Hi
Currently, I am just going through all the photos I have taken and starting to start to sort them out and in the process, I will put more photos up on the net.
Newquay Photos
Oxford Photos
This Easter I went to Newquay for holiday, with my friend James and his school mates. It was brilliant and enjoyed every bit of it. Only thing is that it made me miss Australia and the beautiful beach we had. Those are the thing that we take for granted. Sometimes I miss the beautiful clear days.. Althought with summer coming around, the days here are getting longer and for the past few days we have been getting beautiful days. Apparently, the temperature will be reaching a high of 25!!!!!!!!!.. haha...
Went for a walk with Tan yesterday and the street was littered with British hanging around the outside of pub having a nice drink.. I will be doing the same tonight.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Long Weekend - photo links
On the long weekend subject, I just want to post the links to the new photos I have uploaded on the web. The Saturday I went on a and the bike ride to Bath. The last part of the photos with heaps of Jessica is only meant for Jessica as she is taking part in a 50mile bike ride soon and wanted a photo of her on a bike.
The other photos were taken on Monday when we drove to the south coast of Dorset. We went to lulworth Cove, then hiked to durdle door and back and then stopped at Shaftesbury on the way back for dinner (tea). In Shaftesbury, we we found the golden hill, A cobbered street on a hill with thatched houses on the side. Very pretty. We also saw a rainbow On the way home in the evening.
The other photos were taken on Monday when we drove to the south coast of Dorset. We went to lulworth Cove, then hiked to durdle door and back and then stopped at Shaftesbury on the way back for dinner (tea). In Shaftesbury, we we found the golden hill, A cobbered street on a hill with thatched houses on the side. Very pretty. We also saw a rainbow On the way home in the evening.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Long Weekend (Bike Ride)
Back at work today. It was a long weekend last weekend. On Saturday, I took the plunge and cycled from Bristol to Bath and back again. It was nice to be riding a bike again after a long absence. My bum however doesn't agree. I was sore for at least another day. Sitting on anything hard is not an option. I spent the whole day lying around at home. Apart from that I was suprised that my body took it quite well. No sores. Also my bike came home in one piece. Hope to go on more adventure on my bike. Especially with the long summer days.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Football (all codes)
Football season have finished, both in England and also in the league I play in. I play in the Bristol church league and we were in the Second division. There are only two division. This year we won the second division and will be promoted next year.
Incidently, I won the most improved played award for my club. Quite happy about that. The standard here is higher than what I was used to back in Brisbane. It is cooler as well and the pitches have grass on them. I was amazed that some Saturday morning, I struggle to get out of bed to go play football as it is soooo cold. It is worst when it is raining and cold.
I was happy to hear that Australia beat Greece 1-0 in a friendly played that MCG. On another note, QLD lost to NSW in the first State of Origin by a solitary point. Must have been a cracker of a game.
Incidently, I won the most improved played award for my club. Quite happy about that. The standard here is higher than what I was used to back in Brisbane. It is cooler as well and the pitches have grass on them. I was amazed that some Saturday morning, I struggle to get out of bed to go play football as it is soooo cold. It is worst when it is raining and cold.
I was happy to hear that Australia beat Greece 1-0 in a friendly played that MCG. On another note, QLD lost to NSW in the first State of Origin by a solitary point. Must have been a cracker of a game.
Finally an update
It is lunch time now. Had a crappy baugett. It was too chewey. Lately I had a sudden urge to update this blog. Also, have been more interested in publishing more of my photos online. Hopefully, if I don't lose interest, I will publish more photos soon of our travels. Matt, the guy who sits next to me at work sent me a link where I can download a program which would install apache, php and mysql on Windows. How cool is that. Really feel like getting back into programming.
Firstly, I went to South Wales with some friends a few weeks ago and here are the photos. We visited Chepstow castle and the abbey at Tintern.
