Cruising Through the 6 states in the US

Yup, you probably guessed it - we travelled to the United States for our honeymoon! Specifically, it was the West America region... & we cruised through 6 states (California, Fresno, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Anaheim & Los Angeles) in 8 days (although it was an 11 days tour, but it included flight hours). It was a pretty decent trip in terms of its itinerary... but the events that took place where even more memorable!

We departed 1 day after our wedding (24 Nov), taking SQ16 to California (stopping for a 1 hour transit at Icheon airport in Korea). On the flight back, we took SQ11 from Los Angeles (stopping for another short 1 hour transit at Narita airport in Japan). The flight hours itself was long, about 17 - 19 hours for each flight trip to & from the US. But we entertained ourselves pretty well, with the inflight movies, handset games, music, meals (including instant mee) & of course, occasional trips to the small & squeezy toilet. *Laugh*... =)

Our overall experience of touring in US can be described in one consistent word - inconvenient. It took several hours to travel to each state (but that's understandable), its absolutely rare to come across a convenience store (to even buy basic toothpaste), its troublesome to keep finding spare cash to give tips (in varying %) & it can be many miles away from any nearby hospital, etc. It was quite scary to be stranded in the desert when our tour bus broke down for 7 hours! It was worrying to have to be driven in an emergency ambulance to a hospital (we have never been to a hospital overseas). It was annoying not to be able to find even a small convenience stall to buy painkillers, toothpaste, bottled water, etc.

As for scenery, it was nice... & it felt good to stand on top of the Grand Canyon! Universal Studios was fantastic too! Disneyland was ok, not too bad... very different from the time I went there at a very young age (I think I was 3 years old). Food is expensive in the US & each time I convert to Sing dollar, it amazes me how costly things can be! Clam chowder is fantastic though!

Initially I thought that my Blog entry has to be very, very, very long & detailed. But since my loving & doting wife has so nicely & creatively arranged our selected photos into a nice album... this Blog entry will be short! Thanks, Dearie! =)