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We are making two trips this year-end. First trip: travel down under to Australia to visit some friends and drive around Western Australia. Second Trip: Macau-China-Hong Kong-Macau. 25.11.2007 : Perth We arrived in Perth early in the morning, around 7am, took the complimentary hotel shuttle to the hotel (Criterion Hotel) located in the city (Hay's Street). We were not able to check-in early as the hotel was fully booked. Having spent a few hours in the plane with hardly any sleep, we were too tired to do any sightseeing. So we headed to the Esplanade Park by the Swan River and lazed around. We saw many cyclists passing by the park in this beautiful Sunday morning. I tried some shots of the cyclist zooming past using the servo mode. The photos turned out pretty nice. 26.11.2007 ... read more

这次游杭州，　真的让我们尝到"To see more is to see less" 的滋味。 在上海－杭州的火车上，旅游公司就来向我们招生意，说什么一日游只要付20元车费及8个景点入门票（团票，较便宜），包括旅馆来回接送。我们想到时间不多，不妨参加一日游，可以看得更多。 一下火车，就把我们送去第一个景点－宋城，而且是插另一团（已经游了半天），给我们半小时。由于还没吃中饭，只好直奔仿宋的小吃街吃面。吃完面，时间也差不多了，结果什么也没看到。 游了宋城，就去参观著名的西湖龙井茶庄，听生产龙井茶的讲解，当然也免不了销售。 过后，就直奔灵隐寺。到了灵隐寺，我们也没进去寺庙，只在寺庙外的飞来峰走走。 “灵隐寺又称云林禅寺，始建于公元326年（东晋... read more

抵达上海的第二天，星期五，本打算到周庄，因听说周末会很热闹。结果一大早不大不小的雨，连绵不不断，交通阻塞。乘巴士到达上海体育场的旅游集散中心，已经10点钟了。下一班到周庄的车要12：10发，只好放弃游游周庄，改游较近的朱家角。 其实，来之前已听说过周庄比较商业化，朱家角比较纯朴，心里也一直在想：因该去周庄好，还是去朱家角。看来老天是要我去朱家角了。 朱家角是上海保存完好的江南水乡古镇，早在1700多年前的三国时期就有村落集市，明代万历年间已成为繁华集镇。从上海搭乘旅游车到朱家角，大约一个多小时，票价12元人民币。到了朱家角，需要买入门票。我们买了60元人民币的票，可以参观好几个景点。 回程时，我们搭乘京申车回�... read more

We headed to St Paul Cathedral on our last day in London before catching our flight in the afternoon. ... read more

Viola! Today is the last day of the conference, and it ended at 3:30pm. A chance to go up for a ride in the London Eye before the sunset. Ticket for the ride : GPB 14.50. The ride was not very exciting really. May be because of the not-so-great visibility. I thought I can see Windsor Castle... The view from the top of St Paul Cathedral (see my other blog entry) seems to be better, and you can stay as long as you like... After the ride, we walked to Chinatown for roast duck. And guess what, I saw durians at one of the stores. ... read more