Tan and I visited Amsterdam during the weekend and the photos are up. We had Monday and Tuesday off and would like to go somewhere. Having visited Amsterdam earlier in February (photos not up yet), I was quite reluctant to return to Amsterdam. The only reason we went there was so that we can visit the Gardens at Keukenhof. The gardens are only open for 2 months each year during spring and attracts 800,000 visitors. We being 2 of the 800,000 this year. I have to say I was quite dissappointed as it was the end of the season. They extended the opening day by two days and close last Sunday which was when were there. I wasn't aware there they would have cut all off the tulips. As you can see on the photos, there are still some tulips there but lots of them have been cut off. As you view the photos, just imagine that they are there.
Amsterdam is a nice city. Nice canals but the thing I like most about it is that fact that people cycle everywhere. It helps being a largly country. It is too hilly to cycle in Bristol.
Talking of which. I was given a bike last year which haven't had the chance to use. Apparently this Saturday, I have been invited to join my work collegue on a bicycle ride from Bristol to Bath which is approximately 30 miles. I am still contemplating if I should go along. Firstly the bike might not last. The bike haven't been used for about 4 years. Secondly, the rider haven't ridden a bike for at least 5 years. That the peril of having a car.
Firstly, I went to South Wales with some friends a few weeks ago and here are the photos. We visited Chepstow castle and the abbey at Tintern.
Tan and I visited Amsterdam during the weekend and the photos are up. We had Monday and Tuesday off and would like to go somewhere. Having visited Amsterdam earlier in February (photos not up yet), I was quite reluctant to return to Amsterdam. The only reason we went there was so that we can visit the Gardens at Keukenhof. The gardens are only open for 2 months each year during spring and attracts 800,000 visitors. We being 2 of the 800,000 this year. I have to say I was quite dissappointed as it was the end of the season. They extended the opening day by two days and close last Sunday which was when were there. I wasn't aware there they would have cut all off the tulips. As you can see on the photos, there are still some tulips there but lots of them have been cut off. As you view the photos, just imagine that they are there.
Amsterdam is a nice city. Nice canals but the thing I like most about it is that fact that people cycle everywhere. It helps being a largly country. It is too hilly to cycle in Bristol.
Talking of which. I was given a bike last year which haven't had the chance to use. Apparently this Saturday, I have been invited to join my work collegue on a bicycle ride from Bristol to Bath which is approximately 30 miles. I am still contemplating if I should go along. Firstly the bike might not last. The bike haven't been used for about 4 years. Secondly, the rider haven't ridden a bike for at least 5 years. That the peril of having a car.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
3rd and 4th day in Switzerland - Snow
We are currently in Interlaken, Switzerland and we are staying in the Backpacker villa and they have a free wireless internet which i am connecting to now with Tan Shin's laptop.
What can I say. I will leave the other days of our journey till another time and wil ljust talk about our day today and yesterday in Interlaken.
Yesterday we took a train from Montreux to Interlaken. The train line is called the Golden Pass line and the hightlight is between Montreux and Zwisemmen (sp). Montreux is on lake Geneva and Interlaken is in the middle of Switzerland flank by two lakes. We paid the extra money to get a VIP seat on the train. With the VIP seat you get the same view as if you are driving the train. We sat at the front of the train just as if we were in the cockpit and it was well worth the extra money.
Switzerland is not a cheap country but it is a bit more tolerable converting from Pound to swiss Francs.
The train ride was spectacular. White. Trees covered with snow, just like christmas decoration. Villages with beautiful chalets formed part of the scenery. We just can't get enough of snow. The pine trees and mountain are everywhere and it seems like a dream.
The dream continued when we reached Interlaken. It was snowing and has been snowing for the past few days. The streets are dotted with white flakes and the park is just white. The snow is so soft. I have never seen snow this thick before. It snowed in Lausanne, Geneva and Montreux too but nothing like interlaken.
We were having lunch in a restaurant and just contented to sit there by the window starring out at the snow gently falling.
