Posted in Travelogues on May 1st, 2007
Tiredness is the only word which can describe my day for today. A 3hours drive to Padang Besar, Perlis is really a tiring journey under the hot sun.
Padang Besar, Perlis is a small border town bordering Malaysia and Thailand. Padang Besar ( direct translation from malay language is “Big Field”). What makes Padang Besar so [...]
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Posted in Travelogues on Apr 20th, 2007
We have done our Thursday with visit to the pyramid of Giza and Cairo Citadel. An advise from an Egyptian friend, it’s better to avoid going to pyramid on Friday as it is believed by the Egyptians that Friday brings bad omen. I don’t know whether to believe this or not but last Friday there [...]
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Posted in Travelogues on Apr 19th, 2007
I have never before thought of seeing one of the wonder of the world, pyramid. It’s only thru the medias or published books that I have seen them often.When my company sent me for a marketing trip to Cairo in March 2007, it is going to be real..Really real . To be able to see [...]
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Posted in Travelogues on Jan 5th, 2007
Right after Bahrain, the next stop is Dubai, United Arabs Emirates. We arrived in Dubai on Friday night and staying at Grand Palace hotel which is in Al Karamah area and opposite BurJuman..They claimed it as a 4 stars hotel..Heh!! really 4 stars??..AED600 a night.During exhibitions, the rate will go up to AED1200. Hotels are [...]
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Posted in Travelogues on Dec 30th, 2006
Ok..Travel itinerary for this trip..
10 Dec 2006 PEN-KUL-DUBAI-BAHRAIN
15 Dec 2006 BAHRAIN-DUBAI
23 Dec 2006 DUBAI-KUL-PEN
This time quite difficult to get flight tickets. maybe it’s because of peak seasons and Doha games in Qatar. During check-in, I have to endure a very long que for an hour and because of this I have missed my dinner..planned to [...]
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