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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Kelowna Part 2

Here are some pictures from the Kelowna Trip..... Click on them to view larger image! Enjoy! :)


As we arrived in kelowna, the first wine shop that we visited was the Summerhill Winery....

The next winery we visited was Mission Hill Winery and Estate. We had a wine tour there and tasted a couple wines..... We bought some but then the next day we regretted ever buying any wine at Mission Hill. The wines at other wineries such as Inniskilin and Sumacridge which are located South of Kelowna were simply much better......


For more pictures:

Kelowna Trip Part 1


Finally I got the chance to write something about my trip to Kelowna, well it's more like a trip to Okanagan Lake.

So me and 5 other friends went to Kelowna last week (Wednesday and Thursday) and had great amount of fun!!! We took lots and lots of picturess.....

Also, we visited as many wineries as possible. Well, you don't go to Kelowna without visiting wineries. That's literally the only thing u can do there beside having Italian food at MammaRosa.
I have to mention here that we had a grreeeaattttt dinner experience at MammaRosa, if u ever visit Kelowna u should check that restaurant out! Yummy!!!

Finally, we came back to Vancouver with a trunk full of bottles and bottles of wines and ice wines. We didn't take the same route from Vancouver to Kelowna. Instead, we went South of Kelowna to Oliver, Osoyoos, then Keremeos, Hedley, then finally back to Highway 1. The driving trip back was in total 6 hours long plus the times we had visiting more wineries.

Oh yeah, after our visit to all the wineries, we all agreed that Inniskillin has THE BEST ice wine. All of us regretted buying ice wines in Mission Hill. Oh well.......... Mission Hill is the most well known one. So, we feel like we have been tricked by the branding. However, the ice wine in Inniskillin is very expensive. But, I guess you have to pay the price for what u get.......

Check out more pictures at the link below:

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

My Updated List of 50 Places to Visit Before You Die

~~~~~ North America ~~~~~

1. The Grand Canyon, USA
I am very excited that I am going there next month. :) :) I can't wait to stand and walk on the skyline and enjoy the panoramic view of Arizona Dessert.....


3. Florida, USA

7. Las Vegas, USA
I am also going to Las Vegas for a couple days next month. Not as exciting as going to Grand Canyon though, well, just 'cause I have been to Las Vegas. But, I am pretty excited to explore some places I didn't have the chance to visit last time. Plus, I am absolutely gonna see more Vegas shows this time.

I went to Las Vegas in summer 2008. Now, I got to see why people call Las Vegas as "Sin City".

9. New York, USA
I went to New York in December 2006 with a couple of friends. I didn't quite have a good impression of the city. For me, it's a bit dirty and dark.

11. Canadian Rockies, Canada
Finally, I traveled to the Canadian Rockies before I went back for good to Indonesia.

15. Niagara Falls, USA / Canada
One word, SPECTACULAR. I went to visit Niagara Falls last year after my graduation with my parents. Check out my Niagara Falls pictures from the link below:

23. Yosemite National Park, USA

28. Alaska, USA

36. San Francisco, USA
I have been here a couple times, May 2006 and August 2008. I have a friend who lives in San Francisco. What a romantic city with hills.....


~~~~~ Central America ~~~~~

13. Chichen Itza , Mexico

43. Barbados, Barbados


~~~~~ South America ~~~~~

14. Machu Picchu, Peru

26. Iguassu Falls, Argentina / Brazil

31. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

33. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

47. Angel Falls - Venezuela


~~~~~ Europe ~~~~~

18. Venice, Italy

27. Paris, France
I went to Paris in July 2009 as part of my European Tour. However, I didn't really like it except the fact somebody great built an amazing structure like Eiffel Tower. Other than that, the roads are messy and people can't drive properly. It's just a mess for me. Hahaha....

35. Rome, Italy

37. Barcelona, Spain

44. Iceland

46. Zermatt, Switzerland


~~~~~ Africa ~~~~~

5. Cape Town, South Africa

17. The Pyramids, Egypt

21. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

32. Masai Mara, Kenya

34. Luxor, Egypt

40. La Digue, Seychelles

48. Abu Simbel - Egypt


~~~~~ Middle East ~~~~~

16. Petra, Jordan

38. Dubai, United Emirates Arab
I was in Dubai Airport for a transit from Indonesia to Europe. One day I hope I will have the chance to explore Dubai more. One day....

~~~~~ South Asia ~~~~~

6. Golden Temple, India

10. Taj Mahal, India

19. The Maldives, Maldives

30. Himalayas, Nepal

41. Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka


~~~~~ East and Central Asia ~~~~~

20. Great Wall of China, China

22. Hong Kong, Hong Kong
I went to Hong Kong in summer 2007 with my younger brother, a cousin, and my uncle. I had a great shopping experience in Hong kong. I also went to macau, China. It only take one hour or so to go to macau from Hong Kong by ferry. Macau is the Las Vegas of Asia, casinos are everywhere.

45. Terracotta Army, China


~~~~~ South East Asia ~~~~~

29. Angkor Wat - Cambodia

39. Singapore, Singapore
I have been here a couple times since it is closed to my home country, indonesia.

42. Bangkok, Thailand
I have been to Bangkok and Pattaya in Thailand. Bangkok is the cworst city in the world for traffic.

49. Bali, Indonesia
Indonesia is my home country. it would be ashamed if I have never been to Bali. I have been to Bali a couple times. I can't remember what year, probably in December 1999. I spent New year's Eve of 2000 in Bali.


~~~~~ Australia and New Zealand ~~~~~

2. Great Barrier Reef, Australia

4. South Island, New Zealand

8. Sydney, Australia

been here......

12. Uluru, Australia

25. Auckland - New Zealand


~~~~~ Micronesia ~~~~~

24. Hawaii, USA

50. Bora Bora, French Polynesia