Americans lost in Melbourne! Found these 4 wondering the streets trying to find cafe St Ali!
A feeding frenzy in Melbourne! I love this place!!!
Showing posts with label Street Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Street Art. Show all posts
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
2012-08-14: A Fam Trip to Melbourne
Americans lost in Melbourne! Found these 4 wondering the streets trying to find cafe St Ali!
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
2011-11-26: SYD Culture
Sydney Culture starts with an awesome cheap feed - Japanese Cuisine! Sydney has the best Asian Restaurants!!
Shopping in the city after - you need a caffeine fix! Thanks to the new cafe that opened in the QVB underground walkway. 'Home - Cafe'....
Walking to Circular Quay, you stubble past some Street Graff...
Finish it off with drinks at Opera Bar! Great views, company and weather!!
Even scored a fireworks show in the evening!!!
How can you not love Sydney?!... ;)
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
5 November 2011: Out Post
Spent half the day a Cockatoo Island checking out OUTPOST. Amazing Street Art around the island.
Monday, 2 August 2010
20-05-2010: PORTUGAL'S PORTO DAY 3
Breakfast at the same place.... Coffee and a heavy meal to fuel up for another day of sight-seeing and walking!
More Street Art along the walk...
Vi-J-J got excited with the graff-fisherman! haha. He loves his fishing!
I quickly snapped this shot while the 3 of them were avoiding to stand in the sun!
We didn't want to walk around carrying the left over Port, so we stopped off at the steps of a local park. Haha. Like teenagers drinking...
We headed to Porto's Photography Centre... It was hard, as all text were in Portuguese. We just looked at all their photos..
Routine of traveling was buying postcards and mailing them off! One of Jr and one of my folks... These 3 just lazed about while Jainnie and I headed to the Post Office... language barriers...
Time for more adventure! A vintage tram ride along the river. Amazing sights, pity we didn't stay long because Porto offered so much further down for the City Centre.
The tram later got crammed, as elderly had priority seating. We stood at the back along with young locals, which were getting on our nerves! 3 girls snuck on without paying, so when the inspector come onboard 2 managed to get off, but leaving one behind. It was so funny seeing her filled with so much fear! haha. She paniced screaming after her friend "Patrice!!"as the tram started to move. Vi was standing near the door, she pushed past trying to open the door. Unfortunately I didn't get to see this, but Tine, Jainnie and Vi saw her jump of the moving tram, but jumped wrong - she stacked it on her face! Apparently they heard the "SLAP" when her face made contact with the concrete! man, we talked about it though-out the rest of the day and till the end of the trip! haha.
Once the tram ride was done and finished laughing at the girl that stacked it on her face, we had the munchies.
Beer O'Clock!!! A thirst quencher!! We chilled out in one of many squres filled with restaurants and bars...
It was such awesome weather in Porto for our last day!
My mouth is watering looking at this. Porto had yummy fried goodies! Meat or seafood fillings...
We were full!! Started to make our way back to the hostel to collect our bags...
Trammed it up the hill again....
The entrance of our hostel... Pack up and go...
We somehow ended up late for our flight. The slow metro tram was unpredictable and we miss-calculated the time. We ran into the airport as saw that the check in desk was closed! To our horror, we didn't want to pay of an expensive flight back to London. So we ran straight to the boarding gates. Tim did all the talking, pleading the lady (which was HOT) our story and managed to get on the flight without a VISA stamp... OMG so close to missing the flight! Tim and Vi were to busy in awe of the stunning Portuguese Boarding Check Assistant!
Farewell Porto! An amazing laid-back stay in Portugal!!
More Street Art along the walk...
Vi-J-J got excited with the graff-fisherman! haha. He loves his fishing!
I quickly snapped this shot while the 3 of them were avoiding to stand in the sun!
We didn't want to walk around carrying the left over Port, so we stopped off at the steps of a local park. Haha. Like teenagers drinking...
We headed to Porto's Photography Centre... It was hard, as all text were in Portuguese. We just looked at all their photos..
Routine of traveling was buying postcards and mailing them off! One of Jr and one of my folks... These 3 just lazed about while Jainnie and I headed to the Post Office... language barriers...
