Melbourne Day 1

Finally I am doing this!! I've been trying so hard to remember every single thing and now its a release because i can throw all the memory here. Apologize in advance that i took so long, things getting really busy lately.. 

We depart from KL at 23 May 2230. We took AirAsia Flight because its not only cheap but it offer the best timing. What i meant by best timing was, we gonna arrive at Melbourne in the morning approximately 0800 and we suppose to come back at 28 May but because there is a flight back to KL at 29 May  1230 in midnight so we can enjoy one more day in Melbourne.

Lets start up with the MUST HAVE picture when you go travel. We are lucky enough that thou we didn't select the sits while booking the air ticket but we were arranged to sit together and its besides the window!! Another tips here, if you are going somewhere in 3 person, you don't really need to book the sits because the sits is usually 3 in a row right.. But of course you can book because there is always exception. So select the sits itself you need to pay extra RM 40 for each person.

Before departing. 

In the plane..

Its a perfect time for reading isn't it? "Rich Dad Poor Dad" recommended by a senior long time ago.  

Meanwhile, we also had the pre-ordered airline meal where we order while booking the air ticket. My mum jwas so worried that we got starving. But in fact, we just had something right before we depart and my flight was 1030 pm and we have to eat again at around 1230 or 1 am. But its a good try anyway. So we ordered Chicken Lasagna (me), Chicken Teriyaki (sis) & Chicken Rice (mum). All sounds so heavy huh. So if you are going for a trip with Air Asia and wondering what to order, i highly recommend you to try out their Chicken Lasagna! Its really good if you like cheesy stuff. Chicken Rice was unexpectedly taste good as well thou it looks kinda awful. Chicken Teriyaki not so good but i guess its most healthy among all. 

Following is what i said earlier, the must have pic!! 

We depart at night so we couldn't see anything. BUT, we do see the MOON and STARS.. which is really breathtaking.. Its like so close to you.. Thou i didn't have any pro gadget to capture it down but.. i guess i'll gonna remember that for life.. So this is the sun rise pic! 

This is where we about to land.. 

Going through the cloud.. 

Ladies and Gentleman, here i present to you.. Melbourne!

This is what i first saw when i step out from the airport. 

So we actually took the.. not sure how its suppose to be called but i think its something like Ground tour or Land tour from Mayflower. The difference between Ground tour and Tour Guide or Group travel package is you do not have a Tour Guide to guide you from the airport itself to the pick up bus and so on. Taking ground tour like us you have to book your air ticket by your own, and also find the pick up people on your own. But it is relatively cheaper and more flexible where you do not have to follow their specific date, you can go whenever its suits your schedule. Because usually if you are taking those group travel package, they'll state a specific date so you must follow their schedule. Overall we took this has save up RM 10,000 compare to the Group travel package. And you can actually learn a lot more things compare to the Group one because you need to be more independent and do more research. Which i think its totally worth it for 10k. 

Had a little trouble of finding the pick up bus but there is a very sweet woman to help us. And this is the first pic in the bus with some brochure. Typical tourist! 

So Day 1 is actually free and easy. After they pick you up from airport to hotel, you have one whole day to explore the city. But its all on you own. At first you might think its sort of scary or insecure because you are first day there and you don't know where to go how to go. But reason why they set free and easy for the first day is because you do not have to rush from airport to hotel then straight away start the tour, sometimes your flight might be delay or something happen.. who knows right? So it was actually fine for them to do so. 

When you reach the hotel you can chill for a while first after long hours of flight. But normally you won't do that for too long because you will definitely feel so excited to look around the city! 

Left is what i wore on plane and right is what i wore for Day 1

After so long, i still feel so excited to blog about this. Lets begin! 

First day first step out of hotel, we already met a very nice old ladies to help us took this photos. Who said they are racist to Chinese? Such a beautiful beginning. Anyway this is just right outside of the hotel that i stay.

This is what i see every day  just right after I walk down the street from the pic above. Melbourne is really impressive because it is really really beautiful in every single corner. 

 Yes no doubt! You'll see this on the street! When my friend browse through my phone photos shes like: YOU SEE THIS IN JUST NORMAL STREET? 

