Where: Brahmavihara-Arama  located in the village of Banjar; southwest of Lovina, Bali. The meditation centre amidst slope of mountains and green paddy fields is known worldwide amongst Buddhist visitors. Although it attracts less tourists as compared to Uluwatu Temple and Tanah Lot, the monastery with its unique Balinese Hinduism elements still serves as place for […]

Since I brought 2 colleagues who hardly went travelling, I had a mission to give them a lasting memory of their stay in Ho Chi Minh. Aware of their reluctance to settle with backpackers hostel, I booked Hong Thien Loc Hotel having its address at 287 – 289 Pham Ngu Lao Street, District 1 via […]

Leaving for Ho Chi Minh from LCCT on a Saturday evening is a quiet affair. LCCT is quieter than usual. My flight has been delayed by 20 minutes. I am greeted with warm hospitality by a businessman to whom I am acquainted to onboard the flight. His name is Leo and he offered me a […]

Do you want to know what I’ve been up to last weekend? A hike to Gunung Datuk, Rembau with a bunch of my favorite friends. We reached the top at 10a.m. Saturday and boy, we had been lazying around until the next day afternoon. Lepas makan, tido, lepas tido makan. It was as if you […]

It was on a lazy Friday morning, I woke up to a direct message from Amer, @TendtoTravel:- We’re planning to do a #KLtravelbloggers TweetUp at Paparich Bangsar 2moro at 8pm. It would be great if you could join us! Saje lepak2. Amer At first, my response was NEGATIVE. To my understanding, tomorrow is Saturday night. […]

“Di mana kan kucari ganti Serupa denganmu Tak sanggup ku berpisah Dan berhati patah hidup gelisah” Rumah Kelahiran P. Ramlee or the Birth House of P. Ramlee is located at No. 4A, Jalan P.Ramlee, Pulau Pinang. In this house was born a unique superstar like no other by the name of P.Ramlee (birth name: Teuku […]

Continuation from Koh Adang – Day 1 We skipped sunrise throughout this trip. Our sole purpose was to give comfort to ourselves; screw sunrises and sunsets. We chose to sleep in our little camp and only body clock would wake us up. Jaja woke up earlier than me. She zipped down the tent door and […]

Java Jazz Festival is the best jazz festival I have been thus far. With only IDR500,000.00 for a daily pass, I had the opportunity to have the audience with world class jazz artistes, for example, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Poncho Sanchez, Laura Fygi, Mayer Hawtorne & the County, Depapepe, Soil and Pimp Session and many […]

Endau Rompin is one of the most secluded rainforest to explore. I made it to Endau Rompin in 2007 when I joined Maybank Kembara group’s adventure. We left Menara Maybank on the independence night in the year 2007. I remember the night vividly as it was the day I had seen more Indonesians than Malaysians […]

I started to travel in 2009 and I have not stopped since. I’m a cheapskate who doesn’t believe in expensive fares. So you can imagine how I plan my travel in advance. Also, my work requires certain dates to be blocked. I have a list of booked flight tickets and itineraries that would last me […]