Tag: travel
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Journey of A Lifetime: Day 1 (28 July 2018) – arriving in Bergen
It has always been a pleasant experience to fly on Malaysia Airlines to London, and I look forward to fly on their new A350-WB. But they had used the bigger A380 instead because of high passenger demand in summer. I managed to get a descent amount of sleep during the flight. MH2 arrived in London…
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Journey of A Lifetime -Day 0 (27 July 2018)
After a painful 17 month saving plan, the time had finally come for another solo trip. This time I’ll be covering land of the Vikings, the Baltic states, Eastern European capital cities and Greece over the next 2 months. In all I will be vis\niting 10 countries. I will share the detail of the trip…
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A bird’s paradise in Kuala Lumpur
Located in the serene and scenic Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens, KL Bird Park is only 10 minutes drive away from the city centre of Kuala Lumpur. It claimed to be the home to more than 3,000 birds of approximately 200 species of local and foreign birds. One of its most extraordinary feature is that birds are let free in the aviary which closely…
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Dance of the peacock…
Peacocks are large, colorful pheasants known for their long tails. The blue peacock originates from India and Sri Lanka, while the green peacock is found mainly in Southeast Asia. Their tail feathers spread out in a distinctive train, arched into a magnificent fan that reaches across the bird’s back boasting colorful “eye” markings of blue, gold, red, and other hues. This act is used in…
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Accessible Wild Australia
In Australia, it is very easy to get close and encounter Australia’s “wildlife”. During my vacation down under in 2012, I had an opportunity to see and get up close with koalas and kangaroos at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary which is only 45 minutes by bus from the city of Brisbane. Near the coast there…
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Paris in memory…
In 2003, we spent 10 days to explore and see the best of Paris. Paris is indeed a beautiful city day and night. These are incidents that is still fresh in my memory…. In a city that is throng with tourists like Paris, you will need a lot of patience as the queue to some of the main attractions can be very long.…
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