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A short getaway to Laos

Published by in backpack on November 7th, 2011

Every trip we ever had were all planned at least 8 to 12 months ahead. But buying the flight tickets has been rather spontaneous. Of course we would see if it’s feasible in the first place, especially now that we are planning for our big day. We never had Laos in our main traveling list. We couldn’t get the Vietnam tickets at the ever so cheap Airasia promos and so we opted for Laos. I have to admit that the last few trips never got my fullest attention because of work. Ever since I shifted back to Penang, the focus has been my work. I am just not in my usual environment where I can be fiddling with machines and equipments that are rarely seen out of a lab. Laos is similar to Cambodia and Thailand but more laid back. Emails took forever to be replied and in the end I took the chance of walking in rather than booking prior to the trip. I could only do that because I knew the people traveling with me well. Well enough that, we took a almost broken van from Medan to Lake Toba in one of the most torturous rides in

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Is this a Fake or Real Apple Store in China

Published by in apple, backpack, China on August 1st, 2011

There are so many news on fake Apple store mushrooming all around China and why should anyone be surprised with these news? If they can create fake tau fu, why not an Apple Store? So I was on a backpacking trip in China in April and I was telling Angeline we should visit the Apple Store in Beijing if time permited. It didn’t happen. We went to Datong then to Pingyao and then to Xi’an. If you didn’t know, Xi’an is famous for it’s Terracotta Warriors. Upon arriving to Xi’an, guess what greeted me instead? An Apple Store. I was thinking Wow Apple must be banging on all cylinders to expand in China. I immediately went into the store with my friends and everything looks exactly like the actual Apple Store set up except for one thing. The price. It was more expensive by a few hundreds of ringgit. I took this opportunity to snap photos. Later I sent it to my bosses of Switch(Apple Premium Reseller). I got a reply a few hours later from John. It then hit me. I actually walked into a fake Apple Store in Xi’an, China. All in all, an average person would not

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Philippines Day 2: Church of Paoay

Published by in backpack, philippines on July 11th, 2011

Before leaving for Laoag City, we took group photos with the hotel staffs. With me above is Miss Kaye and the receptionist. Miss Kaye was in constant communication with me even when we missed out flight from Manila. Even throughout the bus journey from Manila to Vigan, i received calls to make sure where we were and that their staffs were on standby once  we arrive in their town. Without a doubt i would recommend Hotel Salcedo de Vigan to anyone who would want to visit this beautiful town! We then continued our journey heading north to Laoag City. On the way, we stopped by one of the landmarks which is listed as a Unesco Site, Church of Paoay. Founded in 1593. We barely had 1 hour as we needed to reach Laoag City before dark. Hannah,”Guys, you have only 30minutes!”. Everyone scrams! LOL We left Church of Paoay in a rush and headed towards Laoag City where it poured heavily upon arrival and we also got to eat …. …. wait for it …. Pookie Pookie….!

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China is Awesome!

Published by in backpack on April 9th, 2011

We have super limited Internet connection but so far Datong and PingYao were awesome! The temperature was colder than expected! We are now moving to Xian!

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Philippines Day 2: Eating Dirty Ice Cream

Published by in backpack, philippines on January 29th, 2011

Continuation from the previous entry, we carried on with our Calesa ride (horse ride) where we were later brought to one of the main reason why we stopped in Vigan town in the first place … The Bantay Church. Some of asked me, why did i visit churches in the Philippines when i am not Christian at all, which is rather an odd question -_-! You don’t go to another country visiting what they are not famous for. That totally defeats the purpose of traveling all together. Futher more, the past trips has been more on Hinduism and Buddhism and to be fair to my fellow Christian friends, Philippines was the ideal place. The rest ventured into the church where else i waited outside as i felt i wasn’t dressed properly. A group shot before leaving the church. We then proceeded to the Bantay Bell Tower which was about 5 minutes walk from the church. We then climbed up the bell tower to have an overview of Vigan town. There weren’t anyone else at the Bell Tower, so we basically we conquered the top of the tower. We hung around for about 20 minutes before leaving for the main town