Interlaken it self is a pretty little town flanked by not only lakes but by mountain which was barely visible through the snow.
Interlaken is in the German part of Switzerland and most people speak swiss-german. The previous cities which we visited are French speaking.
It is amazing how the scenery will be so different during summer where the snow would be replaced with green grass. I just can't imagine it right now.
Interlaken has a reputation of being an activity centre, a bit like Queenstown, NZ, I suppose but unfortunately for me, most of the activity takes place when there aren't any snow during summer. There is rafting, canyoning, walking and stuff by the lake. There is also Europe highest train station nearby in the Juangfrau area which resides about 3 mountains over 4000m and a few other smaller mountains. The train station is called Juangfraujoch (Top of Europe) and it sits at 3454m. It is an easy way for normal people to experience such heights without having to climb/trek mountains.
The Juanfrau area is also home to several skiing resorts during winter. Due to the not so perfect weather we decided not to take the train to the top of the mountain as it cost about 160 swiss franc per person. We thought we might come back during summer sometime, maybe?
So, being me, I choose the next most exciting activity for today, 22 Feb. We can't ski and didn't feel like skiing so the next best thing to enjoy the snow is to go sledding. We haven't done it before but doesn't seems to be that hard. You sit on it and use your foot to control the sledg.
I was pleasantly suprised at the number of sledging and hiking courses and the way the cater for non skier as not everyone skis.
The exciting activity I choose was to take a train to Grindelwald (1034m) and then catch the cable car to First (2168m). First is an area with lots of ski lifts and also most importantly for us, the start of a walking trial to the World's longest sledge run at 15km.
What was I thinking? I have never been to a snow resort. Only tried to ski once in my life. Never sledge before and now I want to try the longest sledge run. Thank God i have a supportive wife who seems to go along with my crazy idea.
The longest sledge run is the attraction but the fun does start until a 2-2.5hr hike until Mt Faulhorn (2681m). So basically to get to the world's longest sledge run. We will have to hike from First to Mt Faulhorn which is a 2.5 hr hike on snow pulling our sledge. Sounds silly but somehow we believed we could do it.
So this morning we set off to Interlaken Ost train station, bought our return ticket to Grindelwald. Grindelwald is a pretty little town full of skiiers. There were a few people dragging their sledge.
We then bought our cable car ticket and made our way to First. The weather was great. No snow and plenty of sunshine. I believe the temperature was about -2 at First. At first we rented our sledge at 15 francs each and started off on our walk. At the beginning we were contronted with a steep climb and I can tell you it is not easy to hike on snow especially snow that is quite fresh. Sometimes this trail we are doing is closed when there are too much snow.
When we started off, the weather was turning with cloud coming in and light snow. It was a hard slog. I can't remember how many times we stopped. This is the most difficult hike I have done. It could have been due to the altitude or the fact that I have to drag the sledge. The last part of the hike is a killer, it felt like i could only take 10 steps before having to stop and rest. I felt pethetic, it is like what's wrong with me? I felt so unfit.
Incidently, this is off topic, I weigh myself the other day and have lost about 7kg during our stay in UK.
Finally we made it to the junction which would have taken us up to the top, to Mt Faulhorn (2681m). The world's longest sledge run is from Mt Faulhorn to Grindelwald.
which is 15km in length.
From the junction, this is only about a few hundred metres of up hill climb to the top of Mt Faulhorn and we said bugger it. We are not climbing anymore as we were stuffed and the it was getting cold as the snow is getting heavier. It took us 2hr and 45 mins.
We sledge down from the juction and not from Mt Faulhorn and so we couldn't really say that we have done the 15km but only about 14 and a bit km which is not too bad for a first timer.
Sledging is so much fun and quite easy when you have the right gear. We didn't. I wore my jeans which was a very stupid thing to do as the jeans gets wet and my thighs and buttocks was freezing. Not going to wear jeans doing stuff on snow every again.
