Departure at T3 (first time)
Cold wear information
Proceeding to Gate A3 for my take-off.. hehe..
Waited..
Boarded..
We are ready for the long flight
Up, up and away..
On cloud 9.. wooh-oh..
Our first meal on board..
Ta-da-da-da.. for her...
After my nap, saw ice forming on the window..
There's something out there..
It's Mount Fuji cos we are stopping over at Narita airport..
Sun-setting and the peak is still there..
This is beautiful!
Singapore Sling with peanuts while enjoying the inflight entertainment
First meal on board - for him..
Second meal on board - for him
Second meal on board - for her..
Almost reaching destination..
Reaching destination..
and Reached!
Landed in Los Angeles safely..
At the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Bought our first bottles of mineral water to quench our thirst..
On the tramway up to J. Paul Getty Museum
The panaromic hilltop view..
Continue to ascend..
Up to the hilltop liao..
Architecture is pretty and the walls are made of solid fossil rocks, you can see the remains of insects and leaves embedded in it..
Take photo outside the museum
This net-like structure looks different when u look at it from different angles...
There are 6 similar blocks..
The pic says it all..have a read..
Nice area to sit around to chit-chat...Aren't the leaves colourful..
The surroundings..
Take photo with the nice panaromic view..
This is The J. Paul Getty Museum..
Our first hotdog bun and hot chocolate..
Next stop, Santa Monica Pier..
Take photo..
Take picture
Dar dar want to rob the police..
Santa Monica Beach.. seagull flying towards us cos it wants to take photo too..
Take photo with the strong waves..
Strong strong waves
The sun is setting..
Overhead signboard at Santa Monica Pier..
Yellow Cab..
Beautiful sunset..
I love this!
First shopping location..
Chandeliers road lamps along the Beverly Hills Shopping District..
Take photo with this first x'mas tree we saw..
Dinner @ Chinese Restaurant
Our first lodging
Nice big room..see..
see..
and see... darn spacious..
Rise and shine.. so sunny!
Dim sum breakfast at a Chinese Restaurant
Not nice..
Hollywood Blvd
"Pretty woman.. walking down the street.. pretty woman.. "..
The walk of fame along the Hollywood Blvd..
Take photo.. can u see the strong rays of the sun shining on me..
Superheroes along the walk of fame, you gotta pay if you wanna take photos with them..
More of the superheroes..
Footprints of Donald Duck.. haha..
That's Hollywood! It used to be called "HOLLYWOODLAND"..
The central area where the celebrities party after the Oscar Awards..
The place where the Oscar Awards is held..
The red carpet leading into the Kodak Theater will be rolled out right here..
The limousines will stop here for the celebrities to alight and take photos..
Tickets to the Universal Studios in Hollywood
The iconic globe..
My new car..
One of the 3D experience..
The animal actors, we saw the few animals that starred in the movies. so smart! Did you know how they shoot the scenes with the bird flying in the skies? Behind this frame, there is a huge fan, the bird will fly towards it and on screen you will see the bird flying in the skies.. that's how they do it!
The waterworld show.. awesome..
Everyone leaving after the show ended..
You need to step on a star to be guaranteed a seat on the train that's gg to show you around the Universal Studios
All aboard...
Pretty clouds..
Entertaining ride with this funny commentator throughout the ride..
The studios where the actors/actresses will report for wok based on their acting schedules..
Yummy pepperoni pizza and cheese pizza, with salads and hot chocolate
Enjoying my hot chocolate as I take in all the view right behind me..
The huge and unique weighing machine..
Free n' Easy @ Universal Studios starts now... Airbrush portrait of me..
Airbrush portrait of dar dar..
First time I saw this, stroller parking area...
Taking a break at the bench...
Take another photo before moving off... we were just walking around waiting for time to catch the fireworks at night..
Another interesting concept, strollers and wheelchair rental..
Take photo...
Nightview at Universal Studios..
