Monday, September 26, 2011

Opera House…you are stunning.

IMG_8990My oh my….just look what my eyes have witnessed. The Sydney Opera house is absolutely stunning. Every angle is just astonishing. Pulling into the Sydney Harbor is breathtaking…between the places I’ve seen Sydney and Hong Kong are two of my favorite places to pull into and pull out of….so far. ; )

 

 Went for another beautiful run underneath the Sydney Bridge….and up and around through the botanical gardens incredibly high on life at this point. There really was just so much happening all around me…Sydney really is such an active city and I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it as much as I could. After I was floating on my feet ever so delicately pouncing through the gardens on the pathway…I ventured through a well schemed out part of the garden/park. Nestled myself so passionately getting situated into a few yoga poses while I was there. Breathing deep in though my nose taking all of the fresh nature around me. There really was nothing else to compare spending an entire day to myself doing anything I wanted to do. Traveling really is such a personal hobby. So there I was in my own peace and serenity…surrounded by Australian nature.

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Having been to a few ports in Australia I thoroughly enjoy the fact that cities are so active and healthy…there’s always something outdoorsy and active you can get yourself into, no matter what.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Dubai…Fantasy Land

 

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Dubai was very intriguing….I like to describe it as Las Vegas cranked out on some super stacking steroids. Ha. It really was insane… Violeta, Brianna and I hopped on the ‘hop on hop off’ double decker bus and were ready as ever to venture through and around Dubai.

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Now folks, most of you go to shopping malls I presume? Well I suppose you’re used to the bland ultra comfortable hard wooden benches they place in typical shopping malls…ohh hell no! Not in Dubai! Classy, comfortable, and completely relaxing…Dad, I’m sure they did this just for you and your passion for shopping malls. I bet these don’t have gum stuck to the bottom!

 

Okay back to hopping back ON the bus…headed to the beach I suppose? Wait until you see what’s next. Enjoy the scenery along the way…

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Alright, this is it…this is one of the moment’s you’ve all been waiting for…flyIMG_0176IMG_0188

 

The buildings…the architecture…the glitz and glam of Dubai…really there’s nothing else like it in the world. Viewing the astonishing and ridiculous views of the intricate creations of buildings…wowwaaweeewow. Seriously the details in all of the architecture inside the shopping malls we viewed…MY GOOODNESSS….whyyyyyy?

IMG_0202IMG_0208IMG_0217                                              Leave it to me to be the weirdo to kiss the camel statues ass.

 

 

 

 

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It was such a wild change going from India…to Dubai…transitioning from not as a clean environment and dirt filled streets and wild traffic going to Dubai which is immaculate everywhere you turn.

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Seeing the worlds tallest building…racing up all of the stairs nearly fainting. haha…nahh I didn’t even go up it, it would cost me over $100. I’ll run up a mountain for free if I want to do something like that.

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All of these pictures below with a ski resort, a huge aquarium and naked men diving into a waterfall are all in different shopping malls in Dubai.

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It definitely was a once in a lifetime experience…I don’t necessarily have a desire to return but it was phenomenal actually having the opportunity to see all of it!