Ghost Ships and Tube Rides

Been a while since i've blogged, because....we went on a Road Trip to Corpus Christi, South Padre Island and San Antonio wooOO!! :)

Corpus Christi: The Blue Ghost Ship (called so coz apparently, it couldn't get destroyed during Pearl Harbor days). -__-

That was the pic taken at night when we arrived at Corpus Christi after setting off on this impromptu drive south of Austin (finally cleared all sch admin stuff) and were half bitten to death by the gigantic mozzies swarming about the beach..somehow the ship glows blue at night..pretty awesome.

Saturday morning was spent at a quaint restaurant where we had huge pancakes and omelettes and for me, a cheesy grilled beef mushroom sandwich which blew my tastebuds away. It doesnt look nice on e pic so here's e pic we took of the picture behind us at our table which was some kinda laser-lighted thing which made e whole pic 3D. haha.

Here's the ship taken in the day and the stuff on it: It's actually an aircraft carrier, and had many different kinda planes on it. (Maoch, I couldn't help but think how u'd go nuts if u were here!) Usually, it's not my thing to go on warships, but there wasn't much to do at Corpus Christi except get sucked dry by blood-thirsty mozzies so we had to find cover. The insides of the ship were quite claustrophobic. Perfect setting for Fright Night (even in the day).

Somehow most of the shops near e beach love to put larger-than-life-sized sharks at their entrances which is pretty cool i must say.

Saturday evening, continued drive down to South Padre Island which was abt 4hrs away. Here's how our expert driver looked like driving (on cruise control with MP3s, knees up on his seat, singing and all in the rain w/o using screen wipers!):

Not much done in South Padre Island except go-karting and dinner, and by midnight we decided to drive all e way down to San Antonio for a full Sunday of splashin' at Schlitterbahn (name of waterpark) and a walk at the Alamo (historical fort).

Breakfast at San Antonio, super atas place with fantastic service and classic English setting. Our food tastes as good as it looks! English Biscuits/Sausage tacos with fruit, and plum trees at e background..*swoon*

Okay..now to the best part of our road trip..Schlitterbahn!! The Biggest Waterpark in the World!! One full day with my dearie dear doing what we love best---water tubing!! The Ba Xian Le Yuan Waterpark at Taiwan was exhilarating, but this is the BOMB!

Check out these 2 crazy slides called the Master Blaster and the Wolf Pack..it's like 6 storeys high and wooshes you up and down on a figure 8 tube with your partner. Another ride i loved was called the Dragon's Revenge - the coolest ride with 3D laser effects IN the tube!! There wasn't time to take pics though, the queues were mad coz it was a Sunday. Oh yeah, one thing about Americans in WaterParks..some are like super obese and the whole 6-storey tower was literally wobbling coz of all e weight..quite scary esp if the person in front of you is like obviously not less than 200 pounds. (what if the tube splits while you're halfway down?!!)

Haha okay..that's as short a summary as i can do for our 3 day roadtrip before sch starts like tomorrow. Lemme drop a few more thoughts i had the past 20+ days away from home:

1. I'm glad i've got WL with me.
2. Playing cards with 3 Chi High guys - absolutely ego crushing.
3. There's almost always only one post on Asshole Daidi for me.
4. I'm getting good at Texas Hold'em Poker.
5. I love the UT Co-op. It has EVERYTHING branded with the UT logo/longhorn including perfume, watches, hammers, footballs, charcoal, baby prams, salt & pepper shakers, mats, special sauces, you name it!
6. I miss chicken rice and my mom's homecooked soups.
7. I am not as fat as i think.
8. I am getting quite tanned!
9. I am really quite short.
10. I can cook swell omelettes. =]
    Miss yall back home! <3>