If I go Bali (again)

I just came back from Bali vacation..

my god I have already thinking and planning about if next round I go there again..
If next round I go Bali again…

I will…
.. spend a day in beach
....... play water sports, surfing, diving, sun bathing..
....... enjoying the ‘view’

.. spend a day just sitting at shaded comfy area
....... sipping nice coffee, drink, beer,
....... enjoying the view of vast padis field while reading a book..
....... spa & massage…

.. spend some times for light outdoor activities
....... shopping,
....... sunseting, visit to couple of temples..

.. MUST visit to flaming burger stall…
....... eat the cheese burger… if I am better I should try double deck burger instead..

ahhh… imagine …

how nice a millionaire life….isnt it?

have you ever heard of the story of fisherman and millionaire?

A Joke

At PNG-KUL AA check-in counter.

WY: “ Hi, do I need to check-in my luggage? Can I hand carry?”
The AA Attendant: “Please place your luggage here, we need check the weight.”
WY put the luggage on the luggage trail
A:”Oh, this luggage cannot hand carry, you need to check-in coz it is 10.5kg”
Wow that’s very heavy..
So WY detached the day pack from the back pack and prepared to pay the additional RM10 for the luggage.(WY's backpack)
A:” Eh!? This luggage can hand carry now.. it is only 7.5kg”
The attendant looked kinda confusing.
A:”It was 10kg just now. not sure why it changes.”
Wow.. that day pack weigh 3kg? that’s very heavy for a relatively small bag.
WY was thinking should she informed him about the day pack or…
Well.. then the evil of her decided to leave the attendant continue to be puzzled and quickly she grabbed her back pack and ciao happily…

Japanese -> English

I am planning a trip to Bali in May.
So I came across this cool website...
http://bali-losmen.com/
No... i don know jap.



Out of curiousity & for better understanding i tried to get this translated ...

The room of 2F becomes 2 stories inside and is, It is a double bed in 1F (in other words, 2F), In 2F (it is said with 3F) a single bed It is put. Anyway, all is gorgeous, It is Rp. in this150.000 is low! Room number 5 Room Rp. of 1F100.000 An H shower, a bathtub A room (2 stories) of 2F） Rp.150.000 An H shower, a bathtub, a refrigerator There is road TAX according to / with the breakfast

translated from web babylon translator..

hahaha.... "The room of 2F become 2 stories inside...." ??
Road Tax according to the breakfast? LOL.......
well i think the main point is no matter how 150Krp is low! RLOL
 
and when i asked a couple of my frens to get it translated.. they come back with almost similar 'languages'... my my.... :-)

Personally i think what it trying to say is: 2 stories buidling with double bed rooms at 1F and single bed rooms on 2nd floor total is 5 rooms.Hot shower room is at 1F with price of 100Krp and 2F rooms come with bathtub and hot shower and refrigerator with 150K. Anyway, all is gorgeous, It is Rp. at this150.000 is low!
hahahaa...

just for a laugh...

If you can't laugh at it, you're taking it too seriously.

Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.

Chiang Mai Day 4

We visited to dont know where Elephant camp.
Basically there are a lot of Elephant Camps in Chiang Mai.
The biggest one shud be Maesae Elephant Camp.
We joined with other people for this itinerary, a couple from Oman, a Swedish lady, 2 denmark ladies...

Took us 1.5 hours to reach the camp.
The event started with Elephant Show.
The show was about 1 hour I think but it seems ages for me.
Kinda bored toward the middle of the show.
Then  we have fun under noon hot sun riding the elephant..
it is very very hot!
We ride for 1 hour.
Then continue to the lunch destination with Ox-Cart riding.
WOW... this OX cart riding is damn "painful"..
the wheels are made by wood... is its hard & SOLID..
rolled over the uneven road without suspension & cushion
the buttock.. the body.. knocking here and there..
aching man..

After lunch we went for Bamboo Rafting.
Half way through it started to drizzling..
Well, still kinda fun...

We then continue the journey to Orchid farm.
after about 30min enjoying snapping orchid photos..
only i realised not all are real.....&^&*^&%^%

There is butterflies farm together...
but no butterfly though.
Penang's butterfly farm sure lots better... got fishes somemore!!