The first part of the run from Faulhorn to Bussalp was a nightmare. The snow was thick and because it was the first time we sledge, we brake alot by putting our feet on the snow which causes the snow to splash all over our front, which is the face, body and pants. The body is fine as we have water and wind proof jackets. The pants is not as i have jeans. The face. I couldn't feel my face, it was just numb. my fingers were getting numb too. I couldn't see as my sunnies was getting muddled by the snow. It was horrible and we have about 15km of this?
There were a few times I totaled head first into the snow. It was fun and nice coz the snow is soft but not good for the face and my pants. I totaled about 4 times in the beginning as it was very difficult to see the track.
When we got down to Bussalp the weather was better. There were sunshine and we rested for about 10 mins there.
The rest of the trip was great as the track is the road the bus takes to get to Bussalp from Grindelwald. The snow is thin and the track is wide. The thin ice is great because we don't get splash by the snow when ever we put our foot down on the ice to steer and to brake.
I loved it. Would do it again. I really enjoyed the trail as it seems like a cross country sort of trail. There are other sledging trails where you take a ski lift up, sledge down and then repeat the sequence again. The run which we did was unique as it is long and also you have to hike to it.
The sledging took about 1hr and 25 mins overall.
When we got to Grindelwald, we just couldn't wait to get on the train and then head back to our hostel for a hot shower.
We were very happy with what we have done. I am stuffed now. We are heading off to Luzern tomorrow.
I am going to go to bed now and hopefully my battered body will get enough rest. There are more walking tomorrow in Luzern.
What can I say. I will leave the other days of our journey till another time and wil ljust talk about our day today and yesterday in Interlaken.
Yesterday we took a train from Montreux to Interlaken. The train line is called the Golden Pass line and the hightlight is between Montreux and Zwisemmen (sp). Montreux is on lake Geneva and Interlaken is in the middle of Switzerland flank by two lakes. We paid the extra money to get a VIP seat on the train. With the VIP seat you get the same view as if you are driving the train. We sat at the front of the train just as if we were in the cockpit and it was well worth the extra money.
Switzerland is not a cheap country but it is a bit more tolerable converting from Pound to swiss Francs.
The train ride was spectacular. White. Trees covered with snow, just like christmas decoration. Villages with beautiful chalets formed part of the scenery. We just can't get enough of snow. The pine trees and mountain are everywhere and it seems like a dream.
The dream continued when we reached Interlaken. It was snowing and has been snowing for the past few days. The streets are dotted with white flakes and the park is just white. The snow is so soft. I have never seen snow this thick before. It snowed in Lausanne, Geneva and Montreux too but nothing like interlaken.
We were having lunch in a restaurant and just contented to sit there by the window starring out at the snow gently falling.
Interlaken it self is a pretty little town flanked by not only lakes but by mountain which was barely visible through the snow.
Interlaken is in the German part of Switzerland and most people speak swiss-german. The previous cities which we visited are French speaking.
It is amazing how the scenery will be so different during summer where the snow would be replaced with green grass. I just can't imagine it right now.
Interlaken has a reputation of being an activity centre, a bit like Queenstown, NZ, I suppose but unfortunately for me, most of the activity takes place when there aren't any snow during summer. There is rafting, canyoning, walking and stuff by the lake. There is also Europe highest train station nearby in the Juangfrau area which resides about 3 mountains over 4000m and a few other smaller mountains. The train station is called Juangfraujoch (Top of Europe) and it sits at 3454m. It is an easy way for normal people to experience such heights without having to climb/trek mountains.
The Juanfrau area is also home to several skiing resorts during winter. Due to the not so perfect weather we decided not to take the train to the top of the mountain as it cost about 160 swiss franc per person. We thought we might come back during summer sometime, maybe?
