it looks plastic to me

day 4 - serikin
curtains anyone ?

day 4 - serikin
looks like some torture devices from olden times ..

day 4 - serikin
anybody looking to cook for a party ?

day 4 - serikin
fish blader - fish maw .. looks very alien

day 4 - serikin
i have no idea what these are , some vegetables

day 4 - serikin
some type of ginger, that has a very pleasant gingerly smell

day 4 - serikin
if you need a protein break .. but honestly i have no idea what the source of protein is from ..

day 4 - serikin
fried yellow edible something

day 4 - serikin
so pretty ..

day 4 - serikin
trays anyone ..

day 4 - serikin
mother says must eat vegetables

day 4 - serikin
keropok galore !

day 4 - serikin
the busy road where shoppers and drivers collide

day 4 - serikin
snake fruit

day 4 - serikin
mangoes galore

day 4 - serikin
not its not chocolate ! its some local fruit thing in a plastic bag

day 4 - serikin
nasi padang

day 4 - serikin
nasi padang on wheels! this is what i call fastfood !

day 4 - serikin
of course you get the usual counterfeit products at the serikin market how not, not to have org gi ginal brands right ?

day 4 - serikin
busy traffic coming and going to kuching/kalimantan

day 4 - serikin
dried flatten squid, packed tight

day 4 - serikin
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day 4 - serikin
dried shrimps ..

day 4 - serikin
keropok keropok keropok ..

day 4 - serikin
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day 4 - serikin
the perfect thing for a hot day .. say ahhh !

day 4 - serikin
ice cream i scream!

day 4 - serikin
this looks extremely eerie to me ..

day 4 - serikin
from afar it looks like sake of washing detergent

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
the bidayou market before serikin, its just two rows of shops

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
choot choot ..

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
picther plant .. you can eat this you know , serious. The bidayou use this to cook rice and its delicious !

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
checking out the market scene

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
pepper direct from the growers

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
bario rice what else

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
rice cooked in pictcher plant .. and its delicious ! yum .. rub stomach .. and the smell is Delicious ..

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
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day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
as if life is not bitter enough at times ...

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
different type of ginger flower ..

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
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day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
protein bbq available if you need a snack

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
bidayou aunty at work

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
ooh .. bbq stuff of which i can only recognise the fish (locally grown cat fish) the rest is .. i have absolutely no idea but it looks edible

day 4 - serikin - bidayou market
midin.. another species

day 4 - red dot pit stop
pit stop along the way to serikin

day 4 - red dot pit stop
mini water fall that you can see

day 4 - red dot pit stop
place to rest your feet

day 4 - red dot pit stop
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day 4 - red dot pit stop
the swing is so 60s ... couldn't resist .. took the picture in black and white..

day 4 - red dot pit stop
a pit stop along the way to serikin

day 4 - red dot pit stop
besides being a pit stop where you can get a drink and food, you can also buy garden accessories

day 4 - red dot pit stop
if you like, you can have a volcano in your garden complete with a dinosaur

day 4 - red dot pit stop
or a dinosaur with long neck, which i have absolutely no idea what's it called. Hey its all dinosaurs to me

day 4 - red dot pit stop
or a mushroom

day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
no there was no blue elephant in sight

day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
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day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
ice cream coffee ... its .. bliss .. for hot hot weather ...

day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
vegetables is a must for the diet after all the food i ate !

day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
curry curry jiak curry i like

day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
mushroom steak

day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
the all important rice that goes with the curry ..

day 4 - lunch - blue elephant
burp ... this is how good the food is .. rub stomach .. pat stomach

streets of kuching
scene near the river side

streets of kuching
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streets of kuching
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streets of kuching
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streets of kuching
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streets of kuching
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streets of kuching
reminds me of laurie and hardy

streets of kuching
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streets of kuching
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streets of kuching
yes its really really a real pawn shop .. real real ..

streets of kuching
china town .. somewhere

day 4 - dinner
at the hawker centre

day 4 - dinner
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day 4 - dinner
coconut + sugar cane = interesting and nice combination

day 4 - dinner
had porriage cause i ate soo much during the day !

day 4 - dinner
kolo mee ... oooohhhh ...

