Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Adventures in USA - Day 4!

Ok I will do a standard format for my Adventures in USA blog posts from now on to a) save time b) make it easier to read. The format will be - one liner outlining what I did, 3 highlight photos, then my random thoughts for the day, and a link to my facebook album. Short and sweet.

When I arrive in Boston and settle down then I blog about other stuff k! When travelling quite busy ah!!

Today was the start of our Yellowstone tours! So the whole day was spent on a guided tour, which was basically looking at scenery and spotting wildlife. The wildlife part was probably the more fun/interesting part haha.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="533"] Bison (also known as (American) Buffalo) crossing the road while we were on the bus! Damn cool cos we actually saw it at the other side of the river of the bus so we stopped to take pictures, then it began crossing and then came out of the water then crossed the road.
They are extremely powerful and charge faster than an Olympic sprinter so we had to maintain our distance. Took this with my awesome zoom :)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="479"] Beautiful scenery which photos will never do justice to.[/caption]

 

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="534"] sup[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1747" align="alignleft" width="500"] bald eagle! Super majestic looking can!! It was sitting in the tree like a boss, and the thing is we were super far away so the tour guide set up his scope for us to see! This picture was taken through the scope![/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more boring lovely nature + wildlife photos, head over to my Facebook album to see them all! :)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150998729771356.416188.701936355&type=3

Random thoughts of the day:

  • In West Yellowstone, all vehicles give way to passengers! It's like they will deliberately slow down even it's clear they can pass first and you are not crossing but waiting for them. And in those crossings with no traffic lights, the vehicles always stop and wait for us to cross. They're all super nice drivers!

  • Yellowstone National Park is beautiful! I'm not even a nature person but when I was there I just can't help but be awed by how vast and amazing everything looked. And also how small Singapore was haha.

  • Every motorbike in West Yellowstone seems to be a Harley Davidson for some reason. Every. Single. One.

  • Why does Singapore not have microwave dinners!! Imagine a full meal of steak + entrees + dessert in a microwaveable container for just $5-7!

  • The options in Singapore's supermarkets are SO limited. Here there's so much more food and stuff you can make easily from the readymade cans , etc. E.g. mac and cheese, lasagne, etc etc. Very clearly labelled instructions. I just love the supermarket in the US. (I didn't say 'supermarkets' because I've only been through one... maybe I'm speaking prematurely but I doubt so)

  • I miss gymming. One of the things I'm most excited about is actually bulking up lolol. I'll be eating tonnes with the mealplan with US portions, so with the right exercises I will be bigger for sure when I return.


Ok that's all folks! Take care and thanks for reading as always :)

Monday, 20 August 2012

Adventures in USA - Day 2 and 3!

Highlights of the day:

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="459"] Wax Museum![/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="464"] Ripley's Believe it or Not![/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="421"] Chinatown![/caption]

More pictures here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150994529636356.415606.701936355&type=3

Random thoughts:

  • Singapore's public transport is very good in terms of coverage of land area. There's SO much more walking to do in the US :/

  • Places like Subway and 7-eleven in Singapore suck. There's SO much more variety in these shops in the US!

  • I love how lemonade is an option together with the usual coke/sprite etc in fast food places! Why SG dont have!


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Day 3 - San Jose en route to West Yellowstone

We went to San Jose to stay for a night before catching a 6AM flight to West Yellowstone. The hotel we stayed in at San Jose was SO posh-looking and nice !

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="498"] The hotel lobby. See the previous link for the facebook album for some room photos[/caption]

The flight to West Yellowstone needed a transit at Salt Lake City - and I was quite surprised with the plane we took to West Yellowstone, it's like the smallest plane I ever sat and it kept rattling! Lol. But after a while it was ok.  The plane is only like 15 rows and 3 seats each row

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="480"] West Yellowstone Airport ! I found it weird because there was no customs or anything once you landed you have arrived. I guess it's because this is kinda like a town and there's nothing of great value here that they need to prevent people from bringing stuff in[/caption]

After settling into our motel (Which was quite cosy and nice ), we went for lunch:

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="374"] 2 medium (12") pizzas for the 4 of us... and we couldn't finish it because the girls couldn't eat their share lol[/caption]

And after lunch we went to nap because the flight was very early for us and we barely slept. I woke up after 2 hours though, because I didn't want to have difficulties sleeping at night. So here I am! Blogging and uploading photos like a hardworking blogger. Rawr.

Btw I have no idea if anyone besides my gf is even reading this :/ Is it very boring. What more do you want to see, let me know!

To whoever is reading, thanks! <3

 

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Adventures in USA - Day 1!

Sorry I'm going to stop writing full length blog entries for these adventures in USA because it's much more efficient to just upload the photos on Facebook and caption them there, and the captions kinda make up the blog entry! So go over to

 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150992725866356.415388.701936355&type=1&notif_t=like

And check out the photos!

I'll just give some highlights here:

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] me and the girls shujin(middle) and houjue(right) ![/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="329"] Achievement unlocked! "Take picture with the actual Golden Gate bridge."[/caption]

 

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="464"] Beautiful.
The skyline is not bad too.[/caption]

 

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="533"] Alcatraz Island!! My Facebook photo album has many many more photos from there[/caption]

Some random thoughts:

  • I can totally understand how Americans can layer their clothes now - because the weather is so cold! And it's not even close to winter yet. If I lived here I confirm wear layers to school everyday and look (more) fashionable and chic.

  • In and Out burgers are overrated.

  • I feel honored and happy to have taken a picture with the iconic Golden Gate Bridge! ^^

  • Dress warmly if you're taking a cruise in San Francisco, otherwise you'll become a popsicle like me


Ok, going to be exploring Fisherman's Wharf on my own tomorrow, need to research a bit how to get around! bye!