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Venezia

August 17, 2010
It feels like I was stuck in Italy eh? But we did leave, in fact Venezia (Venice) was our last stop. Venice is packed full of tourist and seem very popular with Chinese tourist. All the missing in action chinese tourists starting from Florence up, started to re-appear :P The main transportation in...

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Milano

August 16, 2010
LOL :P Side note: Happy birthday tour guide! ...

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Cinque Terre: Monterosso

August 15, 2010
It is the largest of the 5 and has long stretch of beach, that is said to be a major attraction to this village. We were there in May, it was not the high tourist season yet. There were quite a fair bit of people but definitely not as crowded yet. The sand...

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Cinque Terre: Vernazza and Corniglia

August 14, 2010
The initial plan was to post village by village from the most south village Riomaggiore, going up to Monterosso. However it seem odd to chuck in Corniglia when the trekking obviously brought us to Vernazza. So, it make it a little organised to put both villages together. Anyway... It was passed noon when...

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Trekking from Manarola to Vernazza

August 13, 2010
The famous coastal trail leading from Riomaggiore to Monterosso was unfortunately closed due to heavy rain for safety reasons. However there are other trails to track, starting off from Manarola where we stayed. The people from the hostel suggested a trail from Manarola, which the starting point happened to be just further up...

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Take 5: Missing food from home

August 09, 2010
Was looking through my folders of pictures and ahh... food from home are yummy! First day of breakfast, I brought tour guide to popiah and coffee in Imbi Market. LOL, think tour guide got a bit of culture shock :P Nasi lemak with spicy kick.. yumm... Miss the days when I can hopped...

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Cinque Terre: Manarola

August 08, 2010
Lack of pictures on Manarola - both the cameras ran out of batteries. Accommodations or available rooms for rent in Cinque Terre are mostly up at the hills, involving walking uphill and many staircases. This is the hostel we stayed at when we were in Cinque Terre. Apparently it probably the only hostel...

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