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Asia » Singapore » Little India April 5th 2009

We travelled by 707 Express Bus from Melka to Singapure (MYR 22, each). The bus left us at the very center of the city, Queen St. We stayed at Asphodel Inn at the edge of Little India which is the most convenient hotel for us. In the afternoon we welcomed our new friend Ferah from Turkey. In four days we visited Orchard St., Little India, Chinatown, Raffles Place, Marina Bay, Harbourfront, Sentosa Island and Botanic Gardens. We took a river tour at Marina Bay. On Sentosa Island we went to 4D Movie and watched the performance, Song Of the Sea by laser show in the evening. . We enjoyed shopping specially at Sim Lim Square. Dinner Marche ( Swedish Rest) at Vivo City. We didn’t ride the Wheel, Singapure Flier because it is SGD29 with waiting, ... read more
Little India
Little India
Little India

Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur March 30th 2009

Reaching Kuala Lumpur late evening, we could hardly find a place to sleep at Summer Guesthouse at Bintang Area (most popular , heart of the city ). We were sharing the bath, the first time in our trips. We enjoyed the dinners at open pavement restaurans. We visited Batu Caves of Hindu Society which is about 10% of Malaysia. We climed up to KL Tower and spent sometime at Chinatown. The next and the last day we intended to go Cameron Highlands but it was too far so we took a city tour by HOP ON HOP OFF BUS. This tour bus ticket is RM 38 each, valid for 24 hours. You may drop of at any stop point and take the next bus in half an hour. By this way we visited National Palace, ... read more
KL
KL
KL

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Sibu March 27th 2009

We flew from Kota Kinabalu to Miri with the earliest flight with Air Asia. In half an hour we were at the long distance bus station, Miri by taxi. 8:30 AM bus left us at Bintulu at noon time and we arranged a four wheel drive to travel to Belaga. Belaga took about five hours. The road is muddy and horrible. Paradox, the sciens were breathtaking. We slept at Belaga one night at a primitive hotel but with aircon, Hotel Sing Soon Hing. (RM 28) Then we took the early morning boat to Kapit, five hours. This trip was our aim and we did it. On the river no boats, no noise,you feel the nature at a jungle river. From Kapit to Sibu we sailed three hours more on Rejang River. We spent the night at ... read more
Bintulu- Belaga
Bintulu- Belaga
Bintulu- Belaga

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu March 23rd 2009

On the way to KK we made a several hours stop at Kinabalu National Park and Botanic Gardens. t after the park Mt. Kinabalu appears on the way. We got few shots and reached KK at evening. A peacefull city -old Jesselton town. The first day we visited the Islands and the second day we tried to get Indonesia visa and we did it. We stayed at Borneo Gay Lodge (RM 79 B&B). One night we had diner at waterfront, the next night we had excellent seafood at Ocean Seafood Restaurant and the last night we enjoyed our diner at Phillipino Market. The fish is very cheap here and we saw the Sunday Market. Dominant sellers were flower sellers and the people here have a high demand for flowers at their homes. Tomorrow we will ... read more
Kinabalu National Park
Kinabalu National Park
Kinabalu National Park

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary March 21st 2009

Selam to everybody. We rented a car with driver from Semporna to Sepilok-300 Km( RM 260). We tried to make the way in six hours, but because of the two flat tires we were late . Fortunately we were able to catch the second feeding time 15.00 hours at the Orang Utans Reabilitation Center. The first feeding is at 11.00 AM. Out of this times it may be hard to observe the orang utans. Our driver Omar was polite enough , he waited us hours at the sanctuary. Then we drew to Sandakan 30Km. We spent the night at Hotel London (RM 65 B&B) and had seafood diner outside the town 10 Km away , Ocean King Seafood Restaurant . The next morning we travelled to Kota Kinabalu ( KK) by bus. ... read more
Semporna
Tire is flat
On the way to Sandakan