We paid additional 200baht/pax for the snake show...
WA...what a big disappoinment...
it only thought you how to catch snake..
show u a small python, 2 cobras,3 water snake...
The Oman couple got excited..
The decided to go for monkey show...
and they really satisfied with it...
keep asking us why aint we go...
it is fantastic for them...
They never see monkey before...

finally end of the itinerary...
I went straight to massage again....
hahahahaaa...enjoy... and enjoying....

** Photos are available at Photo Album...
Lazy...lazying..

Chiang Mai Day 2

The most not money value trip.
The itinerary is visiting home industries & Wat Doi Suthep.
Started at 0830. We started visiting
1. Silk Factory
2. Gem
3. Silverware
4. Home Deco/Home collection
5. Honey Outlet
6. Umbrella Painting
After lunch only we visited to the main attraction for the day.. the Doi Suthep temple.
what a day.. been "wasted"..
However I think each family was still happy by visiting to the honey outlet. At least we brought something back with us.
At least we think we hit a good bargain and the honey dealer were happy...
My tour guide could be happy as well.... =p
Everyone happy...                              

However..
Somehow I think my dad kinda disappointed with Wat Doi Suthep.
because he thought that he will see with his own eyes the relic..
actually i thought that too...

And only now I realised I have missed the white elephant..
My tour guide...didnt do his job... >:* Hellooo.. what not money worth trip.. u paid only 60 bucks.. oopps i mean 60baht per person le... and Doi Suthep itself is 15km away from town and private tour le..

Golden Triangle

Today itinerary is
1. Chiang Rai Hot spring, Wat Rong Khum, Golden Triangle, Opium Muzium, Lunch, Maesai (Mynmar/Thailand border), the hill tribe village
I actually felt greatful that driver and tour guide turn out... =p

At about 0830 we reached at Chiang Rai Hot Spring. It is just right beside the road.
The water is hot. It is unlike Malaysia where you can 'soak' urself in the hotspring.
This one you can only see & may be touch. But sure you can buy some eggs and cook.


There are a lot of shops selling souvenirs.

Travel another 1.5 hour we reached at Wat Rong Khum.
Visiting to this temple is my request.
So we didnt visit to the Acient city.
And the trip became a privare tour.
Wat Rong Khum also known as The Silver Temple.


A very beautiful and unique design temple.



Then we departed to Golden triangle.
Whe we reached at golden triangle it is already noon.
Under the hot sun the tour guide told us the brief history of GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
And we paid 300baht each to board the long tail boat go around the golden triangle.
We can see Mynmar Paradise Casino from the boat.
We were allowed to disembark at Laos by paying 20baht.
So I can declare that i have been to Laos. =p
The specialty in Laos Market is their homemade whisky.
Soak with cobra or snakes in the bottle. S, M, L, XL. Any size you want.

I saw something special.
It is like our domestic market where ppl started selling gold fish.
They tempt to put fishes inside the plastic bag.
So i saw something similar at Laos Market.
I examine the plastic bag carefully try to find the reason why at tourist area they are selling pet fish. And what so special about it.. It is real special...
I saw no fish in the plastic bag but just crystal clear water.
Curious. I asked with half pass thai "Ni alai ka"



The lady answer 'WHISKY'...

????????

Then we visited the Opium Muzeum.
Our tour guide didnt talked much about the Opium Muzeum.
So the trip in the Muzeum is dull and boring.

Maesai basically has nothing.
It is just another milestone for you to show to your fren 'Hey, I have been here.'
"The northern most of Thailand".
Unfortunately u cant cross the boarder to enter to mynmar.

We reached The Hill Tribe Village at about 430pm.
About some greenish 1.h hour mountain drive.
We visited the long neck, Karen tribe.
the big ear,the Akha.
We supposed to see 4 tribes.
I forgot what is the other one.
The area is mush been commercialise although it is so remote.
These tribe pple are not Thailander originally.
They migrate from Mynmar.
They have no status in Thailander.
They are so poor and holding just working visa status in thailand.

