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Let\’s Visit Asia

February 9th, 2008

Free International ticket on Jet Airways for Domestic Frequent Flyers

Do you travel a lot within India? Then you might want to take advantage of Jet Airways India’s Fly Free International offer to its JetPrivilege Members.
Exclusively, for our JetPrivilege members, fly Jet Airways between February 1 and April 30, 2008 on the select domestic sectors mentioned below and get a FREE ticket to exciting destinations […]

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February 9th, 2008

Travel Tips for the Philippines

The following entry is a contribution from guest blogger, Kristyn Maslog-Levis, a broadcast journalist/writer/photographer who lives in Sydney, Australia with her musician husband and their fluffy Maltese “children”, Stitch and Felix. She currently blogs at Torrones de Mani.
We just got back from a month long trip to the Philippines. I am a native Filipino and […]

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February 8th, 2008

5 Great Reasons to Visit Vietnam: The Leap of Faith

The following entry is a contribution from Alex Kallimanis, who writes political and social humor for the website Sirened. His degree in history has always made him interested in travel and from a young age he vowed to see as much of the world as possible. At 29 he’s visited 29 countries.

Being an American with […]

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February 7th, 2008

Postcard from Bohol, Philippines

Just a shout out to let you all know I’m back from a wonderful 2 weeks in the Philippines. I haven’t had much time to write about our holiday while I was on the road– it proved to be too hard to resist the pull of the sun, sand, and glorious white beach — but […]

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February 7th, 2007

The 2007 Travvies Travel Blog Awards

The nominations are open for Travvies, the first travel blog awards.
Got a favorite travel blog? You can nominate up to three blogs on each of these categories:
Best Travel Blog
Best Destination Blog
Best Informative/Practical Travel Blog
Best Group-Written Travel Blog
Best Single-Author Travel Blog
Best Photography on a Travel Blog
Has Let’s Visit Asia been a useful and entertaining read for […]

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February 4th, 2007

Book Early and Get Early Bird Savings

“The early bird catches the worm.” That’s Tiger Airways’ motto for their current promo. Book early enough and you can find fares as low as S$1.99 one-way. For example, I tried checking the fares online, and saw that if you book now, you can get a one-way fare from Singapore to Phuket in July for […]

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January 4th, 2007

Happy New Year!!!

New Year, New Look! How do you like the new template? It does take a bit of getting used to, but I think it’s more user friendly, and allows you to see more at a glance. There are still some formatting tweaks that have to be done here and there, but all in all, I […]

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November 29th, 2006

$100 A Day in Tokyo

Another submission at Gridskipper’s $100 a Day challenge was Patrick McCoy’s $100 in Tokyo (the other on Asia was $100 A Day in Hong Kong). Japan is quite an expensive country, so it’s rather a feat to have been able to squeeze in so much in a hundred-dollar budget. Among Patrick’s destination suggestions:

fish auctions […]

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October 27th, 2006

$100 A Day in Hong Kong

How would you spend $100 in one day in Hong Kong?
Anne Heuer sends her suggestions. It’s amazing how far your $100 can reach, and how much fun you can have strolling across the city, shopping, orgasmic hair wash, and karaoke included. Plus a chance to piss while taking in the view of Hong Kong skyline!
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