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul March 19th 2009

From Koh Lipe to Langkawi Island we had an interesting travel with a speed boat. The sea was rough and the boat at difficulty in crossing the waves. We all got wet our legs were aching by the strech of the muscles. We stayed at AB Motel ( RM 80 ) on the Cenang Beach . We had sea food and duck at dinner at Orkid Ria Restaurant. We caugth the night train from the mainland (Arau) to Kuala Lumpur (KL). We had a perfect sleep on the train. Early in the morning we arrived at KL. We wandered few hours at Bintang Area and then took the bus to the airport for our fligth to Tawau (Borneo Island). Upon arrival at Tawau we shared a taxi to Semporna (RM 95 total) where we had a ... read more
Langkawi
Langkawi
Langkawi

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lipe March 16th 2009

We spent one night at Koh Lanta ( Nature Beach Resort on Klong Nin Beach, 700 THB). We had a nice dinner on the beach at the Miami Beach Restaurant. The next morning we started to Koh Lipe by boat. The boat passed from the North narrow viewfull riverlike passage towards the mainland. We paid for this six hours boat journey 1500 THB, each. On the way to Hat Yai we stopped at Koh Ngan and Koh Mook, beautifull islands. We could only take pictures from the boat. At Hat Yai in the noon time we changed to a smaller boat. There is no pier at these islands +Koh Lipe. Therefore , longtail boats take us to the land. We have found a nice resort bungalow just at the Pattaya Beach( Green View Garden Resort, 800 ... read more
On the way from PP to Ko Lanta
on the way from PP to Ko Lanta
Ko Lanta

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Phi Phi Don March 11th 2009

It is our third time we are on PP islands. We found a basic resort on Ton Sai Beach Which is on the left, five minutes walk from the pier- PP Nice Beach Resort (700THB per night ). Night life is vey vivid on PP, specially for young people. We ate Thai food at Papaya Restaurant on recomendation from a Spanish Diver. Last night we had sea food on the beach at PP Seafood Restaurant. We shared one large red snapper; delicious. We took a trip to Phi phi Don by a longtail boat sharing with three foreign friends. We visited Maya Bay (The Beach), Lagoon and snorkelled at certain points around the island. We were again impressed by the underwater world, colourfull fishes, beautiful corals and we happent to see a sea snake more than ... read more
on the boat
Phi Phi Don
Phi Phi Don

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phuket March 8th 2009

We arrived at Phuket after fifteen hours of hard but very joyfull journey by sleeping boat and by bus. We directly settled in the same same hotel we have visited before ( Little Mermaid Hotel ). Almost the prises are same same as last year. We visited six main beaches; Karon, Kata, Kata Noi, Surin, Kamala and we visited Patong Beach at night to enjoy the crazy night life, not for families especially. Sometimes it was rainy . We enjoyed swimming in the warm water under the rain. We also visited Central Festival Shopping Center at the town. Breakfast five star at the hotel (free), lunch usually at street stalls and dinner at nice restaurants Tomorrow we are planning to go to Phi Phi Islands and the next day we will sail for Koh Lanta. We ... read more
Kata Beach
Kata Beach
Kata Beach

Asia » Thailand March 4th 2009

We arrived at Chumpton at 04:00 AM . Found a free Internet and published our first blog there. Having breakfast on the main land we boarded the ship. 2.5 hrs later at 9:30 AM we arrived at Koh Tao. We settled at Seashell Resort ,a simple but nice beach and garden bungalow at Sairee Beach (700THB per night). We enjoyed the first day at our beach. The second day we took a snorkling tour around the island. We visited several bays for snorkling, one of the impressive underwater was on Mango Bay . The best place we visited is Nangyuan Island which is few moments sail from Koh Tao. This is our first experience taking pictures underwater (many thanks to our sun in law who provided us with camera housing). The third day we visited Chalok ... read more
Koh Tao
Koh Tao
Sairee Beach




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