Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

London Trip

Masa mula mula keje ada buat janji kat diri sendiri nak travel to a new place once a year. So far berjaya buat.. First year keje travel dlm negara ke Kuching. The next year kitorg g Bangkok. Lepas tu Bali. Then aku g Hong Kong dengan bebudak GE. Travel yang agak mahal ke Beijing. Tahun lepas g Istanbul dari sini. Tahun ni malangnya aku tak jejakkan kaki ke tempat baru selain dari urusan keje.
Sungguhpun begitu,tahun ni ada dua tiga tempat yang aku pegi atas urusan keje tapi tempat ni memang baru bagi aku. Kalau tak baru pun place that I haven't visited for 20years. Aku dah blog kan Jordan n Paris lom? Kalau belum nanti aku tulis.
Kali ni aku g London. What makes it different is that I was staying separately from the team. So mmg senang la nak roam around sendirian berhad. Hari bekerja aku hang out dengan Fira,kawan satu maktab dulu yg skang dia dh mcm mastautin kat London dah. Over the weekend aku visit Kak Ija,org kampung paya datuk. Kira waris la.. Yang tak berapa nak best ialah london hujan je tetiap hari sampaikan aku demam teruk.
Anyhow I had a good visit in the city. Tak banyak gambar yg ambik sebab jalan sendiri. Ada a few je bila aku keluar dengan Fira.
On my own,aku visit Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park n London Bridge. Sambil tu ada la lalu Downton Abbey. Bought my first Pandora bracelet at Oxford Street. Dengan Fira I visited Picadilly Circus n Bayswater. Mostly sebab nak dinner kat that area. Had a great lobster experience at Burger&Lobster just around the corner of my hotel. Memang kelas la itu Lobster! Dengan Kak Ija just pegi ke Chinatown for lunch then lepak umah dia for one night. Bought my lovely Burberry at Heathrow airport... hehehe..




You Ni Artis Ke?

Tak salah kan kalau x kenal artis? Artis pun suka jgk kot kalau kita x kenal atau buat buat x kenal dia sebab kalau sume org dok kerumun dia camne dia nak bergerak kan..
Anyway..benda jadi sebulan dah kot..mmg byk nk kema update ni..Ill yry slowly..
Aku nak naik flight balik ke AD bila aku nampak ada 2-3 melayu sibuk ambik gambar dgn dia ni.. Tapi serius aku x register sapa dia.. Then dlm flight tgk2 dia dok sebelah aku. Masa dok bersiap nak menselesakan diri dlm flight tu aku tanya la "you ni artis ke?" Dengan tenang dia angguk sambil berkata "A'ah.." Selamba jugak aku bertanya "Siapa ek?" Dengan muka malu malu dia jawab "Nealofa" Serius aku terkejut which came to my expression "Serius?!" Well mesti la dia angguk..dah mmg dia Nealofa..
The thing is.. she is being mentioned a lot in my GE Alumni whatssapp group.. The actress where the guys collectively selected as their sexy icon. Aku boleh agak this is mindblowing for the guys if they know. So aku mintak la nak amik gambar dgn Nealofa..
Sure dalam kepala otak Nealofa, 'Aku ko x kenal..tapi bergambar nak..' Heheheheh...


Trip to Korea

Dua hari lepas ada jumpa sorg kawan setelah 2-3 minggu tak jumpa. So this friend tanya,
"How was your trip? Sempat jalan2 tak?".
In my mind it was my latest trip abroad which is Korea. So my reply was "Sempat first day je. Lepas tu hujan. Then kitorg shorten kan trip".
This friend was like "Paris hujan?".
There goes.."Ooo.. you are talking about my Paris trip ke?"..
And "Yeah.. you ada pergi mana2 ke lepas Paris?"
"I went to Korea"
"So you've been in 2 countries from the last time I saw you?"
Aku hanya mampu tersenyum... (ps: that 'last time I saw you' was just like 3 weeks ago or maybe less)

This is my first trip to Korea this year. This time around we stayed in Hyatt Ambassador Namsan Park. Nice hotel. Expensive. Room is a bit smaller compared to what we used to get in Hilton or Shilla. The flight was loooonggg...
I have to admit, Seoul has changed a bit over the year. Baru setahun.. I feel like I don't know the place anymore..
This time around, I got the chance to try the Halal Korean Meal in Itaewon. Mmg muka Melayu je yg masuk restoren tu..How to get there? Go to Itaewon. Just walk along Itaewon towards the Mosque. You'll find it on your right hand side before you reach the mosque.
My verdict.. sorry.. tapi tak la sesedap yg dijangka kan.. maybe my expectation was too high. But we were so hungry at that time. Plus, the service was super slow that make us almost went out of the restaurant.









