November 27, 2012

How to go to Genting Highlands from Penang Island

After searching the internet, I didn’t find some post about how to go directly to Genting Highlands from Penang. Most of the information online are about the KL-Genting Highland routes. We were preparing ourselves to go to KL then to go to Genting. But the stubborn kid in me decided to go and asked around [...]

Georgetown, Penang in Pictures

Georgetown, Penang is a photographers haven. There’s just so much to see in this UNESCO World Heritage city. Here are just some of them: Hainan Association Temple at Jalan Muntri: This is just one of those carvings that can be seen in this temple. Protestant Cemetery: You can find this at Northam Road. We just [...]

How to Travel around Penang – Five Tips for Easy Navigation

The hostel that we stayed in have a Georgetown and Penang map with the list of bus no., destination and routes that you will definitely find useful. Here’s the bus routes also prepared by our hostel… Some tips for transportation around Penang: 1. Prepare an exact fare. 2. Always get your ticket from the bus [...]

Georgetown, Penang – My First Impression

After being in Phuket Town for a few days, I must say that I really enjoyed walking around and just looking at old structures. And that experience made me look forward to visiting Georgetown. Our travel to Penand from Phuket already made a good first impression to me of Malaysia. Upon arriving in Lebuh Chulia, [...]

How to Go to Penang from Phuket – Act of Kindness from Strangers

The easiest way to go to Penang from Phuket is to fly with Fireflyz or other airlines serving this route. But for travellers with a tight budget, the overland option would be your best bet (unless there’s an airfare promo). If you don’t want to bother yourself from researching this info, you could just book [...]

How Much Did I Spend in Bangkok and Phuket Town

Thailand is one of my favourite countries and staying here for a couple of weeks seems to be one of the easiest decision. This time around we spent eight days in Bangkok and three days in Phuket Town. The sprawling city of Bangkok is a nice break after spending some time in Siem Reap. I [...]

Phuket Town – My First Impression

I’ve been to Phuket before with my friends but we stayed in Patong and only ventured to Kata and Karon beaches and the surrounding islands. I never had a glimpse of Phuket Town except for the bus station. As I was reading other blogs about Phuket, I chanced upon Pinay Travel Junkie’s post about Phuket [...]

How to Go to Phuket from Bangkok

I’ve decided to write about this since I’ve noticed that some people are wondering on how to go to Phuket from Bangkok. Here’re are some of your options. By Land The easiest way to be book through any travel agencies near your hostels. As of the time of writing, it cost me 450Baht for a [...]

Spotting Wildlife in Bangkok’s Urban Jungle

I was amazed to see that Bangkok’s metropolis still has a variety of free roaming animals (aside from the usual cats, dogs, rats and pigeons) that can be found mostly in parks. Here are some of them: And my favorite animal photo in Bangkok… And although these cats are domesticated animals… I found joy in [...]

Chatuchak Weekend Market – Bangkok’s Best Shopping Destination

If there’s one market I could recommend for all travellers out there to visit in Bangkok that would be Chatuchak Market. I love visiting markets because of a variety of reasons. I see a lot of locally produced items, I get to observe locals buying habits and I get to see a variety of unique [...]

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