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Philippines Day 2: Plan B

Published by in backpack, experience, holiday, philippines on January 1st, 2011

On the way to the airport, i sensed that i should be prepared with plan B as the possibility of missing the flight was almost inevitable. A few months before, Angeline and i mapped out the roads that would lead us up to northern Luzon and checked if it’s possible reaching there without the plane. The reason why we had to map out the roads was because if you do a quick google map check, there isn’t a proper route. So we had manually check and if buses were going to the Vigan or even Laoag City from Manila. The answer was YES. Thus plan B was initiated. Plan B as backup and B as for … BUS. Partas Bus to be exact. *Some requested for a map to show where we were heading and so here it is. We are stuck in Manila where we missed our flight to Laoag City which at the far north. So plan B is to take a bus to Vigan City first before continuing by van to Laoag City. Having taken a grueling bus ride from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap with chickens hung upside down by the passenger beside me through out

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Philippines Day 1: Missed the flight

Published by in backpack, philippines on December 14th, 2010

The idea of going to Philippines came just before we left for Indonesia. With Airasia having yet another promotion, i couldn’t help resist looking through. Initial plans were to go to Taiwan but of course when i realized the dates weren’t to my liking, i immediately shifted to Philippines. We managed to get return tickets for less than RM 60 and that was a bargain i tell you. A bus ride to Singapore alone would have cost more. By the time i have booked for Angeline and i, my mailbox was filled with messages asking where is my next destination. This was even before i announced on facebook or twitter. The day finally came and we were all excited to see how Philippines is. As for me and Angeline, we were just waiting to unfold all our plans that has been tailored for the whole lot. Besides visiting places in Philippines, we were also there to meet up with our blogger friend, Hannah! A day before the trip, the Penangites arrived first as the flight to Clark, Manila is early in the morning. So we all checked into Tunehotels @ LCCT before heading off for dinner via KLIA Transit (RM

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Bali Day 4: Surfing at Kuta Beach & Bintang Beer Shirt

Published by in backpack, indonesia on August 24th, 2010

The next morning we had nothing planned. In fact we all woke up later than usual. Slowly had breakfast and walked the roads of Kuta town. Compared to Kuta’s bustling night life, their morning is totally different. Shops were slowly being opened, owners offering their prayers for the day in the form of banana leaves folded into a container shape with bananas and flowers in it. Everywhere we went, we saw this offering in front of their shop regardless how big or small their premises were. The main area looks rather dull in the morning. The only thing left for us to do is to explore Kuta beach and that’s what all of us did. Initial plan was to wear Bali shirt with sarung. But i guess the sarung part was a bit too drastic lol Our first impression of the beach was, WTH happened to it? There were just piles of rubbish all over the place. Locals were all clearing up by hands. Probably the sea brought it to their shores unexpectedly. We were then suddenly greeted by a jogger. Well he didn’t exactly greet us but probably asked us to move away, lol. We continued strolling down the

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Bali Day 3: Ben Chong has a different meaning in Bali

Published by in backpack, indonesia on August 13th, 2010

We headed back to Sri Ratih Cottage after dinner on the 2nd night. We were all free to do anything for the night and so the guys and got into the pool. The ladies on the other hand decided to stay dry and conquered the lobby area hogging their wifi spot; facebook-ing, tweet-ing. It’s like as though we were the only residents in the whole cottage. We all went back to our rooms after an hour or so for a good night’s sleep. The next morning we had our complimentary breakfast before heading to Kuta Beach for our final night. I realized i left out pictures of the rooms in Sri Ratih Cottage. Here they are The rooms are very spacious, in fact too spacious lol. Good thing if you have big backpacks like us cause you can just lay them anywhere. Same goes with the bathroom. There’s just ample of space in the room. Never bothered checking what channels were available cause i immediately dozed off once i got onto the bed.

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Bali Day 2: Trying the most expensive coffee in the world

Published by in backpack, indonesia on July 29th, 2010

After bidding Mount Batur and Hotel Surya goodbye, we then headed to Ubud. Another amazing town that anyone who drops by in Bali should visit. Spending a night here is definitely recommended. Everything is away from the hustling and bustling of town life like Kuta beach. On the way to Ubud we did make some detours and the first stop was lunch. Gahhhhh just realized the photo colours are off. So much for batch editing -_-! The best part of our lunch was that it was buffet style. So we kept eating until the locals gave a weird look LOL. They had this crazy spicy sate that i kept taking but once the fella preparing gave me a stare, i stopped. Hahaha. We were just spoilt we the amount of food. The building that we were at is built right at the edge. Check out the unfinished metal pieces sticking out. After lunch we drove to a nearby coffee farm where we were introduced to the animal that is incharge of making the most expensive coffee in the world.

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