Why a Road Trip? I’m not going to argue much about this. For me there are always pros and cons to everything and this is no exception. The best thing about going on a road trip (where you rent a car) is the chance to plan your own routes. When you are in charge of the wheel, you can always stop whenever you want to, probably to take pictures or buy food. Then you can always make a detour just…
So I was in Sandakan on the East coast of Sabah to visit my relatives over the weekend. One of my uncles (elder brother of my late father) passed away while I was in New Zealand so I decided to visit the family after I returned to Kuala Lumpur despite having missed the funeral. But I’m not going to talk about the visit. It all went well. I did not get to tour Sandakan as much as I had wanted…
The world of traveling at least in Malaysia is going abuzz with the ever declining rate of Malaysian ringgit – not only against the US Dollar but also to most other currencies in the region. Of course, every time it happens (Ringgit weakening), travelers would be some of the very first ones to get their share of the impact. Most of them would be forced to reconsider their travel plans. Just imagine, it was about MYR 3.3 against USD1 at…