So, being me, I choose the next most exciting activity for today, 22 Feb. We can't ski and didn't feel like skiing so the next best thing to enjoy the snow is to go sledding. We haven't done it before but doesn't seems to be that hard. You sit on it and use your foot to control the sledg.
I was pleasantly suprised at the number of sledging and hiking courses and the way the cater for non skier as not everyone skis.
The exciting activity I choose was to take a train to Grindelwald (1034m) and then catch the cable car to First (2168m). First is an area with lots of ski lifts and also most importantly for us, the start of a walking trial to the World's longest sledge run at 15km.
What was I thinking? I have never been to a snow resort. Only tried to ski once in my life. Never sledge before and now I want to try the longest sledge run. Thank God i have a supportive wife who seems to go along with my crazy idea.
The longest sledge run is the attraction but the fun does start until a 2-2.5hr hike until Mt Faulhorn (2681m). So basically to get to the world's longest sledge run. We will have to hike from First to Mt Faulhorn which is a 2.5 hr hike on snow pulling our sledge. Sounds silly but somehow we believed we could do it.
So this morning we set off to Interlaken Ost train station, bought our return ticket to Grindelwald. Grindelwald is a pretty little town full of skiiers. There were a few people dragging their sledge.
We then bought our cable car ticket and made our way to First. The weather was great. No snow and plenty of sunshine. I believe the temperature was about -2 at First. At first we rented our sledge at 15 francs each and started off on our walk. At the beginning we were contronted with a steep climb and I can tell you it is not easy to hike on snow especially snow that is quite fresh. Sometimes this trail we are doing is closed when there are too much snow.
When we started off, the weather was turning with cloud coming in and light snow. It was a hard slog. I can't remember how many times we stopped. This is the most difficult hike I have done. It could have been due to the altitude or the fact that I have to drag the sledge. The last part of the hike is a killer, it felt like i could only take 10 steps before having to stop and rest. I felt pethetic, it is like what's wrong with me? I felt so unfit.
Incidently, this is off topic, I weigh myself the other day and have lost about 7kg during our stay in UK.
Finally we made it to the junction which would have taken us up to the top, to Mt Faulhorn (2681m). The world's longest sledge run is from Mt Faulhorn to Grindelwald.
which is 15km in length.
From the junction, this is only about a few hundred metres of up hill climb to the top of Mt Faulhorn and we said bugger it. We are not climbing anymore as we were stuffed and the it was getting cold as the snow is getting heavier. It took us 2hr and 45 mins.
We sledge down from the juction and not from Mt Faulhorn and so we couldn't really say that we have done the 15km but only about 14 and a bit km which is not too bad for a first timer.
Sledging is so much fun and quite easy when you have the right gear. We didn't. I wore my jeans which was a very stupid thing to do as the jeans gets wet and my thighs and buttocks was freezing. Not going to wear jeans doing stuff on snow every again.
The first part of the run from Faulhorn to Bussalp was a nightmare. The snow was thick and because it was the first time we sledge, we brake alot by putting our feet on the snow which causes the snow to splash all over our front, which is the face, body and pants. The body is fine as we have water and wind proof jackets. The pants is not as i have jeans. The face. I couldn't feel my face, it was just numb. my fingers were getting numb too. I couldn't see as my sunnies was getting muddled by the snow. It was horrible and we have about 15km of this?
There were a few times I totaled head first into the snow. It was fun and nice coz the snow is soft but not good for the face and my pants. I totaled about 4 times in the beginning as it was very difficult to see the track.
When we got down to Bussalp the weather was better. There were sunshine and we rested for about 10 mins there.
The rest of the trip was great as the track is the road the bus takes to get to Bussalp from Grindelwald. The snow is thin and the track is wide. The thin ice is great because we don't get splash by the snow when ever we put our foot down on the ice to steer and to brake.
I loved it. Would do it again. I really enjoyed the trail as it seems like a cross country sort of trail. There are other sledging trails where you take a ski lift up, sledge down and then repeat the sequence again. The run which we did was unique as it is long and also you have to hike to it.
