Staying in the Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur, a hotel not more than 10 minutes drive from my apartment was unusual purely because of how close to home it was. However, needs must and I was more than happy to spend a
My trip to Phuket overall was a wonderful experience this time – certainly far more so than my previous visits, especially my visit to Patong earlier in the year – all kicked off by a very enjoyable flight up from
As you’ve possibly waded through the previous post in which I lamented the bland and unexciting experience on-board the supposed World’s 5-Star Airline, getting to Phuket I can gladly assure you, was a markedly better experience overall. As I always say
First, let me apologise for frightening one and all with that bedhead. I too was in shock at first… Following on from my detailed experience at the Hotel Malaysia in Penang back in July, what I had failed so far to
Since I started out travelling heavily, originally through backpacking and what you might call ‘extreme’ budget travelling, through to having a bit more cash and being slightly more relaxed in my travel plans (and also swearing never to fly Ryanair
It’s been a while since I posted a hotel review on this blog instead of over on my Tripadvisor account. Simply put, I prefer to keep this site only for longer, more lengthy ramblings – whereas Tripadvisor seems better suited
So, this is a more serious post – and one I’m bound to be asked about, unless I address it. You might have noticed yesterday and today (and over the next few days), the website domain (and logo at some
As I graduate increasingly further these days into the realm of staying in hotels over hostels and becoming marginally less of a penny-pincher (though still a cheapskate, by all accounts), living in Asia of course helping me massively with this
My friends over at Malaysia Airlines have been having a very rough start to the year, aside from the obvious incident on everyone’s minds globally. It’s a shame and I’m slightly saddened by it as, living in this part of
People’s opinion to Europe’s “favourite†(it’s in quotations in this case, because it’s generally far from true) low-cost airline has generally been split between those who absolutely loathe the carrier, and those who say something to the effect that it