Friday, December 26, 2014

Chapter 1 Capricorn One Gold Coast

Sebelum start writing up our experience here, just nak note to myself that at this moment, pantai timur dilanda banjir yg sangat teruk. News feed from friend and non-friend betul-betul meruntun jiwa. i pun takde helikopter penyelamat, amfibian vehicle apatah lagi bot, harap sangat they get all help pronto. Dah ramai jadi mangsa lemas, simpati sangat.

Back to cerita for the first chapter of our gold coast trip.A few months sebelum ni, kitorang decide nak pergi sendiri, taknak pakai ejen. Dah pernah rasa pakai ejen masa pergi Hong Kong dulu, tak best. Lagipun senang sangat nak dapat info pasal gold coast online, ramai yg share experience so berdasarkan informasi internet kitorang nak cuba sendiri ikut our own bajet, keselesaan and timing. 

Lepas tu bila confirm cekpen boleh cuti panjang, barulah betul2 plan vacation ni. Tiket flight beli masa matta fair, dapat good deal, 8k for 6 of us from MAS. So landing kat Brisbane. Another reason naik mas lah tu, supaya cover 2 tempat sekali. Lepas tu barulah cari apartment yg sesuai dgn bajet dan keperluan kitorang. Baca review kat tripodvisor pasal Capricon One ni. Mostly bg 5star review. Ada yg bg bad review jugak but to us orang tu yg high expectation sgt, nak murah tapi nak tempat yg macam 5 star hotel hehe.

This is the apartment. 


Dari luar memang biasa je, nothing to shout about, tapi to me its decent enough. Taklah rundown sangat mcm yg certain orang review. Ok je. Of course ada lagi apartment lain yg lagi baru bersinar-sinat tapi harga i tak taulah kan. Ni dlm RM250/nite, kira murah sbb kat malaysia tak dapek lah rega ni. 2 bedroom apartment, fully functional kitchen, washing machine, drying machine, 2 bath, bath tub pun ada, ocean view (along surfer paradise northern side), river view.....to me ok sangat dah.
Masterbedroom, balkoni sambung dgn balkoni hall.

2nd bedroom, ada 2 single bed.
Bathroom 1 
Washing machine and dryer. I ingatkan dryer rosak, rupanya kena tekan reset button, kampung sangat keh keh keh. 

Bathroom 2.
Spacious living hall. Awish volunteer tido kat sofa. Luas pun takde tidur bengkok-bengkok.
Kitchen sebelah entryway n living hall.
Semua pun berfungsi. Siap dishwasher. Hah ada tragedi pakai diswasher ni. Chapter lainlah tu nanti i cerita.

Kitchen memang complete. Yang nak pakai semua i samak /sertu. Oven je tak so elakkan pakai oven.

View dari balkoni. Pukul 4 pagi dah terang benderang. Orang dah start jogging. Cekpen pun of cos bawa segala jogging gear kan. Almost tiap pagi dia jogging kat pantai. Me? Cooking breakfastlah hehe.
Nak pergi jalan2 kat pantai kejap. Dekat je, depan tu hah. Nampak pondok lifeguard warna kuning tu.

Keliling dinding kaca semua, selak dinding hadaplah laut puas2. Ikutkan nak tengok whale dari apartment ni je tapi sebab bukan musim sekarang so takdelah penampakan. Whale semua naik ke northen side of australia to make babies hehe.
Pagi sabtu cuaca mendung, gerimis sikit. Sabtu memang plan nak rehat and beli groceries je. Ikut kata owner apartment ni, memang ribut petir minggu tu but cuaca diramalkan bertambah baik that sturday onward. Alhamdulillah, tapi kitorang memang bawa raincoat poncho pun sbb dah baca ramalan cuaca awal2 lg hehe.

Apartment ni bukan in the middle surfer paradise yg hustle and bustle tu. Ni about 1.6km from the famous gerbang surfer paradise tu. Jauh ke? Bagi i tak jauh lah, kejap je i jalan kaki ke sana saje check  it out. Jalan kaki along trem line pun dekat je, 3 station je. We do jalan kaki banyak sebab lagi senang, lagipun semua laluan stroller friendly. Teringat ingat lagi ni, dah rindu pulak.









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