Jalan Alor - Kuala Lumpur, the hawker food culinary

There are hawker centres all over Kuala Lumpur  but one of the famous ones is at Jalan Alor. Although the food may not be the top of its category, you will get to sample all Chinese, Malay, Thai and Indian hawker foods without traveling for hours or getting lost.

jalan alor

The Color Run™ by CIMB Niaga Jakarta

Succeeded on debuting The Color Run™ -  Singapore over the weekend of 17 and 18 August, 2013 at Sentosa - Beach Station Open Air Car Park by CIMB Bank, The Color Run™ will be held at Jakarta on January 26, 2014 by CIMB Niaga Indonesia.

participants of The Color Run™ -  Singapore 

“CIMB Niaga is proud to present this unique and fun run called the Color Run. This is a phenomenal event,” president director of CIMB Niaga Arwin Rasyid said in a statement.

The MBK - Mahboonkrong - Mall Bangkok

The MBK center is definitely an experience. It is a huge crowded and crazy Bangkok Mall. MBK Center is located in Pathum Wan district, on the southwest corner of the intersection of Rama I Road and Phaya Thai Road. It is close to Siam Square, which can be reached from the second floor via a covered pedestrian bridge over Phaya Thai Road.

Mahboonkrong MBK mall

MBK Center, also known as Mahboonkrong, is a large shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is for budget- middle class shoppers but a great experience for all.  At eight stories high and categorized into each floor specialized in their products, the center contains around 2,000 shops, restaurants and service outlets, including the 4-story Tokyu department store.

Budget Accommodation at Poppies Lanes Bali

Kuta -  Bali offers many ranges of accommodations mostly in the budget and mid-range markets. Private villas and five stars hotels are few as Kuta just lacks the space for expansive properties. There are a lot of budget accommodations on Poppies lanes, you can often find nicer places on the small lanes between Poppies I and II too.

poppies cottage gate

Commonly, this accommodation offers facility of 2 beds, bathroom inside, standard fan or AC. Some hotels provide light breakfast in the morning. You can stay daily, weekly, or monthly. For weekly and monthly stay try asking the staff for a discount. Among budget travelers this place is like a haven, it has no international standard services among various small hotels at the area, but it offers the homy balinese atmosphere.

Pandawa 'The Secret' Beach - Bali

Pandawa beach is often referred to as the Secret Beach located in Kutuh Village, South Kuta, Badung Regency. Concealed behind high cliffs and overgrown shrubbery, Pandawa beach had long remained secluded from the crowds of tourists, due to the less-than-easy path that had to be taken to access it.

the stunning panorama at Pandawa Beach

Pandawa Beach has a stunning panorama with serene and quiet atmosphere. It is only around 3 km from the famous Nusa Dua area. The beach can be accessed by driving down through an enormous human-made quarry-like ravine in central Bukit. With a mesmerizing natural landscape, ancient religious structures and multiple cultural activities, the list of things to do and places to go on the world-famous island of Bali is almost endless.

Taman Bunga Nusantara Puncak Indonesia

Taman Bunga Nusantara or National Flowers Park is a thematic garden located at Luwuk Sukaresmi Village, Cipanas-Cianjur. It perched high on the famous Puncak area, covered a total area of 35 acres. It was founded on September 10, 1995.  This park is a beautiful place to get away from Jakarta's congestion!

 Labyrinth Garden. Dont get lost in it!

This park is the Indonesia's first flower park that have various collections of plants and flowers, arranged in a harmonious and beautiful shapes. It also has many collections of beautiful and fresh flowers, ranging from plants to flowers from Indonesia as well as from all over the world. It also has a special cultivation house of orchids. There are estimated 2,000 species of orchids are being cultivated in this place.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park

The Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park is a 240 hectares private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia, 20 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. It is also one of tourist destinations when visiting Pura Luhur Uluwatu or Nusa Dua (a must visit sites in Bali) since the park as is not very far from that area.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana

Currently, the park is not yet completed since the dimensions were so huge, one can easily understand why such a delay from the original schedule. I think it would be even more magical once the redevelopment finished.  Garuda Wisnu Kencana was an ambitious project started to create the world's largest statue. Designed by Nyoman Nuarta, the statue of Lord Vishnu (Wisnu as they say in Bali) sitting astride on the mythical bird Garuda was to be about 150 meters tall with Garuda's wingspan being 64 meters.

Sunset at Tanah Lot temple

Tanah Lot temple is one of the scenic spots in Bali that should not be missed. Your visit to Bali will not be completed without a visit to Tanah Lot temple. The best time to visit the place is at sunset when the sun colors the sea and sky beautifully with reds, yellows and oranges. Sunrise can do too but it won't be as spectacular as a sunset.  It is also one of the most popular spots to get photographs of beautiful silhouette of the temples during the sunset over the ocean.

pic credit to www.balitoursonline.com - sunset at Tanah Lot 

This place has to be visited in the afternoon if you want to enjoy the sunset and that means you can visit other attractions on the northern part mountain in the morning before heading to Tanah Lot in the afternoon.  For instance, you can start your adventure in the early morning to Pura Taman Ayun, Candi Kuningan, Bedugul Temple, and on the way back stopped at Alas Kedaton ‘Monkey Forest’ and then you should be arriving at Tanah Lot in the afternoon for the sunset which usually takes place after 6.00 pm.

