Halfway Around the World
Holidays :DD
5th May - Brunch/ Trip-planning with Germs and Mave
6th May - Breakfast & Iron Man 3 movie with Hy and Sw
8th May - SEA Aquarium with Genehow and Meng :)
9th May - Dinner with Gavin
10th May to 20th May - Tianjin/Beijing
21st May - Dinner with Yuk
22nd May - Lunch/Tea with Meng :)
23rd May - Dinner with Gavin
24th May - Lunch/Tea with Bee and Kee
26th May to 8th Jun - United Kingdom (London, Oxford, Cotswolds, Edinburgh, York, Stratford, Bath)
9th June - Brunch with Kenn
9th June - Mum/My Bdae Family Dinner
10th June - Breakfast/Settling stuff at hospital with Hy
10th June - Afternoon day out with Yang Sis/Esther ++ (surprise bday celebration! hehe)
10th June - Dimsum Dinner/Yoghurt Catch-up with BoonH
12th June - Brunch with Hy, Sw, Xj
13th Jun to 21st Jun - Vietnam (HCMC, Muine, Hanoi, Halong Bay)
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Holiday Special - Vietnam 2013
13th June Thurs SG - HCMC
Flight to hcmc
Taxi to long guesthouse
Settle down
Lunch at pho qugyn (after 2 yrs!)
Walk to hcmc museum
Rest at cafe
Walk to notre dame cathedral
Post office
War remnants museum (slept there haha)
walk to see uncle ho's statue
Dinner at nice restaurant
Watch water puppet show (slept)
Walk to night market
Walk back
14th June Fri HCMC
Breakfast
Hy/xj go cuchi tunnel
I Rest at guesthouse
Massage at Cat moc spa
Got lost
Cab to ben tanh mkt
Lunch at pho 2000
walk back to guesthouse
"Surprise" by hy/xj
Rest (hy xj shop) then met hy/xj at pho2000
Walk saigon square
Dinner at elbow restaurant
Go to saigon skydeck
Walk back guesthouse
15th June Sat HCMC to Muine
Breakfast
Bus to muine
Settle down at hong di guesthouse
met fad
Go fairy stream
Go white sand dunes (heavy rain! Drenched omg)
Go to red sanddunes (slides, got robbed by kids)
Back to guesthouse
Dinner at sankara urgh (mozzies!)
htht to sleep
16th June Sun Muine
brunch at sandals
Swimming in sea
Nina spa oil body massage
Dinner at indigo
Back to play cards/eat snacks
sleep
17th June Mon Muine
Morning swim by the sea
Walk to find pho viet 24-not there!
Eat at oliviers
Walk in rain to katies coffee house
Back to hongdi
Nap
Dinner at bamboo bamboo(eat alot!)
back to hostel-talk/sing song
Sleep
130am board bus to hcmc (smelly omg)
18th June Tues Muine - HCMC - Hanoi
Reach hcmc
Early breakfast at pho qugyn
Rest at highlands coffee
Cab to airport
Flight to hanoi
Transport to little hanoi hostel
Settle down/bath
Walk to see west lake/pagoda
Cab to hoan kiem lake
walk hang gai st
Tried to find 67 place to eat
Found but sold out.
Dinner at hanoi garden restaurant
Walk to eggtalk for desserts
Back to hostel
19th June Wed Hanoi/Halong Bay
Breakfast
Bus to halong pier
Lunch on cruise-met zack n ben
visit suprising cave
Kayaking w nadine-fail...
Dipping into sea
Sunset by halong
Dinner on cruise
fishing/karaoke
20th June Thurs Halong Bay/Hanoi
Breakfast
Playing cards- learning the texas hold'em poker from zack
met rebecca
Lunch
Off the cruise
Bus to hanoi-talked to rebecca
Reach hostel
Thai massage w oil /nail repair
Cab to quan ah ngon
dinner
cab to hostel
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Holiday Special - United Kingdom
26th May Sun -SG/DUBAI/ LONDON
Fly to Dubai for transit
Breakfast at Giraffe
Fly to London
Tube to Russell Square
Settle down at hostel
Walk to Euston stn to collect train tix
Walk to euston square stn
Tube to westminister
Saw Big Ben! (GOLDEN!) and london eye
Walk westminister street
Dinner at macs
Walk along river thames to london bridge to see tower bridge.
Walk for skyfall - so late!
Train back to hostel
27th May Mon - LONDON
Brekkies at hostel cafe (bacon butty)
Walk to Oxford street - Primark (shop like crazy!)
Walked back to hostel
Train to covent garden
Eat at michelin restaurant
Walk around seven dials
Saw a street march!
Visited National portraits gallery
Visited National gallery
Buy Viva forever tix at leicester square
Tried v hard to find picadilly theatre
Shopped at cool britannica! - Omg overwhelmed, realised got scammed heavily there. so ex
Dinner at st james tavern (fish n chips!)
Watched Viva forever!
28th May Tues - LONDON
Breakfast at fork deli
Train to Victoria stn
Walk to Buckingham palace
Walk to Green park
Waited at Buckingham palace under the cold wind and drizzle.
Change of guards cancelled!
