In Adelaide, I stayed in the Backpacker for 3 days. I walked around the city, passed by the famous University of Adelaide, went to Chinatown and had a bowl of noodle soup and took the public bus to Glenelg, which is the beach area.
I took the train from Brisbane to the Gold Coast for A$18. It was about 50 minutes ride. As compared to Australia, the fare for our MRT is still very cheap. The theme parks in Gold Coast are near to each other. I got a 2-day ticket to visit 2 theme parks.
There was not much happening in Brisbane even it was the Christmas season. I went to Chinatown and saw less than 20 people there; it could be because that was during office hours. The movable market in the carpark was quite interesting. There is a Casino but I did not get in because of my dress code. Yes! there is a city beach in Brisbane.
The hotels in Zhenshen are rather cheap, as compared to Singapore and Hong Kong. You could get a double-bed room in a 4 star hotel for about S$30. If you like massage, spa or healthcare centres, there are many in Shenzhen. East Gate is a good place for you to get cheap goods but be careful of the pickpockets. It is very easy to visit the attractions by taking the train.
While I was resting on the bench along the Yarra River in a lazy afternoon, this Greece man from Athens approached me. He said he was doing a survey and asked whether I could answer some questions. I agreed to his request.
He started by talking about Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad and I told him I have read that book. After talking for a while, I realized that he was trying to persuade me to get into some sort of pyramids investment. I have read about this type of investment in Singapore before. It goes something like this – when a person invested $1,000 and he will get 5% interest provided that he introduces another 10 people to invest $1,000 each. These 10 people will have to further each get another 10 people to invest.
I told this Greece man that this type of investment is illegal in Singapore. He asked for my contact number in Singapore and said he will get someone from Network 21 will contact me when I am back in Singapore. I did a search in the Internet and found that there is in fact such an institution known as Network 21 that trains people to be their own boss. But I am not interested in this.
I went to the Queen Victoria Market and found that it is very interested. I bought 5 tomatoes for 50 cents and 3 big bananas for $1.45. I ate them for lunch. This market is one of the places you will have to visit if you are coming to Melbourne.
Sydney is the last stop for my backpacking trip as I have to leave the best for the last. Unfortunately it was raining for 3 days (on and off) during my 5 days of stay. Despite the bad weather, I continued to walk to the Darling Habour, Maritime Museum, Chinatown and the famous Sydney Opera Theatre. I even took the ferry (I think it is less than A$5) and had a tour of the magnificent habour.
It was during the Chinese New Year season when I was in Sydney but I did not feel the festival mood. People still go to work and the shops were still open as usual. I could only see a small performance in Chinatown.
I passed by the Universities, the Daring Harbour, get a closer look at the Maritime Museum and reached the Domain.
东方明珠在上海
可惜天气不太好
斜风细雨在当天
雾里远观船航行
无法欣赏好风景
I flew with the Singapore Airlines and arrived in Perth for the first stop of the travel.
I approached the Police officer and asked for the direction to the beach.
I walked the whole day till the sunset
I was lucky to watch the celebration of the Australia Day in Perth in the late afternoon.
Fireworks to end the celebration
Ruins of St. Paul’s
I came into Macau from Zhuhai 珠海. After crossing the boarder, I could see many buses offering to take the passengers to the hotels and casinos. I got into one of the buses where I was taken to the Sands Hotel/Casino.
I took a taxi from the Macau Peninsula and crossed the sea to Taipa. I stayed in Rue De Nam Keng, Torre 14.
春天来得好, 处处闻啼鸟
花朵刚绽放, 彩云飘呀飘
旅游大攻略, 美丽的宝岛
地方实太大, 一次攻不了