The Summit - Ocean Park Hongkong

Ocean Park is meant for the children, thus recommend parents to go to Ocean Park with your Kids. Its truly value for money!

Ocean Park Hong Kong consists of marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park, situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan in the Southern District of Hong Kong. Opened in 1977 by the then Governor of Hong Kong Sir Murray MacLehose, Ocean Park has grown to about 80 attractions and 19 rides.

the summit of Ocean Park Hongkong

Each theme park has its own unique rides and attractions, mixed for both kids and adults. There are lots of choices of rides and fun things to do here.  There are also bird show, dolphins seal shows, Merry-go-round, aquariums, roller coaster, cable cars, many things. And not the mention the beautiful view surrounding the locations.

Ocean Park Hong Kong

Ocean Park is unique in that it offers so much choice for all groups of age especially families with young children in a wonderful surroundings. It has a real mix of activities: exciting rides, aquarium, zoo, funfair and a theme park in one place. Maybe the idea was to compete with Disney Land Hong Kong.

Sunny day at Ocean Park Hong Kong

The theme park size is huge and it is separated by a mountain into a lowland and a summit area.  These two areas are connected by a Cable Car and an underground train.  It can certainly keep you entertained for all day. It is advisable you come up with an itinerary so you can identify the attractions you'd like to check out.

The Waterfront of Ocean Park Hong Kong

Ocean Park Hong Kong is situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan in the Southern District of Hong Kong. It is a good theme park with selection of rides for everyone. Very clean and well kept with lovely flowers everywhere. Its really important to choose your day for going and if it's possible avoid weekends and all public holidays as its just too crowded to enjoy. Also there is a show at the end of the day that is worth staying for.

The Waterfront Gift Shop Ocean Park

Covering an area of 870,000 square metres (210 acres) of land, the park is separated by a large mountain into two areas, The Summit (Headland) and The Waterfront (Lowland) respectively.  The headland can be reached by a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) cable car system, a shuttle bus, or the Ocean Express funicular railway. As the Headland comprises several hills, visitors can also opt to take the world's second longest outdoor escalator.

Madame Tussauds Bangkok

Though the rating on trip advisor is average, Madame Tussauds is recommended on your tour list for Bangkok, especially to all first time visitors. It is a wax museum that replicated many celebrities  as well as politicians, scientists and many famous & important persons in the world. The figures look so realistic, you can see the body hair as well.  An affordable way of looking at art through a different perspective. It’s unbelievable!

pose at Madame Tussauds Bangkok

Madam Tussauds Bangkok is the first  wax museum in Southeast Asia and it's a nice place for you to take photos with your idol, such as  Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Einstein, Soekarno for Indonesian, Amitabh Bachchan & Mahatama Gandhi for indian.

The Aquaria KLCC - kids really love everything inside!

The Aquaria KLCC is a part of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre shopping mall, next to the Petronas Twin Towers. It can be easily combined with your visit to the KLCC Twin Towers.  It is an underwater park located beneath KLCC.  It is not that big, one took about 60 - 90 minutes to complete the walk through with plenty of time to explore the place. Worth visiting with your family and children before a round of shopping at KLCC.

Aquaria KLCC Kuala Lumpur

The place is fantastic and kids really love everything inside. There are some interactive activities where kids can play with friendly water creatures. There is a big vertical aquarium where you can see huge group of fish swimming together forming like a tornado. There are rock displays inside for photo shoot. Travelator in the oceanarium is also a nice idea for kids and seniors.

Ride the wave at The Ocean Park - Bumi Serpong Damai

Ocean Park is a recreational water park. The park is quite large, there are varieties of outbound water based game, a Flying Fox game and trampoline. The place can be easily recognized by the giant octopus on it’s roof. This place is a family recreational park, you can bring your little ones for a fun water play, no kids can resist playing with water.

relax at ocean park BSD

Ocean Park is situated at Bumi Serpong Damai real estate, known as BSD City.  It is located at a suburb area of west side Jakarta.  BSD is a city designed around one thing: the people who will live, work and play here. People who will experience an unparalleled Quality of Life as comfortable homes, business spaces, shopping, education and leisure all come together to provide a better, healthier environment in which to live.

Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur - Home of many landmark shopping centres

Bukit Bintang is popular among tourists and locals, especially among the youths. It is is the shopping district and  entertainment zone with big malls, many shops,  lots of bars and pubs as well. This area has a pretty good number of hotels on your choice of luxury from 150 RM and above.