Today we reached hotel at 900pm.
i blur...we going thru 3 hours mountain winding road...
Another good nite.

Chiang Mai - Day 1

Arrived at Chiang Mai International Airport at around...
dont know what time.
With stormy stamach, and tired face...
I spotted a taxi sign at a counter behind the baggage claim area.
Walked over to the counter.
I supposed to ask for a taxi voucher instead the guy started introduced me some tour itineries.
All with promotion price.
Somehow it attracts me but I was debating within myself.
Shud I listen to him or shud I listen to my stomach.
But he is too nice, non-stop. no chance is given to me..
and i was too good to be a listener..
At the time we almost going to close the deal and me headed for some food hunt,
a couple chipped in.
They are interested too.. and .. so we go all over again.
By then my stomach stopped drumming.
We renegotiated the whole itineries all over again to accomodate each other need.
Finally after about more than 30min..could be 1 hour,
We concluded the 3 days itenery deal for RM280/pax free airport transfer.

We reached Suriwongse hotel at about 330pm.
I was so tire after spending my whole morning waiting for the 'retimed' flight to Chiang Mai.
Air Asia used the word RETIMED instead of DELAYED.
The flight got RETIMED from 0850 to 1100. So we didnt get any compensation.
It is RETIMED because they sent me a notification at around 0530.
Heck! that was while i already on my way came to LCCT to catch the 2 hours check in time. kns.
Then it was DELAYED from 1100 to 1130 because we wasnt being pre informed. clk.

Anyway my father was tireless.
He got excited to learn that we were staying at the heart of the famous night bazaar area...

He is so energetic it is almost instantly after we settle in the hotel room.He asked to go jalan-jalan.
I opened my big eyes...
'Dad, can we please rest for a while.
In fact there are nothing down there now. The night bazaar will only start at 6pm'.'

In the end we still get down to the street ahead of the night bazaar operation hour by 30min.

Some Night Bazaar Products

   

What I did at BKK

Try to enjoy the crowds, the challenge of con artists and show your barganing power.

Thursday
- arrived at 8pm take taxi to suk11 (400b)
- Taxi coupon can be bought outside of the airport

Friday
- 1. china town/grand palace & emerald temple(i think 250b)/standing Buddha /wat pho(50b)/wat arun (50b)
- 2. Sukhumvit-china town (tuktuk 40b)
- 3. chinatown - Grand Palace (tuktuk 30b)
- 4. Grand Palace – Standing Buddha-Wat Pho (tuk tuk 50b)

- 5. Wat Arun Jetty (15b CHEATED) only 3b/person!

- We were ffked by tuk tuk on item 4.First tuk tuk A brought us to standing Buddha-Jewelry Center1 -Jewelry Center 2. At Jewelry center 2 he asked us to on board his friend tuktuk. Without hesitated we follow. The fren stopped us at one of the back alley. Told us the temple was at the end of the alley. We walked and found that was standing Buddha not wat pho.We came back out we found the tuk tuk already ran away. We havent paid but call another tuk tuk  cost us 50b to Wat Pho

- Ferry to Wat Arun (free). Wat Arun come back shud be only 3b. PS didnt realize she paid her 30b. sigh

Saturday
- Jatujak Market. After tired with tuk tuk trick we decided to spend each 45b to take skytrain to Mo Chit station.
- After that 100b taxi from Jatujak to Platinium (wholesale center)
- Then we went Thai massage 350b/2hr

Sunday
- 6am to floating market (1300b)
- The taxi driver brought us to Jetty (kinda a tour agency). For the sack that never been to floating market he claimed that the price of 300b/boat was long time ago and it is taxi boat price. We have no choice but paid the 1500b for the boat ride. So if you take taxi make sure they bring you into market itself where you can use paddle boat which is cheaper unless you want motor boat.

