When I visited Langkawi Island in early of 2008,  I had a tough time in choosing a hotels to stay because that was the first time I went there. The varieties of hotels which ranges from the cheapest non-rated motels to the grandest 5 star hotels are giving me a headache. I probably couldn’t afford [...]

I know some of you might say that after trying the bean sprout chicken in Ipoh, you don’t want to try at other places. But rest assured that the one in Penang is comparable to the Ipoh version bean sprout chicken in terms of taste and look. I found out about this place thru a [...]

One of the best Wan Tan Mee (‘Wan Tan’ noodle) I have tried is at a noodle stall at Air Itam. Not only does the noodles taste good, the size of the dumplings or ‘Wan Tan’ is huge. See the picture below. ‘Wan Tan’ means dumpling and Mee is noodle. Therefore, the whole thing can [...]

One of the featured resorts in Port Dickson is the Legend Water Chalets resort. The resort’s special feature is its chalets built over water. In this resort, its interior proves much more interesting than its exterior whereby guests prefer to stay inside the chalets rather than going out. The uniqueness of the Legend Water Chalets [...]

At the south western most of Sarawak lies a town call Sematan. It’s the last township in Borneo since it lies at the tail of Borneo. If you look at the following map, Sematan is really located at the end of Sarawak. Apart from its unique location, Sematan is a famous old seaside market located [...]

If you happened to be in Terengganu and you like to throng night market, Dungun is the place to go. Dungun is a small town located around 100km from the state capital Kuala Terengganu. Its night market is famous for its gigantic size and it’s said to have at least a few hundreds stalls. But [...]

A newly opened hotel in Kuala Tengganu by the name of Hotel Ming Star last year in June is timely in view of Visit Tengganu Year 2008. This budget hotel is located in the heart of Kuala Tengganu on Jalan Sultan Zainal Abidin. The hotel looks simple and yet its cosy rooms and stylish building [...]

Women often have the issue of making their trip cumbersome and heavy because of the stuffs they bring. For example, beauty care products seem indispensable to them even when they are traveling. Big bottles of face and hand wash products, body lotion, hand cream, perfumes are definitely the culprits here. To address this problem, you [...]

The most common diseases that most tourists contracted while traveling internationally are hepatitis A, typhoid fever and traveler’s diarrhea.  According to World Health Organization (WHO), hepatitis A is an endemic in Asia, Africa, Caribbean, South America, Russia and some parts of Europe whereas in China, Indian, Indonesian, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, tourists are [...]

I have been to Sabah a few times. But I have not heard of Pulau Banggi. Not until recently I read about it in the newspaper. Upon further reading, I found out that this little island is largely unaffected by development and most of the forest there remains intact. Besides, thick rainforest forms a canopy [...]

Masjid India was originally built as a modest wooden structure in 1863. Since then it has been reconstructed and upgraded a number of times over the years and until now the building has finally remained as what it was last constructed in 1966. The attractive part of the building is its southern Indian style with [...]