Malaysia or Jakarta?

Posted on June 18, 2012 by jipp

Previously on my trip to Bali, I wrote about our experiences of watching Barong Dance in Batubulan. Then we headed off to Kintamani – the mountainous area on the North East part the island which is famous for its beautiful volcano and lake view.

Look, you can’t really tell for sure if somebody is honest or not in Bali because they really know how to convince you that they are (honest). The driver looked so honest, I mean, he probably was – depending on how you define ‘honesty’ in a person. Continue reading →

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Tanjung Labian : Visiting the Nose of The Dog

Posted on June 14, 2012 by jipp

Out of so many places that I went to when I went road-tripping all over Sabah for almost 2 weeks last month, there was one place that I really wanted to blog about. It is called Tanjung Labian.

Located on the furthest East of Sabah, which is on the nose end tip of the dog that shapes out the island of Borneo on the map, it is actually the place where the sunshine touches down before all here in Malaysia.

I was Here

I had always wanted to go there for that fact alone, but most especially when the government decided to build a coal-fired power plant there some time ago. Continue reading →

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Think Shopping, Think The Connaught

Posted on June 12, 2012 by jipp

If you had a few hours to spend for your very last shopping on your very last day in New Delhi, consider heading down to a place called The Connaught just like what we did on our very last day in New Delhi.

After returning to New Delhi from the UNESCO site Qutab Minar, we decided that we shouldn’t go back to the comfort of the hotel room right away – not too soon. Instead, we flagged down a Tuk Tuk and asked to be sent to The Connaught.

The Connaught as seen on the Google Map looks more like a coliseum with a patio in the middle. In real, it is actually a cluster of shop lots with beautiful French architecture arranged to form a round circle with a huge park in the middle. Continue reading →

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