2nd Trip to Bali - CH's company Trip

Just came back from Bali's trip. Eventhough is my 2nd trip, I also enjoy a lot there and try out different thing.

Bali is definitely a place to travel coz have lot of fun there. 90% of the local Balinese is Hindu. Therefore everywhere in the Bali we can see the temple. Their building is also mostly affect by hindu's architecture, which attracting the tourist the most. Everyone would become millionaie over there coz their currency exchange rate is extremely high, which 1 USD = Rp 9200, RM 1= Rp 2450.

Bali is also a paradise for shopping. Coz the goods they selling is really cheap. The price would be different from place to place. Kuta will be more expensive. Try to find outsouvenir at cheaper price out of Kuta, such as outside of famous temple. And remember to bargain as much as possible!

Below are some place I recomend to go:

Kuta -
Kuta is the City Center of Bali. It is on the seaside, can do surfing, sun bathing, and there're lot of hotel, pub and disco along the seaside.
Most people will stay in Kuta since the night life there is more interesting. Mercure Hotel is one of my recommendation. I tried to surf for first time. It is very hard to get up on the surf board. I only manage to get up on the board for few times but it is worth trying.

Swimpool at the Roof Top of Mercure Hotel

Tanah Lot -
Tanah Lot is a must-go destination in Bali. It is located 1 hour driving distance north from Kuta. It is famous of it's Temple on the sea. And you can have nice sunset view in Tanah Lot.

Tanah Lot Temple on the Sea

Uluwatu -
Uluwatu is also 1 hour driving from Kuta, at the south of Bali. You can have picturesque view at the more than 100m cliff at seaside. There's also a temple on the cliff. With the entrance of Rp 17,000 per person, you can have the"kecak" dance performance(which is consider boring or hard to understand for some person). However I feel it worth a watch since it is special and we only can watch it in Bali.

Kintamani -
Kintamani is famous for the lake and volcano, which is still alive. The weather there is cold coz it is at highland. Malaysian would love this weather coz already bored with hot weather. When on the way going to Kintamani, the tourguide will always drop by some silver, souvenir and art gallery. Some of them will be more expensive then other shop, but the goods will be more delicate.

When on the way back to Kuta, tour guide or driver will also drop by the Monkey's Temple. Buy some peanuts and starting feeding the hungry monkey. But please take care of all your personal belongings! The Monkeys always seem very interested to it!

Lake Kintamani

Elephant Cave Temple

Monkey asking for more kacang from me

Nusa Dua -
I didn't been to Nusa Dua, but it is worth to mention. Nusa Dua is different from Kuta Beach, coz it is place for water sport, like jet-ski, banana boat, parachute speed boat. The sea water also very clear and good for snorkelling, scuba diving and can have a glass bottom boat.

There're other place are worth visiting if you have extra time like: Bedugul, Geweka National Park, Taman Ayun(Mengwi Temple).

The local tourguide always arrange Bedugul trip and Tanah Lot trip in same day. On the way to Bedugul, you can ask the driver to bring you to watch the barong dance show.

Bedugl Temple on the Lake

Barong Dance

There're some food u can try out: Nasi Campur(Dulang Restaurant in Kuta, next to Matahari), Local Beef noodle soup, Teh Botol, Balinese Satay.

And at night time, try to walk around Kuta Town, you'll be surprised that there're lot of special restaurant in Bali. And the cocktail over Bali is selling cheap. Try out as many kind of food and cocktail as you can!

Wish u all would enjoy your trip in Bali!

