Matta Fair 2010, 12 – 14 March, PWTC (Putra World Trade Center)
This weekend there’s something to look forward. The annual Matta Fair 2010 is back. From 12 – 14 March, at PWTC (Putra World Trade Center). Matta Fair is Malaysia’s biggest travel fair. Since 1975, the member boosts to over 2000 members from a mere 30 over members.
There’s 2 Matta Fairs in a year in Malaysia. One in the first half in March and the latter will be in September.
The upcoming Matta Fair will expect a bigger turnout than last …

Sunset at Aonang , Krabi, THAILAND
A short Sunday post. My last December trip to Krabi with my friends was a memorable one. Though the company was good, but the scenery was better. Let me explain also why we picked to stay in Aonang instead of Krabi town.
Before the trip, I tried to look for images of Aonang of Krabi, nothing much was found. So then, during the trip I took quite a number of Aonang of Krabi to show it here on my blog. Aonang  is a popular hot …

Lake “Lago” Falkner- Camping Ground site – 7 Lakes Route, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Patagonia, ARGENTINA
The journey between San Martin de los Andes and Villa La Angostura, lies the popular 7 Lakes Route. Lake or Lago Falkner camping ground site is one of the most popular camp site within this 7 Lakes Route. We were traveling from San Martin to Bariloche.

Entrance of the Camping Falkner
As we saw the beautiful Lago Falkner, we couldn’t resist to have a quick lunch there.

Guests of Camping Falkner
As expected, there were quite a number of …

Taiping’s Best Hotel, Flemington Hotel
Taiping had a new hotel to their addition in 2009, the Flemington Hotel. Located opposite the popular Taiping Lake, Flemington Hotel was the official hotel for the 2009 4×4 Larut Hill International Challenge.

The Flemington Hotel has one of the best view of the Taiping lake in Taiping.

The room itself is spacious, with LCD TV and modern looking carpet. There’s also a small chair with a small round coffee table by the large glass window. Not forgetting there’s a work table with a nice leather chair. The …

My parents had been telling me a good place to eat fish in Taman Putra Budiman in Balakong for the past few days. Last Sunday, I decided to treat them and my in-laws for the “Chap Goh Meh” dinner there. Though the place falls under Balakong but its only a stone away from Gita Bayu. They moved from Chan Sow Lin area years ago. They moved after the construction of the SMART highway.

It’s not one of the fancy restaurants in town. It’s just a small non airconditioned restaurant in one …

Argentina’s Tango Artist, Guillermo Alio
There’s a lot of tango dancers and artists in Argentina but finding the best of both world is not easy. Luckily, I found one by the name of Guillermo Alio in La Boca. La Boca is one of the places you couldn’t miss in Buenos Aires. Rich by history itself, I went to La Boca with my friend Shakhira. La Boca is also the home for the world renowned football team, Boca Juniors.

Unlike the city of Buenos Aires, La Boca simply different. Different in the sense …

Silly me. After staying in Argentina for more than 25 days, only I realized that Argentina has their own hot chili sauce, the chimichurri sauce. As a Malaysian, our country is blessed with heavily spiced food and sauces.
Though I couldn’t take hot food as much as my wife, Rachel. My taste bud and my crave for hot sauce, is always there.
While having lunch in La Boca at the last few days of my Argentine visit, I was introduced to this hot sauce by a fellow Malaysian who resides there, Shakhira. …

My visit to Eva Peron or most popular known as Evita’s tomb was planned by fellow friend “One Dollar”. Unexpectedly, friends from the 4×4worldexplorer.com expedition, “One Dollar” and “Banker” returned to Buenos Aires early from Brazil Rio’s Samba Festival.  Having them with me in Buenos Aires was a blessing. They taught me how to read the map and how to take the subway or better known as “tube” here. Later on, they left to Rio Gallegos to join the rest of the 4×4worldexplorer.com expedition. Sadly, I left a week earlier …

Upon arriving Ushuaia, Argetntina I often see the light aircraft venturing the sky. Thus, I asked one of the local tour operator out of curiosity and it wasn’t expensive. Half an hour flight cost around US$ 70 and an hour flight cost around US$ 120.
I never had an experience flying with a small aircraft before so I will not miss this opportunity. Together with buddy “Double Zero” Rate De Silva, we went to the Aero Club Ushuaia Airport with one reason and one reason only, FLYING!

“Double Zero” had his flying …

After 2 weeks of driving from Buenos Aires, daily scenery of Patagonia, its time to reach the Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Going to Ushuaia from Rio Gallegos must bypass Chile. Weird but true. After the hassle of checking in and out of Chile and back to Argentina again, we drove towards south to our most important destination, Ushuaia.

Again, we were treated by breathtaking scenery of Argentina. Before arriving Ushuaia, we stopped at Paso Garibaldi.

Around the area lies the sharp peaks of the Sierra Valdivieso and Sierra Alvear. …

Ushuaia, Argentina is always known as the lowest and southernmost city in the world. Yet, the town is also popular for another good thing. Seafood. It’s undeniable that the city is famous for its fresh king crab! Since there’s so many of them, we visited one of the restaurants on the main road of San Martin. La Cantina Fueguina de Freddy is located at the heart of the busy San Martin road. Located just 2 blocks away from the seaport, San Martin is the busiest street of Ushuaia. After …

Happy Chinese New Year 2010 from Wilson Ng of PlacesAndFoods.com in Ushuaia, Argentina. Ushuaia, Argentina is the most southern city in the world. It is a small town and also a port for cruises to go to Antarctica or South Pole. It’s currently summer here but the weather is cold enough enough for the mountains to be snow capped. Sadly, I have to leave Rachel for this trip due to time consumption and work commitment. The landscape in Ushuaia, Argentina is nothing but breathtaking. I would never leave my …

This is not an advertorial or paid post. This is my real experience. My flight from Kuala Lumpur to Buenos Aires on Jan 27th took around 26 hours inclusive of 2 stop overs at South Africa. It was my furthest place I travel and the longest flying time I experienced in my life. I flew with Malaysia Airlines MH201 on this trip. It was a very early morning flight, around 1.20 am. Many might not know, only Malaysia Airlines fly direct to Buenos Aires from Southeast Asia. Hence, the flight …

Well, even though its summer in Argentina, trust me the weather is freaking cold. This will be another short post until I have time for a more comprehensive post.

Los Glaciares National Park is located at the Santa Cruz province of Argentina. Its located at the south of Argentina. The nearest town will be El Calafate which is only 40 km away. We stayed in El Calafate for that reason. The 6 hours cruise ride cost around 295 pesos (US 90) excluding meal. We  got ourselves a double decker cruise. I …

I realized something when I’m traveling in Argentina. Small town has good food. Seriously. Our unprecedented stop at El Bolson for petrol forced us a quick bite. El Bolson is in the Rio Negro region of Patagonia. Patagonia itself is huge, we had been traveling for days at Route 40, Patagonia Argentina.

Luckily, near the petrol station we found a shop selling Empanadas. Empanadas are Latin American pastry stuffed with fillings, with the skin quite similar to our Malaysian curry puff skin.

They have lots of varieties of the empanadas on the …