Wednesday, December 06, 2006

travelling here & there (part one)

since young, i have the opportunity to travel here & there until today, some countries i am there for work, transit or passed by. travelling,most of the time is fun and enjoyable one but one thing for sure is, your piggy bank will always empty.

this morning suddenly come into my mind that actually how many countries i have been to & ehhhhh....... i think quite a number of countries besides than singapore & thailand where i am frequently travel to this 2 countries for work purposes.......

australia... i have been to australia for 3 times and this is the country where i first travel to oversea when i was 11 years old with my mum, sis & brother to visit my sis in melbourne. nothing much i can remember but is fun, first time travel ma, is on a mas dc-10 aircraft. the 2nd time is to attend the 1st asia pacific jamborella with my seniors and scoutmater and the last time i went australia is 1987 for the 16th world jamboree in cataract scout park. wow.... 20 years already. time flies...........................

austria... during my europe tour in 1995 after jamboree in holland, passed by austria as i am on the kontiki tour with coach. i can remember is a nice scenery with mountains covered with snow. famous with the crystal...

i remember the former chief commissioner dato' hamidin told me that he was one of the selected scout from the entire malaya at that time to represent malaya to the 1951 world jamboree in austria. the journey to austria took 3 months by boat... believe it or not.....

belgium... after the 1995 world jamboree in holland, some of us followed the belgium scout contingent back to antwrep, brussel. jeff, kar yew & myself putting up at the scout hostel while vincent & kwee kiat plus 2 scouts are staying with the scout family for home hospitality. cookie told me that when u in belgium must try the mussle. well, we did that & is good taste. the 3 stooges went for tour on our own in brussel before heading back to holland again.

canada... is one of my most recent vacation trip infact just few months back (may 2006) only. if u read my previous posting on this canada trip. places covered during the vacation bnaff national park, rocky mountains, victoria garden, vancouver, visit ja+(my friend from thailand staying in vancouver now) & last but not least, the scout shop in vancouver town.

denmark... during the hari raya 2006 short break, i went to copenhagen. i have put up a series of stories about this trip of mine. please read the posting of copenhagen one, two, three, four, five, six & last seven for more........& this scandinavian contry is damn expensive to spend......

france ... also after 1995 world jamboree in holland, this is part of the tour with kontiki & paris is one of our destination. visited the musuem, the lourve, the effiel tower, the night scenery, monalisa. as you know very little english converse in france, so we also pretend we don't speak english beside than japanese, mandarin and bahasa only... everytime, huhhhh, ahhhh, hand signal don;t know & etc....good, chicken & duck talk & u ask for it

germany... first time to the vineyard & stayed overnight near the rhine river. most of us are not a good drinker, with wine tasting also killing us. remember we stayed in munich for a night too. bmer, bmer.... the ultimate driving machine, everywhere in town.


continue in travelling here & there (part two)..................

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