I assure you that that though I’m blogging after a long time, this will be one of my longest posts. So, sit back and relax. :)



I just came back from a week’s holiday to San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, USA. It came as a surprise to me as well when my brother told me that he booked a ticket for me too. He happened to get a good offer for accumulating some points at a membership with some airlines, so he called me along since I was having me holidays too.


The flight we took stopped over at Seoul, Korea for an hour and thankfully, we could get off the plane. It was a pleasant surprise to me to come to know that they actually had a surau, what we call a prayer room at Seoul! I mean, ya, I know that Muslims are spread out worldwide (more coming up later), but, a prayer room there was really unexpected and really nice to know. :) This was about 6 hrs of journey. After which we took the same flight to San Francisco which was roughly about 12 hours. All in all, the journey took us about 19-20 hours which was the longest flight I ever took. Fortunately, they had some of the latest movies and songs that we could entertain ourselves with. The food looked nice, but not appealing enough to me as I really can’t take flight food. The only things that I felt comfortable munching on were bread and jam, my favourites, and fruits.

When we landed in San Francisco, I was really glad that the flight journey was finally over. Long awaited that moment. Then, we took a train, what they called the BART system to Powell station, closest to the hotel we reserved and managed to find our way there. Not till we left the BART station did we realise the intensity of the coldness in San Francisco. It was really chilly. The coldest temperature I’ve ever experienced since my trip to Greece. Even the jackets we bought just a day ago felt a little too thin to keep us completely warm. Finally, we reached the hotel and had a good nap. We only left around 9pm at night when most of the city shops were closed but had a good look at the Union Square, the centre of the city which was nearby. It is like their Orchard Road.



Me and my bro in what they called a cable car, isn't it poles apart from what we call one. haha.




That's my brother, he's feeding the pelicans which is why the bay was sudden;y flooded by them




I think that our stay at LA was the most enjoyable as we visited Disneyland there! Wow. Never had I imagined that cuz I’ve never been to any Disneyland before, only my 2nd sis has. I was really excited. By the time we booked into Hilton was about 12 plus in the morning. So, we just washed up and slept well. In the morning, we had a buffet breakfast which was not worth the money cuz I didn’t really fancy the food there. No wonder it seemed deserted. Sigh. Anyway, we headed of to Universal Studios and Hollywood. It was gReAt! We watched a few 4D and 3D shows, there was a tour around the studios, there was a horror mansion and many more. We took some shots with Shrek, the donkey from Shrek, this Dracula from Frankenstein, I think. It was cool.

That evening we went to Hollywood and walked along the Hollywood walk of fame where the stars names are printed on star shapes on the ground. The whole area there was very lively and I just felt like it was Christmas season. We had dinner at McDonalds there. Yaay. Filet-o-Fish as usual, I mean, what else could we eat right. That was a really, really, really exhausting day. Once we reached the hotel, we gathered our luggage and took a car to Anaheim. Why we had to go there was because that was where Disneyland is and everyone advised us to stay at a hotel there instead as they are walking distances from Disneyland and we’ll be needing at least 2 days there. My lens was dry and I had a feeling they would just pop out any moment. Once we reached the chalet-look-a-like Mexican hotel, I lay flat, face-down on the hotel bed ( of course I removed my lens before that and thank goodness I got myself the daily lens this time around, I can’t imagine if I still had to take them out, put them in the box, pour the solution, blah-blah!).






"I'll be coming for you tonight" were the words the Dracula whispered in my ear






The black car is one of the 2 cars that performed a 'dance' for us. Yup! They are controlled by machines, of course, but it seemed so natural. They are used in the upcoming movie Fast and Furious 4.

Ok that’s it for now, I got to go. I think I’ll update about my stay at LA in my next post. :)

Love,

NisA