Category: On the road

Malaysian Airlines First Class London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur

So far I have not posted reviews of flights on this blog, I think there are others out there that can do this way better. However over the past Christmas holiday I redeemed my last US Airways (now American Airlines) miles for a first class round-trip journey that ended up...

A weekend at the beach in Rayong

On Friday I wrote about my experiment to organize a taxi driver in Thai through Google Translate. My WhatsApp conversation seemed to have worked and there was a taxi driver waiting for me at U-Tapao Airport as arranged. U-Tapao Airport. Probably doesn’t ring a bell for most of you. In terms...

Train rides in Sri Lanka

I just got back from a week long trip to Sri Lanka. We focused on the Southern half of the island along with the Hill Country in the centre. There are three options to get around: private car, bus and train. We did hire a car and driver for a...

The cheapest way from Hong Kong Airport to the city centre

From a budget traveller’s perspective, I’d say there are many types of airports when it comes “how do I get downtown at a cheap price?”: First factor: how far is the airport from the city centre? I am not talking about airports misleadingly named by some low cost airline (Paris –...

Pulau Tioman: How to get back

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations Pulau Tioman: How to get back   After beautiful days on Pulau Tioman (more on that later), it was time to head back on Sunday morning. As written earlier, we only managed to get tickets...

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations Pulau Tioman: How to get back So we made it to Mersing. Our ticket agent for the ferry told us to collect our tickets 1.5hrs before departure. We did not quite understand why but obliged...

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there

Pulau Tioman: How NOT to get there Pulau Tioman: How NOT to organize ferry operations Pulau Tioman: How to get back Good Friday – long weekend in Singapore! Flights to just about anywhere except Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were outrageously expensive, so we settled on Pulau Tioman. Why not travel...