The sledging took about 1hr and 25 mins overall.
When we got to Grindelwald, we just couldn't wait to get on the train and then head back to our hostel for a hot shower.
We were very happy with what we have done. I am stuffed now. We are heading off to Luzern tomorrow.
I am going to go to bed now and hopefully my battered body will get enough rest. There are more walking tomorrow in Luzern.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Football and pub
Alot of people have asked me why am I coming to the UK? And inevitably, people would assume that I came over here because of football. But that's not really true.. unless if i was a football player then it is a totally diffrent story. I still haven't been to watch any games yet. As for games that are televised on the TV then, I would say that the coverage in Australia is not that bad, at least I have cable TV at home but over here, if you want to watch the football games, you have to have cable TV.
Which means that if Everton was playing, I would have to go to a pub to watch the game. So far we have been to the pub twice and twice we felt disgusted afterward due to the smoking. I don't think Tan could take it much longer. This weekend Everton is playing Chelsea and it is shown live on Fox. The solution would be to find a friend who has Fox and self-invite my self over. The only person i know who is a football fan and has fox lives over at Cambridge.
The beer is not bad.. If only we can find a non-smoking pub.
Back to football... I have played football twice now. I play on Tuesday night with a bunch of guys from Vineyard church. Tuesday night is their training night and they play on Saturday.
We play at a community sport centre which means that they have to book the football court. We start at 6:30 and finishes at 7:30 and it is played under lights in a court similar sized to indoor soccer. The thing is, the courts are outdoor and it is freezing. The people are more skillful and bigger than what I was used to.
The ground is concrete. good luck if you fall down.
Which means that if Everton was playing, I would have to go to a pub to watch the game. So far we have been to the pub twice and twice we felt disgusted afterward due to the smoking. I don't think Tan could take it much longer. This weekend Everton is playing Chelsea and it is shown live on Fox. The solution would be to find a friend who has Fox and self-invite my self over. The only person i know who is a football fan and has fox lives over at Cambridge.
The beer is not bad.. If only we can find a non-smoking pub.
Back to football... I have played football twice now. I play on Tuesday night with a bunch of guys from Vineyard church. Tuesday night is their training night and they play on Saturday.
We play at a community sport centre which means that they have to book the football court. We start at 6:30 and finishes at 7:30 and it is played under lights in a court similar sized to indoor soccer. The thing is, the courts are outdoor and it is freezing. The people are more skillful and bigger than what I was used to.
The ground is concrete. good luck if you fall down.
Friday, February 04, 2005
First holiday abroad
Finally, we will be visiting the mainland Europe. Tan have holidays from 19/02 till 6/03. At first we thought of going skiing as it is the right thing to do during winter in Europe. I wanted to either visit Andorra or Austria for skiing.
But dunno why, we might not go skiing after all, are plans is to visit my friend in Strasbroug, France and from Bristol, easyjet, a discount carrier flies to Geneva. So our plan is to fly to Geneva and then make our way through various cities in Switzerland and then to Strasbroug and finally to Paris.
I never imagined that the first city that I would visit would be Geneva. I have always imagined that i would visit Austria or Italy or France first as Switzerland is one of the most expensive country in Europe if not the whole world.
The lonely planet western europe guide is an invaluble resource. Switzerland is truly an amazing country. The transportation is impressive and most of all the fact that over 70% of its terrain are mountains. I can just imagine it would be something like Queenstown, NZ. And i loved Queenstown.
I am excited.. and just then we booked our flight to geneva, our flight from France to london Heathrow and bus from Heathrow to Bristol. We have also book our first accomadation in Geneva in a youth hostel. We have had good experiences with hostels in NZ and Australia but I am not expecting the same over here. From what i have heard, the hostels in NZ are the best.
