Day 9: Porto We arrived at Porto in the mid morning.  The main city in the Douro region is Porto, the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon, the capital. Most river cruises of the Douro do a round trip Porto. But as we wanted to go to Madrid, we did Vegas Teron to Porto. The […]
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Weekend Dim Sum Brunch @ Mitzo Mitzo is the modern Chinese restaurant at Grand Park Hotel in Orchard Road.  It’s deco is modern contemporary and not at all what one would expect of a Chinese restaurant.  It is famed for its BBQ Honey roast pork which in my opinion is one of the best in
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DC Comics Super Hero Cafe @ Marina Bay Sands During the Sept school holidays earlier this month, I arranged for a girls’ day out with DD.  We decided to go to Marina Bay Sands to visit the Art Science Museum. We started our outing with lunch at DC Comics Super Hero Cafe.  We arrived around
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Day 11 : Disembarkation @ Porto & Fatima enroute to Lisbon After breakfast we disembared from our ship, and boarded buses which were going to take us to Fatima, a town famous for its shrine dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fatima is a world renown Marian Shrine and pilgrimage site for Catholics.  The Blessed
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Exploring Angkor Thom – Bayon & Ta Prohm After our sunrise visit to Angkor Wat, we returned to our hotel for a late breakfast. After breakfast and a short rest. We headed out to Angkor Thom, the old Angkor City. The entrance to the ancient city of Angkor Thom is via a bridge across a
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Day 3 : Tomonoura to Kyoto We woke up early again to go to the water front. Â We had better luck that morning and had some blue sky. Â Tomonoura was an old fishing port. Â Up to today, it is an operating port town. Â It is situated at a bay facing the Seto Inland Sea.
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Day 2 – Snaefellsnes Peninsula, the start of our Road Trip! We had a good continental breakfast that morning at 22 Hill Hotel.  I especially enjoyed its pate.  First time I tried pickled herring here.  It was with honey mustard sauce which took away any strong smell.  Never expect that I’ll like this. Heimir picked
May Fourth Square 五四广场 May Fourth Square is a large public square in Qingdao’s central business district. It is located between the new municipal government building and Fushan Bay and is composed of Shizhengting Square, the central square and the coastal park. Named after the nationwide protest May Fourth Movement that started in Qingdao, the
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Day 6 (20 Dec 2017) : Port Arthur – Bicheno Eaglehawk Neck This morning we checked out after breakfast. On the way out of Port Arthur, we went by Eaglehawk Neck and stopped by Dog Line for a photostop. Eaglehawk Neck is a narrow strip on the Tasman Peninsula. This narrow strip is the only
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Day 2 : Nanzhuang, Miaoli At the Olive Tree Minsu, we had a quad room plus an additional bed for our family of 5 and a twin room for my parents. Â We were allocated the ground floor quad room and a third floor double room. The spiral staircase was inconvenient for my parents. I was
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