 You'll see a lots of street name picture along because it proved that we walked!! 

So beautiful until i feel like crying.. Its so touched that how a city can be so insanely beautiful..T.T

So through the ground tour in Mayflower, there is a list of hotel that you can choose. They have hotel from 3 star up to five star, again its all depends on your own budget. Thats why choosing ground tour can really save up a lot! Besides budgeting, you also want to choose a hotel which has the best location. So after i've done the research, The Victoria All Season Hotel is the best! Its located in Little Collins Streets, its so near to the Myer and David Jones(shopping mall), and a lots of cafe and because its in the CBD is it so close to just walk to anywhere you want and yet the price is reasonable.

Then, we head to Federation Square according to the staff in airport she said is a must for tourist to visit because you can get all sort of information you need here. But actually we just simply walk and here we are!

I actually did a list of some of the must go places in Melbourne before we went, church is in the list but unfortunately we didn't go in to the church because we have too much places to go and my mum doesn't want to go in. Well.. lets left it until the next time with someone who knows how to appreciate the same thing with you. 

 I snap the picture of this shop because it was so pretty and the cup cakes are so cute but when i editing the picture for this blog only i realize that the worker inside are looking at the camera. Kind a scary huh. Haha..

With my beautiful mum, thou we have fight sometimes but thank you so much for bringing us here.

I love you!

No filter!

Next stop is Victoria Market! One of the must go places as well, its been recommended from a lot of friends of my mum. I don't know why but still is a nice place to visit because you can buy a lot of fresh local fruits with crazily cheap price. My mum is a huge fans of grapes so of course we gonna buy tons of them back to hotel. 

Victoria Market is actually very far from where we stay but we still manage to walk there because walking in Melbourne city is so enjoyable, not only because of the cleanness of the city but also the chilling weather. Well, fruit and vegetables is not the only things that you can get it here, but also some cloths and stuff. But when we reach there they are about to close so we didnt get to look around the whole market. So, here is some important things you need to know which they are close on Monday & Wednesday. Meanwhile,   take down their operating time as well because its different everyday and you don't want to disappoint yourself.  

 Credits to the lovely couple to make this picture looks so lovely! Well.. they are actually just random people there but it just look so beautiful that makes me want to capture it down. And hopefully one day i'll be doing the same thing at the same place. haha.. Dreaming.. 

Another thing about Victoria Market you need to compare the prices between different stores and it is worth to go because you can buy tons of really fresh fruit as a meal. Because food in Melbourne is quite expensive if you convert it into Ringgit Malaysia. It might sounds kind a pity to do that but i can tell you its NOT AT ALL! Especially their Grapes and Apple taste so much better than what you get in Malaysia. I am not a big fans of Grape and i need the peel off the Apple skin whenever i eat but a big No in Australia because everything is so FRESH!!! All of them taste really really good. *thumbs up*

 Getting her all time favorite! The Grapes!!! 

 Their market is so much cleaner than Malaysia

And yea.. They do sell their oranges per box! Haha.. Interesting.. 

 Again.. Their apple is really really good! Highly recommend you to try it out! 

Pic below has been posted in previous blog but its so beautiful and i wanted to show you guys that i took this pic at Victoria Market. 

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All of our legs are burning, so we just sat down out of the market to chill a while like the local people. Please excuse me to cover up my ugly expression. haha.. 

It was around evening that time, so what we do at night was just shopping. Do take note that the mall over there do closed at 7pm some day. So check out their operating time before you heading to the mall. 

This was taken during shopping at shops around Myer. I'll share more about shopping in the coming post.

I guess we thats it for Day 1 in Melbourne. What is missing from the photo is I actually went to Victoria University and the rest was just walk around the city. Thank you so much if you are reading from the beginning until the end and i hope you do enjoy reading it. Why it took me so long for this is because i actually have 400 plus of photos from iPhone, iPad mini, camera and my mum Note II for just Day 1. It took some effort to edit, pick, filter and stuff.. Well.. i hope you guys like it and get some information or idea about travel to Melbourne. 

Travelling shouldn't be just a dream if you know how to budget and plan. So stay tuned for more tips and info in the following post. Hopefully it won't take too long for next one. See ya!