syDneY - hyDe pArk

'This was our 3rd day in Sydney, and finally it didn't rain. The sun was shinning brightly but whenever the wind blew, it sure made me hug myself tighter. 

Anyway, our 3rd day was packed with activities, from morning till night time. But I am going to dedicate this post only on Hyde Park. A very serene park near our hotel. We always walked by the park because it was along our way to the Museum Station. Since the weather was nice, we decided to stop and take photos around the park. 

It was Monday, locals were rushing to work. They walked to their office, or perhaps the train station. But what is emphasized here is, they WALK! We Malaysians hardly walk anywhere. We rather be stuck in traffic jam. I also noticed that we tend to park as near as possible to the way out of the parking lot. No need to walk much. Well....

Back to my post, the locals were rushing to work, while we were strolling around the park, looking for nice spots to take photos. My siblings had so much fun there. But the nephew were not in a good mood. I think because it was still early.

Okey, time for pictures. Hope you like them.

syDneY - 2nD daY..

The second day we were at Sydney, it was still raining on and off. But we still could walk and explore the city. 

Our hotel for 4 days.

We started our day by going to the Circular Quay again. We wanted to see the Opera House during the day. Yesterday was night time, so it was different. I can conclude that night time was livelier. There wasn't a crowd during the day. We could snap photos as many as we liked without other people passing in front of us.

Sydney Bridge - Umar and I. 

Sydney Opera House - Siblings and nephew

Later we headed to Sydney Fish Market to have our lunch. We rode the ferry and tram to reach the place. The fish market is a wet market for the local people. But there are restaurants available there. Our cousins who went to Australia before, recommended us to go and eat here. We should thank him for doing so. The lobster, the prawn, even the fries.. everything was yummy!!

It was raining as well during the ferry ride. 

Arrived, and still walking in the rain. 

The crowd inside the market

Must eat at Peter's, not the other restaurants. 

Edi's lunch

My mussel and lunch

Some of the sea creatures that are sold here

Something is crawling up your skin looking at these, right?

After our tummies were full, we headed back to Central Station. We had to switch from tram ride to train ride. We were going back to Paddy's market to do some shopping. (Some?) This day was the day Edi and I did a lot of shopping. My siblings also did buy a lot of things, especially t-shirts as souvenirs. To tell you the truth, Paddy's was like Central Market back home. But of course the things sold were different. I even bought a kangaroo skin. I thought if making it as a carpet in our room, but Edi said it is better if we hang it on then wall. Still undecided until now.

This is Central Station during weekends.

There wasn't a lot of photos inside, as everyone was busy shopping, including Edi.

After we have finished our shopping spree, we took the train again to go this place called The Rock. I don't what is so Rock about the place. But there was a street market when we arrived there. Actually we went to The Rock to look for the famous Paddington Pancakes. We stumbled upon the street market, unfortunately they were selling things at a high price for us. Imagine one blouse was Aud99. I don't think it was a right price for a street market. We ended up not buying anything, just browsed through.

Had to walk pass the Opera House again, but from a different view.

The street market with expensive stuff

One of the shopping mall here.

Our snack cum early dinner.

One word - Delicious

When we were finished with our pancakes, it was nearly dark. We went strolling along the quay and took a few shots of photos before we head back to our hotel. We slept early most of the days here because we started our days early. 

Us walking back to our hotel. Try to count.. there's one extra person here.

p/s : Saje je letak gmbr besar2 bagak kali nih. Jgn mare..

syDney - 1St daY..

We arrived at Sydney in the morning, around 10am. We took the night flight as we didn't want to waste our time. First thing we did was we went to the train counter to purchase our multi-pass, which we can use for the whole week. We used it to ride the train, ferry, tram and bus. We did save a lot of money there. 

Then, we took the train to our hotel. Our station was Museum Station. A walking distance to our hotel. The first day we arrived it was already raining. We were not prepared for that even though we knew it was winter. We had to walk in the rain most of the days, but luckily none of us got sick. 

While waiting to check-in our hotel, which was at 2pm, we walked around the block to look for lunch. It was quite hard as it was our first day and we were not familiar with the place yet. Plus the rain and two kids. We were tired and hungry. We were frustrated as well. Finally my elder sister called our relative in Sydney. He said there was a halal restaurant near us. We were so relieved. Afterwards, we went for our pre-shopping as the Paddy's Market was nearby already. I didn't buy much yet on the first day. I was just surveying that day.

Later at night, we went to Circular Quay. We watched The Vivid Light Festival which was awesome! We had a dinner-on-the-go there. At first we were doubtful to buy the food and the owner saw this. He quickly took out his halal cert and showed to us. That was quite funny. We ate our dinner at one of the jetty, looking at the Sydney Bridge, Opera Sydney House and the Vivid Light Festival. There was a huge crowd because it was the weekend.

Here are the pictures of our 1st day in Sydney.

At the airport

Train station at the airport 

Museum Station

1st lunch

Paddy's Market 

That night

Vivid Light Festival 

Dinner

Jetty

Sydney Bridge 

Sydney Opera House

Tinman at Circular Quay

Circular Quay

hoLidaYs..

I miss my blog! It has been more than one week since I've updated my blog. The reason is I was away for the whole week. It was school holiday, of course. Well, it's no surprise that I went overseas as I have uploaded the pictures in my FB account. I went to 2 countries. First was Sydney, Australia and the second was Krabi, Thailand. 

I will blog about it one by one with details. As for now, I will just upload 2 pictures as an introduction. 

Sydney Opera House (windy and cold) 

Phoda Island, Krabi (rainy but hot)