wanderlust, wonderment and words

Dreaming of the wine country, jumping off jetties, riding waves, walking through hills, driving on highways. 

California, I’m coming back for you soon. 

Circa 1996, San Francisco, California. 

My parents brought me here more than 10 years ago. I went back to try to find the same spot, but couldn’t. I guess that’s how much things change, the landscape, the lookout points, all wear and tear over the years.

My dad still has those big square frames and still wears that green jacket, mum still has those high set cheekbones and that cap (somewhere), I still have that teddy and the kiddy face. I’m glad somethings stay the same. 

Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand

New Zealand

South Korea

Amsterdam

Germany

Switzerland

Monaco, France

St. Tropez, France

Avignon, France

Arles, France

Paris, France

London, UK

Cambodia

Bali

LA

San Francisco

Anaheim, Disneyland

Sydney

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I love travelling with you. So here’s to more days spent in beautiful cities, exploring and wandering (:  

Sorry about the uber long hiatus. The new year has come and we’re officially in 2012. Along the midst of everything, my harddisk crashed which left me mourning and frantically and desperately backing up every single thing I have and also trying to retrieve lost files. I’ve established some must-do and must go items for the year (including backing up file more efficiently). I forsee plenty of photos (which also means plenty of backlog), but while I’m still diligent, here is more of San Francisco. 

The woman with the white hair? I’m not sure what captured me more; the fact that she had the whitest hair I’ve ever seen, or that she wore ALL white. Or could be both. Oh the sun, the dusk light was like a sheet of gold just blanketed the whole of San Francisco or something. (Sighs in contentment).

P.S. Spot the monkey :p

A small Blue Bottle Coffee serving joint with sunlight sifting through the large open windows. Check out the size of those lattes! Love love drinking coffee out of a big bowl :) The food is fresh, tomatoes couldn’t get any crunchier, avocados couldn’t get any greener. Mmmhmmm! 

Thank you for never letting go, love. 

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

You and me, let’s go; inspire, be. 

The (somesay) surf capital of the world, home of O’Neil - Santa Cruz. 

This is actually pretty much what we saw besides a bit of the town center, for lunch cos we were super behind time in getting to LA. It reminds me of what places like Interlaken, Switzerland and Queenstown, NZ would be like in winter - people wearing wetsuits around town, grabbing lunch and hitting the waves after, just like people wearing ski/boarding pants and oversized skijackets and boarding boots, etc walking around town getting burgers and pretty much living in their snowgear. 

We’ll be back! There’s apparently alot we didn’t see while we were there. 

California, San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge, 2011.