CH first time to Hongkong - Business Trip

这次去香港主要是工作，所以只有晚上及周末才有时间去走香港。
去了的地方有：尖沙咀，旺角，红勘(？)，沙田，中环，湾仔，铜锣湾，及山顶。
一定要去的景点有：星光大道，勒敦路，海港城，庙街，姑兰街，女人街，SoHo,兰桂坊，及香港会议展览中心。
要吃的有：炸两，点心，奶茶，香港茶餐室，波罗包，咖哩鱼蛋，肠粉(别说成了”粉肠“，会被欧打的)，海鲜，蛇胆等等。
跟香港人说话时，S之后要加”洗“，F后要加”府“，L后要加”佬“。还有，香港的消费跟英国及欧洲不相上下。例如：5杯啤酒要HK$200+(RM100+)，从机场搭的士到市中心大约HK$300+(RM150+)。
对了，每天八点夜晚(请早到)，记得到尖沙咀海边去看香港岛的夜景，会有很特别的惊喜！不去会后悔！

之后去了广州，也是不错的一个地方。因为工作忙得关系，只是去了天河一带。最难忘的，就是在”中森名菜“吃了海胆及象牙蚌刺身。当然难忘的不只是好吃，也有其他原因(大家来猜一猜)。

*以上质料可供要去香港游玩的人作为参考。

The purpose for this trip is for business, therefore I only can play around after work and on weekend.
The places I visit are: Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Hong Ham, Sha Tin(where I stay), Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, and the Peak.
The spot that must be visited are: Avenue of Stars, Nathan Road, Harbour City(which is 4 times larger than Megamall, but you can only found the Branded Goods, it's crazy!!), Temple Street, Portland Street, Women Street, Soho, Lan Kwai Fong, and Hongkong Exhibition Centre.
The local foods which must try out are: Dim Sum, Hongkong coffee shop/Breakfast, Pineapple Bread, Curry Fishball, Rice noodle with sweet and spicy source, Seafood, and snake.
When talking cantonese with Hongkongnese, after "s" you must add a "si", after "f" is "fu", and after "l" is lou".
Just as an advice, the expenses in Hongkong will be quite high, it is almost the same with European Country.
FYI, please go to the bay of the Tsim Sha Tsui everynight 8pm, there's a surprise for you all. If you don't go, you'll regret!

Final Day in London - CH

今天是九月二十七日，是我在英国的最后一夜。
一大早醒来，就知道今天也会是一个非常不得空的一天。最后一夜嘛，一定要拼了命，竭尽所能的走遍全伦敦。其他较早班机的朋友都回去了，只剩我们孤单三侠，我，清龙还有琳芝。

吃了冷冰冰的早餐后，开始出门。一出门就钱包出血。19英镑的出租车载我们，以及我们每个人重40公斤的行李到了最后一晚的住宿。这间住宿当我们离开了伦敦，才知是伦敦爆炸案的发生地点 - Tavistock Place.

安了行李就开始了Our very final journey in London. 首先去的是白金汉宫。之前以打听了说这里今天有大头兵跟班仪式。但去到了那里，不见大头兵，只见指示牌写这“今天跟班仪式取消” ！！好倒楣噢！但最后还是有看到了几位守门的大头兵。

之后去了切尔西的足球会。其实不太想进去，因为平时没看英超嘛。但即来之则安之，陪清龙进去吧。路们票10镑，等于马币70，可吃28餐的便饭。进了之后才知切尔西现在是在英超榜首。

下一站是去看四点半开的Tower Bridge。现时已三点半，其实应该坐Underground马上赶过去，但肚子饿得不让我们这么做。为了寻找那1英镑一粒的Burger, 特地去了Piccadally Circus, 又走了十五分钟的路，才买到了BurgerKing1镑英一粒的Burger。可想而知，去到Tower Bridge时，看着船只以驶过桥。哎。。

今天是在英国伦敦最后一夜，不可能就这样放弃看伦敦桥开的机会。现在是下午五点钟，下一趟开桥的时间是八点半晚上。眼看还有时间，就临时计划去了Greenwich换日线。

