A Walk To Remember

While having the best seafood meal i've ever had, Ning Yi told me that she felt something on her head. Lo and behold, a bird has decided to gift her with its droppings. Lucky for her and unlucky for me, it landed on a hard-to-reach area and i was handed the duty of cleaning it. What a way to kill any sense of contentment i initially had from my lunch.

So after the shellfish indulgence and poop-cleaning, we decided to walk around the beach and noticed Q1 (the world's tallest residential apartment located at Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast) in the far-off distance. Since Surfers was our next destination anyway, we thought we'd just walk in the direction of Q1 which looked at most about an hour away. That way, we would get to enjoy the less popular areas of Gold Coast instead of being cooped up in a bus.

We stumbled upon so many beautiful quaint little parks where people would go to take a breather from daily life and to walk their dogs. If people from other countries can manage to keep their parks so clean, why can't we in Malaysia do the same? Most of our parks are either heavily vandalised or covered in litter. Super gross.

After walking for while, i looked up and noticed that Q1 is no longer visible! We didn't have a map, we didn't know where we were and our only location marker has seemed to disappear amongst other skyscrapers in the horizon! But we weren't planning on giving up just yet. We did what we thought would be the best bet: we walked along straight roads (hey, they'll have to lead us somewhere right?).

By that time, we had probably been walking for over an hour since our departure from Labrador (where the seafood market was). The decision to stick to main roads turned out to be the right one because it brought us to yet another gorgeous park by the sea. This one had a super fun playground that made me wish i was young enough to play! There was a flying fox thingamajig that allow kids to swing themselves from one end to the other, a scooter track with obstacle courses, and best of all, a monorail-like ride that goes around the playground when you cycle!

The road finally led us to residential areas and that was when i thought we were really screwed. With so many junctions, how are we to know which turn to make? While i suggested we stay as close to the main road as possible, Ning Yi thought it would be a shorter route if we cut through the homes. So we did it her way. And after about 15 minutes of admiring houses, we saw the sea! We continued walking along the sea and just when i thought we were going to get lost again, we saw a familiar stretch of buildings and beach, and there was Surfers Paradise in all its glory!

By then, we had walked for about two hours and we made it just in time before the sun decided to retire for the day. It was the longest walk i've ever had but also the most adventurest and the most rewarding. Definitely a walk to remember...