The 2 Big Cs of the Big Peach

The morning that we had to check out, both of us are like so attached to the room that we feel sad leaving. Hence, we fool around the room and take more photos. Haha. I loved Intercontinental Buckhead Atlanta. We manage to see Hend's 'chai' on check out again. Haha. You must be wondering what are the 2 Big Cs. Read on and you will know.

Nice view from the room

Cam whoring in the room

We visited the main attraction in Atlanta. New World of Coca-cola. It was a very interesting and fun thing to do. We get to see how Coke is made. Track down the museum of coke and go on a 4D show all for only $15 dollars. Cheap Cheap le. We unknowingly spend like 2 hours at the place and that does not include checking out the gift shop.

World of Coca-cola
Signs of Coke from all over the world
More memorablia
So many designs, feel like taking them home!

The robot that process you coke. So many coke!

Hend's first time at a 4D show

We made a long long pitstop at the drink station. I cannot believe that there is actually so many brands of sof drink in the world. Those from Africa tasted distinctly different from what we have. Had a hard time trying to gulp down all those sodas. I crazily tried out everything they have there! Haha.

At the drink tasting stations. 5 region of soft drinks altogether.
I found my favourite soda from coca-cola. Its taste pretty much like water but the smell is good

We headed to CNN for an inside the studio tour. I am really excited about this tour as I really wanna know how that global news headquaters look on the inside. The ticket cost a whopping $12 dollars. They are so strict, no hp and camera.

We are at CNN!
The tallest escalator in the world. Its 7 storey high. Used this to get to tour start point.

We managed to catch a Singaporean newscaster, Richard Lui on action that day. Hend pointed it out to me. The inside of the studio is definitely less glamorous than I tot it would be. Apparently the studio and the workdesks are all in a huge hall, no studio room. The weather channel is just behind place where the shoot the main news. Space efficientcy I guess. One really amazing thing is there is only one cameraman contronlling those massive number of camera. I also found out they have 8 hours work shift! Isn't that good?

We went back to the hotel to get to greyhound for our bus ride to the next destination. Praying hard that this will not be as bad as the previous.

The Retreat

The bus ride last night was definitely one of the worst experience in my life. Greyhound was so disorganized that I can hardly figure out whether there is a system at all. We faced overbooking, seating problems, leaving passengers behind, screaming conductor, impromptu bag tagging and lost baggage. All in one 15 hours journey. Gosh greyhound is bad. Did I mentioned bout the dripping water from air-condition throughout the journey?

The whole horrendous bus ride was however rewarded with the great hospitality at Intercontinental Buckhead. They gave us an early check-in as early as 9am! Unbelievable isn’t it? We were so happy to see the interior of our room. Gosh It was just luxurious! Their fridge works on a sensor system

Our beloved room, 1110

Feels like heaven!

View outside the window

We decided to just relax and unwind at the hotel as it was so good. Went out for a short walk around the huge Lenox Mall. It feels like a relaxing holiday again after all those rushing that we did. I hope the other 2 are recharging too as there will be a lot to do as we approaches our next destination.

We finally get our ass out of the hotel round night time. We check-out Underground Atlanta some kinda shopping place that reminds me of Heeren. The whole shopping mall is built underground with 19th century concept. Lots of Atlanta souveniors available here.


The best part of making out way downtown has to be the surprising discovery of the Jazz Festival. There were so many people at the park and the Jazz music is just marvelous. The fair going on is just great! So many people so many things to eat and buy. The place is just bustling with energy.

So many people!

Enjoying my lemonade, see the huge food stall behind me?

The band is just great! Wanna boogie to African Dance.

We headed off back to the hotel that night. The 20 minutes wait for the train is just crazy. Argh. For the first time I was so looking forward to going back to the hotel room and not exploring around. Haha.