There are glut of accommodation to choose from when visiting Japan. Lodge, Budget Inns, Fancy Hotels or experience the Japanese way of a Capsule Hotel. On our visit to Kansai region, we stayed in Capsulized style accommodation for the first time. So you know, it is a pod hotel, with extremely small room intended to […]
Cheap Accommodation
Temporary Abode: Apek Utama Hotel, Brunei Darussalam
Brunei is one of the richest countries in Asia but the less visited among its Southeast Asian neighbors. Finding a cheap accommodation in Brunei is also close to nil. When we visited this country, we had left with no choice but nod which ever agrees to our budget. One of the cheapest and pretty decent hotels […]
Temporary Abode: Alba Uno Hotel Cebu Philippines
Which part of Philippines have you gone? This is the follow-up question I throw whenever my foreign friends told me they visited the Philippines. Cebu topped the list followed by Boracay and Palawan. It’s been renowned worldwide Cebu as a key destination in the country. Evidently, the tourism industry is so much alive is this island […]
Temporary Abode: Zerenity Hotel and Suites Cebu Philippines
16:00 10/09/2015 Cebu is our ideal connecting hub whenever we travel home to Davao or going back in KL. Why not Manila? Good question, as you know NAIA is a magical place when bullets summoned on your belongings by a leprechaun. A lot of sorcery and thievery happens casually and more to elaborate. Oh, not […]
Temporary Abode: Aung Mingalar Hotel, Bagan Myanmar
04:00 02/05/2014 Bagan had lured global tourists enamored to its centuries old thousand temples spread along the red plains. The spike of visitor enables their tourism related business to thrive. But despite of tourists boon, we noticed the missed opportunity of catering the average spenders. It limits our search to a handful of budget accommodation. If […]
Temporary Abode: Victoria Suites Cagayan de Oro City Philippines
12:00 PM 06/06/2014 It was quite of a challenge looking for single hotel room in Cagayan de Oro that could accommodate a family of four plus two kids. Most of the budget hotel only allows two guest per room and getting an additional bed/room means extra cost. It wasn’t an option since we’re on a […]
Koh Lipe Trip: Itinerary and Expenses
Our trip to Koh Lipe was laid out and planned long way back. Actually, it’s 2 years in the making. We had several attempts in the past to visit this beautiful island but all end up being failed. Time constraint, err budget were the major pull factor. But we knew by heart we’ll visit this paradise […]
Temporary Abode: KL House Ao Nang Krabi Thailand
09:11 23/11/2013 Cotton like cloud descending from sky blanketed the limestone cliffs. A dreamy spectacle which normally seen at movies or in a Nat Geo documentaries. Now, just within our sight, next to the road where our bus from airport dropped us. Finally we’re here. The scenic view that we’d admired to look at. It all […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saigon Trip: An Overview
06:50 02/11/2013 Not even a month after our weekend affair in Bangkok, our Deuter backpacks had been loaded again with the same stuff from last trip. It was a repeat act just like in a play sans sleeping and rushing to the airport. We’d slowed down a bit after realizing that we’re not joining amazing […]
Temporary Abode: Reggae Penang Lovelane Hostel, Georgetown Penang Malaysia
15:00 06/07/2013 “Don’t worry about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right. “Cantillating Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds while booking our accommodation through Agoda, fortnights prior our trip. We envisage of overflowing rhum, dreadlocks, rasta colors dominating everywhere while listening reggae music non stop. Hey, what the heck, aren’t we going to Jamaica? Not at all, […]
Temporary Abode: Tune Hotels Hatyai, Thailand
14:30 31/8/2012 The scorching heat of mid noon sun was the warmest welcome greeted us the moment we set foot in Hatyai. The dry weather might be tolerable but our weary body and frazzle mind was aptly looking of that cold shower to freshen up. Our brain dictated us to hurry up and locate our […]
Temporary Abode: L’ Armada Guest House, Melaka
16:00 28/4/2012 We’ve been traipsing the historical city for seven straight hours not including our two hours road trip. From walking endlessly in the street of historical Melaka to climbing the steep hills of St. Paul and Bukit Cina. After this deed, You’ll surely picture out out what we had gone through. Our clothes soaked […]