Do you love free stuff? Here are the top free things to do in Kuala Lumpur! It’s no doubt you will never run out of activities to do in the great metropolis — Kuala Lumpur. There are numerous shopping complexes to satisfy your shopping crave; don’t even get me started with the mouth-watering local […]
Malaysia Historical Sites
Review: The Explorer Hotel, Melaka Malaysia
The rapid urban development in Malacca is wholly undeniable. The once quaint town we had admired had slowly picked up the fast pace of urbanized city like KL. Now, quite a number of hotels had sprouted, that means more choices for tourists. The Explorer Hotel is one of the many family-friendly accommodations dotted the historical […]
5 interesting places in Penang to visit during Chinese Year
A lot of people avoid traveling during the festive season like Chinese New Year. It translates crowd airport, jam packed transportation hubs and the list goes on. It maybe a hurdle to overcome. But for a foreigner, it means holiday, an opportunity to break that monotonous corporate gig. This celebration is observed by most Chinese across the globe. […]
Temporary Abode: Ryokan Muntri Boutique Hostel Penang Malaysia
11:10 31/01/2014 Visiting Penang during holidays can be quite hectic and stressful if the plan is not properly laid out. We had a fair share of experience when we spend the lengthy weekend of Chinese New Year over a year ago. Long queues at the airport, limited shops are open and temples are immensely crowded. […]
Penang Trip: Fort Cornwallis
09:20 07/07/2013 Our eyes jut out in disbelief of what we just saw. An old fort with crumbling bricks and dingy cannons. Fort Cornwallis looks odd and stale but somehow it gave us that “historical” fervor feeling. If you’ve ardent reader of this blog, you know our proclivity when it comes to historical places such as this […]
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 […]
Penang Trip: Historical Jaunt
08:26 07/07/2013 The room was still pitch black when our subscription to dreamland was interrupted. It’s too early, but a continuous ascending beep coming from our phone’s alarm stirred our consciousness. It was even less audible from a snore and somniloquy of someone in the dorm room. The snooze mode successfully break to end our slumber. […]
Travel Snaps: Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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. Sultan Abdul Samad Building ( Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad), a century old Mughal architecture designed structure topped with glistening Copper dome and 40M high functional Clock Tower. This building witnessed […]
Penang Trip: An Overview
06:50 06/07/2013 After so many failed attempts to visit Penang from last year. Finally, we set foot on Melaka’s historical sister city, Georgetown, Penang. Big achievement for us. This wouldn’t be possible if we didn’t plan ahead of time. Like filing one day leave in advance, reserving an accommodation and overbooking a bus ticket. Yes, out […]
Melaka Trip 2.0 : Melaka River Cruise
19:55 26/10/2012 The day had almost expired as the mighty sun was partially engulfed by Melaka river from our sight. And the boat was half filled when we handed over our ticket for the river cruise. Everyone had jauntily passed the ramp with a smile. Parents with kids in tow, lovers, and friends boarded the boat. […]
St. Francis Xavier Church, Malacca
9:40 29/4/2012 A kiss goodbye to bright morning sun in our big window facing the Melaka river, was the last thing we did before exchanging goodbyes to Abang, the very accommodating staff of L’Armada Guest House. Not more than 5 minutes drive after we left our temporary abode we reached the twin spired Gothic church along […]
Melaka Trip: Vibrant Night of Historical Malacca
19:55 28/4/2012 Have you stayed Melaka at night? That was a first question thrown at me when my local friend asked after knowing I spend a weekend in the historical city. Yes, but I totally regretted it, I answered. Why laaah? I regret because an overnight was not enough to enjoy the vibrant spectacle of Melaka. […]
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Nature Trip: Tanjung Tuan, Negeri Sembilan
08:30 20/08/2012 Staycation in our abode while catching up some backlogs in our blog. That’s how we spend our first two days of the long weekend. Yes, boring it may sound but we have a great time looking back our thousand raw pictures from the previous travel. In between, we’re still thinking what would happen […]
Melaka Trip: Flor de la Mar
17:00 28/4/2012 We all felt invigorated after changing clothes and taking bath in our temporary abode. Maybe it was all we need after that nine hours streak of continuous traipsing. Ok, so much for vanity sharing, we continued our meandering passing the old street of Kampung Hulu. Then used the same route when we’re looking […]
Melaka Trip: Bukit Cina and Poh San Teng Temple
14:30 28/4/2012 After stuffing our stomach with delectable food at Pahlawan Mall food court. We drove one kilometer to reach Bukit Cina. We wound up and encircled the area before we halted at the foot hill. It seems getting lost was normal on that day. If we haven’t seen the Chinese temple we’ll surely go […]
Melaka Trip: Melaka Sultanate Palace
11:55 28/4/2012 When the heat dissipated from our body after conquering A’Famosa. Sky lead us to this old wooden building which we believe was another historical significant of Melaka. When we reached near the gate, it was actually the Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum. We knew there is no turning back point after Sky hastily drag us. […]
Melaka Trip: A Famosa, Melaka
11:45 28/4/2012 After we’d been astounded by the relics of St. Paul Church on the hill and mystified by its graveyard. We’re back on track and continued our historical meandering. And visit the famous A’ Famosa. It is one of the reasons why we visit the Historical City of Melaka. This structure is touted to be […]
Melaka Trip: St. Paul Hill and Church, Melaka
10:00 28/04/2012 We initially started our historical meandering at the Dutch Square and walked aimlessly at Jalan Kota. We stayed there for a moment gasping for fresh air before we bumped to a portal that has a signboard “Bukit St Paul” which means St. Paul Hill. We don’t have any clue what’s in there and […]