This is my first time visiting a Western country and I have always been fascinated by Western fairy tales since young. My favorite story was Peter Pan, Little Mermaid & etc. Of course I do like the other fairy tales like Beauty & the Beast (one of my favorite), Tarzan, Sleeping Beauty, Mulan, Pocahontas, but I prefer Peter Pan and Little Mermaid. Probably because I watched them the most and they were the only two fairy tales available at my home while I watched the others shows in my cousin's house.
My flight reached rather late and the queue for immigration was horrendously long!!! We waited for more than one and a half hour to get our turn!!! So, my poor friend waited for us outside of the airport for very long. It was cold and when we reached her house, it was almost 2 in the morning and we slept around 3 am. Actually, I chatted with my friend for some time because she had questions to ask me.
It was cold, but not very cold, which means I can still stand it with my jeans. But I brought many long sleeves shirts with me, just in case the weather changed drastically. Before booking my flight ticket, I did google online in order to find pleasant weathers to visit Perth. As expected, the weather in Perth was good throughout my stay there. My friend, Wan Yin and her sister both said my friend and I was lucky because the weather were so good throughout my stay. This is because there were thunder storms and heavy rains last week, before I was there. So her friend's friends can't really enjoy Perth due to the bad weathers. I was thinking, because last week was still the transition of winter and spring in Perth, that's why I have decided to come here one week later. I was also very happy because I made a right decision. At the same time, the weather did not get worse. When I'm back in Malaysia, I got a chance to skype with my friend and she told me the day after I left, there were thunder storm and it was cold. I was happy because it did not happen when I was there~~~!!!
*this is going to be a long post because I didn't want to split my post hehehe*
Fremantle is beautiful but the sun shines too much.
Swan Valley
This is were I tried a bunch of honey and bought my Jarrah honey... It was more expensive than any other honey in Malaysia but I think the honey here is purer than any other honey in KL. Jarrah honey is anti-bacteria, so, it good to have! I also bought some nougats, but the nougat I bought in the airport taste better than the nougat I bought from Mondo...
Anyway, we also had our lunch in Black Swan and visited some vineyards, I like Scarborough's Vineyard because of the atmosphere there.
Rottnest Island is a paradise island!!!
I really like Rottnest Island's beaches, and the water is crystal clear!!!
This is the first time I have been to such beautiful beach...
The scenery in the island is breathtaking and we can't stop taking pictures~~~
Another important and surprising incident happened was I saw a whale turning it's back in the ocean!!! W H A L E~~~The bus driver emergency brake and said, "Look! There's a whale turning it's back on your left!!!"
There were four of us and I was the only one among my friends saw the WHALE!!!
Anyway, I was very happy because this is a great surprise for me.
And in actuality, I only saw the beautiful whale's stomach. Yes, the whale is turning it's back. That's the only thing I can saw. I felt happy because I wasn't like the others in the bus wanting to take pictures of the whale, I just turned to my left and saw the whale while others were busy locating the whale~~~
Araluen Park, Kings Park
My friend and I also joined a one day tour going to Caversham Wildlife Park, the Pinnacles, and sand boarding. We had lobster for lunch and it was delicious. This is my first time having half of a lobster all by myself~~~
London Court & half day trip alone
After having brunch in London Court Cafe, my friend had to leave for her trip back home. So, I was left all alone and someone suggested us to go Harbor Town for shopping. Shopping wasn't in the itinerary but I have decided to pay a visit since it can be reached easily with free bus service in the city. I also went looking for my Prince Lane but failed, so, it means Harbor Town. There were a lot of shops there and I was first confused by the cheap price tags showing AUD... When I did some conversion, I realized that AUD 15 for a singlet wasn't all that cheap. Therefore, I shopped carefully while I was there and only bought a shirt and a pair of jeans for my dad at a fair price.
One-day trip alone
Perth Mint, London Court, Cottleloe Beach
In Perth Mint, I spent AUD25 for a guided trip including the history of gold and how the gold rush started in Perth. In addition, I also learned that a lot of the world's largest gold nuggets were found in Perth~~~It is interesting and I think that although it was a little expensive, but it's worth it.
There's a street in the city of Perth called London Court and there's a little London Court Cafe in there. I like their hot chocolate so much and that's why I came back to take away the hot choc the next day... But it actually taste better if you have it there...
I also went to Cottleloe Beach after my friend suggested it. But I went home without seeing the sunset because I was too worried of can't get on the train since that line of train was in service and I didn't want to go home late either. But it was healing for me to sit on the bench alone facing the beach because I feel calmer but worried at the same time because of my transportation.
I also went to many other different places which I couldn't recall for now...
Maybe I'll write more after this...
But these places I wrote here should cover most of them...
Perth Zoo, Typika (Lunch), Kings Park, Italian food,
According my my friend, Typika's location is typically visited by rich people and I did saw a lot of nice cars over there. The food in Typika really taste good! I don't care about the location, but I want to eat delicious food. Luckily, the food here did not disappoint me~~~
In the last day before I left for home, I had lunch with my friend and bought the famous Corica's apple shudder home.
I still remembered she told me to help her to take some beautiful pictures when I bought my new camera, Silence. So here I am, visiting her as my holidays~~~
I also helped her taking photos and I've chosen two photos to be posted here because the photos were really nice and it can be used as a profile picture in her FB.
Most importantly, I would like to thank her for keeping me in her house throughout my journey in Perth and drove me and my friend around when it is her off day!!!
I have always thought that westerns girls are always pretty because of their large eyes and high nose, as well as their height!!! Anyway, I saw a lot of handsome boys and pretty girls this trip.
Another amazing experience while I was having my holiday in Perth was that the people there were generally kind and queue when they're supposed to queue. I still remembered I was waiting in the toilet for an empty cubicle alone since all of them were occupied. Then, a young lady came in and walked passed me. I was thinking in my mind if I should tell her that I'm waiting and queuing and she should queue behind me. However, I was also thinking to allow her to queue in front of me since there aren't many people queuing at that moment.
Oh my God!!! Something amazing happened!!! She turned around and asked me if I'm waiting for toilet?!!! Oh my God once again!!! I said Yes, I am. Then, she queued behind me and said oops, sorry!!! I was very happy because it was the first time in my life to experience this~~~Can you imagine this??
Maybe it is because I have not travel to many Western countries before and all that I've experienced was those who does not queue will pretend that they didn't see me and reluctantly went into the toiletsS. *double"s" tells you that I have experienced it too many times*Maybe many people will think that this is no big deal! But for me, it shows the culture and civility in the people at the specific place. It is all these small little things that matters and showed their characters subtly. This is also something that worth appreciating because of its rareness.