The fun part is where to go in 7 days in Switzeland. Even though it is a small country, there are heaps to see and not having been there, it is hard to judge how much time one should devote to a particular city.
There is train ride that we have to do and our journey follows the train journey. The trainline/journey is called the Golden Pass Line and goes from Geneve to Montreux to Interlaken to Luzern.
From Luzern, we will catch a train to Basel and then on to Strasbourg.
That's our plan so far. I am thinking of spending a couple of days each in Luzern and Interlaken. One day in Geneve and maybe one day in Montreux. We will see.
I will also have to get my camera soon.. I still haveent got my camera yet.. hmm
But dunno why, we might not go skiing after all, are plans is to visit my friend in Strasbroug, France and from Bristol, easyjet, a discount carrier flies to Geneva. So our plan is to fly to Geneva and then make our way through various cities in Switzerland and then to Strasbroug and finally to Paris.
I never imagined that the first city that I would visit would be Geneva. I have always imagined that i would visit Austria or Italy or France first as Switzerland is one of the most expensive country in Europe if not the whole world.
The lonely planet western europe guide is an invaluble resource. Switzerland is truly an amazing country. The transportation is impressive and most of all the fact that over 70% of its terrain are mountains. I can just imagine it would be something like Queenstown, NZ. And i loved Queenstown.
I am excited.. and just then we booked our flight to geneva, our flight from France to london Heathrow and bus from Heathrow to Bristol. We have also book our first accomadation in Geneva in a youth hostel. We have had good experiences with hostels in NZ and Australia but I am not expecting the same over here. From what i have heard, the hostels in NZ are the best.
The fun part is where to go in 7 days in Switzeland. Even though it is a small country, there are heaps to see and not having been there, it is hard to judge how much time one should devote to a particular city.
There is train ride that we have to do and our journey follows the train journey. The trainline/journey is called the Golden Pass Line and goes from Geneve to Montreux to Interlaken to Luzern.
From Luzern, we will catch a train to Basel and then on to Strasbourg.
That's our plan so far. I am thinking of spending a couple of days each in Luzern and Interlaken. One day in Geneve and maybe one day in Montreux. We will see.
I will also have to get my camera soon.. I still haveent got my camera yet.. hmm
Car
We have brought the car. The 1996 Peugeot 306 Diesel Turbo. It is not the world's quickest car, I can't imagine a diesel without turbo. We are quite happy with the car. It has 5 door and is quite spacious and most importantly quite stable at high speed, i hope. We haven't done more than 40mph on it yet.. maybe we will go somewhere this weekend, maybe the costwold.
Driving here is certainly different to OZ. When I get close to home, the first thing i have to do is to keep an eye out for parking spaces and if the places closer to home is unavailable, then i will have to turn back and park at the available spaces. The car is at different location, street every night.
It is not like oz where you can just rock up to your garage and then press the controller to open the automatic door and presto, you are home, you need not worry about the weather.
Here, we have to fold our side mirrors too because the footpath and the roads are small.
Driving here is about compromise as most small roads are one lane, due to cars parking on each side.
Our has a cassette player which i don't think we will ever use as we didn't bring any tapes or have any tapes to bring. At least the radio works. It doesn't have air cond but i doubt it if i would need to use it. It does have a sun roof which is handy.
Driving here is certainly different to OZ. When I get close to home, the first thing i have to do is to keep an eye out for parking spaces and if the places closer to home is unavailable, then i will have to turn back and park at the available spaces. The car is at different location, street every night.
It is not like oz where you can just rock up to your garage and then press the controller to open the automatic door and presto, you are home, you need not worry about the weather.
Here, we have to fold our side mirrors too because the footpath and the roads are small.
Driving here is about compromise as most small roads are one lane, due to cars parking on each side.
Our has a cassette player which i don't think we will ever use as we didn't bring any tapes or have any tapes to bring. At least the radio works. It doesn't have air cond but i doubt it if i would need to use it. It does have a sun roof which is handy.
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