Tour de Paris

Tour la sangat... Keje okk... Anyway, it's my first time in Paris. So I was quite excited when I was informed that I need to attend a meeting in Paris. Ye la.. Paris kan one of the most famous city in the world. Sapa yang tak teringin nak datang Paris..

Dalam sibuk2 keje, aku cuba gak cari masa nak tour sket. At least dapat amik gambar pun jadi la.. Nak masuk segala muzium atau nak panjat segala monument mmg tau dah tak sempat. Ini pun dah sampai sakit2 kaki.. Paksa gak berjalan..

Sikit je gambar yang amik. Semuanya di upload kat sini and my Instagram


Champ Du Elysee. Shopping District. Metro station - George V will take you straight to the LV heaven.


At the end of the shopping district you'll get to this famous arch.


Museum of Lourve. Where the original drawing of Monalisa sits.


No need for me to tell you what this is..


The metro station is Torcadero. It will bring you to this place with almost the best view of Eiffel Tower for picture purposes.

Selain dari tempat2 ni hanyalah hotel-office-hotel-office-hotel-airport..

Familia d'AD

Kecoh.. kecoh tak ingat punya...

Tapi seronok.. dapat jalan2 tunjuk tempat yang aku dok enjoy kat sini pada mak n kakak aku.. diorg memang dah dapat gambaran separuh kehidupan aku kat sini.. Mak datang 10 hari dengan Kak Li.. And Kak Li mengaku yang 10 hari tak cukup!!! Kak Su datang dengan Abg Edi 4 hari Dubai and 3 hari AD. And Kak Su baru je wasap aku cakap nak datang lagi.. Tak sampai sebulan dia balik Malaysia dah nak datang lagi.. No wonder la aku boleh bertahan kat sini ekkk...

Kak Su and Edi datang dulu. Masa tu aku tgh sibuk training n exam (akan diceritakan kemudian) so aku mmg tak layan la diorg.. Diorg kat Dubai pun masa tu.. Kak Su tetiap hari pegi Naif okk... Orang kat Naif tu kenal dia mcm org kat Global Village kenal aku okk...

Jumaat tu aku g amik diorg kat Dubai. Ingat nak balik AD terus. Tapi since diorg cakap diorg tak g outskirt of Dubai lagi aku pun bwk diorg g Global Village. First time sampai Global Village sebelum kol 4 ptg. And that was after lunch at the legendary Afghan Kebab.. Sekali rasa pasti nak lagi.. Seriously... Belum jadi taik pun lagi mutton tikka tu Edi dah sebut nak pegi makan lagi...




Lepas amik gmbr kt Burj Al-Arab, g MOE amik stroller Adam, makan Afghan Kebab kat Naif ang seround kat Global Village kitorg blk AD. Dan bermula la perkampungan Perkota di AD..
Kak Su and Edi went to dessert safari on saturday. Pagi tu kitorg g Sheikh Zayed Mosque and sempat makan Mandy Unta tapau kat umah Shiraz..






Sabtu malam tu jugak mak n Kak Li sampai. Memang meriah la umah aku malam tu.. Unfortunately ahad tu aku meeting dari kol 8 pagi sampai 8 malam. Balik umah just in time untuk send off Edi n Kaksu ke airport je..

Untuk mak and Kak Li... Travellog diorg panjang.. Ringkasnya, Madinat Zayed shopping kain and survey abaya for 6 hours. Dinner kat La Boulenger Corninche. Sheikh Zayed Mosque. Al-Ain trip. Dubai for 3 nights. Global Village. Dubai Mall. Burj Khalifa. Naif. Dubai Outlet Mall. Kesimpulannya trip ni memang trip shopping untuk diorang. And luxury as well.. tak pernah aku makan kat any of the restaurant depan Dubai Mall Fountain tu..


