- We cancel Tiger Temple trip since we not happy the taxi driver
- We end up shopping for the rest of the day at MBK Center, Siam Discovery, Siam Center, Siam Paragon

- At night we went Suam Luan night bazaar

Monday
- Too tired.
- Bye bye

BKK III - Suk11 The One

Suk11 she is UNIQUE, rock yet classic. I enjoy my stay there.
It is worth the value and recommended but some comment I have to share.
They only confirm my reservation 2 hours before I fly throught email (obviously I wont be there to see my email by then).
I got help from a fren to call them for confirmation.
According to my fren the receptionist which is a lady is rude!
This remark kinda uncommon for Thai pple I wud say because to me Thailander possess a friendly and soft spoken nature.
Even they cheated me but I will agree generally they are polite.

Suk11 is a conveniece place to stay.
Opposite is Ambassador Hotel and Grand President Hotel.
Plenty of taxis and tuk tuk and skytrain just less than 5 minutes away by foot.
Asoke station(interchange with subway) about 10 min away walking.
Hawker stalls,restaurants, pubs, clubs are also available within walking distance.
Massage centers, spa centers just few streets down the road. or There even got one  next to Suk11.
In front of suk11 there is a 7-11.
There is Villa Market open 24 hours.
Tour agency are near by...etc etc....
Isnt that what you are looking for to stay?
hahahaha...
no no...i didnt earn any commission from them to come out all these.... =p

It is hidden behind some "bush"
We were having hard time to locate Suk11 when we arrived at nite.
When we first walked in we face another difficulty to find the reception counter. =p
Then we walked up the dense stair case with the writting all over the wall.
Then I saw the tri-cycle on third floor..and walk throught the corridor to find my room..It looks a bit scary actually.
Anyway after a while I got use of it..and I like it.
This is ART people!! =p
The room is simple and clean.
They prepare us simple breakfast.
While I was enjoying the breakfast I saw "mural" of Malaysia Flag with "MALAYSIA BOLEH" written on top... =p.
There is a note hanging next to the counter. Written
- No drug
- No visitor at guestroom
- SEX TOURIST NOT WELCOME
- SMOKING IN GUESTROOM US A CRIME

haha...kinda cute.

 

BKK II - Santika The Best

Think about Santika, think about my next trip to Bangkok.
Think about Bangkok, it reminds me of Santika. haha.....
It is absolutely ROCK, FANTASTIC & SUPERD 1 hour (especially).
Bangkok trip no regret with the visit to Santika. So ..
Who is Santika?
What is Santika?

Duh..Santika is a club.
1 hour refers to its "euphoric" live bank band performance.
Live band starts to perform at 2330 non stop 1 hour.

In fact i wanna say dont miss Santika Club live band performance when you visit to Bangkok. =)

An important message I brought to you. =p

Some how I realised why people like to go clubbing..
hahaha....

BKK I - Lesson Learnt

Just came back from 4n4d BKK visit. Exhauted! Enjoy? == YES,Very much!

To share:
1) No $ no talk,  bring just enuff $$
2)Shop till you drop 
3) Dont be greedy
4) A pair of good & comfortable shoes is ESSENTIAL
5) Think about shopping in Thailand, think about if you are compulsive buyer
6) Know your price, know what you want
7) If you don't have thing in mind to buy you tend to get tired very easily
8) Thailander make a good sale person and they seem born to be
9) Don't be too sympathetic
10) Be a better/clever consumer and tourist
11) Thailander are nice, polite and soft spoken even they are 'operating' on you ..so be nice no matter what...
12) Never ever feel that you are being cheated but learnt from what you have paid and share with others.

A reminder:
Malaysia economy need your contribution too  =))

My cambodia Itinerary

...24.12.2006
1.1 KL Sentral - LCCT
1.2 LCCT-Phnom Penh
1.3 Phnom Penh Free and easy

25.12.2006
2.1 Phnom Penh - Siem Reap (7 hous)
2.2 Sunset Phnom Bakheng
2.3 Visit Pub Street and Center Market
2.4 Dinner at Khmer Kitchen

26.12.2006
3.1 Sunrise Angkor wat 吴哥窟看日出。

3.2 Travel Mini Circuit 
3.21 Terrace of the Elephant 战象台阶
3.22 Terrace of Leper King  癞王台阶
3.23 Phimeanakas 空中宫殿
3.24 Baphuon 八方寺   
3.25 Bayon 巴戎寺

