Destination: Lisbon Part 2

Note: I apologize for the long delay on this trip. Was really busy with life!

Date: 16 - 19 January 2012

This will be mostly a pictorial post. I got the ticket for the hop on and hop off bus. Obviously, I've forgotten to take a picture of the ticket but if anyone wants to know, it's the Yellow Bus.

I purchsed the Lisbon Premium 4 in 1 ticket but surprisingly, I lost the ticket while eating lunch. Apparently I emptied one of the bag's pockets into the bin (tissues and what not) :(....

Anyhow, pictures galore!

Opps.... my fingers!

That's Rua Agusta (the end part anyway).

That's what beyond Rua Augusta. It's the sea way on the right of the picture.

Sorry, I've forgotten what building this is, probably a church or something!

Don't judge me for having Japanese food in Lisbon. And thank you lunch for making me ticketless.

This is my most favourite place in Lisbon! It's the MUDE. It's a furniture/fashion museum. It showcases popular clothes/furnitures from the past up till today! Too bad pictures aren't allowed inside. It's free to enter though!

Rua Augusta again, lots of shops here. :D Manage to buy some great value stuff here!

Nice or not?

I walked from Rua Augusta to here. It's just about 5 mins away. Lovely buildings.

My favourite shot of the day!

Look at the topping! It's really good though. I totally recommend it. Bistro: Samadi, House of Cool. I only had 2 slices coz it was THAT filling. I told the waiter to get the rest to go, so I can have it for breakfast the next day :P I don't remember how much it was but I think it was about €10 for the pizza.

And that concludes my Lisbon trip! Next, Madrid....

Destination: Lisbon Part 1

Date: 16 - 19 January 2012

Sorry for the lack of posts people. I was really busy when I got back to work after CNY (Chinese New Year) and also being lazy after a 2 week trip to Europe.

This is Terminal C of BCN (Barcelona). I flew via Qatar Airways KUL-DOH-BCN as that's the nearest I can get to Portugal. The terminal was really small and simple, like LCCT, just not as busy as you can see. It's about 3pm by the time this picture was taken. I was having my late lunch of sandwiches & tea.

My flight from BCN to LIS costs about €42.99. Not a bad price though. Flight was about 2 hours. Flight was on time as well. 

This was my room and it's situated at Rua Augusta, the central of the most central location. Amazing isn't it? It costs me only USD36 per night. The room was spacious and incredible. I loved it!

This is the bathroom where I was staying. It's also really clean!

Now, this is Rua Augusta, that's what I see when I get to the front door of the flat. :D

That's my breakfast. €4.50. Hot chocolate at €2.50 and the pastry is €2. Pastry is with a slice of ham with melted cheese. So yummy, the cheese just melts in your mouth!

I had to stand to eat my breakfast but that's how they do it in Lisbon & Rome.

This is the Rossio or Praça de D. Pedro IV or Pedro IV Square. I was sitting right opposite the square, surfing the internet on my tablet. At that time, I just bought a prepaid sim card for about €15 whereby €10 goes to 300mb of data plan and the balance would go to calls & sms. A little expensive but I am addicted to the internet, and the place that I was staying, requires me to pay €15 for wifi for my whole stay and I'd rather have it on the go so I can use my GPS incase I get lost, ya know. And also checking in on Facebook (obviously). Oh yea, it's Vodafone by the way.

To be continued..

Destination2: Tokyo - 2011

Date: 01 - 09 September 2011

My 2nd time to Tokyo, Japan. I was quite excited about this trip as I purchased the ticket right after I came back from Italy in January this year.

My first time on Air Asia X! Seat pitch looks good! Seat were comfy enough. The flight was fully booked!

That's Harajuku at night. I think it's probably much more crowded in the afternoon but it's dinner time when I walked by with my friends. I met L from Germany. He's studying the Japanese language for the summer.

He brought us to an authentic okonomiyaki restaurant right in the corner somwhere. This is how it looks like before we put everything on the pan to be fried.

Looks good doesn't it? It's delicious!

More! Yums......

That's our karaoke session right after dinner. Amazing how every karaokes there are fully booked. I guess maybe singing's everyone's past time! It was a fun one!

So this is the famous Shibuya crosswalk which I didn't get to visit too the last time I was here! I was at the 'wrong side' of the station then. It's not actually that big though, comparable to KL's crosswalk right smack between Lot 10 & Sungei Wang Plaza.

My try on a Panaromic view of the crosswalk. I think next time round, I need to be here when night falls, it would've looked so much better with all the lights.

Saw this 'standing only' sushi bar. OMG, the salmon sushi was to die for! It's delicious! But I wasn't that hungry then, only had about 8 salmon sushis because that's my favourite.

It's all handmade, unlike here!

Also, I went to Ginza again. Apple store.... they're everywhere!

And I have no idea why I didn't take a photo of Abercrombie & Fitch's store. OMG, girls, you have got to go there. All the sales people in A&F are gorgeous. It's like they just walked out of the poster! Seriously! I was too shy to ask for photographs with them, so yea. I am so going to take photos of them A&F boys in Madrid this year! Yay - 2 more weeks to go!

My 2nd time round to Sensoji Temple. I was meeting up with a new Korean American friend E. It's always nice to know new people! I thought he was a Korean Korean (if you know what I mean) until he spoke with perfect American English! Sorry E!

Looks totally different in Autumn! Less people too. Maybe they don't like the heat and humidity much to want to go out?

I guess that was about it for now. I hope to go back to Tokyo again in 2012 or 2013. I miss that place and also the shopping. Things are really cheap at the Gotemba Premium Outlet!

Sorry for the boring post!

Destination: Redang Island

Date:  23 - 25 September 2011

Our initial plan was to go to Club Med Bali, but due to some unforseen circumstances, the plan changed to Redang Island, Terengganu.

We had to take another boat ride from the pier (we had a driver picked us up at the airport and the ride from the airport to the pier took about 15 minutes) to our resort. That was because there isn't any road connected to the resort from the airport. The only resort that is nearest to the airport was The Taaras Beach & Spa Resort managed by Berjaya Group.

That's the beach that is right by the resort, beautiful!

My colleagues having a blast playing beach volleyball.

We didn't manage to do much as it was just a relaxing trip. I was suntanning for a day and we are not close to any shops or anything at all.

Overall, this will be my last trip to Redang Island as I feel that Phi Phi Island is a much better bet as there are alot more places to eat and more activities to do.