Travel Photo Journal

Bintan Getaway March 2005

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During the March holidays, I went to Bintan with my boyfriend. The scenery was just so breath-taking, and I could just stare at the sea for ages. The sound of the lapping waves calmed me down and I couldn't believe that there was a paradise so near us. This was the first time I was in Indonesia, but we didn't change any Indonesian money, as the resorts there were mainly owned by Singaporeans.

We also tried go-karting, and it was just so cool to speed around a small race track. However, I didn't manage to take any photos of that. The car that brought us there sped so fast too.

We also had massages, and it was just like those travel programs where they had massages so near the sea, so we could look at the stars at night. I felt as if I was treated like royalty over there. I asked for a combination of swedish and thai massage. It turned out alright. We finished off the session with ginger tea.

There was a number of young Singaporean couples there, and also, I spied some families and Japanese couples too. We were entertained by a multilingual singer at the restaurant. Midway, I got distracted by a little kitten that ran into the restaurant that was just beside the swimming pool.

The only drawback was the severe motion sickness that I had on the way there. I took the medicine too late for it to work, so I felt terrible, and my senses had an overload. Usual nice smells became unberable to me, and the feeling was just too overwhelming. Fortunately, I recovered soon and I made sure I took the medicine early enough before I boarded the ferry back to Singapore.

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Look how strong the winds are.

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: )

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Strong waves. Nice beach. The water was very cool and nice. However, at the back of my mind, I was just so afraid the waves would suddenly recede and increase in terrible height.

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Canoes are available, but we couldn't take them out because it was the monsoon period and would be a very dangerous time to do water sports.

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Patterns on the sand made by tiny crabs. I was mean enough to cover up some of the holes. I hope I didn't suffocate any of the crabs. The little stones around the sand patterns must have been spitted out by the crabs. I don't think I saw any crabs then.

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Trying my best to open my eyes but I simply couldn't. It was too bright. This is at the beach of Angsana Tree. We played frisbee, but the wind was too strong.

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I like this photo of me.

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You can see me in the background. It is a shop selling aromatherapy stuff.

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This is the swimming pool that blends into the sea. Quite a number of couples are suntanning there. The service is good too.

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The water looked calm from far, but it actually quite choppy, especially if you see the white water waves hitting the rocks smoothened over time.

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I am simply captivated by the view at Banyan Tree. We took a buggy to this viewpoint, and the swimming pool seems to blend into the sea.

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My handsome travelling partner

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I love the scenery there. This is taken at Banyan Tree.

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Gorgeous Swimming Pool

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Little India, Singapore

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Thaipusam. It is a Hindu festival where devotees would carry huge metal frames hooked on their bodies to offer thanks to their god. They had to abstain from sex, meat for a long time and also pray fervently in the lead up to this activity. This is held on 25th January 2005, starting from Sri Perumal Temple along Little India to another temple. Women could choose to carry jugs of milk on their heads.

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man with many fruits literally hooked on his body

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Carrying the Kavadi for thanksgivings

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Carrying the Kavadi

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Traffic Police to help out

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From Sophia Road

My Korean Trip June 2004

2004-06-19T14:44:00.000+08:00

Enjoy some photos from my trip.
We went around the whole of South Korea, travelling many hours at a stretch. Some of the highlights were Lavendar Farm (boring), Tea Plantation (nice cool weather but nothing much to see), Maisan (nothing much except for a temple), another temple, Spa Valley (the other folks were so shy to go to the hot springs; really good soaking in the water)Winter Sonata Mountain (fantastic, I wished it snowed), Everland (fun but hot), and not forgetting shopping at Itewon, Dongdaemun and Sinchon (quite good).

My photos

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Just one more photo of me on the summit of Winter Sonata. Maybe a skiing trip in December could materialise and I'll try snowboarding.

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Flying off.

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During my shopping trip in Dongdaemun, Big Eastern Gate, I decided to contain my damage and so I just sat down and watched a public performance. The host is an actor from Beautiful Days, the one that stars my favourite stars, Li bingxian and Ryu Shi Won, about music records. This guy acted as Ryu's sidekick. He can sing pretty well. In the photo, he was telling us to take out 1000 Won and looked at the numbers or something. Later, there was a karaoke contest. The guy in pink went up to sing and he was quite horrible. The guys were quite bad. Just before I left, a girl went up and she was fantastic!

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Use your imagination, people. I would love to be at a World Cup match.

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The famous no. 19 Ahn dunnowhat who scored many goals that brought Korea into Top 4.

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World Cup Stadium: My favourite goalkeeper. And the masked guy who looks like a character from a blue film (according to a source), also seen in Kill Bill Vol.1.

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Behind me is the place where the king frolicks with the concubines in the past. What a small place.

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Some folks with us on the trip. We went walking around together. The two boys are so cute and adorable.

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My father with the white tiger behind him. Other folks are from the same tour group.

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What's a huo nian in English? Fire bird? It's a little like the phoenix. Near the palace in Seoul. Behind me is the mountain of the green dragon. See the white rocks on the right side? They are the eyes. On the left, not seen in the picture is the White Tiger. 600 years ago, a high ranking monk or maybe a geomancer said that that place had extremely good fengshui, since they had the two mountains and the sea nearby. So the imperial palace was built there. According to that person, there would be another 300++ years of good fortune for the city. After that, they would have to shift the capital.

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Waiting for that spinning hurricane ride. Screamed a lot. And hit my head on the metal bar when I was leaving. Felt giddy from the hit not from the ride.

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I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain some time.

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Hungry bear

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This safari tour is supposed to feature a lion guilty of bigamy with two tigress. Apparently, the lion and a tigress had been together for 10 years, having a few ligers, but one day, the tigress went away to deliver her cub. He started pining for her, and didn't eat for a week. A week later, a younger tigress called Tiffany came to seduce him and he caved in to temptation after some time. When the former tigress came out, she was so upset that she hit him. Now, three's a company.

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Slept on this at the Winter Sonata mountain chalet. I can't even remember the proper name. Woke up with backache.

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Everland Float

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Who will have a romantic dinner with me? Scene where the Winter Sonata leads had dinner. And the cafe made sure we knew that by playing the soundtrack non-stop.

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I HATE PIANOS THAT ARE OUT OF TUNE.

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Reminds me of my JC days. :) Why is my uniform so ugly and theirs so stylo?

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Tower to the cable car

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My memory...

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The stream looks nice here, but it's almost dry.

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Face it. I'm narcissistic.

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They are everywhere

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Bohemian Rhapsody

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On top of the mountain where the lovers were stranded during a storm from Winter Sonata

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Winter Sonata Scene

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Kids driving around in toy cars.

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The tallest standing Buddha in the world. I think those in Afghanistan had already been destroyed.

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Tea Plantations. Covered with Spiderwebs

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Maisan. Horse Ears Mountain. In the background, the mountains look like horse ears. They looked like donkey ears to me.

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A Walk in the Woods to a tea plantation

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Fancy eating flowers for lunch? Quite tasty.