Etihad Airways Baggage Allowance


Etihad Airways has been my favorite airline since I moved to Abu Dhabi. As super frequent traveler, I've tried so many airlines already and Etihad is one of the best (so far). There used to be one little problem with Etihad. The baggage allowance was so small.It was 23kg and they are very strict on it. You can't even carry 24kg..
Today, we received the best news of all (other than ticket back to KL on sale) that the baggage allowance for economy class has been increased to 30kg!!!! Alhamdulillah...
Following that, Pearl Business Class will have 40kg and Diamond First Class (have yet to try this) will get 50kg baggage allowance.
On top of that, the frequent flyer program, Etihad Guest Members will receive additional baggage allowance accordingly.

So boleh la ngangkut segala ikan bilis, kicap, Brahim, cili kering, budu, bunga kantan... (and the list goes on)





Down The Memory Lane

1st time jejak kaki ke Milan was about 5 years ago. Together with the super duper KL team. After that I keep coming for meetings but never had time to revisit the city. Thanks to my fav meeting buddy who forced me to go with her walaupun x sempat mandi.. I revisitted after 5 years..


Fujairah Trip

Yes... We just can't stop the travel leg.. huhu..
Sebenarnye the same weekend the other Malaysian group went to Beirut. They did asked me to join, which is very tempting by the way, but I decided not to.
Untuk mengubat hati yang lara, Lin, Wan, Rania, Cik Nad, Shahril and my self decided to go for a road trip to Fujairah.
Where the hell is Fujairah? It's one of the 7 Emirates of UAE towards the north. Kitorg pegi 2 kereta through Dubai, Sharjah, Masafi, Fujairah. Nice view. And we stopped by at this place later we got to know that it is the Pasar Malam that people talks about.

Macam kat Cameron Highland kan? Sejuk nya pun cm kat Cameron gak. Ada jual2 jagung bakar, buah2, karpet pun ada. huhu..
We continued the journey berpandukan Garmin ku. Sampai Fujairah lebih kurang pukul 2. Start dari Dubai pun dah kol 12 kott.. So ok la...
Kitorg stay kat a 2 bedroom service apartment. Bllh thn besar gak biliknya. Lift je yg kecik. huhu..
Since Cik Nad ada ngan kitorg of course la 'radio' lapar dia dah berbunyi kann... Based on a few recommendations on Google, kitorg berjaya mencari restoren Flinstone ni..



Dolly pun nak mamam jugak..
Price wise, murah la.. Taste wise, sedapppp.... Portion wise, puas hati... Highly recommended.
Pas lunch, kitorg mula la menjelajah Fujairah. Kecik je town dia ni. Since kat internet kata Fujairah is full of history, kitorg pun decide nak pegi muzium dia. Takde apa sangat la kat situ. 


Angin kat situ sangat kuat. Beberapa percubaan mengambil gambar all 5 of us tidak berjaya sebab kamera aku asyik jatuh ditiup angin. Yang sedih nya ia jatuh betul2 pada kiraan 9 saat. 

Petang tu jalan2 kat Corniche dia yang tak berapa boleh nak lawan AD nye Corniche. Apa boleh buat. It just a small town. Malam tu serius tak tau nak buat apa. Just lepak kat umah.

Second day was much better. Kitorg pegi melawat masjid pertama yang dibina di UAE. It's aboout 30 minutes drive from pekan Fujairah sebenarnye. The view there are magnificent.






Pas Zohor, kitorg balik Fujairah town and makan kat satu Iranian Restaurant. Setelah 3 meal kami dapat buat conclusion yang ayam kat sini sedap.


Sebelum balik AD, kitorg decide nak pegi jugak Hail Castle. Nasib baik pegi coz I think this is the highlight of Fujairah. It's actually a castle used by the Sheikh of Fujairah 150 years ago. Jalan nak masuk dia mmg ke situ je. Just trust your GPS and keep going even though it's off-road. Totally worth it.

Kat sana ada tourist guide. Dia akan explain setiap bilik yg ada dalam castle tu and akan encourage u untuk panjat segala tower dan nikmati pemandangan yang indah ciptaan Ilahi. Subhanallah!

Ni la tourist guide nye. :)

Obstacle in order to enjoy great view


Rania dengan rela hati di passing2

From the post guard tower

Walaupun tak seberapa tapi I really enjoyed the trip. It's so relax and easy. Go with the flow. Takde rush2. And good view of the other side of the UAE. Next trip shall be towards the other Emirates plak. Ajman, RAK and all the way to Mussandam. Insyallah..





