Part 8: South Africa - Access Park, Green Point

3rd january 2009
now that we've done the most important sight seeing attractions, it's time for us to do some shopping! so we went over to Access Park, where they have....

Access Park

50 outlet stores and 50 factory shops! WOWWWW~!~!~!

at Access Park


shu-wen and daddy


kuma happy with her purchase for her granddaughter


eating our lunch box

if only i have the machine that prints money! lol

at the junction

i wanted to find a sport shoe in nike. just as i was about to walk into the nike shop, it was closed already! reason: saturday closes at 3pm =.=''

one thing i hate about SA is that they really enjoy their life so much. they dont open their shops on weekends. HELLOOOOO people are only free to do their shopping during the weekends right? saturday they either close at 1pm or 3 pm the most. sunday they totally close their shop the whole day. arghhhhh

so, we have no choice but to go over to the nearby mall.

christmas tree


daddy and me


tit bits yummy

even in the mall, we gotta rush our shopping because the mall closes at 5pm! i hate SA shops on weekends. lol


4th january 2009
we decided to go to Green Point to get our souvenirs of south africa. it only opens on sunday. furthermore, according to shu-wen, the souvenirs there are cheaper compared to Green Market as Green Market is already a little more commercialized for tourists.

all these handicrafts are specially crafted by wood


animals crafted out of wood


faces crafted by wood

the thing is, it's really really extremely super duper very hot there. it's the hottest place in SA that i've been so far. the few hours there must have darken my skin for at least 10 layers! =.=''

at one of the shaded stall. we stayed there very long haha


crafted animal bowls


random stall


crafted chairs. they are so cute

hand painted drawings



they are lovely and colourful


seashells


souvenirs made from manik


bangles, necklaces, etc made from maniks


animals made from recycled aluminiums



crafted stones

i seriously admire their handiwork. everything is handmade. really salute them!

on the way back, i see a very cute scenery.

look at the clouds. sebiji sebiji wan. it's so cute!

after we came back from SA, we gather up all the souvenirs that we bought. it filled our whole dining table!

picture stolen from sis's blog

for more pictures, click here to view shu-yin's post on the souvenirs.

with the souvenirs that we bought back from SA, daddy said we could open a South Africa Souvenir Shop in malaysia! hehehe

*******to be continued.....


ps: omg look at the colour of my hand in the last photo.. that's the day i came back from SA.