Bukit Bintang malls

On weekends, thousands of locals as well as tourists swarm Bintang Walk and its shopping centres. Many majornightlife events take place here such as the New Year's countdown, Merdeka eve celebrations, street concerts and parties. The annual Malaysian F1 Grand Prix pit stop and Guinness St Patrick's Day Celebrations are held here too

Malaysia Hotel at Bukit Bintang

Situated within Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle, the Bukit Bintang district begins with Jalan Bukit Bintang which starts at Jalan Raja Chulan and ends at Pudu Road. The two other roads that border the Bukit Bintang district are Jalan Sultan Ismail which intersects it and Imbi Road at the south. Jalan Walter Grenier, Jalan Bulan, Changkat Bukit Bintang and Jalan Alor are considered part of the entertainment district.

night life at Bukit Bintang

Bukit Bintang or Starhill encompasses Jalan Bukit Bintang and its immediate surrounding areas. The area has long been Kuala Lumpur's most prominent retail belt that is home to many landmark shopping centres, al-fresco cafés, swanky bars, night markets, as well as hawker-type eateries.

street performance at Bukit Bintang

Some tips:

• Beware for touts and agents on the road wanting to take you for a ride to some massage places. 
• There is too much traffic in this area and best to take the monorail to get to this place. The monorail stations are situated here, you can stop at Imbi station or Bukit Bintang station. 
• You can go to KL CC via The Pavilion. It has a connection bridge from pavilion to KL CC 
• You can opt for street food at Jalan Alor as well as good restaurants (few are near Times Square mall). 
• If you are a shopaholic then the best destination is The Times Square Mall. Its huge with loads of variety. In some stalls you can bargain too. Discounts run round the year with affordable prices.

food street at Jalan Alor  near Bukit Bintang area

These are the shoping malls list you should browse when you are at Bukit Bintang:

• Starhill Gallery is probably the ritziest and luxurious mall in the whole of Kuala Lumpur alongside Suria KLCC.[citation needed] A Louis Vuitton flagship outlet flank the exterior facade of this grand structure. Fashion houses whether Gucci, Fendi, Valentino can all be found here. 
• Lot 10 is as a middle-class retail destination as most outlets have shifted as a result of competition and degradation. Widespread refurbishment to the mall was done at a cost of RM20 million. Existing anchor Isetan has undergone a facelift. The entrance of this monumental landmark is flanked by British retailer Debenhams and Zara. 
• Sungei Wang Plaza (Chinese: 金河广场)— Despite being 36 years old, it remains a 100%-occupancy mall with the highest visiting traffic in Malaysia, though visitors more towards the younger crowd. It features mainly trendy Asian-inspired fast-retail fashion at bargain prices. 
• Berjaya Times Square It is currently the 13th biggest shopping mall in the world boasting 12 levels of retail with a total of 3,500,000 square feet (330,000 m2). Although it was initially aimed at the upper-echelon of society, it is currently positioned as a middle-class shopping mall offering youth fashion targeted at the younger crowds. 

pavillion mall

• Pavilion KL Built in late 2007, it is targeted at the middle-upper segment of society. It offers a diverse tenant mix which makes it one of the most successful malls in KL.[citation needed] Tangs and Parkson are the anchor tenants of this mammoth 7-storey retail podium, first-times in Malaysia like Mandarina Duck and Juicy Couture have settled here. You'll also find a plethora of luxury boutiques ranging from YSL, Celine, Zegna, Diane von Fürstenberg to Italian fashion doyens like Furla and Prada. 
• Fahrenheit 88 Renamed and refurbished, opened in September 2010, the area previously housed the deteriorating KL Plaza. It consists of 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) of lettable space spread over 5 levels of zoned shopping space. There is a designated zone for IT gadgets similar to that of Low Yat Plaza, named Signature@IT. This mall caters largely to homegrown, middle-priced retallers despite anchored by Japanese retailer Uniqlo. 
• Low Yat Plaza The ultimate one-stop center for KL-ites when shopping for electronic gadgets. The ratio between IT outlets and F&B outlets are 70:30. 
• BB Plaza (Chinese: 武吉免登购物中心)— Bukit Bintang Plaza is adjoined to Sungei Wang Plaza. It is anchored by homegrownMetrojaya.

The Calypso "ladyboys" show Bangkok

The Calypso Bangkok is well worth a visit. It is one of the most popular and unique shows in Bangkok as it stars unbelievably beautiful “ladyboys” - transsexuals and transvestites. These shows are not just about boys who want to be girls throwing on a show. These are seasoned, highly talented performers. This is about great choreography, amazing costuming. Some of which are breath catching! Some of these ‘ladies’ have features that would have made any woman jealous but this is just an attractive illusion; they were all born men. The show treats various "eras" o f performance, reflected by the music and the costuming

 The evening gowns of fantastic grandezza - Calypso

The show caters for tourists of all nationalities with songs in Korean, Japanese (a very humorous geisha who will dedicate her performance to an embarrassed and bemused member of the audience), Chinese (a poignant ballad), English (Tina Turner, Michael Jackson), and, of course, Thai. The cabaret was like a Broadway show but it was lip-synced and it went for 1 1/4 hours.