The Legend of Japan

Ever since I watched the movie “Pearl Harbour” and learning the World War II history in secondary school about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, I have always wanted to visit the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Memorial Park.  A few years ago, I was given the opportunity to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and it was one of my most memorable and touching moment in my life.

The park serves as a memorial to all the people who were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.  When I was walking through the park, a mix of emotions just ran through my mind.  There are several monuments around the park but one of the most touching sight is the Children’s Peace Monument which was surrounded with thousands of paper folded cranes.  At that time, I was told that the paper cranes were sent by children all over the world to demonstrate peace message as well as a memorial for a young girl who died from radiation from the atomic bombing.

Visit the Borneo Island, Sabah Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu is also known as KK in short, the state capital of the Malaysian State Sabah, is located on the tropical island of Borneo. The geography of Sabah is facing the South China Sea and it is surrounding by many small islands.

The major tourist attractions are focused around the islands famous beaches located in the southern and eastern parts of the country. The ancient heritage sites located in the interior of the country and lush green resorts located in the mountainous regions of the country. 

KK has long sandy beaches, paradise islands, tropical rain forest and the famous Mount Kinabalu which is going to take two and a half hour drive from the city. Mount Kinabalu is the highest peak at its 4095 meters in Borneo, South East Asia and making it the 
20th well-known mountain in the world.

Twelve Apostles & The Great Ocean Road

I have been to Great Ocean Road & 12 Apostles with my friends last year in December, 2011. We were going on a road trip. We hit the road for a day of driving to see the 12 Apostles along the Great Ocean Road. It was a very long day trip down and back from Melbourne to the destination. We depart from Melbourne by 6 a.m. early in the morning to avoid the traffic congestion as we decided to go during weekdays. The drive from Melbourne along the Great Ocean Road takes about 8 hours. It was the longest road trip that I have ever been which it took approximately 7 or 8 hours round trip, depending on how long you would stop in every spot. It was a very scenic drive in Victoria, Australia. There are actually quite a number of sightseeing spots that you might be interested to stop by such as London Bridge, The Grotto, Loch Ard Gorge etc.