Gabriel Mendes Blog » Travel http://www.gabrielmendes.com/blog Into the mind of Gabriel Mendes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:14:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Slideshow: My London http://www.gabrielmendes.com/blog/2011/slideshow-my-london http://www.gabrielmendes.com/blog/2011/slideshow-my-london#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:26:57 +0000 Gabriel Mendes http://www.gabrielmendes.com/blog/?p=3984 Shot entirely via Nikon CoolPix P300

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Date: Feb 2010

For those who played xbox’s Assassin’s Creed 2, Italy is a place where fans will want to visit. It was supposed to be a solo trip, until my wife decided to join me at the very last minute. We went to various cities of Italy…..without agenda, without prior hotel booking (we book on the spot). Train tickets were bought on the day of departure…..to unknown cities. Here are some snaps using Pentax K-x.

Dubai airport @ 7am

1st stop, Venice



Water market






My wife went gaga over the Burano table cloths, and she bought a few!!

Burano is BEAUTIFUL

2nd stop : Firenze

Most famous bridge of Florence, the Ponte Vecchio.


3rd stop : Pisa
Seeing this Leaning Tower of Pisa makes me super excited!!!


4th stop : Lucca

The whole town is surrounded by fortress!!!

5th stop : Rome



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Our Hyundai Tucson which we refill full tank thrice!
We stayed in Fremantle for the first 3 nights, this is our house which we booked from http://www.stayz.com.au . We loved this house as it is just 5 minutes walk from Fremantle market, 4 bedrooms, wifi, and only AUD$160 per night!!!

The living room


We drove 278km to Margaret River. My wife chiong 120km/hr and we reached there in 3 hrs time!



morning coffee, my wife’s favourite : flat white


What can we do when we visit the Hilarys Boat Harbour ? Modelling of course!!


We stayed at this farm for one night : http://www.sunflowersfarm.com/
The views in front of our farm house. Kangaroos and sheeps in the wild.


Yang is excited to feed the animals!

Here’s a hilarious video of Yang feeding the lambs



For our last 2 nights, we stayed at The Wyndham Vacation Resorts in Dunsborough. 2 bedrooms apartment with full kitchen at AUD$170 per night

We visited the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse

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