Articles in the Places Category
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, Shopping »
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 …
AUSTRALIA, Australia - Victoria, Food, Headline, Places »
Yarra Valley Dairy Fresh Farmhouse Cheese
One of the highlights of Yarra Valley must be the Yarra Valley Dairy. My recent trip to the region surrounding Yarra River in Australia brought me to the award winning Yarra Valley Dairy. Located in the world class wine region, Yarra Valley offers fresh farmhouse cheese produced with their 200 top quality cattle.
The dairy is a wooden house with a scenic landscape. Some might mistook this as someone’s property.
There were a few exhibits of traditional dairy items as we walked in. The décor is a …
Places, Shopping, THAILAND, Thailand - Krabi »
Krabi Premium Outlet Village
Do you know there is a Premium Outlet Village or Brand Factory Outlet in Krabi? We missed it and didn’t manage to go there for our first two trips to Krabi so we definitely will visit this place on our third time.
The Premium Outlet Village is located on the main road. Often if you travelled from the airport to Aonang, the outlet can be visibly seen on the right hand side.
The outlet has a few sections and fully air conditioned. It was like a very hot day …
ARGENTINA, Argentina - Buenos Aires, Places »
Arts and Cultural at Centro Cultural Recoleta
I stumbled upon Centro Cultural Recoleta after visiting Eva Peron’s tomb and Paseo Recoleta Weekend Market. The Centro Cultural Recoleta is an exhibition and cultural events centre located in the barrio of Recoleta, Buenos Aires Argentina.
In lay man terms, it is an art museum and it holds some of the interesting masterpieces of Argentina’s artists. I spent more than an hour venturing the area. Some of the work is speechless.
I have posted a few pictures here but if you want to see the …
Headline, Places, SINGAPORE, Temples / Mosques / Churches »
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, Chinatown Singapore
For the first time this year, Rachel travelled to Singapore alone and she had a little adventure of her own. We were supposed to travel together however due to work, Rachel had to travel solo.
She went there for a wedding and also for a small travel assignment for our blog. We are humbled and grateful for our sponsor Roomorama.com for our stay in this trip. We will blog about the experience there for our readers.
While Rachel was wondering around Chinatown, she spotted a …
Headline, MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Perak, Malaysia - Taiping, Places »
From Taiping Lake Garden with Love
It is considered as one of the oldest lake in Malaysia. Thus, it is also considered as one of the most romantic and beautiful lakes in the country.
The Taiping Lake Garden is the first public garden established during British era. The garden is located near Maxwell Hill or Larut Hill, the famous Taiping Zoo and the town center.
Originally a mining site, it was converted to a public garden in 1880. Its beauty earned admiration of many which includes Cuthbert Woodville Harrison who wrote about it …
Headline, MALAYSIA, Malaysia - Selangor, Places »
Fisherman’s Catch at Tanjung Karang, Selangor
On Sunday, I went to a road trip to Tanjung Karang for the fisherman’s catch. Tanjung Karang is located 10 km away from the famous Kuala Selangor.
We went to this small little fisherman market call Chop Hai Guan in Tanjung Karang. I was told they have the freshest seafood around.
We took around two hours of driving from Kuala Lumpur to Tanjung Karang. We reached there around 10.30 am. Our friends were still on their way, overslept on Sunday morning.
It is a typical private jetty made …
