Instead of blogging I've spent the past week on the biggest (and the most amazing!) cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas! So here is a picture blog of that week, in a nutshell.

View from our balcony on the ship, hello sun!

Pool in the solarium, where I spent the majority of my time on the ship haha

Unlimited kiwi & strawberry juice!

Royal Promenade, the deck for cafes and shops

Shopping on the ship

View from the top of the Boardwalk deck, the deck of candy, ice cream and a carousel!

The carousel on Boardwalk. I went down 16 levels to take this photo! lol

Spent day 3 on the ship in Labadee, Haiti! I'm so upset I didn't take my camera with me when we went parasailing. Parasailing was the best thing I did in Haiti, something I'll always remember.

The sweltering hot beach

I always ordered 2 desserts at dinner.... :(

The cruise ship chef sure whips up a fine cherries jubilee!

Day 5 and 6 in Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico!

On the way to wash off the salt water after power snorkelling in Costa Maya where I swam near a poisonous lion fish and held a starfish for the first time. I actually fear starfish. Holding it did not help my fear...the starfish started sucking onto my hand :'(

Went quadbiking through Cozumel jungle. Dirty but worth it!

Nobody told me that my goggles were crooked :(

...and a beautiful sunset (:

I had a wonderful week on the Allure of the Seas. The ship had everything from broadway performances in the Ambre theatre (I watched Chicago there and enjoyed it so much!), Aqua aerobics shows at the Aqua theatre, complimentary pizza, donut, ice cream shops, buffets and cafes, a comedy lounge, jazz lounge, ice skating rink, a rock climbing wall, gaming arcade, mini golf coursea zip line from one end of the ship to the other, a whirlpool and even a surf machine!

It was my first time visiting Haiti and Mexico, two very exciting experiences! And I think I'm about ready to head home. After a week on the ship I spent a day in Miami, the last 3 days in Vegas and I just landed in LA.

I'll tell all about Vegas and LA very, very soon!

Happy New Year from Florida!

Australia is one of the first countries to celebrate new years so spending it away from home and watching the CNN report on the Sydney fireworks really got me homesick :( I hope everybody enjoyed their NYE celebrations!

Florida is about 16 hours behind so the new year has only just arrived for me. It took an entire day to fly from Sydney to LA then LA to Florida so since I'm only spending 3 days here, instead of spending my NYE at Disneyland I explored the malls and outlets of Orlando :D by the time I got back to the hotel though I was too exhausted to even go out for dinner so I sank into a bathrobe and ordered room service. Room service = an overpriced mediocre herb butter stuffed chicken breast with a caesar salad that was predominately lettuce :(

On the upside to the unsatisfactory meal, my hotel is directly opposite Downtown Disney so I did end up strolling over to spend my new years countdown, Disney style. haha.

Today was my last day in Florida so we spent the entire day in Disney World then it's off to Miami bright and early tomorrow!

View from the balcony

Morning tea by the lake

And the shopping...begins!

Sephora is....amazing.



I don't think I've ever smiled this big haha


Room service

and on a rollercoaster in Disney World the next morning haha

I didn't expect to do much shopping in Florida so I'm really excited for the rest of the trip :D If you have any shopping reccommendations for LA and Vegas...I will be forever grateful! Haha

Golden Christmas

Christmas shopping is just about all done and dusted. I even managed to grab myself two cute rings along the way. I can't wait until Christmas and I can't wait to show you J's Christmas card haha.

The 32 hour trading frenzy begins today at Westfields! Shops are open all night until 5:00pm tomorrow for all the last minute Christmas shoppers. Boy am I glad to not be working tonight!

Happy Christmas shopping and a very Merry Christmas to all (:

xx

Japan 2010

2 weeks in Japan

Not the season for cherry blossoms but still as beautiful as ever

Took a picture at Nijo Castle

Making soy sauce for my katsu don

The most beautiful garden I've ever seen

The tea ceremony room

Milk tea waffles

Tako yaki from the streets of Osaka

Went green tea crazy

Shopped in every city

Raided every Topshop



Every Zara

Every H&M


and Forever 21

Spent a day in Disneyland

Wanted to buy everything!

Found my Mickey Mouse

Best purchase, ever. haha

Sat by the water

The deer in Nara bow to greet you :D a wild deer on Miyajima island though, ate the map I was holding when I tried to pat it! Haha

Explored Harujuku

Was shown the colour of our love at Sky Walk

Spent a whole day relaxing in a yukata at Oeda Onsen, hot springs.

Saw the Southern Lights of Shinjuku

Made a wish at the wishing tree

and couldn't leave Japan without some Green Tea Kit Kat!

After 2 weeks in Japan in was time to unwind in Cairns

Snorkelled the Great Barrier Reef. The most beautiful place to snorkel in the world <3 href="http://s942.photobucket.com/albums/ad264/annienguyen_/?action=view&current=33.jpg" target="_blank">
Boy have I missed Australian food!


I had the time of my life but it definitely feels good to be home (: