Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Africa

K so, I went to Africa from 1st to 10th december.

Day 1
Plane scheduled for 11am. Had to be there at 9am..
My father decided to have breakfast at the airport, so we had to leave at 8am..
And he woke me up at 6am.. >_<
I dont take 2 hours to change and shower please ffs..
My father, geh kiang go book cab in advance, end up book some Mercedes lol!
Cab fare, $34 from house to airport.
7 Hour flight to Mauritius. Moved back 4 timezones.
So my day ended up to be close to 40 hours..
That damn hotel we stayed at, they charge you for every damn thing.
Dinner, dun serve water, 500ml cost USD 4. They sure do know how to rip of ppl money.
Down there got internet, yea, USD 28 per hour. Crazy i tell you.

Day 2
Flew to Johannesburg, 5 hours flight, move back 2 time zones.
2 hour bus trip to the city where we went on a small tour.
Then 4 hours bus ride to the game reserve..
Basically this whole day was travelling.
Reached the reserve at bout 9pm at night..
But dinner was awesome i tell you.
Game Drive after dinner. Cold like hell i tell you.
Temperature 15C, but the wind makes it become 10C
Saw some Hyaenas, zebra, antelope and stuff like that..

Day 3
3 hour Game Drive as soon as we woke up at 6am.. (sun rise is before 5am there)
Saw some animals, i cant remember what..
I'll upload the photos to FB and let them do the talking.
Had breakfast at like err 10am i think..
Had some bush walk after that.
I tried so hard to avoid all the animal shit but they were all over the place..
In the end i gave up trying..
Lunch after that.
Didnt eat much cause breakfast was still in my stomach..
Helicopter ride after that! :D cool stuff.
Went back to the lodge and slacked for 2 hours.
Another game drive at 4pm..
Went to the lakeside where we were supposed to have some cruise.
Rained on the way there..
Camped at the lakeside lodge for half and hour..
Dinner after that.
Dinner was awesome as usual.
I think i only ate meat for dinner, roast chicken, roast lamb, roast pork.

Day 4,5,6,7
Putting 4 days together cause i cant remember what i did on each day..
Left the game reserve early in the morning, drove to the airport.
Flew down to Cape Town, 2 hours flight.
Visited some gem factory.
Table mountain, damn cold place..
The wind there.. 30km/h, you literally see the clouds get blown away.
Cape Point was damn cold also, climb up to some light house, i came down cause the wind.. then it blows, you literally cant walk. (yes its that strong)
Theres pengiuns in africa also! who knew?! yea i saw the penguins.
Lemme think what else i did..
Ohh yea, cheetah reserve. there were fences so i didnt get eaten.
Seal island, took a boat out, that place got an estimated 6k seals. at first i thought they were seaweed floating in the water O_o
The Waterfront. Huuuuge shopping mall beside the ocean.
Volvo Ocean Race being held there also, crowded as hell.
Ohh and yea, i went into a casino, you jelly?
Visited the Ostrich farm where the have the World's Shortest Osrtich
Wine tasting after that. I swear i drank a whole bottle O_O
I think thats bout all.. i cant remember..

Day 8
Basically another travelling day...
5.5 hour flight back to Mauritius, move up 2 timezones.
2 hour drive to hotel..
Reach at like 10pm..

Day 9,10
Drove 2 freaking hours for some 30 minute ocean walk..
They dump a metal helmet on your head, pump air in and let u walk on the ocean..
They attract the <>< with bread and they literally swarm to it.
The helmet, the glass to look out, got paralex error one..
The <>< like right infront of you, you reach out, cannot reach..
But still i manages to grab a <>Drove another 3 hours back to the hotel.
Dumped myself in the pool for an hour, showered and off to the airport again..

The damn plane.. Transit at KLIA..
7 hours to KLIA where i did nothing for 2 hours waiting..
Then 45mins to SG..
Lunch at Burger King.
Taxi back home.
The fare this time, $18 only lol!

I tell you, never take Air Mauritius, sucky airline.
The baggage got FRAGILE sticker, but when i collected it, it look like some lion tried to eat it.
Come back open, my giraffe ear broke off.. >_<

Pictures will be uploaded on FB whenever I don't feel lazy. :P

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