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 an [View Full Entry]

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14：50抵达苏州汽车南站，叫了部出租车，到人民路的广场酒店。经过杭州的旅游经验，不敢再参加一日游了。苏州最著名的就是园林了，可是我们没兴趣看人造园景。以前# [View Full Entry]

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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）， [View Full Entry]

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上海给我的印象是。。。人很多，车很多，奇形怪状的摩天大楼很多，旧楼很多，吊秤车和建筑工地到处都是。5月31日晚上抵达上海浦东机场，下榻于天瞳路的新亚大酒店z [View Full Entry]

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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ໜ [View Full Entry]

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I was in Colorado from 9 - 12 Apr 07 for a business trip. It was a whirlwind trip really. We flew direct from Singapore to Los Angeles, 14+ hours on Singapore Airlines' Airbus 340-500, which was the most comfortable flight I had as the plane comes with spacious seats and leg room (executive economy). After waiting for a couple of hours in LAX for our flight to Denver, we were told that the flight was cancelled. We spent the night at the Westin Airport hotel. We arrived in Denver noon the next day. There was a traffic jam from the [View Full Entry]

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We headed to St Paul Cathedral on our last day in London before catching our flight in the afternoon. [View Full Entry]

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The conference is over! We have a free day in London and had our programme all lined up. It was too early for the Changing of Guards ceremony at Buckingham Palace. So we went to St James Park. There was an old man feeding the squirrels. No wonder they are so fat. We waited outside the Palace gate for quite a while before the guards came marching in. The joke is that we did not even get to see the ceremony within the gate after the guards marched in. It was sooo crowded. Nevertheless, the music was nice, folk songs. After [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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I woke up this morning to a white London. Surprised, surprised, and thrilled as I thought it uncommon to snow in London. Later I learnt from Nian Nian that it was the first snow this winter. I also read in the papers that the two inches of snow was the most to hit the capital since 2003. Londoners might not like it, but for us, who live at the equator, we totally love it. We never had a chance to see snow in our country. [View Full Entry]

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