If you guys asked what the highlight of my whole trip to Cambodia was, you might half-expect me to say Angkor Wat without a single thread of doubt. But NO. It wasn’t really the Angkor Wat . It was Preah Viehar, another wat complex located some 200km from the tourist-laden Siem Reap. I first heard about Preah Vihear on a radio news when I was on my way to work one fine day. Located right at the border of Cambodia and…
Manila really is a city that doesn’t sleep. We were woken up by a series of loud bangs at 3 in the morning and upon looking out the window, a firework display was brightening the sky over Malate. o.O Despite being in the same time zone as Malaysia (there’s no/little time difference), the sun rays seem to touch down on Manila earlier then they do in KL or even Sabah. I was surprised to see it was already bright even…
It would be my second time to the Philippines – or rather Manila – and somehow I was so excited about the trip probably because I hadn’t really traveled anywhere this year apart from my weekend getaway to Brunei and later Singapore (which I don’t really consider a travel trip because I went there for a marathon). It would be totally a different experience for me because I was going to travel with my family members for the first time….