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One thing I don’t like with flying budget airlines is that you have to pay for your meals. But because budget airlines usually fly short routes, it’s tolerable. Afterall, the savings you get from the airfare more than covers the cost of the meal. However, if you find yourself really hungry onboard, most budget airlines […]
Some mommy friends of mine are organizing an overnight trip with kids to Batam, Indonesia. It’s less than an hour’s ferry ride from Singapore and is a popular place for Singapore residents for a weekend away from the city. But I can imagine that even for a tourist or a business traveler, one or two […]
Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day or just wanted to treat a special someone to a truly romantic experience, check out Orient Express’ list of Romantic Getaways in South-East Asia. Among their top-picks:
1. Road to Mandalay, Myanmar
2. Jimbaran Puri Bali, Indonesia
3. The Governor’s Residence, Yangon
4. Napasai, Koh Samui
5. La Résidence d’Angkor, Cambodia
6. Eastern & […]
Bali is one of Travel+Leisure’s top recommendations where to spend Christmas this year.
Why Go:
-Miles of terraced rice paddies
-Instead of carols, the haunting sound of the gamelan gong
-Watching Christmas Eve sunset at the island temple of Tanah Lot.
If you’re after a totally different and untraditional Christmas, then this destination is for you. Personally, much as I […]
Indonesia’s most popular island destination will hold the 29th Annual Bali Arts Festival from June 16 to July 15.
The Bali Arts Festival is a full month of daily performances, handicraft exhibitions and other related cultural and commercial activities during which literally the whole of Bali comes to the city to present its offerings of dance, […]
A dozen Asian hotels made it to the list of the Conde Nast Traveller’s Hot List of the best hotels in the world for 2007.
On 7th place: Banyan Tree Lijiang (photo), at Yunnan Province, China
On 12th place: Commune by the Great Wall Kempinski, at Badaling Mountains, China
On 16th place: Four Seasons Resort Maldives, at Landaa […]
On New Year’s Day, we took my son to an exhibition on pirates in Speyer, Germany. At one point, he was watching a short documentary and heard that pirates are still well and alive in Asia.
“Mom, is that true? There are still pirates in Asia?” His eyes were twinkling, probably thinking of the adventures and […]
Flights to and from Indonesia’s Sumatra island are still operating on disrupted schedules as the island is still enveloped by the haze from forest fires.
The haze has piled on extra misery for travellers during a peak Muslim holiday period this week when Indonesians go back to their home towns and villages for Eid al-Fitr festivities […]
It really seems the Pacific Ring of Fire is awake.
Java, Indonesia is still reeling from the aftermath of a tsunami following an undersea eathquake. The number of death casualties have reached 550, and relief work is still underway.
And in the Philippines, Mt Mayon continues to spew lava, and experts expect the volcano, famed for […]
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