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Los Angeles Week 5

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Well, week 5 in LA was quite a quiet week!

Either it was really quiet or I didn't take much photos :/

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Monday - 23 July 2012

Skipped class with my friends and had salad on the grass!

Anw, that was the only class we skipped in USA hahas.

Hardworking right?

Friday, 12 September 2014

I am back with part 2 of the post!

This part consist of mainly Hollywood related stuffs!

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Friday - 20 July 2012

Universal Studios Hollywood (USH)!

We went to the one in Florida already but the rest wanted to come here so we tagged along.

Photo from my camera which was surprisingly rather clear hahas.

Following photos from my DSLR!

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Back with another USA travelogue post!

Been rather lazy and kept procrastinating :/

But... I still want to record everything down!

Anyways, this is my second time writing this post!

Gonna write it with no date references (hope I get them right).

My first post got overwritten by me accidentally :(

For this Los Angeles Week 4, I'm gonna break it up into 2 parts!

Cause we didn't travel out of LA that week.

Part 1 will be mainly Santa Monica related.

Part 2 will be mainly Hollywood related.

Santa Monica is a city on it's own (I think) but Hollywood is only a district?

Initially I had no idea how I should label the post...

But since they are all inside LA, I shall just do it as a full LA week post!

Sunday, 16 March 2014

I'M BACK WITH ANOTHER POST!

Really haven't been able to find the time to blog :(

This was drafted weeks ago. I merely added the summary photo before posting today.

Anyways this is gonna be a long Sunday to Sunday blog post!

Back in LA on a Saturday, spent Sunday resting (or I think there was an upcoming quiz).

Monday to Thursday spent in school.

Friday went to a theme park (six flags) in LA.

Saturday was shopping day.

Sunday was beach day cause the rest went to sky dive!

I wanted to sky dive but my dad threatened me -.-

He was like "if you go without my permission, i will ban you from traveling in the future". Boo.

Anyway, here are the details of the week!

P.S All my LA Week photos are mostly of a lower quality cause most were taken using my S2 then.

Monday, 20 January 2014

Guess where is this?

It's the carpark of...

Ok the header gave it away -.-

Mission Bay Beach!

Saturday, 4 January 2014

No matter what, I have to finish my travelogues!

It's sort of like a diary for myself.

So no matter how back logged they are, I'm gonna finish them! =P

While you are reading this, I am already in HK.

Will be doing HK travelogues when I am back.

But no matter what I have to clear the USA ones first!

Aim to clear it before the two years mark opps.

So the last post was Los Angeles Week 2.

That was Monday to Thursday.

Friday (6th July 2012) - San Diego [this post]

Saturday (7th July 2012) - San Diego [next post]

Sunday we were back in LA so it will go into LA Week 3 ;)

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Another road trip! This time it's San Diego! :)

* warning: photo spam *

Saturday, 23 November 2013

I'm back with another USA post.

It has been more than a year since I came back and I am still not done with my travelogues.

P.S Lots of photos ahead!

It's the same writing style as my previous travelogues.

But I didn't combine photos for this post.

Combining photos takes up a lot of time! Reason why I procrastinate.

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Our complimentary breakfast in the hotel!

After lunch was outlet shopping time!

There are two outlets near Fremont, Las Vegas ;)

But we went back to the one we went on Vegas Day 1.

Cause... we couldn't finish shopping the whole mall in that few hours we had the previous day =P

Happy girls with our Godiva dark chocolate milkshakes!

Dark Chocolate Decadence - $6 each.

Also, difference between pro and newbie photographer!

Kuan Yee help me take till so nice but the photo I help her take was mehhh :(

This is what 4 girls + 1 guy can do ;)

Actually that guy (Wei Da) didn't even shop much!

But what he bought was the most expensive!

For us it is quantity while for him it is quality hahahas.

We drove back to our hotel, parked our car there,
then went to take our complimentary shuttle bus to the heliport.

Time for a helicopter ride! :)

Took a piper warrior in Singapore before,
but this is my first time on a helicopter!

The 9 of us who chose to take this helicopter ride.

The rest went for a land tour instead.

I can't remember how much exactly did we pay for it, I think it was about USD179.
I did the very "smart" thing of factory resetting my S2 and iPad2
without saving the documents in my computer.
So... I lost the files where I typed my daily expenditure -.-

Papillon Grand Canyon Heliport
1265 Airport Rd
Boulder City, NV, United States
+1 702-736-7243

Helicopters!
Here was how we split into two groups:
Amelia, Colin, Jasper and I - White Helicopter
Kuan Yee, Zhi Wei, Joy, Carine, Wei Da - Red Helicopter

Up in they sky!
The whole ride was slightly more than an hour long!
I have to admit. Half way through the ride, I got a lil bored :(
The rest said they almost fell asleep too!
Those who are planning on taking a helicopter ride, I will suggest you take their landing rides.
They have rides that fly to Grand Canyon and land there!
Yes it is more expensive but definitely more worth it.
It takes a few hours for a bus to reach there. So it's more time-saving to travel by air.

More photo in the sky and photos of grand canyon :)

And... we found the other group's helicopter!

Okays. Not really we find one. The pilot told us =P

Landing time!

Photo with the helicopter! :)

The pilots were really nice. They helped us take these group photos.

We did buy the pre-flight photo from them too. USD20.

Thanks to Amelia for this photo!

I forgot to take photos of this in the states.

Amelia brought this photo back to SG. So had to trouble her to help me take pics of it.