day 4 - dinner
dinner venue

day 4 - dinner
just follow the sign to the food

day 5 - breakfast
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day 5 - breakfast
heng hwa pak mee

day 5 - breakfast
local siew mai ..taste different from the ones we are used to

day 5 - breakfast
heng hwa pak mee ... yu m .. dry version

day 5 - breakfast
instant wake me up

day 5 - breakfast
heng hwa pak mee ... yu m .. wet version .. rub stomach .. pat pat .. yes i ate well : )

pie in a tin ???
i have never seen a pie in a tin sold at the supermarket before ..

day 5 - lunch
lunch before heading to the airport

day 5 - lunch
although the noodles were plain , they were full of flavour and it goes well with the soup

day 5 - lunch
australian beef noodle, nothing australian about it, we figured its probably named as australian because of where the beef comes from ???

day 5 - lunch
my soup that came with the noodle ... brown and murky but slurp ! ... ooohhhhh ... nice.. i was happy

12b GCourt renuion 20 april - 8may 2011

breakfast before we boarded the plane
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pertth airport !
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check out the blue sky
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the trio
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our metal carriage for the trip
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our stay in perth
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perth city apartments
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our room
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happy trio
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self reflection
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flying tarco !
place we found on the net with good reviews on mexican food

flying tarco
so with the address in hand gps set, away we drove

flying tarco
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gucamole with a punch
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mexican pancakes .. hahaha
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burrito!
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kings park
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kings park
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the curve seats
if you sit one end and u just speak normally, the person at the other hand actually hear you! wonderful sound conductor !

war memorial
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war memorial
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kings park
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kings park
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kings park
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war memorial
the first thing you see when you step into kings park

evening in kings park
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little cesear
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hmmm decision decision
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the max !
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drool
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san churro
after dinner treat

choc and churro
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nice joint
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the elixar of life during astec times
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brown brown stuff
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to wipe the choc mustache on one lips
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i like the table design
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay
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sorrento quay - lunch
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sorrento quay - lunch
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food market at subiaco mkt station
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food market at subiaco mkt station
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food market at subiaco mkt station
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food market at subiaco mkt station
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food market at subiaco mkt station
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food market at subiaco mkt station
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food market at subiaco mkt station
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swan valley
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swan valley
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swan valley
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swan valley
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swan valley - sandalford
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swan valley - sandalford
the entrance to the winery

swan valley - sandalford
i like the red leaves

swan valley - sandalford
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swan valley - sandalford
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swan valley - sandalford
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swan valley - sandalford
wah so many prize

swan valley - sandalford
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
vats where they keep the pressed juice

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
fermentation tanks

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
barrels where they keep and age the wine. They don't come cheap, cost about AUS1000 per barrel and its just the barrel .. fench oak

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
we get to play wine maker , mixing a batch of wine to be bottled

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
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swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
shhh don't tell my mother ..

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
taste taste

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
hmm it needs this ...

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
smell okay , looks okay , hmmmm deep in thought on the taste

swan valley - sandalford - wine tour
um i think i will stick to my day job

swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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swan valley - MASH -Lunch
that was how good the wings were

swan valley - MASH -Lunch
wedding that we bumped into

swan valley - MASH -Lunch
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on the way back from swan valley
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on the way back from swan valley
lol ! see the next picture and you know why

on the way back from swan valley
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chilli mussles - dinner
uncle vincent closed but we managed to find the new outfit ran by the people from uncle vincent

chilli mussles - dinner
rose ... nice !

chilli mussels !!!
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chilli mussels !!!
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rissoto .. nice
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burpp... pat stomach ..
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mandurah - on the way to margaret river
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breakfast
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where we stopped for breakfast
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ze menu
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the usual
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breakfast
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yes we travelled with a bottle in the boot
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mandurah
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mandurah
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mandurah - har? what u say ??
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mandurah - fish anyone ?
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mandurah - row row row your boat
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mandurah - check out the blue sky !!
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mandurah
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mandurah
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mandurah
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mandurah
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mandurah - self
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carpark of busselton
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busselton - on the way to jetty
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busselton jetty
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busselton jetty
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busselton jettyG
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busselton jetty
almost 2km long