Shopped at Royal mews gift shop
Buy billy elliot tix at victoria palace theatre
Met germs at victoria stn
Lunch at wetherspoons-british pie!
Revisited National Gallery
Train to victoria stn - Dinner at yo sushi
Watched Billy elliot! - nice staging!
29th May Wed - OXFORD/COTSWOLDS
Train to paddington
Breakfast at eat -croissant eggham
Met Richard for cotwolds/oxford tour
Shopped at paddington bear shop
Trained to oxford
Bus to cotswolds
Bus broke down halfway
Waited for abt halfhour
Bus to burford!
Walk ard Burfod - Beautiful houses!
Takeaway samdwiches for lunch
Bus to old swan and minster mill
Walk ard houses - nice!
Lovell mansion ruins
Bus to oxford - raining! :(
Walk ard diff colleges
Train back to london
Mave missing! announced for her
Found her shortly! -_-
Split for dinner plans
Train to nottinghill gate
Walk to portobello road
Cant find travel shop! :( but Saved by free wifi at starbucks :)
Found blue door and travel shop (though closed)
Walk to oxford street
Dinner at slug and the cottage (lincolnshire sausage n mash)
See selfridges and liberty
Walk to picadilly threater and leicester square
Train back to hostel
30th may thurs - LONDON
Walk to holborn stn (croissant for breakfast on the go)
Train to lancaster gate stn
Walk hyde park
Saw Italian gardens - Pond of ducks/swans
Saw Princess of wales memorial fountain
Lost my way abit
Walked to kensington palace
Walk to royal albert hall/memorial
Walk towards buckingham palace
Walked st james park
Find st james palace! Guards close-up!
Saw horse guards parade
Walk back and Saw guards/band at guards museum! OMG
Start of change of guards and walk towards buckingham palace.
Lingered during change of guards
Walk to inn garden restaurant-grilled lamb chops
Go to british museum to met germs/mave
Walk british museum/ eat millionaire shortcake yumss
Watched Matilda
Train to russel square/hostel collect luggage
Walk to euston
Train to edinburgh
31st May Fri - EDINBURGH
Reach edinburgh
Walk to hostel
Breakfast at clarindas! Amazing
Hike at albert'a seat
Saw St magaret loch
Saw military march
Visited Museum of childhood
Tried to find writer's museum
Found it/met germaine
Checked in, settle down
Walked to rotato-baked potato!
Saw george heriots school
Walked to meadows
walked to calton hill
walked down to rose street-pub fiery scotsman (w haggies, neeps and tatties)
Drank strongbow at oxford bar
Walked to see edinburgh castle
Back to hostel
1st Jun Sat - SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS/EDINBURGH
Met donald for hairy coo tour
See the two bridges
Saw stirling castle
Up to highlands
Lake of monteith
Lunch at Aberfoyle - cajun chicken
Visited trossachs trail
Walked Loch katrine
Passed by Callander
Saw Hamish the hairy coo at Trossaschs woolen mill
Visited Doune castle, river teith
Back to edinburgh
Souvenir shopping!
Dinner at elephant house-lasagne
Dropped stuff at hostel
Go to the royal oak-strong-amazing bar! Singing
Back to hostel
2nd Jun Sun - YORK
Checked out and Breakfast
Train to York
Put luggage at hostel
Tea at Bettys -so filling!
Shop at the shambles, stonegate st...
Check in hotel - rest
Evening free walking tour (suddenly v cold!)
Eat roast pork pudding
Back to hostel
3rd June Mon - YORK/LONDON
Breakfast at 1331
Go to mansion house
Saw clifford's tower
Walk York City walls
Visited York castle museum
Hot Choc at perky peacock
Went shopping in town
Lunch near shambles
Visited York Cathedral
Met germ/mave at hotel
Walk to National railway museum
Walk to train stn
Eat BK for early dinner
Train to london
Checked in
Late dinner at falafel kebab
Back to Hostel
4th June Tues - STRATFORD/LONDON
Takeaway Breakfast at fork deli
Train to Stratford upon avon
Visited Shakespeare birthplace
Visited Hall's Croft and Nash's House
Lunch
Walked to shakespeare's grave
Tea
Shop ard area
Train back to London
Dinner at nandos
Supermkt buy food stuff back
5th June Wed - LONDON
Breakfast at bloomsbury coffee shop
Train to watford junction
Bus to WB studios
Walk studios - very cool studios for harry potter!!!
Butterbeer for lunch! :))
Gift-shopping
Bus train back to london
Shop at Primark again
Walked to secondhand record stores/hmv
Dinner at bayswater goldmine - chinese cuisine
Back to hotel
Buy snack n water
Goodbye to germs
6th June Thurs - DAY TOUR OUT/LONDON
Bus to victoria coach stn
Bus to Windsor castle
Walked castle - amazing!
Bus to Bath
Roman Bath crowded - ate Ice-cream while waiting
Visited the Roman bath
Bus to Stonehenge
Walked ard Stonehenge
Bus to London/gloucester rd
Train to Russell Sq
Dinner at Giraffe
Supermkt shopping
7th June Fri - LONDON/DUBAI/SG
Breakfast at 49cafe
Checked out
Train to airport
Long wait for VAT claim
Flight to Dubai and back to Singapore
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