Articles in the Places Category
MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Perlis, Places »
The Hottest Place in Malaysia
First all, we wish Happy Chinese New Year to all our Chinese readers, friends and fans and Happy Holiday for our non-Chinese readers, friends and fans.
For days, the weather in Kuala Lumpur has been scorching hot. The temperature reads 35.5 degree Celsius during the day. We advise everyone to drink more water at this time to avoid any sickness.
By the way, do you know where is the hottest place in Malaysia and how hot it was?
No one could get the answer right for this.
The hottest place …
Headline, JAPAN, Places »
Den Den Town Nippombashi the Otaku Haven in Osaka
If there is Akihabara in Tokyo, then there is Den Den Town in Osaka. The actual name of the place is called Nipponbashi and it is located near (walking distance) Namba and the busy Dotonburi. Hence, if you are looking for manga, toys (such as Transformers, Gundam, Macross, Gashapons and Figurines including the sexy ones) and also cosplay items, Den Den Town is the best place for you.
Usual scene of Den Den Town
How to go to Nipponbashi via train and Subway:
There is …
Headline, MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Perlis, Picture of the Week, Places, Temples / Mosques / Churches »
Floating Mosque of Al-Hussain, Kuala Perlis
Last month I was invited to visit Perlis by Santai travel magazine and Tourism Malaysia Perlis. It was my first time venturing the northernmost state in Peninsula Malaysia. While many wonder what do the smallest state in Malaysia offers, there are more than I expected.
One of the highlights of Perlis or Kuala Perlis in particular is the newly built Al-Hussain Floating Mosque. Kuala Perlis is a busy getaway for tourists heading to the popular island of Langkawi added Al-Hussain Floating Mosque as the new tourist …
Headline, MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Places »
Kenanga Wholesale City (何清园时装城) Shopping Center Kuala Lumpur
A few years ago, we heard about an ambitious project to build a whole shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. The location is the ever popular wholesale area of San Peng. The shopping is called Kenanga Wholesale City and it has opened for more than two months. It is the first wholesale shopping mall in Malaysia and set to rival Bangkok’s Platinum Fashion Mall.
We were driving near Jalan Loke Yew and we saw the signs of Kenanga Wholesale City. We thought why not going …
Headline, MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Perlis, Places »
Kaki Bukit 加基武吉, Old Mining Town of Perlis
Last week, I joined local travel magazine Majalah Santai to visit Perlis, the northernmost state in Peninsula Malaysia. Sponsored by Tourism Malaysia Perlis, I stayed in Perlis for 3 days 2 nights.
On the second day and on the way to Perlis State Park (Taman Negeri Perlis) we passed by a quiet town by the name of Kaki Bukit 加基武吉. As we were told by our tour guide, Mr. Ron this town used to be a mining town. You can tell with a few …
Headline, MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Perlis, Places »
Chuping Sugarcane Plantations Perlis MALAYSIA
Last weekend we were invited to join a media trip to Malaysian state Perlis by Tourism Malaysia Perlis and travel magazine Majalah Santai. Perlis is the northernmost state in Peninsula Malaysia and it borders with Thailand.
View Chuping Sugarcane Plantations in a larger map
This is our travel trip to Perlis. Many would have thought that a day is enough for Perlis but the state offered more than we expected.
At one of our destinations, we visited the sugarcane plantation in the small town of Chuping. Unknown to us, …
AUSTRALIA, Australia - Victoria, Beaches, Places »
Colourful Mount Martha Beach Huts
We have seen different types of beach huts but not the colourful ones. On our sponsored trip to Victoria Australia earlier year, we stop over at Mount Martha Beach near Mornington Peninsula only for one reason. The beach huts.
Why colourful beach huts?
As I was told, this beach huts are rented by vacationers who kept their boats inside the huts. To identify their huts easier, they coloured the huts differently.
Thus, it naturally becomes a tourist attraction of Mornington Peninsula, how convenient!
We left Mount Martha beach for Frankston …
Guest Contributors, MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Johor, Places »
Johor Premium Outlets JPO Kulaijaya, MALAYSIA
This is a guest post by lifestyle blogger Wilee Tee who went to Johor Premium Outlets last week. Her experience as follows:
Johor Premium Outlets is definitely one of the hottest destination in Malaysia or even in Asia now.
The FIRST Premium Outlet Center in South East Asia is here, in Kulaijaya, Johor.
I have been wanting to go there since they start opening on 2 December to take a look at this premium outlet. Lets see if I can grab some good priced branded stuff home or …
Headline, HONG KONG, Places »
Aberdeen Harbour, Village of Fishing Junks, Hong Kong
We have been posting lots of food posts in the past few days so we felt it is time for us to show one of the places we visited this year, the Aberdeen Harbour Hong Kong. One of the most popular tourist attractions in Hong Kong, we went to see what is left in Aberdeen Harbour spring this year.
On this trip, we decided to follow a half day city tour with a local tour company. We decided it was the best way traveling …
Places, SINGAPORE »
Transformers The Ride 3D Opens at Universal Studio Singapore 3rd December 2011
Transformers The Ride 3D opens today at Universal Studio Singapore. It is one of the most exciting and transforming rides in 3D and it starts today at Universal Studio Singapore. I bet the queue will be massive.
Unfortunately, we are not there today. Rachel was there two weeks ago and she spotted the Transformers The Ride 3D Coming Soon Poster.
As we thought it could be just another ride until we saw the introduction video of the Transformers The Ride 3D …
ADVERTORIAL, Featured, Headline, Places, SINGAPORE »
5 Reasons to stay in Singapore with Roomorama.com
We travelled to Singapore twice this year, and three times last year. We have been staying different places every time we went down. Some are sponsored stay and some are on our own. We been looking at options for a better stay in Singapore and we found Roomorama.com
Roomorama was founded on the principle that there is more to travel than visiting a checklist of tourist attractions. It is more than renting a hotel room as it is more like a home stay. Like …
Disneyland, Headline, HONG KONG, Places »
5 Reasons to Visit Hong Kong Disneyland for 5th Anniversary Celebration and Sparkling Christmas
2011 is a very special for Hong Kong Disneyland as they celebrate their 5th Anniversary Celebration. I know this might be a very late blog post but it is worth to write this. Moreover, they are celebrating their Sparkling Christmas too until year end.
Next month will be the last month of the year and it is the very right reason to visit Hong Kong Disneyland before the year ends. I will list down 5 reasons to visit …