Our horribly messy hair LOL. It was mad windy!

One last photo with the pilot.

Then it was a 30minutes long bus ride back to Vegas.

Back to Fremont!

We rest for awhile, changed and headed out!

Reason why we changed is cause we wanted to meet Yusho at the club.

But... end up the girls pulled out. Cause most of them only brought shorts there.

So in the end, only Jasper went to find Yusho.

We went to pick him up after that though :)

Fountains of Bellagio!

I heard it's a very popular fountain show in Vegas?

It's very cool and nice indeed =P

Here is a video I recorded :)

Quite blur though. Cause it was recorded using my phone.

Ended the day with dinner at Outback Steakhouse.

We came here cause we heard this place was not bad?

But end up the guys were complaining that the steaks were badly done.

Luckily I only had caesar salad =P

Was feeling very full that day.

The thing is, when I travel, I can don't eat one.

No idea why, but I just have no appetite when I am out. I rather go walk around.

When I am at home, I can eat a lot lols.

First we had Mcdonald's breakfast.
Cause the rest weren't ready yet, so I went to the souvenir shop to get some keychains :)

After we checked out, we headed to the South Las Vegas Premium Outlets!
That outlet doesn't really have much outlets there though.
A lot lesser compared to the one in the North.

Next we drove to the same pit stop - Tanger Outlets, Barstow.

All of the above, I didn't take any photos.
I don't really take photos in premium outlets.
Too busy shopping there =P

And we headed back to Los Angeles!

There was this point where our car couldn't go more than 50miles/hour too.

Suddenly the air pressure got high and I could feel a lil ear block.

Sandra and Dan were sleeping, Joy and I were like "how come it won't go more than 50miles/hour?!"

Then we decided to slow down a lil, then try to increase speed a lil, then slow down a lil,

and the car went back to normal. Phew.

One of the cars in our group had issues while coming back too!

Theirs got too hot and it broke down. They had to stop and let it cool down then drive back slowly.

Luckily everyone managed to get back safely.

That's all for our Vegas Road Trip! :)

Las Vegas Day 1

Thursday, 23 May 2013

First we had to rent a car!

Lots of medium sized cars for us to choose!

We (Me, Sandra, Joy, Dan) chose a silver Chrysler! :)

We have 4 cars traveling together on this trip!

You can see the 3 cars behind us ;)

One white Chrysler, one black Chrysler and one black Ford.

Our car rental cost was split amongst 4 people.

But still cheaper than the rest cause Dan is above 25.

We only need to pay for additional driver insurance for Joy.

The other drivers in other cars weren't 25 yet so they had to pay more (even though split by 5).

The rule in USA is that you have to be above 21 to drive

and drivers below 25 need to pay additional insurance.

Dan started off as the first driver and Sandra the navigator.

After our pit stop, we will swap.

But I saw both Sandra and Joy fell asleep. So I didn't sleep and kept a lookout for Dan.

But Dan is a zai driver hahas. Though it was a long 3hours drive, he didn't need any help ;)

He was super alert. He saw a car almost coming into us even before I shouted careful.

Since I wasn't sleeping, I was taking random photos while helping to keep a lookout ;)

And we finally reached our pit stop - tanger outlet (barstow)!

Those who are driving from LA to Las Vegas, I will definitely recommend this place as a pit stop!

No idea how the guys search for this place and used it as a pit stop.

But it's right is the middle of LA and LV plus it's an outlet.

You can a break from all the driving and get to shop too! :)

Lots of parking lots there so no need to worry that you can't find a lot.

A photo with some of the girls and someone photobombed us!

Had a short break/lunch there. Then we headed towards Vegas!

Tanger Outlet, Barstow
2796 Tanger Way
Barstow, CA 92311
P: (760) 253-4813 or
P: (800) 409-3175

Regular Hours
Monday - Sunday
9:00am - 8:00pm

Refilled petrol at a petrol kiosk which was extremely nearby.

Told you this place is a perfect pit stop already ;)

Lenwood Oil Co
2795 Lenwood Rd, Barstow
CA, United States

Now Joy was driving and I was navigating.

Didn't sleep the whole way to Vegas.

Was feeding Joy with gummy bears to keep her awake ;)

Gummy bears are really life saviors!

Saw this long long train along the way to Vegas!

It was so far away it looks like toy train =P

Or are they really toy trains?! #confused

Hello Vegas! We finally arrived! :)

Our hotel room and the scenery outside :)

the D - Las Vegas

301 Fremont St Las Vegas, NV 89101
2 nights - US$244.72 for 4 people

Should be $109 per night for Friday and Saturday.
I don't have the exact price cause I wasn't the one who booked.

Right outside our hotel it's Fremont! :)

The flying fox seems quite fun ;)

Some group photos outside our hotel entrance!

This is the largest group road trip we had! 18 people in all! :)

Welcome to Vegas! Hahas isn't this what Vegas is famous for (other than casinos)?

We saw this while we were driving by.

It caught our attention case the photographer was squatting

in the middle of the road and taking photos of the couple!

First up - Outlet shopping!

It was Kuan Yee's first outlet trip.

She basically went on a shopping spree and bought lots of stuff!

We had our fair share of crazy outlet shopping in Orlando already ;)

* control... shall not go into crazy shopping mode again *

Las Vegas Premium Outlets - North
875 South Grand Central Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 474-7500

Regular Hours
Mon - Sat: 10am-9pm
Sun: 10am-8pm