Travellog Day 7 ~ Land of Turks

Nak termuntah tak baca entry Turkey ni banyak sangat? Huhu...

Anyway, this is the last day. Balik ke Istanbul. Sampai pagi2 buta. Kak Lin and Kak Zack re-check in kat Orient Hostel. So tumpang bilik diorg utk freshen up. Aktiviti hari ni hanyalah shopping semata. Arah tuju utama: Grand Bazaar.

Gambar hiasan semata. Ini bukan Grand Bazaar.


Duit pun tinggal dah tak banyak. Cukup2 je untuk beli souvenir yang dirancang. Dengan duit yang ada aku mampu beli shawl (Hadiah birthday Marina), mouse pad and key chain untuk ayah, coin purse untuk mak, key chain untuk S&S (ehem ehem). Pastu makan lunch doner kebab for 4TL. Tambang nak pegi airport 4TL.

Sampai airport both me and Cik Nad ada 2.5TL each dalam poket. Berani siutt... Makan kat airport pakai kredit kad sudah.. hahhaha...

Flight balik malam tu tak penuh. So I got myself the 3 seater and sleep soundlessly (agaknye la). Sampai AD lebih kurang pukul 3 pagi. Tung tang tung tang, kol 4 baru settle down atas katil. Sleep for 2 hours and wake up sebab nak bawak 5ruz g Dubai trip. Nasib baik ada S&S untuk jadi driver and tukang suruh. huhu..

Anyway, that's the end of the Turkey Trip 2012. Memorable indeed. Sangat tak menyesal buat trip ni. Kalau sesapa tanya worth tak pegi Turkey, my answer would be it's totally worth it. 7 days is the ultinate duration. More than that dah jadi too long. Shorter than that you won't be able to cover everything. Kalau nak pegi 2-3 days, stay put in Istanbul sudah.

Hope you enjoy the story so far. Tadaaa...

Travellog Day 6 ~ Land of Turks


Cik Nad and I was among the first yg pegi breakfast. Sbb Cik Nad suh I store the food in the stomach. Dia kata I macam unta. Leh makan sekali banyak pastu sehari tak makan pun takpe. Ceh!

Rezeki org bangun pagi, sempat kitorg tgk hot air balloon di udara. Kat Goreme ni another attraction is naik hot air balloon pepagi, as in kol 6 pagi. Tapi mahal. More or less 120euro per person. Tak mampu la mak cik. Whirling Dance malam tadi pun dah over budget dah sebenarnye. So I passed that balloon thingy till jadi kaya sket. huhu..

Pagi ni kitorg follow the Green Tour. Memula dia bawak kitorg g tempat yang agak tinggi untuk tgk panorama kawasan Goreme. Nampak lah almost all the old cave-like houses. Cantik..

Next pegi Underground City. Dulu, masa zaman perang, org2 Cappadocia ni build this underground city sebagai tempat persembunyian. Diorg angkut semua ternakan, tanaman masuk dalam ni. Ada la section2 untuk living room, kitchen, stable and all. Toilet dia kata tak jumpa lagi. huhu.. Yang diorg dah discover ada la dalam 8 tingkat kott... Besar giller ok. Boleh muat lebih dari 2000 manusia dalam tu.



Next was lunch. Tapi nak sampai tempat makan tu dia suh hiking kat Ilhara Valley. Tempat ni cantik. Kitorg jalan sambil menikmati pemandangan alam. So asyik ketinggalan je. Tapi, ada aku kisah?




Pas lunch dia bawak panjat bukit plak dahhh.... Nama tempat ni Fairy Chimney. Lupa dah apa cite pasal tempat ni. Muahahhaha... Tapi cute la. Macam rumah smurf.



Last skali dia bawak pegi Pigeon Valley. Macam post office zaman dulu la. Sume burung merpati bila takde urusan hantar2 surat ni dok situ. Kat situ tak amik gambar. Sebabnye masa org dok sawan amik gambar mak cik nak terkenc! So jamban lebih penting pada ketika itu.

Malam tu kitorg naik bas untuk kembali ke Istanbul. Esok nak balik AD dah! Yeay!