busselton jetty
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busselton jetty
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busselton jetty - inhabitants
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busselton jetty - bright day it was
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busselton jetty - history
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busselton jetty
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busselton jetty - if u dont want to walk
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busselton jetty - what u looking at
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busselton jetty
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on the way to margaret river
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on the way to margaret river
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margaret river
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margaret river
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margaret river
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margaret river
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margaret river
we were laughing cause when we opened the door, goldilocks and the three bears all came to our minds

margaret river - dinner
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margaret river - dinner
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margaret river - dinner
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margaret river - dinner
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margaret river - dinner
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margaret river - breakfast
berry farm

margaret river - breakfast
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margaret river - breakfast
wonder what is inside

margaret river - breakfast
ooh berries

margaret river - breakfast
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margaret river - breakfast
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margaret river - breakfast
the little friend that came to visit

margaret river - breakfast
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margaret river - coffee tasting
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margaret river - coffee tasting
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margaret river - coffee tasting
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margaret river - coffee tasting
place where you can do coffee tasting .. interesting .. and its free no obligations to buy

cowramaup town
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cowramaup town
i guess the reason the town starts with cow ??

cowramaup town
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cowramaup town
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margaret river chocolate factory
ooh the chocolate smell ...

margaret river chocolate factory
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margaret river chocolate factory
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margaret river chocolate factory
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margaret river - winery
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margaret river - winery
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margaret river - winery
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margaret river - winery
attas winery

margaret river - winery
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margaret river - winery
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margaret river - winery
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margaret river - winery
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margaret river - winery
mystery of the white collar solved !

margaret river - winery
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margaret river - coastal
after visiting the winery we chanced upon a cove .. it was beautiful

margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal
i love the clouds

margaret river - coastal
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margaret river - coastal - prevally
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margaret river - coastal - prevally
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margaret river - coastal - prevally
beautiful sunset

margaret river - coastal - prevally
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margaret river - coastal - prevally
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margaret river - coastal - prevally - brunch
we went back the next day to do brunch

margaret river - coastal - prevally - brunch
our brunch menu

margaret river - coastal - prevally - brunch
yes its 1030am in the morning and i am drinking !

margaret river - coastal - prevally - brunch
surfer on their way

margaret river - winery - voyager
i think this is the prettiest winery estate in margaret river

margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
feels so english

margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
place where we had high tea

margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
they are famous for their roses. They plant roses near the grapes so as to draw any insect away from the vines

margaret river - winery - voyager
yes the roses were planted to be sacrificed for the sake of the grapes

margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
the vineyard

margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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margaret river - winery - voyager
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our BBQ
that night we had a DIY BBQ , the place we stayed had free BBQ

our BBQ
ur food stash -

our BBQ - hard at work
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our BBQ - lets eat !
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cafe 131 - leaving margaret river
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cafe 131 - breakfast
check out the design on the coffee

cafe 131 - breakfast
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cafe 131 - breakfast
scones of course !

cafe 131 - breakfast
and pancakes

cafe 131 - breakfast
and kish

on the road from margaret river to perth city
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lunch on the go .. in the car
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on the road from margaret river to perth city
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Freemantle - our lodging in perth
looks like igloo right

Freemantle - our lodging in perth
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Freemantle - our lodging in perth
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Freemantle - our lodging in perth
guess who had the bottom double bed to her self .. kekekek

dinner - vietnamese
went to a vietnamese place with good review that we found on the net

dinner - vietnamese
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dinner - vietnamese
we want food

dinner - vietnamese
authentic place

dinner - vietnamese
must have fried spring roles of course

dinner - vietnamese
the none fried version

dinner - vietnamese
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dinner - vietnamese
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dinner - vietnamese
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Murdoch
the purpose of the trip , it was nostalgic man i tell u to step foot on uni grounds

Murdoch
memories flooded back

Murdoch
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Murdoch
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Murdoch
the refratory .. my old hunting ground

Murdoch
but it has now turned into a food court !!! gone are the ladies serving you food from the counter.. i miss them

Murdoch
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Murdoch
we ate at the refractory , for old times sake .

Murdoch
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Murdoch
hall way to lecuture halls

Murdoch
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Murdoch
my usual route to lectures .. yup the letters o the walls still looks the same !

Murdoch - student village
school hostel where i stayed for a semester before moving out to green court

Murdoch
walk the walkway , memories flooding in my mind

Murdoch
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Murdoch
bush court !!

