Useful tips

It's unlikely that a lot of you will (ever) get to this place any time soon, but for those who are going to make a trip into North Korea and do so by train from Beijing, here are some tips on how to act at the border. North Korea is very strict wh…

Getting from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, located near Sepang, to Kuala Lumpur itself can be done by taxi, rent a car, bus or a train. We opted to take the taxi. We both thought that we had to take a taxi outside the arrival building, but w…

There are several ferry companies that provide ferries to various locations from Kota Kinabalu and back. We booked the tickets for the Express Kinabalu ferry, which is owned by the Double Power SDN company. It varies on the time of departure and wher…

I wanted to visit Brunei and since it's 1 hour away from Labuan Island by ferry, Karena and I decided to go there. We had the bellboy of The Grand Dorsett Labuan Hotel bought us 2 ferry tickets to Brunei and it costed is 40 MYR/RM( 10 euro or around …

Included in my tour of Japan, was the Japan Rail Pass. It was a 14 day pass and we could use it on almost all the trains which were operated by Japan Rail (JR). The only people allowed to use the Japan Rail Pass are foreigners who is a 'temporary …
This review was featured on Saturday October 1st, 2011

I'm sure there would be several options to get from Terminal 2 of Kota Kinabalu Aiport to the city itself, but Karena and I took the taxi. To get a taxi, Karena bought a ticket at taxi counter at the arrival hall of the terminal. She paid 30 MYR/R…

When I had booked my holiday to Seoul, I had also booked to tours during my stay. One was a tour to the DMZ and one was a morning tour of the city. What a waste of time, costly and short!!!! Depending on the day you visit the Gyeongbokgung Palace …

On my second day in Seoul, I took the subway to get to a baseball match. Looking at the subway map, I can imagine one would think he/she would get lost or go the wrong way. But this subway is really easy to use if you check which station to board and…

The subway system of Tokyo looks like one giant maze with all the lines crossing each other and all the colours making it looking (very) difficult to see where you're going. To make sure you don't spent a lot of money on buying the wrong tickets o…

There are several ways to get around the island of Labuan. Karena and I took a taxi the first time we were there and meet a taxi driver named Mr. Lim. He told us that if we ever needed a taxi, let the hotel reception call him. I didn't expect to need…