May travel diary

Once again, I used the instaweather app to record the places I'd been to  .

Here's what went .

Because I flew with ANA , I caught the connecting flight in Narita Airport

                                                    Which turned out to be quite interesting really ...

...more so , when I spotted the Star Wars plane !

Eventually landed in Los Angeles .

Had a few hours to myself to get over the jetlag ( nah....nothing ) and I actually hunted down a Daiso lol .

Tour proper started the very next day .

This is a patrol station on the way to Las Vegas

Checked in at Planet Hollywood ! 

Yeah , the hotel itself ....

Had 2 days to explore Vegas which I really enjoyed . Days were too hot , night was wonderful .

My room at PH ....the Mario Brothers room with real movie props

Last day at Vegas . On the night of my arrival Lionel Richie was performing downstairs and in a few months time , Britney has upcoming shows on the cards . 

Garden Grove was my base in California . Spent quite a few nights here as the tour companies kind of subbed out packages to other companies and almost every tour would use LA as a point of departure .

Hearst Castle 

Same place 

After the tour , we stopped by at this small town for dinner .

Spent one night at Marriot Courtyard .

Not bad .

Enjoyed a congee breakfast in San Francisco

Tried my best to take a shot of this tower but the weather was so gloomy until the bus arrived at a beautiful viewing spot to take in the Golden Gate

Stayed on the outskirts ( again !) but the hotel was quite good 

Did the Grand Canyon before a late lunch at Fresno

At yet another gas station stopped , I went gaga over all those trucks .

Night. 

Went to my first American diner where I caused the waiter to go a little bit silly for reasons best known to him . Haha .

Next ....San Diego .

I really liked San Diego but unfortunately , the tour whizzed through the town just to take us to Seaworld and back .

After Seaworld , I had a whole day to fully enjoy Disneyland ( which I did )

And then for the 3rd day in a row I went to Hollywood first before doing yet another theme park....Universal Studios

This boy's mum let me take a picture with him . 

Stayed till evening before heading straight to the ....

...airport to catch a domestic flight on American Airlines to...

....JFK .

Hello New York !

I had a blast in New York .

Stayed in the centre of town .

Had 5 days to fully soak in this vibrant city with so many gorgeous people 

But the weather was really cold at times , unlike what you see in the picture here .

Went to Macy's

Loved looking at the Chrysler the most

And would you believe it if I told you how safe the city is ?

Took the subway and enjoyed the various talented street musicians

You can pretty much say , I grew really fond of New York 

Highlight of my entire trip ...being a live studio audience on The Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon

Yes !

Moving on

Took a 4 day break in Japan which I spent mostly in the surprisingly charming town of Narita 

Of course , I did head into Tokyo briefly 

It was fun though 

Finally ticked Kappabashi off my to do list 

Had the best sashimi platter of my life on the fringes of Asakusa .

Headed back to Narita 

Love the rural simplicity 

Plus there are no crazy swarms of people so I truly enjoyed the area .

Silence broken every now and then by pockets of Thai tourists who seem to looooveee shopping here .

And that was the end of that .

With my first Malaysian meal at Cargas Cafe . Yums !