Time for more adventure! A vintage tram ride along the river. Amazing sights, pity we didn't stay long because Porto offered so much further down for the City Centre.
The tram later got crammed, as elderly had priority seating. We stood at the back along with young locals, which were getting on our nerves! 3 girls snuck on without paying, so when the inspector come onboard 2 managed to get off, but leaving one behind. It was so funny seeing her filled with so much fear! haha. She paniced screaming after her friend "Patrice!!"as the tram started to move. Vi was standing near the door, she pushed past trying to open the door. Unfortunately I didn't get to see this, but Tine, Jainnie and Vi saw her jump of the moving tram, but jumped wrong - she stacked it on her face! Apparently they heard the "SLAP" when her face made contact with the concrete! man, we talked about it though-out the rest of the day and till the end of the trip! haha.
Once the tram ride was done and finished laughing at the girl that stacked it on her face, we had the munchies.
Beer O'Clock!!! A thirst quencher!! We chilled out in one of many squres filled with restaurants and bars...
It was such awesome weather in Porto for our last day!
My mouth is watering looking at this. Porto had yummy fried goodies! Meat or seafood fillings...
We were full!! Started to make our way back to the hostel to collect our bags...
Trammed it up the hill again....
The entrance of our hostel... Pack up and go...
We somehow ended up late for our flight. The slow metro tram was unpredictable and we miss-calculated the time. We ran into the airport as saw that the check in desk was closed! To our horror, we didn't want to pay of an expensive flight back to London. So we ran straight to the boarding gates. Tim did all the talking, pleading the lady (which was HOT) our story and managed to get on the flight without a VISA stamp... OMG so close to missing the flight! Tim and Vi were to busy in awe of the stunning Portuguese Boarding Check Assistant!
Farewell Porto! An amazing laid-back stay in Portugal!!
Sunday, 1 August 2010
19-05-2010: PORTUGAL'S PORTO DAY 2
A beautiful start of the day! Coffee fix from a cafe a few shops down.. Amazing coffee! Just what I needed.
Started to walk into the City Centre and came across a few interesting signs. This ones for you EDU! (Ehem, Dj Bastos)...
Porto had a load of street art, which I wanted to capture throughout our stay in Porto... "It is tal-ent!"...
MJ - Rest In Peace!...
We were in luck that Torre dos Clerigos was open. A 76m high tower built in the 1700's which provided a birds eye view of the city. We climbed round about 225 stairs to the top...
Amazing view of Porto!...
Jr managed to get some snaps....
Lello Bookstore!!! This amazing Old World bookstore features floor-to-ceiling wood book cabinets, pressed copper detailing, a rail track for a cart that allows the manager to move large volumes of books around, and most prominently, the amazing Escher-like staircase that completely dominates the interior.
Beautiful Baroque style architecture!
The heat was getting to us while we were walking and exploring Porto...
Porto had beautiful tile work on majority of their buildings, Churches, shops and homes...
We decided to take a break - Gelato!! Yum!!
With all the walking we did, we got a bit hungry and stopped off at a local cafe with an array of yummy goodies! Fried food! haha.
Did more walking and sight-seeing...
Group shot!!!
Saw The River Douro, Walked along the top of the Dom Luis I Bridge... amazing views along the river...
Local kids were up for a challenge and decided to jump off the bridge... Caused a spectacle with Locals and Tourists watching, capturing photos. And I was one of them!
We walked along the array of Wineries, deciding which one to go to... Porto is famous for their PORT... Sweet (dessert?) wine...
We snuck in a beer before we headed in... HAHA. The weather provoked you!
Vasconcellos, was the one we decided to go into. A one original family business which slowly grew. They only supply within the country and do not export, which was why we had to buy it and try it out..
The longer Port is in the barrel, the darker the Port. Short period of Port in the barrel, the lighter the colour. Two types of Port, white and red. Port isn't like majority of wines, it stays the same and doesn't taste any better with age.
Let the Port tasting begin!!
A well informed Port Tasting! We walked out with 2 bottles between us to share along the river bank...
