08:30 03/04/2014 After a long hiatus we’re back on the early flight routine. Yey! A continuum of our SEA weekend escaped, just like what we did in Saigon and Bangkok. Moreover this trip was a replacement after AirAsia broke our heart of not sending us to Maldives. Though we missed a shot of parading our […]
Year: 2014
Temporary Abode: Nguyen Khang Hotel Ho Chi Minh Vietnam
13:24 02/11/2013 Looking at Google map from/to, our accommodation was just approximately one kilometer or 15 minutes away from Ben Thanh Market. Its proximity to this famous market gave us a nod to stride despite the unwelcoming tropical heat of Saigon. “Head straight towards Pham Ngu Lao turn left after the 3rd intersection then turn left on […]
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Saigon Trip: Ben Thanh Market
11:22 02/11/2013 The 45 minutes journey with bus 152 undeniably gave us a good preface of Saigon. But it doesn’t just end there. Right after disembarking from the bus terminal, armed with overnight backpacks and incessant craving for Pho Bo. We bravely crossed and took a refuge at the roundabout where a hero in equestrian (Tran […]
Travel Snaps: Phra Buddha Mongkol Maharaj, Hat Yai Songkhla Province Thailand
Travels Snaps: Features our best photos of iconic places that we visit during our previous travel. It’s a recollection of unforgettable snaps and story behind it. The Standing Buddha of Hat Yai Municipal Park in Hat Yai Songkhla Province is the tallest and imposing statue in Southern Thailand. It stands at 19.9 meters made of brass […]
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Songkhla Trip: When side trip turns wedding gate crashing
12:00 01/09/2012 You heard it right! If talking about misadventures this could be a hall famer on our list of travel blunders. Until this date, we can’t believe on becoming a uninvited guest of someones’s wedding during our road trip in a foreign land. It all started when Mr. B (driver/tourist guide) asking if we eat […]
Penang Trip: Heritage Walk and Street Arts
10:40 07/07/2013 After our historical jaunt concluded at Jubilee clock tower. We’d walk towards the Logan Heritage building swerving from dozens of paired participants racing on an event. It was some sort of Amazing Race version in Penang style. Looking at their puzzled faces, we can tell they’d some challenges interpreting the clues. Since it’s none […]
Saigon Trip: Journey with Bus 152
10:30 02/11/2013 Various language echoed at the exit area of Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Audibly we heard thick accent English speakers, bubbly European backpackers, and feisty Vietnamese who tried to lure everyone’s attention. Noise coming from the touts, drivers for hotel transfers, family members of arriving guests and curious bystanders. We expect non will […]
Temporary Abode: Thara House Bangkok Thailand
14:00 12/10/2013 When a pseudo airline booking turns real, our short-lived awe was instantly covered with anxiety. Most of our travel, we’d our accommodation confirmed ahead of time to negate the worry of fully book or being shooed away. Without no idea and itinerary on mind we don’t know where to stay and location to […]
Singapore Laksa at Hawk Cafe Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
11:45 01/09/2013 After being overwhelmed with 5000 birds of 380 different species at Jurong Bird Park. Our stomach went on convulsion, asking for a solid meal. On that morning we only manage a take away of Mee Hon and fish cakes after running to catch an early bus bound to Jurong hill. The meal was […]
Songkhla Trip: Samila Beach and the Mermaid
11:51 01/09/2012 We’re going to a white sand beach and the Mermaid! Blurted by Mr. B, our wacky and friendly driver/ tour guide in Songkhla. Hey’re you kidding? was our mental response with a sheepish look to his serious face. He just flash a big smile then after singing three happy birthday songs from Nag, […]
Bangkok Trip: Yaowarat Road, Bangkok’s Chinatown
12:42 12/10/2013 $%$%&*!@#$&$^% Hua Lamphong! Only the word Hua Lamphong was discernible from our ear exclaimed by that pretty fare collector. Suddenly, everyone was hopping off the bus, and our gut feels telling to do the same. So we did. Okay, where to go next? We’re stuck in the middle of the road gazing the nearly centenarian Hua […]
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Assam Laksa Air Hitam, Penang Malaysia
18:17 06/07/2013 Assam Laksa is the other favorite dish next to Char Kuey Teow when talking about must eat food in Penang, Malaysia. Finding the best Laksa will be a tough one as people has it’s own preference and bias. But if you’ll gonna ask the Penangites (locals in Penang) they’ll answer you two, one […]
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Air Asia Big Loyalty and Big Card
Every time we book flights from Air Asia we always saw “Please enter Big Shot ID”. We don’t have any idea and it’s purpose. Until we come to know it’s importance when Air Asia launch a big sale last February 24 that gives a priority to Big Shot Members. Without hesitation, we registered to Big […]
Krabi Trip: Itinerary and Expenses
Prior our trip to Krabi, we’d done a bit of research on where to stay, what package to avail, priorities to visit and expenses that will incur. After reading some helpful information on the web. We plotted everything on blue print with only 1300 Ringgit budget on this 4D3N trip. Then, Air Asia was so nice […]
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Twice the Fun! Boundfortwo on Cebu Pacific Smile Magazine
Hey ya! We’re on Smile Magazine February 2014 Issue. We’d been featured on the dispatch section of in flight magazine Smile, Cebu Pacific Air. Dispatch guide is all about Pinoys abroad, who’d been living on a city where CEB has its footprints and this time it’s Kuala Lumpur. It’s about us, taking the tour guide stick […]
Travel Snaps: Reunification Palace Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Travels Snaps: Features our best photos of iconic places that we visit during our previous travel. It’s a recollection of unforgettable snaps and story behind it.Reunification Palace or Independence Palace appellated after Saigon falls to the hands of North Vietnamese which signifies the end of Vietnam war. The beautiful facade camouflage it’s poignant past and spiteful history. This palace endure […]
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Songkhla Trip: Nag, the Great Serpent
14:30 02/09/2012 Spitting water mythical creature that resembles of Merlion in Singapore, another lifeless statue hype by tourist guides.That’s how we look and interpret Nag, the first time we saw this mammoth sea dragon. But our baseless judgment was instantly axed by a local guide after he gaily shed us some light and explains the […]
Confessions of a first time snorkeller
14:26 24/11/2013 We thought of ending 2013 without ticking any of 40ish list. After a series of wretched and unfavorable circumstance on a first half of the year. Not to discuss in details but it consumed a lot of energy, time and dries up our cash flow. Which left us no choice but to cancel our planned […]
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Travel Snaps: Hua Lamphong Railway Station, Bangkok Thailand
Travels Snaps: Features our best photos of iconic places that we visit during our previous travel. It’s a recollection of unforgettable snaps and story behind it. Hua Lamphong Railway Station or commonly known as Bangkok Railway Station that serves as the main railway station in Bangkok Thailand. If asking directions from locals, better ask for “Krungthep […]
Krabi Trip: An Overview
05:50 23/11/2013 For the third time we’d bargained our baby slumber for an early flight with Air Asia. Now, it has been customary for us to hail a cab on the wee hours going to KL Sentral. While catching forty winks during a bus travel to LCCT. Yes, it was slightly inconvenient but far better […]