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I loved Camden Lock & Stables. Too bad I didn’t have enough time to thoroughly check out every store.

I was lucky enough to visit the Buckingham Palace when they were open for Summer. So got an audio-guided tour of all the States room. They were beautiful! With gold & coloured walls & ornaments. Too bad no Prince William in sight :(

Just got back from London & Startford upon Avon. It’s not the whole of England but it’s a start. I wonder if the rest of the cities will look much different?... hhhmmm…

I was there for Global Gathering UK 2007 for work. What was supposed to be a crazy rave weekend turned out to be a cultured tour of Shakespeare’s birthplace in a quaint beautiful little town. I enjoyed walking in town looking for Wellies (they were soldout as the place was flooded just a week before I arrived). And found a great 2 pounds breakfast at Winterspoons! I really like the park near the river, it creates a beautiful setting of the place.

London was not quite how I imagined it to be. Luckily it wasn’t rainy so I had a nice few days to walk around. Shopped at Primark! It was cheap even after conversion to Ringgit. I loved it. Camden was cool too. Visited the States Rooms at Buckingham Palace (no Prince William to be seen). Madam Tussaud was a downer, the buildings at the Westminster Abbey & Parliament were beautiful!
I wished I had the chance to visit Notting Hill. I really loved the movie..

I hungout with my cousins whom I havent seen in 10 years or more at Air Manis beach. It was a beautiful experience! Plus the beach is lovely! With huge waves & soft sand…

We took a 1-day tour of Lombok mainland. Rented a van and went to this Pura which I thought was beautiful like the ones in Bali but was very disappointed as it was only a small stage surrounded by a moat! And apparently the King prays there 3 times a day but it looked so boring & nothing great! I was like waaaat???? Then we were off to Kuta beach (surfers beach) & Tanjung Aan. We got harassed to buy coconut juice by kids and women selling woven materials. I shoulda buy the materials it was cheap & pretty. We swam & the view was pretty there & no one was around. It was low season. On the way home, we went to eat Ayam Taliwang Pelecing!! A Lombok specialty. It was so damn spicy!! Arhghghgghgh but syok gilerrrrr!!! By then it was too late to see the Batu Bolong temple so we just chilled out at this Happy Cafe & listened to the live-band performance.

The next day we took a boat to Gili Trawangan. Gili Trawangan was very laid back, no clubs just chill-out places. Seems like theres really nothing for us to do there except to swim & watch dvds since we both don’t drink. I don’t mind though we even rented a bike to cycle aound the whole island! Woohooo! That was 9 km such an achievement for me. I had to relearn to cycle… my butt ached like mad by the end of it. It was cool cos we would stop cycling & swam at the nice spots we found around the island & drank pineapple juice & then continued cycling again until we find another beautiful spot. The next day we took a cidomo (horse cart) to view the beautiful sunset. Basically just enjoyed 5 days of paradise!

I will be leaving for Lombok in 2 days time! OUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

I just got back from Oahu 2 days ago. It was drizzling the 2 days we were there but after that the weather was gorgeous. Went to Hanauma Bay, Diamond Head, North Shore, Pearl Harbor and Waikiki. Had a great time! Wish I had stayed there longer..

For more pics checkout my gallery at http://gallery.surrealsymphony.com/Hawaii?page=1

I’m confirmed going to Oahu on the 12th july! It’s just a week from now! eeeeeee!! I can’t wait.