Let’s Visit Asia

Out of a gazillion travel videos in YouTube, there’s not a lot that’s fun to watch. Here’s one that’s looks professionally edited, featuring the best of Melaka, Malaysia in just about 6 minutes:

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Here’s some airfare offers from our traveling folks down there. Air Asia X, the long-haul budget airline, is offering airfares from Perth to KL for just AUD 132, and from Perth for just AUD 172. Here’s a screenshot of the Air Asia website showing all the details:

Air Asia X is just like the lowcost Air Asia flights, except for a few, but tangible differences that will make traveling long distances more comfortable. They offer a limited number of XL seats for those who require more legroom, and set meals are provided (snacks are available for purchase). You don’t get free …read more

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This week, the World Heritage Committee added 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Among these additions were some sites from Cambodia and Malaysia.
Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia)
Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, …read more

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NuWire Investor has published its Top 5 Medical Tourism Destinations and names Malaysia and India as 3rd and 5th most attractive for medical tourists and foreign investors, respectively.
Malaysia offers a wide array of medical procedures—including dental, cosmetic and cardiac surgeries—at significantly lower costs than in the U.S. In Malaysia, cardiac bypass surgery, for example, costs around $6,000 to $7,000, according to a publication released by Tourism Malaysia last November.
India has become a well-known medical tourist destination for cardiac and orthopedic procedures. In the past, American patients have travelled to India for procedures such as Birmingham hip resurfacing, which was previously …read more

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Here’s one for the tech-geeks out there: If you’re in the region, check out The Kuala Lumpur Traveler’s entry on the ongoing PC Fair 2008 in KL.

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The interesting thing with budget airlines is that they always the ones who come up with the coolest aircraft livery. Colors that already make it feel like your holiday already starts the minute you board the plane.

Since it is partnering with the AT&T Williams Formula One team, AirAsia has just unveiled its new A320 aircraft dressed up as an exact look-alike of the AT&T Williams racing car.
Right in time for the ongoing Malaysian Grand Prix!

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The practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix was held today at the Sepang International Circuit and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton led the pack. From the IHT report:
Ferrari had dominated both Friday’s official practice sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix before Hamilton — winner in the season-opening Australian GP last weekend — took advantage of cooling track temperatures under clouding skies to set the day’s best lap of 1 minute, 35.055 seconds in a late run at Sepang.
He was 0.151 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa in session two, with world champion Kimi Raikonnen third quickest, another two-tenths of a …read more

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Kuala Lumpur-based long haul budget airline Air Asia X has sold more than 100,000 seats in its 5 months of operation, and in celebration of this milestone is giving away 5,000 free seats to Gold Coast, Australia and Hang Zhou, China!
Hurry, you’ve only got til this Sunday, March 16, 2008, to avail of this promo. Check for availaility of seats at Air Asia, for travel between March 20 to June 23, 2008!

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I just bought the latest issue of Action Asia magazine– a must-have if you’re planning on wreck diving in Asia soon. The glossy pages also feature surfing in Malaysia, both on the open sea and in the city (!) and off-piste touring in Japan.

Adventure packed, that’s what this issue is!

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AirAsia has launched flights between Kuching and Macau, becoming the first airline to serve this stretch.
AirAsia is the only airline to serve the international route to Macau from the Kuching hub with three flights weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It will be the leading and largest low-cost carrier fifth hub flying directly to Macau. Currently the Kuching hub serves seven routes to Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Bintulu and Sibu. Thus the inclusion of its international network to Macau will not only allow greater connectivity between the fourth largest city in Malaysia and the gateway to …read more

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