Kangaroo meat, at that time I was still eating meat but I didn’t feel like trying it. Live Kangaroos It is not what you think, it is a Hindu symbol. Koalas Big bats or more accurate flying-foxes at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. They are big and I was afraid that one of them would fall…
“Richmond’s Foodie Blogger” is a one-year contract role with a salary of $50,000, apartment and living compensation (negotiable upon final selection) and a daily stipend for all restaurant meals. And to help burn off all those daily restaurant samplings, the job even includes a one-year membership to the Richmond Olympic Oval (home to a 23,000…
Busy restaurant in Waikiki, very cheap and good food (but the 2 days I went there the washrooms weren’t accessible, there was a notice on the door to go to the nearby mall, I suppose this is how they keep costs down, however, very likely it was something temporary). Flyer that I was handed in…
My wife and I were at the top of Diamond Head, a popular destination in Waikiki and therefore very crowded. There we overheard Mitch from Guides of Oahu pitching his tour, “Real Hawaii”; he was saying that his tour goes to places where the commercial tours do not. Usually I don’t fall for these kind…
Yes, I stayed at Hooters, the price was too god to resist not to mention that the reviews on TripAdvisor did not seem to be as bad as the name would have implied. Actually some incredible prices were mentioned so I wondered whether I could get the same. “On my annual trip to Vegas for…
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Speech “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. ……………………………………………………… With confidence in our armed forces – with the unbounded determination of our people – we will…
Last year this period I was in Sydney, Australia and I took the photos from the Sydney Tower. It is interesting how the queue looked like. It started compact but then it changed the shape, I suppose because of the heat. The queue was for:
These photos will conclude my ‘series’ about LA.
Another must for anyone who visits L.A. is the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As usual, Wikipedia is the place to go for additional information: Below the inscription, in the lower half of the star field, a round inlaid brass emblem indicates the category of the honoree’s contributions. The emblems symbolize five categories within the entertainment…
I remember seeing some old movies and documentaries about bodybuilders training on a beach in Los Angeles. It was the famous Muscle Beach. I was recently in LA and had to see it. I wanted to exercise among the bodybuilders there; I would have posted the video on YouTube and people would have laughed so…