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  1. Tune Hotels Review – Accommodation Like A Low Cost Airline

    Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 4 November 2009

    Have you ever turned up to an airport at midnight, dreading the prospect of haggling with a taxi driver that may take you on a special 100 buck early morning scenic tour?  Or, if you want to avoid that, mortgaging your house to pay for the convenience of an overpriced room at an expensive hotel chain [...] Related posts:Pesta Blogger 2009 – Review of the Blogger Party

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  2. Destination Asia: So Many Questions

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 29 October 2009

    Europe lacked the danger and adventure that I now crave...Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)

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  3. Plane views: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 29 October 2009

    Kota Kinabalu is the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah which occupies the northern corner of the island of Borneo. ‘KK’, as the city is locally known, has arguably one of the most beautiful locations of any city in Malaysia. It faces the gorgeous emerald-coloured South China Sea while its harbour is protected by [...]

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  4. Mabul Island, Malaysia: Baby Mice

    Blog: Jamón, jamón: Alice's Gastronomic Adventures - 26 October 2009

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  5. Visit to Kukup Fish Farm

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 16 October 2009

    The 2D1N Kukup package includes a guided tour of a local fish farm.

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  6. Slideshow: The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

    Blog: To China... and Beyond! - 16 October 2009

    In the late 1860s, a poor teenager from Guangdong Province named Cheong Fatt Tze fled the Opium Wars and escaped to Dutch-controlled Jakarta, then called Batavia. From his beginnings in a sundries shop, he grew into the head of a major trading company with stores across southeast Asia. One of those stores was in Penang, [...]

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  7. Top 10 Travel and Adventure Favorites from Abroad

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 16 October 2009

    Six months ago, we decided to work diligently on our blog. It has been an amazing experience writing daily posts and it has made us reflect on our past travels. In a few short weeks, we will be making new memories, but for now we would like to share some of our Favorite things that we have encountered in our travels. We were brainstorming about moments that have stood out over the years and here is our list of Favorites from abroad.

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  8. Exploring Kukup Fishing Village and School on Stilts

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 15 October 2009

    If you are tired from a whole-day mahjong and KTV session at Kukup, take a breather by roaming around the villages and see how the locals live in these interesting house on stilts. You might find some of the ingredients e.g.

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  9. Water World

    Blog: Timothy Allen on BBC Earth - 9 October 2009

    My first glimpses of the Bajau people... OMG!

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  10. Mini NDP-Style Fireworks Display at Kukup

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 9 October 2009

    One of the must-do things in Kukup is to enjoy the unofficial fireworks display at night. Every other chalet around you would surely be releasing some kind of fireworks right after dinnertime.

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  11. What to Do in Kukup: Mahjong, Card Games, KTV, Fishing

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 7 October 2009

    Besides being pampered with sumptuous seafood meals, there are many activities to keep us occupied during our 2 Day 1 Night stay at Kukup.  There were 3 mahjong tables in the living room plus tubs of mahjong tiles available at the chalet owner’s front porch.  This is the definitely the best place for a mahjong [...] Related posts:Exploring Kukup Fishing Village and School on Stilts

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  12. Kukup Hello Leisure Resort Facilities

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 5 October 2009

    The Kukup Hello Leisure Resort is surprisingly a huge 2-storey terrace house-lookalike building with a huge outdoor multi-purpose wooden platform.  Our group occupied the entire 1st floor – 3 rooms and a big living room.  The chalet owners stayed at the upper floor – very convenient in case we need any necessities or require an [...] Related posts:2D1N Kukup (Hello Leisure Resort) Trip Summary

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  13. Sumptuous Seafood Meals @ Kukup: You Will Never Get Hungry Here

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 2 October 2009

    2D1N Kukup Stay All-Meals Inclusive The main draw for many visitors to Kukup, is the seafood meals – considering that this is a fishing village; one would expect the freshest and cheapest seafood in this area. This is also evident from the way the 2D1N Kukup packages are advertised e.g.