搭了大概30分钟青线，下了Greenwich站。其实还有三十多分钟路要走啊。深怕错过下一趟开桥，我们一分钟也不敢浪费。虽然走快了点，但还是发现其实Greenwich的市街还蛮特别的。都是一些小小的店铺，卖的东西都很精致。走了不久过后就进入了一片大草原，有一座小山峰，山峰上面就是Greenwich换日线。英国很多草原都很漂亮，也包括了Greenwich草原。英国就是这么棒，不时可看到悠悠闲闲的男女老少，带着他们的宠物到公园散散步。还有不少的小动物如松鼠，鸟儿等。草跟树叶很整齐，很顺眼。。(也许我住在马来西亚太久了) 。

走着走着，上了山坡，眼前就是换日现了，还有已打烊的换日线研究所及博物院。但这也没关系，我们这些工程师的目的是换日线而已，对科学一点兴趣都没有。换日线拍照的地方好窄好逼。还好已迟了，不然又要排队拍照。
拍了照就匆匆下山，赶回去Tower Bridge那儿。到了Tower Bridge，呵，看手表时间才7点晚上。好早噢，我们赶得太快了。其实也好，早到好过迟到嘛。还有时间，就去了纪念品点买手信。买了一辆好便宜(其实还是贵，但平均来说便宜很多) 的伦敦迷你旧巴士。

走着走着，看见了KFC。想一想，今天已是在LONDON最后一晚了，所以就想不要在苦熬下去了。毫无犹豫的用10英镑买了不会比亚洲好吃的肯德基。从KFC出来后，发现天色已暗了许多。TOWER桥已亮起了灯，风又不断习习的吹，游客突然见间了起来，许多小贩也摆起摊子来卖纪念品。。哇。。！好一个热闹又优美的伦敦夜晚。

晚上八时，我们缓缓的走过了TOWER桥。高压灯把TOWER照得好漂亮。走到桥中央时，冷风更加的大，但也无法吹冻我们现在炽热的心。走着走着，已到了对岸。在岸边找了一个漂亮的风水位来享用我们的肯德基。一边吃着肯德基，一边看伦敦夜景。一想到明天就会离开英国，瞬时回想到许多在英国及欧洲发生的许多事。百感交集，有欢喜，有憎恨，有享受，也有痛苦的时候。当各种感受交会在一起时，就会产生一种感觉叫幸福。在英国除了在SCOTLAND之外，最难忘的时刻就是现在了。

八时半伦敦的夜晚，桥上已传来了警告声。桥上路人匆匆的走下桥，车子也尽快的驶过桥，免得被套在桥前。顿时岸边挤满了来自各国的游客。二话不说桥已缓缓的开。当看见船子行过桥间时，才发现之前的迟误是对的。不然也不会看到那么漂亮的夜景，也不会有那么多感受。真是塞翁失马，焉知非祸啊。

桥关了之后，为我们在英国的留学三个月写下了一个完美的结局。之后就匆匆赶回住宿。不是为了睡觉，是为了我能赶上11时去MANCHESTER AIRORT的巴士。
扛着45公斤重的行李，从EUSTON TUBE站去到VICTORIA巴士站，我的VITALITY已剩5%而已。一上巴士一呼就睡了。再见了，伦敦。。来日要机会再见你吧。(一定还要再来！！！)

振鸿游世界 - 游后感，写于 22/2/2006

刚又看了一遍欧洲游的照片。还是好怀恋当时游玩的感觉。这以是第N次重复看这些照片了，但每次看了念念不忘，还是好有感觉。好想在回到那时候去。
欧洲的每个国家都有自己的特色，所以每个国家我都好怀念。巴黎的浪漫，瑞士的优美，意大利的狂野，德国的工艺，荷兰的开放。无法忘怀。
旅游的感觉真的好好，然我大开眼界，见识了许多不一样的东西。让我感觉，世界原来这么大，但也可以变得很小。
我以经染上了旅游的瘾了，越陷越深！
看了好多欧洲风情，让我现在好怀念东方的传统。因为自己是华人嘛，是时候回到原点，看一看原始的自己。所以在这两年里面，已打算好了，一定要去到中国的四个名胜，那就是：
北京
上海
九寨沟
西藏
要随行的朋友，那儿见啦！