Taroko – Adventure to The Nature

Posted on May 13, 2013 by admin
Taroko became the center of my visit in Taiwan May last year. It’s my second time to Taiwan. Taiwan now has become one of my favourite destination. It offers a lot of nature beauty, delicious delicacy, many night market to accompany your night time as well friendliness of the people. Cost of travelling in Taiwan is also relatively affordable. Taroko itself is not coming from Japanese’ language as many of the people might think of. The origin name of Taroko is coming from the name of the tribe Read more [...]
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Makassar – Island Getaway

Posted on April 21, 2013 by admin
We wake up a bit late compared to our initial plan as we are too tired for our journey day before. After having the breakfast from the hotel, we went straight to Fort Rotterdam. When we reached Port Rotterdam, we are approached by a Man offering us boat tour for island hopping which is our plan as well. The price offered is reasonable, IDR 400.000,- for 3 islands, Lai Lai Island, Pulau Kahyangan and Samalona island. Information I got from website before, many of the boat owner would request IDR 500.000 Read more [...]
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Makassar Day I – When The Mouth Could Not Stop

Posted on April 6, 2013 by admin
Some of my friends, also the readers ask me to visit as well to write article of Indonesia, my home country. Makassar is my first article for Indonesia. More article on Indonesia will also come this year as well. How To Get There ? Makassar has International Airport, Sultan Hasanuddin International airport, one of the best airport in Indonesia. This airport also serves as hub for several airlines servicing east destination of Indonesia. You can reach here from Singapore via Jakarta or via Balikpapan. Read more [...]
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Israel – Journey to the Holy Land Part III

Posted on March 31, 2013 by admin
5 Ms of Jerusalem (MURALS, MALLS, MUSEUMS, MARKETS and MEALS!) Other than religious sites, there are also several contemporary places worth visiting in Jerusalem: Jerusalem New City Living in the new city of Jerusalem, one might observe the building structures are also made up of stone walls. According to the guide (Jerusalem Municipality Free tour) there is a municipality policy which requires all building facade in Jerusalem to be made up of rock boulders: Modernity also comes with Read more [...]
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Israel – Journey to the Holy Land Part II

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin
Welcome back to our special edition Israel, Holy Land Part II. We hope you enjoy it. Almost all children’s party has this game called “Trip to Jerusalem”, and now I realize why such game was named after this place, since its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.  (Courtesy of Wikipedia).  Pretty much describes how this musical chair game is similar to the history of this place. Jerusalem On our first Read more [...]
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Israel – Journey to the Holy Land

Posted on March 14, 2013 by admin
As we are approaching good friday, end of this month, starting this week until end of the month, we have special article contributed by Gelo on Israel. Hope you enjoy and inspire your next trip. The succeeding places that we visited are the Holy Places in the perspective of Christian faith; however some of these places are common with other monotheistic faith. To set everyone’s expectations in terms of the authenticity of these places, based on books and articles, they are recognized as “Traditional” Read more [...]
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Ochre : An Italian Taste

Posted on March 10, 2013 by admin
Last month, I went to Ochre to try their Italian food in Orchard Central. The restaurant is located at 11th floor of the building. Do check whether the elevator you take will go to 11th floor, as there are elevators won't reach that floor. When I reached the restaurant around 7 PM on Sunday, not much people dine at that place. It's quite surprised for me as based on comments online I searched before, the place normally quite full, perhaps it's a bit early and it's sunday. Surprisingly, the Read more [...]
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Hanoi, Halong and Tam Coc – A Journey to Nature

Posted on March 3, 2013 by admin
We have new article from our guest writer, Angelo who will share his experience for his trip to Hanoi and nearby last January. Hope you enjoy and useful for your upcoming trip. Our trip to Hanoi was during the last week of January.  It was nice weather for touring around Hanoi, since it is still considered winter, and which feels around 15 – 18 deg Celsius.   Majority of the day are cloudy and dim, aside from short rains in the some part of the day. Our first meal in Hanoi is their tasty: Read more [...]
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Let’s Discover Hong Kong Part II

Posted on February 24, 2013 by admin
We’re back to our Hong Kong journey. On this edition, you’ll find interesting places and experiences to visit in Hong Kong. I’ll group interesting places into three main groups based on the location, hence you can plan your visit easily : Lantau island, Kowloon island, Hong Kong island and others. It would be good if you have octopus card, an electronic fare card to travel around Hong Kong : A. Lantau Island Lantau island is where Hong Kong international airport located. Even you are not Read more [...]
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Kumo Kaiseki – My First Kaiseki Dining

Posted on February 17, 2013 by admin
You can find easily various kind of international foods in Singapore. As migrant worker came across the world to Singapore, so does its food. One of the most common as well most welcomed international food you can find here is Japanese food. It’s easy to spot places selling various Japanese food from sushi, sashimi, takoyaki, from hawker style up to high end class Japanese restaurant. I just had dinner in Kumo, one of high end Japanese restaurant which only serve Kaiseki and Omakase. Kaiseki itself Read more [...]
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