We didn't have cups, so I made my rounds along the street finding a cafe or pub that would allow to share their services. Lucky I found on of the main street and asked politely. The man was nice enough to give his plastic cups for free, but I insisted on giving him my Euro shrapnel. Happy times! I was so proud to come back to the group with 5 plastic cups, as the boys failed to be 'hunter gatherers'. :)
It was chilled out in the sun, drinking Port and talking BS. I loved it here...
Instead of climbing up the stairs like the day before, we went on the tram to save our legs. Ended up be the same cost of a metro-tram ride. We thought it would have been pricey!
Back to the same place we had been before, snacking on fried Portuguese style food!... In the long-run, it really wasn't good for us!
We then headed back to our Hostel and chilled in the rec-arean (it was a pretty well facilitated hostel). We continued drinking our Port, got tipsy while playing 'The Alphabet Game' haha.
It was a late night... Jainnie and Vi-J-J had to head to their hotel, which wasn't far. They cabbed it there and we later found out how cheap their fare was! Love Porto!!!
Started to walk into the City Centre and came across a few interesting signs. This ones for you EDU! (Ehem, Dj Bastos)...
Porto had a load of street art, which I wanted to capture throughout our stay in Porto... "It is tal-ent!"...
MJ - Rest In Peace!...
We were in luck that Torre dos Clerigos was open. A 76m high tower built in the 1700's which provided a birds eye view of the city. We climbed round about 225 stairs to the top...
Amazing view of Porto!...
Jr managed to get some snaps....
Lello Bookstore!!! This amazing Old World bookstore features floor-to-ceiling wood book cabinets, pressed copper detailing, a rail track for a cart that allows the manager to move large volumes of books around, and most prominently, the amazing Escher-like staircase that completely dominates the interior.
Beautiful Baroque style architecture!
The heat was getting to us while we were walking and exploring Porto...
Porto had beautiful tile work on majority of their buildings, Churches, shops and homes...
We decided to take a break - Gelato!! Yum!!
With all the walking we did, we got a bit hungry and stopped off at a local cafe with an array of yummy goodies! Fried food! haha.
Did more walking and sight-seeing...
Group shot!!!
Saw The River Douro, Walked along the top of the Dom Luis I Bridge... amazing views along the river...
Local kids were up for a challenge and decided to jump off the bridge... Caused a spectacle with Locals and Tourists watching, capturing photos. And I was one of them!
We walked along the array of Wineries, deciding which one to go to... Porto is famous for their PORT... Sweet (dessert?) wine...
We snuck in a beer before we headed in... HAHA. The weather provoked you!
Vasconcellos, was the one we decided to go into. A one original family business which slowly grew. They only supply within the country and do not export, which was why we had to buy it and try it out..
The longer Port is in the barrel, the darker the Port. Short period of Port in the barrel, the lighter the colour. Two types of Port, white and red. Port isn't like majority of wines, it stays the same and doesn't taste any better with age.
Let the Port tasting begin!!
A well informed Port Tasting! We walked out with 2 bottles between us to share along the river bank...
We didn't have cups, so I made my rounds along the street finding a cafe or pub that would allow to share their services. Lucky I found on of the main street and asked politely. The man was nice enough to give his plastic cups for free, but I insisted on giving him my Euro shrapnel. Happy times! I was so proud to come back to the group with 5 plastic cups, as the boys failed to be 'hunter gatherers'. :)
It was chilled out in the sun, drinking Port and talking BS. I loved it here...
Instead of climbing up the stairs like the day before, we went on the tram to save our legs. Ended up be the same cost of a metro-tram ride. We thought it would have been pricey!
Back to the same place we had been before, snacking on fried Portuguese style food!... In the long-run, it really wasn't good for us!
We then headed back to our Hostel and chilled in the rec-arean (it was a pretty well facilitated hostel). We continued drinking our Port, got tipsy while playing 'The Alphabet Game' haha.
It was a late night... Jainnie and Vi-J-J had to head to their hotel, which wasn't far. They cabbed it there and we later found out how cheap their fare was! Love Porto!!!
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