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  14. 2D1N Kukup (Hello Leisure Resort) Trip Summary

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 30 September 2009

    Travel Mates A mixture of colleagues and friends + Melbourne Mates – Xiaoying, Caroline, Kia Ai, TY and I   In case you are wondering why we are posing with an imaginary phone each – it’s because the Kukup resort is called ‘Hello Leisure Resort’ so we are “hello-ing” with a phone. Getting to Kukup, Pontian, [...] Related posts:Kukup Hello Leisure Resort Facilities

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  15. Half Day Trip to Bukit Tinggi

    Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 29 September 2009

    Since it’s a long weekend during the Hari Raya celebration, I planned for a short day trip to Colmar Tropicale located in Bukit Tinggi with my family. It’s about 45 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur, heading toward the Karak Highway and lies around 2500 feet above sea level. Colmar Tropicale is French themed resort based on a replica of a Colmar village in French dated back to 16th century. We paid RM10 for each adult as entrance fee at the drive-in booth and it’s free for my 2++ years old son.

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  16. Kota Tinggi Ostrich Farm & Fireflies Trip

    Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 28 September 2009

    1-Day Kota Tinggi Ostrich Farm/ Fireflies Tour Kota Tinggi is one of Singaporeans’ favorite destination to experience the Christmas tree-like effect of fireflies.  Many tour operators offer this popular one-day getaway trip from Singapore.  To keep you occupied during the day, they would usually include visits to ostrich farms and some shopping. Upon immigration clearance, stopover at [...] Related posts:Visit to Kukup Fish Farm

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  17. Ten things to do in Kuala Lumpur

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 22 September 2009

    Kuala Lumpur (KL), the capital of Malaysia, is a fascinating city that is constantly on the move. It offers stunning architecture, an amazing array of cuisines, a broad variety of shopping and an exciting and varied nightlife. Anyone planning to spend some time in Southeast Asia should have KL on their itinerary. 1. Shop till you [...]

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  18. World Wildlife Wednesday: Malaysian Borneo a Nature Lovers Dream

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 2 September 2009

    Hands down one of our favorite adventure destinations on the planet is Malasyian Borneo. Sabah and Sarawak are exciting provinces filled with beautiful scenery and exciting wildlife. We had never even considered venturing to Borneo during our Asian Adventure, but when a fellow traveler told us of a great deal on flights from Air Asia, well we just had to go.

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  19. velvet escape’s Culinary Journey: Kuala Lumpur

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 18 July 2009

    What: Curry laksa Where: Chawan (Kuala Lumpur) Note: Curry laksa is a Malaysian classic. It’s basically a thick, spicy coconut-based broth filled with chicken, shrimp, bean sprouts, fried tofu puffs and noodles (I prefer rice vermicelli – meehoon – in my curry laksa). This dish is rapidly gaining popularity around the world (when visiting Australia last year, [...]

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  20. Sabah: a nature lover’s paradise

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 15 July 2009

    This spectacular corner of Malaysia occupies the northern fringe of the island of Borneo and is blessed with superb white sandy beaches and coral islands and large tracts of virgin tropical rainforests. Sabah is also the home of Mount Kinabalu, at 4,095 meters, the highest peak in Southeast Asia; the orang utans; and some of [...]

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  21. Much Ado about Malaria

    Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 6 July 2009

    I hate tablets. Pills. Vaccines. Drugs. They are expensive, have bad side effects, are full of crap I really don’t want in my body (both chemical and animal derived), almost certainly tested on animals, treat symptoms rather than the cause, and in many cases are simply ineffective! On my first big RTW trip, I had [...]

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  22. Malaysia

    Blog: Where is Rob? - 5 June 2009

    I have made a fairly spontaneous trip to Malaysia and I am currently sitting looking at the Petronas Twin Towers which are amazing.

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  23. Great Things to do in Malaysian Borneo

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 4 June 2009

    The Legendary Rainforests of Borneo bring to mind images of towering trees, abundant wildlife, raging rivers and memories of the days of the Headhunter, when tribes lived off of the land and had an intimate relationship with nature.

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  24. Shop till you drop in Kuala Lumpur

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 12 May 2009

    Malaysians love to shop. I believe the favourite national pastime in the weekends is strolling through one of the many shopping malls. For the locals, it’s a family-outing or a way of spending time with friends. It’s also a great opportunity to people-watch or escape the scorching tropical heat outside! For tourists, Kuala Lumpur is [...]

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  25. Getting over my ‘Jaws’ complex

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 10 May 2009

    Getting over my ‘Jaws’ complex (a page from my Travel Journal) I’ve just spent several days on Pulau (island) Lang Tengah where I stayed at the D’Coconut Lagoon Resort. Lang Tengah is a small island in the Malaysian state of Terengganu, off peninsular Malaysia’s east coast, a 45-minute boat ride from the hamlet of Merang on the mainland. Lang [...]

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