Shopping in Bangkok - the Lowdown
Wednesday March 26, 2008
How does shopping at a 35-acre retail complex sound to you? How would you like your shopping malls and markets all linked together by rail? How would you like to ... Read More
Cathay Pacific’s All Asia Pass Opens Up Southeast Asia
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Now this is budget travel – Cathay Pacific opens up Southeast Asia through Hong Kong with their new All Asia Pass.
The All Asia Pass provides a roundtrip economy class trip ... Read More
Grand Prix Fever in Singapore this September.
Monday March 24, 2008
It’s official: this September 28 (your humble blogger’s birthday, may I add), Singapore will host the first Singtel Singapore Grand Prix in the Marina Bay district.
It’s significant for one ... Read More
Heavy Lies the Crown...
Tuesday March 18, 2008
The Thai King Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej) does not play an active role in the day-to-day management of his country, but his interventions have always been decisive. This International Herald ... Read More
Closing Time for Suan Lum Night Bazaar.
Monday March 17, 2008
The Thai courts have finally decided to push through with Suan Lum’s long-planned demolition.
The Crown Property Bureau, which owns the land on which the sprawling market of 3,000 shops, ... Read More
Adam Air - Grounded!
Sunday March 16, 2008
Indonesia has grounded budget airline Adam Air for the time being. Adam Air has (according to the spokesman) been unable to comply with the country’s safety standards, forcing the government’s ... Read More
March 21: Sepang Stokes Your Need for Speed.
Wednesday March 12, 2008
From March 21, adrenaline junkies will be keeping an eye out on Malaysia, as the Asian leg of the world Formula One championship wends its way down the Sepang International ... Read More
Travel Notes.
Tuesday March 11, 2008
For the week of March 9, 2008, the news:
Sleep here, earn miles. Europe-based hotel group WorldHotels has tied up with Malaysia Airlines to offer bonus miles to guests at five ... Read More
Phnom Penh: Lovely Place, But Where's the KFC?
Sunday March 9, 2008
Expats in Cambodia may learn to live with their host country's charms, but may miss the more mundane things about home. Toe, an expat based in Phnom Penh, learned this ... Read More
Unwired in Thailand
Tuesday March 4, 2008
Gina Trapani just came back from Thailand with one regret: she should have left her laptop at home.
In this LifeHacker article, Gina writes:
Before I arrived, I was ... Read More
Nyepi, the Balinese Day of Silence.
Tuesday March 4, 2008
Happy New Year to the Balinese! No, don’t break out the firecrackers just yet – the deeply devout Balinese celebrate their new year in silence.
To celebrate Nyepi, the Balinese ... Read More
Vote for the New Seven Wonders of Nature!
Sunday March 2, 2008
Voting is currently under way to determine the new Seven Wonders of Nature. Efforts to stuff the ballot boxes aside, the results will likely be a fair assortment of natural ... Read More