The iconic globe at night..
The Walt Disney Concert Hall
Inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall.. 2nd x'mas tree we saw..
There you go..
Nokia Theatre
Staples Center, LA Lakers homeground.. and that is you know who?
My favourite cereal and I had to buy it back.. if you happen to see it in any supermarket in Singapore, do let me know!
Tickets to Disneyland, Anaheim
Getting ready...
Blow..
Rainy morning at Disneyland.. damn...
Bought ponchos to keep ourselves dry..
Nice?
The Aladdin Musical.. very entertaining..
The entire cast.. like the genie alot..
The ride that takes me across vast land and oceans.. like the omnimax theatre but the omnimax experience is nothing compared to this..
As we fly towards and over the waterfall..
Another 3D experience @ Bug's land.. so real..
3rd x'mas tree at The California Adventure park..
The adventure rides.. Loved the 360 degree roller coaster ride..
Cars..
Jack-jack..
Potato head..
Another Car from Cars..
The Golden Bridge (miniature)..
CALIFO..
RNIA.. "CALIFORNIA!"..
Iconic Mickey Mouse in Disneyland
Main Street in Disneyland, waiting for the Parade..
Sitting right infront of the iconic castle waiting for the fireworks display "I Believe"..
Take photo while waiting..
Take again.. using a different camera mode.. ha..
Our late night supper, corn dog, taste pretty good.. but what else does it look like to you? haha..
Desert hills..
Desert Hills Premium Shopping Outlets..
Take photo again... behind me are the premium shopping outlets.. branded...
The Mister trying on his new knitted cap..
Leaving the shopping outlets..
.... Vroom....
...vroom... and gone..
Hills and clear blue skies..
Fanlike generator.. plenty along the way...
Hills and skies again...
Palm Springs Tramway..
More of hills and skies..
and the fanlike generators.. economic..
Waiting to board the tramway up to Palm Springs
Ascending..
Ascending some more on the revolving tramway..
and yes, reaching... about 8,000 feet above sea level.. the ride down was more fun cos it feels like taking the roller coaster.. wooh-ooh..
Found some snow..
Beautiful view..
The Miss taking photo with the view..
The Mister taking photo with the view..
This is winter..
Omg!
Breathtaking..
Dar dar gg rock climbing on a snow mountain..
Now, this is the real thing, the earlier photos were at the balcony.. all the way down..
Lotsa snow to play with..
Dar dar laying on the snow..
Feeling the cool cool snow behind his back..
Walk.. walk... walk...
We walked from that building down the zig-zag paths to the snow playing area...
Loads of snow...
and coniferous trees..
Dar dar walking in the snow..
more coniferous trees..
snow in his hands..
more snow.. more trees...
He loved it lots!
Dar dar climbed up there to take photo
snow and trees...
It was minus -1 degree..
The pic says it all..
Inside the building.. cafeteria and all..
The costs of going up there..
The view from the hotel room at Holiday Inn Palm Springs..
Pretty..
On our way to the main building for our breakfast..
On our way now to Las Vegas.. but stop-over for some shopping at the premium outlets..
Wearing my newly purchased boots from Samsonite...
Reached Las Vegas..
The old town of Las Vegas..
The typical display at old town Las Vegas..
Casinos..
Casinos.. .
and more...
more Casinos..
We shopped around the souvenir shops as we eat our burgers and drink our hot chocs..
Display starts..
The Mister taking photo in front of the Casino..
The Miss taking photo in front of the Casino
"Stop"..
"Go"..
Take photo of the casino again..
Jackpot machine..
Jackpot machine.. I won some money.. yeah..
Standing there watching the display.. they call it the Fremont Street Experience...
Highlights of illuminating Las Vegas - the amazing hotels..
Look at that strong ray of light shining into the skies..
Luxor Hotel - striking pyramid structure and the Sphinx (minatures)
The Mister taking photo in front of the Luxor Hotel
What does Luxor mean? Luxor is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate.
