Travel

September 13, 2012 – The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – Prince William and Catherine Middleton have arrived in Malaysia, as part of a nine-day South East Asian and Pacific tour in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. After a tightly-scheduled tour of Kuala Lumpur, the royal couple will visit the “Land Below the Wind” Sabah tomorrow.   TripAdvisor, [...]

Asiarooms has recently announced their “The Right Room For You” campaign, aiming to provide localised deals catered to the different needs of Malaysian travelers. Through surveys and research done by Blackbox Research throughout the region and within Malaysia, Asiarooms has found that 50% of Malaysians booked their travels online. The survey was conducted late last year among 150 internet-savvy participants. [...]

I hardly caught any sleep before I had to get up at 5.30am, on a day which usually involves recuperative sleep at the start of the weekend. It was a mad, mad rush the night before to get everything settled – stocking up on supplies, collecting my digicam from Stan, dropping of J’s car at my parents’, packing everything into [...]

The moment we alighted from the Air Asia Boeing 737, our skin welcomed the cool air. The heat and humidity that we’ve encountered over the past 7 days in Cambodia and Vietnam became mere memories. Almost instantly, we stopped perspiring. Although reluctant to come home and face the dread of the office come Monday, I think we were thankful for [...]