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

   

I survive..thanks god...

THANKS GOD..
I landed safely at Penang International Airport.
I was on boarding AK 6318 1110 LCCT-Penang flight.
It was a rough 1 hour journey.

When it first took off.
The flight swayed and shake a bit.
It flied unstable up and 'drop'..
causing anxiousness in the air...
passengers making uneasiness noice..

like riding roller coaster..for a few minutes...

then everything became normal until about 30 minutes later...
despite the pre announcement of facing some turbulence..
yet...
the passengers still caught off guard..
it shake violently and with a sharp dropped..
we forgot to scream...gripping hard on the chair..sat tight and pray
the kid sitting next row...
started crying...
passanger seated in front vomitting hard...
i was searching for a watch...for the time...
the landing time...

it announced that it will land shortly...
that shortly was about 30 min... kns
at about 12pm we still yet to see the sight of green...
thru the small windows.. we saw white and grey intermintantly

Phew....finally it landed...just before it touched...
i have my final 'prayer'..
"please touch the runaway...."

...PHEW...

Sky Speed Limit

Do we have speed limit in the air?
Well I was on a flight back to KL from Miri.
After landed at LCCT run way the fight attendant announced:
"We are please to inform that we are 35 minutes earlier then scheduled......"
Amusing....way over speeding... :-)
Are they considered punctual?
They actually departed 10 minutes earlier as well..
Anyway no complaint here..

Just to point out that please take note they are not neccesary always delay... :-)

Sayonara Tokyo

It is a tiring trip..but it is fun,
It is
interesting to see the different Culture/technology of Tokyo..
'Enjoying' the weather...
'Tasting' the food... etc

Meeting people and talking to them
although sometimes we were not understand each other it is fun..

Carrying the 13kg backpack walking to train station
packed with pple was tough..
But it is actually part and parcel of the trip that you experienced & an achievement



Here my last chance to see Mount Fuji....Thanks to the S3 ... =)

.... the end of Tokyo trip report......

Tokyo Day 8

It is a very happening last day in Tokyo....
In the morning, visited to Ameyoko again..
Too early nothing open yet..
except the Kebab shop at Ameyoko...
Kebab. Again is my favorite... =p
And it tastes exceptionally delicious!!!!
Damn even now also *slurp* *slurp*
too bad no photos...because by the time I realised I have already finished enjoying... hahahahaa....

after enuff shopping ... We went to Odaiba again to visit Megaweb.. Toyota show room... all kinda cars available here....





Day 8 is not only about cars..... it is about food! Writing this I am hungry now... this is Japan Pancake! VERY NICE!! Tell me where can i get it...



Of course... how could I have missed the Famous GINZA!!



And Nissan PIVO2.

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