Murdoch - the symbol of murdoch
hahah sad to say i can't remember the name of the plant

Murdoch
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Murdoch
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Murdoch
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green court - where i spent 1.5yrs of my life
where i had many happy moments ..

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it was a commnity of students than .. now no more

green court - where i spent 1.5yrs of my life
where we pick up letters from home

green court - where i spent 1.5yrs of my life
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green court - where i spent 1.5yrs of my life
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green court - where i spent 1.5yrs of my life
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
two hours drive away .. from perth city

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
pull into the gas station and rent the sand surf board

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
the dunes .. amazing place

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
hiking up the dunes with surf board in hand

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
sand surfer wannbe in action .. first to roll down the hill

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
i survived !!

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
the trick to make your ride smooth .. put lots and lots of wax !

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
joan in action

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
adrienne in action

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
i will conquer !

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
sand in the pants

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
adrienne in action

Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
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Lancelin - Sand Boarding
sand surfers in action

Breakfast in Freemantle
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Breakfast in Freemantle
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Breakfast in Freemantle
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Breakfast in Freemantle
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Breakfast in Freemantle
so tempting !!

Breakfast in Freemantle
smiling at u from the shelves

Breakfast in Freemantle
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Breakfast in Freemantle
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle market
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Freemantle - ciscorello
it was just a hut 15 yrs ago .. serving fish and chips

Freemantle - ciscorello
check out how much it has grown !!! the sea gulls are still there

freemantale
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Freemantle - sweet lips
was asked to try this instead of ciscerello by the locals

Freemantle - sweet lips
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Freemantle - sweet lips
the verdict ? it was good !!!!

Freemantle - sweet lips
that we had to order a 2nd order

sunday morning .. before leaving for airport
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dumaguete, malaspascua feb 2011

dumaguete airport
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cebu pacific, our ride to dumaguete
short ride, 60 mins from manila.

walkway of dumaguete airport
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scene of dumaguete
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scene of dumaguete
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pura Vida
dive resort of Sea Explorer

Pura Vida
Dive resort under Sea Explorer

Pura Vida - Entrance Fees ?
lucky not applicable to guest staying there !

Pura Vida - pretty greetings at enrance
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Pura Vida - scene from the Hut
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Pura Vida - surrounding
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Pura Vida - surrounding
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Pura Vida - white and fluffy
hate sleeping under mosquito net but better to be safe than scratching all night.

Pura Vida- personalised greetings
very environmental friendly, its written on a leaf !

Pura Vida - surrounding
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Pura Vida - surrounding
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Pura Vida - surrounding - pool
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Pura Vida - surrounding
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Pura Vida - dining place
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Dumaguete / dauin beach
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Dumaguete / dauin beach
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Dumaguete / dauin beach
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Pura Vida - night
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The fav drink while in philippines
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Day 1 - dinner
the lighting at the dining hall was not exactly condusive for picture taking

Day 1 - dinner
think its a ploy so that you can't exactly see what you are eating ..

Day 1 - dinner
they try to create the atmosphere, but a bit dark lah

Dumaguete Dauin - Day 2 - morning
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Dumaguete Dauin - Day 2 - morning
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Dumaguete Dauin - Day 2 - morning
big gopher at the beach ???

Dumaguete Dauin - Day 2 - morning
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sea explorers - dive centre
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Dauin Dumaguete dive sites
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
dive site - sarah place

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
dive site - sarah place white tip something something, can't rememebr the name

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
dive site - sarah place seahorse

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
dive site - sarah place fish that looks like a leaf

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
dive site - sarah place yes you called ??

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
dive site - sarah place

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
lunch brekkie

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
oops i forget to take picture of my food, was too hungry. pat ..pat stomach .. burp ..

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
Dive site - Panabalon

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
DIve site - panabalon shrimp shrimp where are thou ?

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
Dive site - panabalon here i am ! here i am! shouted the shrimp

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
Dive site - panabalon can you see what this is ?

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
dive site - panabalon black frog fish ! it took me a really long while to notice it !

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive
Dive site - panabalon

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive - dinner
surface interval - coke zero break!

Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive - dinner
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive - dinner
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive - dinner
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive - conclusion
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 1 dive - conclusion
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - breakfast
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - breafast
hot chocolate straight from the pack .. erh ... not very nice ..