All egyptian..
The interior of the hotel..
The paintings/carvings on the wall as you enter the hotel lobby..
...see..
MGM Grand Hotel
Strollin along Las Vegas Blvd
New York New York Hotel, see that roller coaster going around the hotel?
Excalibur Hotel
Close up on the hotel..
We've been to NY, see, that's the Statue of Liberty (minature).. haha..
We walked to the huge M&M shop 5 storeys high..to check out a soft toy for our friend..
Bellagio Hotel
The fountain where we were all suppose to gather..
Christmas display
Santa Claus and
the reindeers...
Toy soldiers..
Mr and Mrs Snow..
Isn't that an expensive clock?
Christmas trees everywhere.. dar dar taking photo with another x'mas tree we saw.. lost count..
The tallest chocolate fondue..
Jean-Phillipe Patisserie..
It goes all the way up... wow.. but you can't dip your stick of marshmallows or fruits in it..
The Venetian, my favourite hotel.. this is the view that welcomed me as I came up from the escalator.. it's amazing how they build such a hotel..
Beautiful!
Snapping away..
Snap..
Snap some more with dar dar in it..
Snap again..
Snap snap..
and snap some more...
and more..
Nice blue waters.. so real..
Loved this hotel lots so must take a super nice picture in it..
Snap... snap... snap..
Snap... snap.. snap...
The Gondolas rowing in the blue blue waters..
The bridge of sighs, known as such because the convicts will walk pass this bridge and sigh before they are imprisoned...
The view the convicts see from the bridge of sighs..
Gloomy weather..
Construction of the huge bridge around the Hoover Dam area
Reaching the Hoover Dam, a dam on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada..
The two distinct colours on the rock shows the different water levels..
The water contained in this dam is capable of flooding the entire Las Vegas and a significant area of Los Angeles..
Driving past the Dam to reach a point to take photos..
It looks so grand..
The marina baarage is nothing compared to this..
Take photo with the dam..
The gloomy view..
On our ride into Grand Canyon, we had to change to another coach cos of the rough terrain leading into Grand Canyon.
Fallen snow on the ground..
Foggy...
The GRAND CANYON!
Can you see the what's hidden behind the gloomy clouds..
Wow..
wow...
The little Tribal Hut..
The surrondings..
Snow caps and the gloomy clouds hovering above the rocky structure..
Isn't it nice to sit at the edge of the rock to have a hot drink...
Woooh-oooh...
Yeah...
See those ppl standing on the tip of the rock behind dar dar? Steady..
The bird wanting to take a photo.. snap!
It's really deep.. 4,000 feet.. we took this "Walk the Sky" on the glass bridge.. latest construction in the Grand Canyon...
The Colorado river runs through it..
We will go to the two major points to take photos and to have our meals... but so windy to eat there.. anything hot would become cold in a few minutes..
Nice views..
... see...
...............see.........
Left Grand Canyon and on our way back to Las Vegas
The Bellagio..
Went to this mall to shop around and catch a magic show by Steve Wyrick..
Tickets for the show..
He is pretty famous but I must admit I never heard about him..the show was good though..
The Champs-Elysées..
As if we were there yeah..
Wat a beautiful sunset...
Snapping away...
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It's really beautiful to see such a sight...
Those black dots are the black angus cows.. u know the Angus beef..
Another beautiful sight..
Wonder if it is really haunted but no time to check it out and it seems to be closed to visitors..
The Carousel..
Nice lamp shades yeah.. innovative..
Shopping for fresh fruits and chocolates..
Plenty of raisins to try.. strawberry raisins, blueberry raisins.. but I don't really enjoy raisins but the Mister likes..
The grapes were juicy and SEEDLESS.. bought a pack and munched on the coach ride..
I'm again in the way of the sunny rays.. haha..
The pacific coast..
Mister and Miss..
