Malam semalam sebenarnya we went out to Darling Harbour lagi. Konon nak tengok fireworks. Fireworks ke mana kita tah ke mana. Tawaf satu round sudah gagal. Pastu hujan pulak. Tak pasal-pasal kena naik cab balik. Boleh aje nak naik train.. saje je ngada tak nak jalan jauh.. and basah kuyup.
So today we have booked ourselves on a tour to Blue Mountain. The mountain looks blue when the sun shines on it.. or was it due to kuprum or sulfat deposits on it. Akak kurang periksa sebab masa tourguide tu cakap.. aku dah macam ngantuk lite-lite. Hmm.. apa nama tourguide tu pun kan? Was it John or Mike? Let's call him John..(err ke Dave?). John picked us up in front of the hotel. In our group, there 2 bloke (possibly gay) from Hong Kong? ke Singapore. A mom and daughther from Taiwan (or was it they were from Hong Kong?), a family or maybe friends of 4 from tah German ke Tukistan ke mana tah. A couple from NZ.. who has a son called Jeremy. I heard them talking to their camcorder. A Japanese lady. Maybe another couple. And cik Kiah dan Cik Temah dari Malaysia (kitaorg la tu).
The ride outside the city takes about 2 hours or so. But first stop is the Olympic Park (again!). John explained a tthing or two about the place and we did take a couple of shots this time around. and we learned something, they have engraved all the names of the volunteers for the Olympic games on the steel poles outside of the stadium. How cool is that. Also in the picture below is our tour bus/van.
After that off to Blue Mountain. John mentioned that if he has Asian in his group, they are a quite bunch and rarely ask question nor pay attention to his driving. If he had Americans or Europeans, they would check his every steps, left or right turning. Ha betul pun.. the bunch of us Asian terus membuta. Tau-tau dah sampai... but wait, it's not Blue Mountain yet.
We stopped at another wildlife park run by the locals. It's called Featherdale Wildlife Park. Betul-betul belakang-belakang rumah orang. Macam bayangkan Setapak Garden, tetiba ada zoo kat sebelah kedai dobi. Aku tengok dingo cage tu macam bordering dengan satu rumah ni. Agaknya malam-malam dia campak leftover masuk dalam cage dingo tu. This time, we can get up close and personal with the animals. Nak pegang segala Koala, Kangaroo and other unidentified binatang semua boleh. Taik-taik semua bertaburan sedia untuk dipijak oleh orang ramai.In fact aku rasa some of taik kangaroo terlekat kat kasut aku sampai Malaysia tak tanggal. Haram bejad' betul. Tempat tu nice la cuma 1) busuk 2) aku memang tak minat dengan binatang-binatang ni. Jalan cepat-cepat sebab nak masuk gift shop. Macam nampak light at the end of the tunnel. Tengok la gambar-gambar kitaorang yang cuba nak berlakon jadi animal lover ni.
After that baru la pergi Blue Mountain. We had lunch kat situ. Kitaorang makan fish n chips la, apa lagi. First stop at Blue Mountain is a place call 3 sisters. Konon 3 sisters ni kena sumpah ke bapak dia sumpah supaya ada orang jahat tak boleh kidnap depa. Tapi the thing that was used to turn them into stone was lost forever, so the dad cannot changed them back to human form. Ye la. Apa-apa hal posing dulu.
Then there's a few ride attraction at Blue Mountain. You can go the steepest railway in the world, go on the Scenic tour macam cable car across the valley and climb back up with another cable car. So first stop is the Scenic Skyway. Best la sebab sampai tengah-tengah tu, glass floor dia, dia hilangkan tinted so that nampak macam gayat kita diri atas a very deep valley.
Dah sampai seberang, we got on Katoomba Scenic Railway. Mula-mula aku macam confident gila, tapi pastu hampeh. As usual, kakak aku nak duduk depan sekali. Sorry la ye Kiah.. kau nak suruh aku muntah awal-awal lagi ni? Bila nak start siap ada lagu Indiana Jones theme lagi. Celaka aje. Memang steep gila. Almost 47 degrees... ke brp degree tah. Aku mula-mula pegang kat jaring-jaring tepi tu... tapi sakit pulak bila lalu kat celah-celah daun-daun. Last-last tutup mata, sambil jerit panggil mak, atuk, nenek. Tak kurang jugak diselang selikan dengan makian-makian yang indah macam Sh*t, bloody hell.. F*ck.. kena la bapak Jeremy edit video dia. Bapak jeremy duduk depan aku. Heheheheh
Rupanya the railway was used to carry coal up the mountain. Next we get to go around the trail along the mountain, and tengok tempat korek arang batu and what not. As usual tak berminat. Mana gift shop ni? At the end of the trail, naik cable car lagi ke atas.. terus balik masuk gift shop. Suka aku concept ni.
After that, is the ride back to the city. We stopped by an ice cream shop at someone's house. Kononnya the best ice cream in the world. Ye la... aku pun beli la ice cream... dah sejuk makan lagi ice cream. Apakah.
Ohh rupanya our tour stopped at the ferry aje. We are going back via Ferry. Yippeee... we're taking the ferry back to Sydney via Parammata river. Masa tu dah nak malam, so it was very pretty to see the sun go down from the river. If anyone ask me, I'd say this is my favorite part of this holiday. Macam hebat gila. We get to see all this cool houses (read rumah-rumah orang kaya) by the river, semua ada boat kat luar rumah. And aparently the ferry is a pretty common transportation for these people. At one of the stops, a group of people dressed up (siap with evening gown apa segala) lepak aje naik ferry pergi Sydney. Akak impress you all! And of course kerana darjah kejakunan sangat tinggi, kitaorang duduk kat luar aje though ada seat kat dalam. Best boleh rasa the evening breeze. Nasib tak mabuk laut or demam sebab lepas tu sejuk gila. By the time we approach the Harbour, it's already dark but boy was the sight something else. Memang cantik view at nite. Apa lagi keluar camera, posing time. Time tu la pulak nak mampus bateri. So snap je la apa yang sempat. Check out muka orang jakun naik ferry. Happy gila.
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