Putting aside the climate,it was one of the most enjoyable Perth trip I've ever experienced.Light load of passengers with the opportunity to rest as a deadhead crew on the 777 all the way up to Perth,marvelous set of crew members and to finally get to see the whole sight of Perth on the Hop On and Off Tour Bus,but we'll get to that later.
A scary experience occurred to us right after we arrived in Perth on the lovely evening of 26th February.After arriving,the whole bunch of us decided to get some dinner before hitting the beds.As humid the weather was that evening,we still decided to take a brisk evening walk with full stomachs along the empty streets of Perth.You know how Australia is when sunlight is no longer at sight,shops will all be closed with little signs of people wandering around.Not long after,we heard loud noises ahead of us,as if they were people quarreling and fighting.Our guess was right.There was a number of male youngsters fighting with each other in the middle of the road,while the girls at the side of the road were either screaming of yelling,trying to break the fight!It was something I've never seen before!It seemed to me that the group of youngsters were divided into two clans (which was white and black),and they were against each other.Racism alert!People walking around stopped by the curb of the road to witness the scene and they all (including us) gasped when 1 of the white boys fell hard on the ground and stopped moving after being attacked viciously by a black one.Without further thoughts,I quickly took my camera out and snapped a picture of the crime scene without realizing that the camera flash was in ON mode!Yikes!
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Seeing a white bright flash,the group of blacks started making a quick movement towards us and the only word that came out of my mouth was "Uh-oh!".Panic started hitting on us and we slowly took a few paces back.The black guys dashed pass us,when we realized it wasn't my flash that alerted them after all!Two really tall big sized policemen in bicycles were chasing after them from the opposite side of where we were standing.Unlucky for the youngsters,there were another two backups that stood not far behind us,exactly at the direction where the blacks were running towards.All of them were told to remain silent and keep still while the big guys made a thorough search on their bodies.It amazed me on how obedient the young criminals were towards the policemen's orders.The chaos didn't end there,after a few paramedics attended the still body that lay on the ground,1 of guys frm the white clan got really upset and went towards the arrested black guys.We didn't stay to witness what happened next as we were too terrified of the tragedy that just happened right under our noses.All we could think of was reaching the hotel safely.
The next sunny day,two other girls and I decided to take a tour around the city on the Hop On and Off bus.Our Plan A was to visit the Caversham Wildlife Park outside of Perth and take pictures with our little furry friends,the koala bears and kangaroos,but the weather was horrible and we could actually suffered heat stroke by exposing ourselves too much under the hot sizzling sun.So we ended up sticking to Plan B which was hoping from point A to point B,including some shopping at the Harbour Town Factory Outlet stores.
Before reaching Harbour Town,we dropped by a few places that was worth seeing such as the Barrack Street Jetty,the Bell Tower,and Kings Park Botanic Garden.The places were magnificent,with great views of the whole city!
When we finally reached Harbour Town,of course we did what all girls do best,SHOPPING!We seriously shopped til we dropped and ran out of Aussie dollars.I spent all of my dollars on my favourite brand outlet,Forever New!We don't have its outlet in Malaysia,so I only get to see its' darling lines of clothing whenever I visit Africa and Aussie.According to Asha,they just recently opened an outlet in Auckland too.Yeay!!No girls' can resist the temptation of Forever New,seriously!
After Perth,we spent a night in Kota Kinabalu.Nothing much to tell,as I spent the whole day hibernating in the hotel room as if it was winter in KK.Heh =D
Well,I guess that was it,folks.Hoping I won't bump into a bunch of gangsters on the streets again on my next trip to Perth =P You folks have a great weekend!<<--same old line