3.3 Noon
3.31 Prasat Suor Prat Towers(the towers of the tight rope dancers)十二塔庙 *
3.32 the kleang (the storeroom)*  --> Victory Gate
3.33 Prah Pithu *
3.34 Thommanon 托玛侬神庙
3.35 Chao Say Tevoda 周萨神庙 (on construction)
3.36 Takeo (The crystal tower) 茶胶寺 
3.37 Ta Prohm (the brahma ancestor) 塔布茏寺 (tom rider)
3.38 Banteay Kdei (the citadel of chambers) 班黛喀蒂

3.4 Evening
3.41 Sunset Angkor Wat

27.12.2006
4.1 Morning
4.11 Banteay Srei 女皇宫 (the woman's citadel)
4.12 Kbal Spean 水底浮雕
4.13 Banteay Samre (the samre citadel) 班提色玛寺

4.2 Noon
4.21 Rolous Group 罗洛士群- Lolei, Prah Ko, Bakong (13km from Siem Reap)

4.3 Evening
4.31 Apsara Dance

28.12.2006
5.1 Morning
5.11 Sunrise Sra Srang (the royal bathing pool) 皇家浴池
5.12 Visiting to COSA
5.13 Pre Rup (turn the body) 比粒寺 2.3 KM from Sra srang
5.14 Prasat Leak Neang * (the sanctuary of the hidden woman) 
5.15 East Mebon 东梅寺
5.16 Ta Som (the ancestor som) 塔逊

5.2 Noon
5.21 Neak Pean 2.3 km from East Mebon (The Entwined Serpents) 龙蟠水池 
5.22 Banteay Prei (the forest citadel)
5.23 Prah Khan (the sacred sword) 圣剑寺
5.24 Travel to Kampong Phluk
5.25 Visiting Kampong Phluk Villages of stilted houses

5.3 Evening
5.31 Sunset Tonle Sap
5.32 Free and easy

29.12.2006
6.1 Siem Reap - Phnom Penh
6.2 Noon
6.21 Royal Palace
6.22 Silver Pagoda
6.3 Evening
6.31 National Museum
6.32 Riverfront Sisowath Road
6.33 Dinner at Ponlok

30.12.2006
6.1 Killing Field (15KM away)
6.2 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (hill of the poisonous trees)
6.3 Russian Market
6.4 Independence Monument
6.5 Phnom Penh to LCCT

Bye Bye, cambodia

6 nights 7 days.
I am glad that I have made it.

Putting everything behind and truely immerse myself in the jungle kingdom with the dusty tracks & hot sun.

"So, how is your trip?"
This is the standard question I received.
"errr... the trip is OK"
My standard answer.
"ok only?"

Well..It is a different type of journey.
I would say it is a new experience to me.
It is different type of traveling.

We gone throught a lot of things.
I wouldn't decribe it as fun because that is not fun climbing all the steep stairway, walking under the sun.
However, I enjoyed it.

The journey was different.
You use your brain to imagine the pass
You use your heart to understand,
you use your hand to touch,
you use your eyes to see,
you use your ears to listen,
you use your tongue to taste,
you use your nose to smell,

I cant't make everyone happy.
However, I do know at least we gave some children some hopes and bring them some smiles.
I made a promise to a kid.
I am glad that I fufilled it.
COSA (Cambodia Orphan Save Association) I hope that you can help more.

I believe pictures said the thousand words.
My Cambodia Trip Photos can be found at following URL
http://wenyi.fotopic.net/c1175481_1.html
http://wenyi.fotopic.net/

Vote for your choice of new 7 wonders of world
http://www.new7wonders.com/

Cambodia, here i come

Finally, unevenful and emotional December which I never expected have come to end *finger cross*.

Finally I am OK, I think.

The day in decemeber which i have been waiting for all this while finally arrived.

I will see you all back in Year 2007.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.

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Don't let your user tell you what you need to do. Study and think first before you start asking question. However once a while it can be a good reminder from them.