Let’s Visit Asia

July 12th, 2008

Air Asia X Promo on Australia-KL Flights

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 […]

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July 10th, 2008

New Asian Sites Added to World Heritage List

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 […]

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June 20th, 2008

Hot Meals on Air Asia

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 […]

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May 30th, 2008

Malaysia and India Tops in Medical Tourism

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 […]

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March 21st, 2008

Malaysian F1 Grand Prix 2008

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 […]

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November 30th, 2007

Korean Air Budget Airline

If plans pan out, it seems like we’ll be seeing a new budget airline fly the Asian skies in 2008.

Korean Air Lines Co. said Monday that its new low-cost airline was set to begin operations next May with routes to regional destinations including China and Malaysia.
Korean Air said in a press release that its board […]

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November 28th, 2007

Wreck Diving, Surfing and Oss-Piste Touring, from Action Asia

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!
Tags: adventure-travel, Asia, asia-destination, asia-hotels, asia-travel, […]

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November 23rd, 2007

Air Asia Flies Between Kuching and Macau

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. […]

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November 8th, 2007

Air Asia Awarded Airline Of The Year 2007 by CAPA

Malaysia-based budget airline Air Asia has been awarded Airline of the Year 2007 by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.
“AirAsia is poised to become the biggest airline in the region next decade, commanding a highly influential position in regional aviation. In aviation history terms, AirAsia’s arrival on the international aviation scene is unprecedented. Perhaps […]

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October 17th, 2007

Luxury Hotel… On a Budget?

How much would you be willing to fork out for a night at the Ritz-Carlton, complete with the luxury perks: large marble bath and deep soaking tub, a flat screen television, skyline views of the city, breakfast made-to-order and served by a butler?

All that, for just about 200 dollar a night. I kid you not; […]

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