Erik L
YC Law Joined: July 18th 2006
Logged in: March 5th 2011
Logged in: March 5th 2011
Travel Blog Posts
colourful interior of the temple
This is briefly my itinerary:- Day 1 - Arrival in HCMC (Kuching-KL-HCMC) Day 2 - Cao Dai Temple & Cu Chi Tunnel Day 3 - HCMC city tour Day 4 - HCMC to Hanoi (by plane) Day 5 - Halong Bay Day Trip Day 6 - Hanoi City Tour Day 7 - Going home (Hanoi-KL-Kuching) I just covered the basic things, but i haven't seen Perfume Pagoda, Sapa, Hue & Hoi An.....! May need additional 1 week to go all these places. Food is great, nice & simple, similar to Chinese food. Love the Pho Bo (beef noodle soup). Vietnamese spring roll isn't as good as i thought (probably it is just the restaurant that i dined in, the dipping sauce is terrible!). Prefer the fried version. Traffic is horrible there. It's very challenging to cross ... read more
So beautiful
A bit of info/history i found on the net:- Gazetted as a protected area on 1 May 1957 and was published to public on 4 may 1957. Bako is Sarawak's oldest national park, covering an area of 2,727 hectares at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula, about 45 min drive from Kuching city. It is one of the smallest national park in Sarawak, yet one of the most interesting as it contains almost every type of vegetation found in Borneo. Bako is also home to approximately 150 rare proboscis monkey, found only in Borneo. The male is an odd looking creature with a huge pendulous nose and a large pot belly weighting in excess of 20 kg. I managed to spot a group of them while trekking back to the park HQ. Too bad ... read more
Look at this! Won't u want to stay here forever?
It's paradise found.....in Langkawi!!!!! Asia » Malaysia » Langkawi By Erik L April 9th 2007 YC Law What a beautiful island! Nice mountain ranges, clear blue water, white sandy beaches......... The main island or the Kuah town is good for shopping. You can buy all the duty free goods! But the catch is there's limit!!! But on the island you can drink as much as you like. The beer is cheaper than the soft drinks! Food is a bit expensive though, it's a tourist place, right? The cable car trip was great!!!! We got to the top of a mountain by the cable car, and can see almost the whole island!!!! Great view there - wide open sea from afar, lush green mountain ranges i... read more
View from my hotel room
Penang is a state at the north-west coast of Penisular Malaysia. Part of the state is on the main penisular but the main attraction in on the small island connected by the magnificient bridge! We took a plane from KL to the Penang island though, just to save a bit of time ( and of course cheap airfare.....:p ) Penang is famous for their hawker food. Fast, convenient, and most important of all - DELiiiiiiiiCIOUS!!! You can find hawker food anyway, especially in the evening. Seems like all the poeple come out to eat!!! Love the char kueh teoh, the fried oyster, the prawn mee and yes, Penang laksa. It's sour, it's 'fishy', it's spicy, it's hot, but i just love it!!! Like they say, always pack your clothes a size larger whenever you come ... read more
Chicken rice
This comes real late, sorry. Welcome the new year in Singapore. It's a lovely city. Modern, clean, tidy, safe and soooo green. Love driving along the highways/road. There are sooo many good food, really nice but for me, it's expensive!!! I guess good things never come cheap! Last time i stepped my foot in this city was more than 10 years ago, although i got a really short day-trip to this island a couple years back. Went to Sentosa Island, and found it just so so. Underwater world is great but they need to work on the musical fountains!!!! Technical faults, water jet not function, boring content...... uh!! The rest of the island......hmmmm i rather go to the city to shop!!!... read more
Sunrise of Angkor Wat
Cambodia isn't a good 'tourist' country if it's not because of Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat to Cambodia is like the pyramid to Egypt. It was built by a king whose empire comprised most part of Indo-china long time ago. Siem Reap is the gateway and there are a few other very fascinating temples around it. One of them is where Angeliina Jolie's 1st Tom Raider movie was filmed!!! I enjoyed very much 'running' around these temples, looking for hidden treasures. :) Cambodia is a very poor country, you don't see high rise building, and not all the roads (even in the major cities) are paved. There are beggars, dirty alleys, dusty roads and sadly, many poor young kids who live in the streets. But i think they are really intelligent. At the temples, you could find ... read more
