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Visiting a foreign country where the exchange rate is so much more superior to our Ringgit can really burn a hole in our wallet. I used to travel online when there’s not enough budget to do the real thing until one day, I discovered that I can visit certain wonderful attractions for FREE! Being a Chinese, I was quite skeptical initially as there’s a Cantonese saying that goes something like this “Cheap things, not good; Good things, not cheap”. I was apprehensive when I heard about these ‘free’ attractions. Are these so-called attractions worth visiting? Are they free because they want to force you to buy something while you’re there?... [more]

This round, let us venture around Jogjakarta for some local delicacies to excite our taste buds! 1. Gudeg Yogya This is a dish where the locals eat as staple food. Gudeg Yogya is similarly as famous as Nasi Kandar to Penang. To be exact, it’s a plate of white rice, served with some specially cooked young nangka (jackfruit) slices in herbs & coconut milk, some stew chicken meat and eggs. Some even add-on some beancurds and vegetable to do some extra bits for their customers. 2. Nasi Langgi Here’s another rice dish. Served on banana leaf (to enhance the aroma), with some fried beef (locally known as ‘empal’), preserved beef... [more]

Not very far away off the Northern side of Chiang Mai, lays villages of hill tribes living peacefully in picturesque hillside regions. These groups of minorities have a very different view on the meaning of ‘beauty’. Just because of this contradictory perspective of ‘beauty’, they have drawn so many people from all around the world to just either shamelessly stare at them, curiously talk to them, dedicatedly try to understand them, make a human/cultural interest story out of them, or even make some timeless documentary to record this unique group of people. Of cause, what is beautiful always lies in the eye of the beholder. As pictures... [more]

It’s tea time!!! Let me get myself a cup of really hot chocolate on this rainy day… before I share with you guys & gals the ‘makan’ place in Ho Chi Minh City… I still remember the first day I stepped onto the land of Ho Chi Minh, I was already hunting for dining places there. Simply because I’m a dedicated food lover and I crave for them every minute… I like to be adventurous, trying out new things whenever I can. Eating the same thing over and over again everyday is like – BORING! Moreover, I was in a new environment, so I did not waste the opportunity to hunt for something new and refreshing! 1) Deep Fried... [more]

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