Sunny boy...
About the Monterey Aquarium
... more about it..
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Sunny Miss..the Miss is wearing her own spectacles not her shades.. that's how strong the UV rays is over there..
Another photo of Mister and Miss..
Walking around to find a place for our lunch..
Yes, I stayed in this hotel.. as if..
Still walking around the area..
and found the place to have our lunch... Bubba Gump..
Requested for seat by the window for the view but the was too sunny.. felt hot sitting there..
This sign means to order and eat..
This is the interior of the restaurant..
The menu..
The view..
While waiting for our foods, we went to take photos..
See, this bird is so fat and vain.. wanna take photo..
Snap...
This sign means to call for bill..
This city is a really nice place for honeymooners, simply book a "Bed & Breakfast stay here and enjoy the scenery...
Houses in the City of Monterey..
Entering the 17-mile drive
Look at the strong waves.. you wun see this is Singapore..
Mister with the view..
Like a beautiful painting..
This one too..
Mister and Miss loved the blue ocean and the blue blue skies..
It's really windy and cool sitting there..
I could sit there forever..whle listening to the sounds of the waves..
Another beautiful painting..
My guy..
Another vain bird.. haha.. just kidding.. the birds there are really fleshy and pretty..
We were at Bird Rock, enjoying the sea breeze and taking photos..
Still at Bird Rock..
Those big rocks over there is covered with lazy sea lions..
You can hear the sea lions "talking"..
The huge and expensive houses along the 17-mile drive.. this is one of them...
Another one..
This one was built underground..
This one has got a long driveway in and a huge front yard..
Another beautiful painting for me to admire..
Look at the waves... woooosssshhhh....
This house belongs to someone famous, think some newscaster...
And this is the weekend house for Barbara Streisand..
Nice yeah.. weekend house only..
The Lone Cypress.. what is that?
This is it.. this is also a beautiful painting.. the ocean, the rays and the tree..
Snap snap...
This is my fav, ocean and skies..
Coach ride to San Francisco..
San Franciscans call this the Pereira's Dick and it's a common meeting point. They would say "Let's meet at the Dick at (time)... "..
San Francisco is built on seven hills.. so the roads are like this.. up and down.. up and down.. real steep for some roads..
That's downhill..
A very well-known chapel there..
The Civic Center
Some monument dedicated to remember the wars fought by San Francisco in the early years..
Nice or not..
For your reading pleasure.. probably tells u more ..
Snapping away again..
We should perhaps put up such a signboard..
This is Chinatown in San Fancisco..
Ooh.. uphill..
The Golden Gate Bridge..
the same...
the same but with the Miss..
and then the Mister standing high high up there..
Then I copycat also wanna climb up there for a photo.. the bridge is shorter than me now.. wahaha..
Our coach stopped at Vista Point for us to take beautiful photos..
Far away in the photo is the Oakland Bay Bridge..
Like our "Hippotours" for sightseeing purposes..
Nice and calm..
Mister and Miss taking photo with our fun-loving tour guide..
The houses in the City of South Sausalito..
The famous shop selling Hamburgers, it opens at 11am and the burgers are really good..
Recommended by our tour guide the ice-cream from this shop tastes nice.. and so we bought and eat as we venture around..
Fun-loving couples..
The houses and shops there all look different..
see...
I like the houses..
Hotel by the beach.. nice.
Take photo with our wonderful coach driver who taught us how to play at the Casinos..
The entire tour group (almost)
Walking around the Fisherman's Wharf till time to board the cruise..
More lazy sealions..
Can only take the cruise at this Pier 39, not any other piers..
Going under the Golden Gate Bridge soon...
Yeah.. underneath it..
Little girl taking photo for her mum and elder sis..
The girls on board the cruise..
Them wihout their caps..
The Alcatraz Island is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States
Thi is the iconic tramway in SF, manual..
the rear view of the tramway..
Macy's...
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