Let’s Visit Asia

The following is a contribution from guest blogger, Kala, who is currently based in Qatar. She has lived in the Philippines and France, and plans to visit 15 more countries before she turns 30.
Wanting a taste of traditional Japanese lifestyle, my recent trip to Japan included booking several nights at a ryokan in Kyoto. A ryokan is a Japanese-style inn, an experience that must not be missed when in Japan, according to my Japanese friends.
The first sight that greeted us at the ryokan was a sea of brown slippers, neatly arranged at the entrance. You are required to remove your …read more

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Nepal plans to rename the Lukla airport, the only airport in the Mount Everest region, after the first two men to reach the world’s highest peak, Sir Edmund Hillary and his climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay.
Hilary died early last month due to a heart attack. He has founded the Himalayan Trust, which has built 27 schools, two hospitals and 12 clinics around Mount Everest.

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The Hotel Club Travel Blog has the details on the new Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital Airport, which was just finished right in time to welcome the hordes of visitors arriving for the upcoming Beijing Olympics 2008. If the photos over there aren’t impressive enough, take a look at how the airport glows in the night:

If this is the sight that will welcome you as you land, geez, I think I’d feel like I’m going to land on a different planet!

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The following entry is contributed by guest blogger, Mec, currently writing at MEComposing.
A trip to Palawan is not complete without a visit to El Nido.
A trip to El nido, on the other hand, is made complete by the offerings of El Nido Boutique and Art Cafe . It’s a one-stop shop really for everything you need to make the most of your stay in El Nido.
Owned and operated by Judith and Tani since 1995, the boutique has been instrumental to enticing more tourists to go to El Nido by providing these travellers convenience in many forms.
First, there is the …read more

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The following entry is a contribution from guest blogger, Toni, currently writing at Wifely Steps.

Why do I love Bangkok? Let me count the ways. For now, let’s go with the Top 5 reasons however, as I could go on and on with why I love this city so. I want to whet your appetite with what Bangkok has to offer, not bore you with them! And so we begin.
1. The Airport
One way you will know a country takes good care of its tourists by how their airport looks. This is the first interaction a tourist has with a …read more

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Jackie Chan’s commercials for Visa and the Beijing Olympics never failed to elicit chuckles from me every time I chance upon them on the tv. I’m not sure if this one is the latest of the series of commercials, but it’s definitely one of my favorites:

Man, how old is the guy?!?

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We always associate fortune cookies with Chinese restaurants and assumed they originated in China, but did you know that they are actually virtually unknown in China?
There are several speculations regarding the origins of the fortune cookie, the most widely held belief is that this is an invention of the Chinese settlers in America. However, a researcher now claims that they are actually originally form JAPAN.
As she researched the cookie’s Japanese origins, among the most persuasive pieces of evidence Nakamachi found was an illustration from a 19th-century book of stories, “Moshiogusa Kinsei Kidan.”
A character in one of the tales is an …read more

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The following is a contribution from guest blogger, Kala, who is currently based in Qatar. She has lived in the Philippines and France, and plans to visit 15 more countries before she turns 30.
Whenever I tell people that I went to Japan for holidays, they sigh and say, “Oh, it must have been so expensive!” Well, I’ve got some good news for you. While accommodation may be more expensive in Japan than most Asian countries, there are a lot of money-saving tips for the budget traveller.
1. Accomodation – Business hotels, budget hotels, capsule hotels and even budget ryokans provide inexpensive …read more

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We’re flying off to the Manila today! It’s my first time to fly Jetstar and I’m excited to see how it will turn out I’ll keep you posted!

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When I first read that the Dusit chain of hotels opened its first resort hotel in Koh Chang, I was like, “Huh?! Where is Koh Chang?!?” I know that koh means “island and chang means “elephant”, but I have never heard of an Elephant Island in Thailand.

Apparently, the island is located 225 km southeast of Bangkok and is Thailand’s second-largest island, next to Phuket. Wikitravel and this website has more info on Ko Chang.
Hm, it seems like the island is gaining popularity among tourists if more upscale hotels are being built on the island.
See more Ko Chang photos on Flickr.
Photo: …read more

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