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - breakfast
kellogs cornflakes ! er h actually don't know what brand cause its in a bowl. I assume its kellogs, all taste the same for me

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
scene u encounter when walking to dive centre

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
guardian angels outside the resort kitchen

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
scene u encounter when walking to dive centre

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
our little companion outside our hut door

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Masaplod - where i lost my dive computer : (

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Masaplod can you see the shrimp ?

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Masaplod

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive stie Masaplod BBQ sting ray anyone ?

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - lunch
gouash ! yum !

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive -lunch
mummy say must eat vegetables !

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site dauin North peeking ?

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin North garden eels

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin North Two for the price of one photo

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin NOrth

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
Dive site Dauin North

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin North

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin North Mantis shrimp - looks like an alien hor ?

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin North nudibranch

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin NOrth gian clam lips we tried to make it go shut, but however much we tried. No movement

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Dauin NOrth little fellow we spotted among the weeds

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site Luca Sanctury First there was one

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
Dive site Dauin North

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site -Luca Sanctury and than there were two!

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site - dauin north ? see what ?

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
Dive site - Luca Sanctury This lah ! anomone shrimp

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site -Luca Sanctury

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site - Luca Sanctury

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive stie - Luca Sanctury

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site - Luca Sanctury dog face puffer - one of my fav fish . so adorabe, don't you just want to go pinch its body !

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site -Luca Sanctury

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive
dive site - Luca Sanctury

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - conclusion
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - dinner
pumpkin soup but taste more potatoey than pumpkin.

Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - dinner
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - dinner
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 2 dive - dinner
our companion at the table

Dauin Dumagues - Day 3 dive
This is my fav picture taken for the trip ! :)

Dauin Dumagues - Day 3 dive - brekkie
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Dauin Dumagues - Day 3 dive - brekkie
self made sandwich

Dauin Dumagues - Day 3 dive - brekkie
well we all need to start of the day with a smile

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
on the way to Apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site : coconut point apo island sea spider

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site : coconut point apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive stie : coconut point apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site: apo island cronid shirmp that blended perfectly in its surrounding

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site apo island small little creature

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
electric clam. First saw this when diving in cabilao. Was surprise to find it here

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dog face puffer, but its blue !

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site apo island diva pose

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
surface interval at apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
surface interval at apo island yes you can stay at apo island and there is also a dive school

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
surface interval activity that one can engage in

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
nice clear waters !

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site : apo island school of cat fish

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site: apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site apo island can you see what this is ?

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site apo island yellow frog fish !

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site : apo island

Dauin Dumaguete - Day 3 Dive
dive site: apo island scorpion leaf fish

Dauin Dumaguete transfer to malaspascua
the 30 min boat ride to south cebu from dumaguete dauin

Dauin Dumaguete transfer to malaspascua
scene from the boat

Transit lunch at cebu city
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Transit lunch at cebu city
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Transit lunch at cebu city
water melon salad .. interesting ..

Transit lunch at cebu city
steak !

Transit lunch at cebu city
what else .. chicken

Maya - gateway to malaspascua
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Maya - gateway to malaspascua
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Maya - gateway to malaspascua
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our ride to malaspascua
with our barang barang loaded we are on the way !

our ride to malaspascua
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our ride to malaspascua
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Ocean Vida - Malaspascua
Dive resort by sea explorer. Brand new just opened in dec last year

Ocean Vida - Malaspascua
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Ocean Vida - Malaspascua
the room, space wise it was much bigger than our little hut at pura vida - dauin dumaguete

floating bar on malaspascua
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floating bar on malaspascua
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
dont worry you won't die of thirst

Malaspascua walk about
much development is happening on the island

Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
recycle in thought

Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
source of bacon on the table for breakfast ?

Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
coconut out to dry

Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
children at play

Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua walk about
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Malaspascua - day 1 dinner
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Malaspascua - day 1 dinner
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Malaspascua - day 1 dinner
nice but olives ?! no guess on who was made to eat it .. kekeke : )

Malaspascua - day 1 dinner
yummy fish

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
bright and early on our way to Monad Shoal to see thresher at 6am in the morning

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : monad shoal no shark but we saw octopus !

