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SRI LANKA Day 1 – Kandy & nearby areas
After the “CEYLON” intro blog and the summary of our SRI LANKA Itinerary, here comes day 1. Day 1 – Kandy and nearby areas – Left the hotel at 6:30 am – Elephant Orphanage – Spice & Herbs Garden – Temple of the Tooth – Tea Estate – Ramboda Waterfalls – Head home, dinner on the way @ Dee Tree – Arrived hotel at 10:30 pm Elephant Orphanage @ Dept. of National Zoological Garden (Colombo Zoo) www.colombozoo.lk – Pinnawalla Rambukkana • Entrance Fee – 2500 Rupees (67 AED) – with 1 AED = 37 Rupees The elephants are trained to carry their own food and even some logs. We…
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Sri Lanka Trip Itinerary Summary
As of writing, the 3 of us (Kokobear, Ate Amie and I) are now in the airport going back to Dubai/Abu Dhabi. It’s 5:27 am – from Colombo airport there is a layover to Mattalla for an hour then Dubai. While waiting to board FZ 551 I have chosen to start this series of blog with the summary of our itirenary! Day 0 – Arrival Checked in the hotel – Paradise Beach Hotel in Lewis Place Negombo. It is 15-20 minutes ride from the airport. Talked to HF (Holiday Factory) representative – Mr. Vasantha regarding our plan for the daily tour. We walked the street in Lewis Place where restaurants…
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Ceylon | 2016
A Detour to Ceylon To some of you who know our Eid getaway plan this year, perhaps you’ll be surprised that #ByaheNgKokobears is heading to another destination. Don’t wanna mentioned where we’re supposed to be but this time we are heading to CEYLON or now called SRI LANKA and we have a special guest, Ate Amie joins the adventure! After the twist and turns of events, I started reading about this new destination and found some interesting places and activities. As an intro blog, I will be listing below what I expect to experience and shall update this once we complete or miss those items. While reading this, we maybe…
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10 Must Visit Places when you’re in Cebu (City)
CEBU – My beautiful city has so much to offer. But what if you only have a short time to stay? Here are my “MUST VISIT” places when you visit the Queen City of the South! Above photo is from Kasia of Stylish travel Trips. * * * 1. Sto. Niño Church – also known as Basilica del Santo Niño It is in Osmeña Boulevard, D. Jakosalem St, P. Burgos St. and the Plaza Sugbo where the Magellan’s Cross is located. The main entrance is on Osmeña Boulevard. Two blocks north of the basilica is the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu. It holds…
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Of Heartaches and Pain
Of Heartaches and Pain When a dream becomes elusive And couldn’t make it exclusive How do you mend a broken heart? – this song people associate love and hurt And, where do broken hearts go? However cliché this question be, what do I do? No, this is not what you think, A goal flashes and perishes in a blink Why Oh why, this brought me tears to cry How do you face rejection? Causing an uproar emotion Heart dropped down – raised my head up Cover me Father, allow me to hear you, carry me when life is low Of heartaches and pain Feels like drenched in the…
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SCG3 – Serve with Perseverance
CFFL 3rd Senior Core Group (SCG) (To be published on #TVM12) You’re so “maingay!” (You’re so noisy!) – I shouted these words to the fellow attendees during a “crucial” start of a team game that we played for the 3rd SCG at St. Paul’s Church room FFO2. Then I heard the crowd laughing! I was focused; I was on a game face and turned on my leadership skills. Our target is to beat 2 minutes and 47 seconds to accomplish the task at hand. The crowd starts to speculate what the game was all about. Group 1 – did it in 7 minutes Group 2 in 3 minutes Group…
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DIY – Travel Diary (Maldives)
Last 2015 September, Kokobear and has the privilege to do our first International Travel together as a couple to Maldives. The summary and further story can be found on – ByaheNgKokobears-Maldives 2015 On this entry, I would like to share to you the DIY (Do It Yourself) art that I did for this travel! I call it Travel Log. A DIY Travel Diary – Maldives :) So here the materials: Old certificate folders Binder Rings cut-out photos of any thing about travel /journey around the world and most especially Maldives photos Paste/Glue Scissors All memoir of the travel Maldives Photos, tickets, money etc. So, let’s start! Materials: hard paper – in…
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TGIT – 3 Counted Blessings – Vol 3
Welcome to TGIT- # Counted Blessings – Vol. 3 It’s Thursday once again! Thanks God It’s Thursday! And yes, I am making another TGIT #Counted Blessings series once more. Apologies, that it took me some time to continue this series… not that I’m not having a blessings in fact, every new day is a new blessings from God. I just got caught up with community activities and TVM issues plus personal stuffs. But I’m back! ^^ so back! So let’s start! 1. TVM Issue 11 – We’ve released it on 15th July 2016 during Abu Dhabi’s GA. It’s such a blessing that we have added 4 more pages of stories…
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