Enjoying 2013 and still cruising in 2014

Just a quick update on how is life going here. Well its been a while since the appearance of Facebook,I almost forgot that I still have my blogs page. Since I am not the best writer as I mention so many time in this blog. I just want to share some photo what have we done in 2013  till now..Life is so short, enjoy while you can..

Visiting Labuan in January 2013

Family holiday to Western Australia May 2013 (Bussellton)

Busselton,WA 2013

Visit to Legoland Malaysia in January 2014

12.5 year wedding anniversary (May 2014), special from my husband

School Holiday to West Malaysia May 2014

Supporting Holland for 2014 World Cup Brazil.

Calico Ghost Town & Needles

Second day of our vacation, we leave Los Angeles and travel to Needles. It is a long drive and we planned to visit Calico Ghost Town before we stop at needles for overnight and continue our journey to Grand Canyon for the next day. But before we leave Los Angeles we want to see the HOLLYWOOD sign of course. We asked the person at the hotel where we can see the sign and he told us to go to Griffith Park Observatory. Set our GPS to that place. it up in the hill and passed so many beautiful houses on the way to the hills.

The best view we can took with our camera.Hmmm need larger camera

Griffith park Observatory

Misty view from the top

After  half and hour there, we leave the place and off to find Calico Ghost Town.

Long Drive with dry scenery

Arrived at Calico around 1PM, was really hot that time 42 degrees.

 

History of the Town

Built using bottles

Mini Train at Calico

Our Hotel in Needles Desert Mirage Inn & Suites

The room

 After Check in at our hotel, we went to look for an ATM and grocery store to buy some drinks and food.
We found this Cute signboard of the town.

Near Colorado River.

Our 2nd car after my husband change the 1st one

The plate Number

Driving in sunset to find place to eat for dinner.

Dinner at Best Steakhouse. 

Our dinner for that night.

The Arrival Day..

Continuous from my previous post..

After 12 hours and 40 minutes in the plane, we finally landed at Los Angeles International Airport at 6.10PM on 30th May 2012, Wow 1 day earlier. When we arrived, we need to get our rental car. We follow the Rental car company's bus where he brought us to the place where we have to pick up our car. 

 Again waiting for so long, luckily the counter for online reservation was open. It took almost one hour the person at the counter discussed with my husband about the car. OMG..Once my husband got our car, we rush to find our hotel. But no worries, with our helper TOMTOM, we did find our hotel very easy.

Our 1st car, Chevrolet.

Our Hotel

Very clean and neat.

After we arrive at the hotel, we have to find some food. so we saw a pizzeria near by our hotel and went there for take away of Vegetarian Pizza.

We could not sleep very well that night, All of us woke up at 4:00am in the morning and watched TV beside enjoying our Lays chips.

I am back

Yes..we just got back from our memorable holiday in California. We were really enjoyed. We visited so many places. I will tell you the story in my post. But of course, not sure how long it takes to write a post. It seem like Facebook is more easier to post a status then blogging.

Well I know some of you might looking for a great places for holiday, you might be looking at my photos of vacation and maybe you will get the idea of you next holiday destination..right?

Our story start last year in 2011, when my husband suddenly proposed the next holiday in Los Angeles. mmm..since he had said that, I knew that he will doing it. Suddenly one day he called me and he said,"I've bought a ticket.." and I was "HAH"..to where? he replied "LA"..and I was speechless at that time..whether I am happy, sad, I couldn't tell. But at that time I just follow his decision. "Ok, I replied and said good.

Ticket has been bought from Kota Kinabalu - Shenzhen - Beijing - Los Angeles. See how many stop we have. Kota Kinabalu to Shenzhen is about 2 and a half hours, Shenzhen to beijing is about 3 hours, Beijing to Los Angeles is about 12 hours and 15 minutes. Wow! how did I remember all the distance..hahaha..not sure if its right but I think it is almost the correct answer. hehe.. But the good things about our flight is we have to stay overnight in Beijing because our flight to LA was re-schedule to the next day and at night. So that mean we have the whole day in Beijing and we have planned something. A Private tour to :Tianamen Square, Forbidden city and the Great wall of China..Yes another new place we can see. Ok..let start our journey from Shen Zhen.. I've write a lot, let just my photo tell you the story..

Arrived in Shenzhen Airport, While waiting for our next flight to Beijing lunch at McD

Waiting for our flight to depart

Hakim in-charge of the camera

Inside Air China flying to Beijing

Arrived at Beijing at 8:00PM, overnight at Holiday Inn Hotel.

Near by our hotel.

 Woke up early the next day, we have whole day before flying to LA.

Tienanmen Square, Beijing

Forbidden city, Beijing. Very crowded

Visiting Dr. Tea for tea testing

Hakim was impressed with the Dragon tea table set.

Our delicious lunch.

Family photo at the Great Wall of China.

Hakim & Aishah with our guide

The View

While waiting for our flight to LA at Beijing International Airport

Sunset at the Airport.