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site: monad shoal

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
the ham was ... lets just say i didn't touch it again for the rest of my days in malaspascua. It was like leather !

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
but i do like the bread thou

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : Gato Island

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site: gato island

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site gato island

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site gato island dead dying cat fish we found lying about

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site: gato island white tip sharks at rest

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : gato island

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site gato island it was really nice. We had to swim through a channel

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
and at the end of the channel ..

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
you see

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
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Malaspascua - day 1 dive
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Malaspascua - day 1 dive
sharks !

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
more white tip resting during the day

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : gato island

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : gato island can you see where the pygmy seahorse is ?

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : lighthouse , dusk dive mandarin fish. There were difficult fellows to take , in the end i took video instead !

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
diave site : lighthouse, dusk dive

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : lighthouse dusk dive

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : lighthouse dusk dive where seahorse and mandarin fishes are guaranteed

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive stie : light house dusk dive

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site: light house dusk dive

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive site : light house dusk dive

Malaspascua - day 1 dive
dive stie : light house dusk dive

Malaspascua - day 1 dive - conclusion
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Malaspascua - day 1 dive - dinner
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Malaspascua - day 1 dive - dinner
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Malaspascua - day 1 dive - dinner
as before the lighting at dinner place sucks for photography!

Malaspascua - day 1 dive - dinner
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Malaspascua - day 2 dive
5am in the morning, heading out to monad shoal to try our luck at seeing thresher sharks

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
beacon on the sea

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
sunlight streaming down as daylight broke

Malaspascua - day 2 dive - surface interval
dinning hall at ocean vida

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site Lapus LApus orange frog fish

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site Lapus Lapus moving thorny starfish entitiy

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site : lapus lapus

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site lapus lapus

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site lapus lapus the cuttlefish was posing like a diva !

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site lapus lapus

Malaspascua - day 2 dive - surface interval
ice tea, my fav on malaspascua

Malaspascua - day 2 dive - surface interval
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Malaspascua - day 2 dive - surface interval
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Malaspascua - day 2 dive - surface interval
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Malaspascua - day 2 dive - surface interval
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Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site: Manta point no manta but we saw man ..tis shrimp!

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
boat ride out to Bantigue for our night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site : Bantigue, night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site : Bantigue night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site: bantigue night dive, sole fish in hiding

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site : bantigue night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site : bantigue night dive i have absolutely no idea what this is looks like a failed vodoo doll with all the pins stuck in it ..ouch

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site : bantigue night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site: bantigue night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site bantigue night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site bantigue night dive crocodile fish

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site bantigue night dive

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site bantigue night dive decorted crab

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site bantigue night dive peek a boo!

Malaspascua - day 2 dive
dive site bantigue night dive leng actually wanted me to take the fish, but i mistook and focus on the shell instead ! blur me !

Malaspascua - day 2 dive - conclusion
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Malaspascua - day 2 dive
while waiting for food to come to fill my stomach

Malaspascua - day 2 dive dinner
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Malaspascua - day 2 dive dinner
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Malaspascua - Day 3 dive
I didn't make it for our last dive at 5am to monad shoal, ears was giving me problem

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - morning
early morning shots that i took as i waited for the divers to return from monad shoal

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - morning
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Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - morning
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Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - morning
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Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - morning
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Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - breakfast
the divers returned and yes they saw thresher shark ! aiyah they chose to appear on the one dive that i didn't go .. !!!

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - no dive
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Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - no dive
on our way to lunch

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - lunch
at the pirate bar .. no no parrots or one legged captain to be seen

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - lunch
refreshing ice tea

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - lunch
bored shot taken while waiting for my food to arrive

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - lunch
osco bosco - yum !

Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - lunch
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Malaspascua - Day 3 dive - no dive day
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malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about
island grocery store

malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about
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malaspascua walk about - sunset
last night at malaspacua

malaspascua walk about - sunset
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malaspascua walk about - sunset
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last night at Malaspascua
you know the state of the room of divers on the no dive day

last night at Malaspascua
the room will be filled with all the dive gear laid out to dry

last night at Malaspascua
occupying all areas of the room !

last night at Malaspascua - dinner
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last night at Malaspascua - dinner
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last night at Malaspascua - dinner
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bye bye malaspascua
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bye bye malaspascua
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