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EUROTRIP 2013 | Independent travel to some cities in Europe plus Morocco in 19 days

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Date: 7 - 25 November 2012 Coverage: Paris-Marrakesh-Seville-Cordoba-Granada-Malaga-Geneva-Interlaken-Basel-Amsterdam-Istanbul-Rome This gonna be the longest post ever and I would probably finished it next year..:) my initial plan is to travel in October but we postponed it just because of Saudi Airlines promotion in November. I think after this there will be no more travel to Europe or other northern part of the world after October until March. I don't really like cold weather eventho' I did not had much problem dealing with it. Day 1 (KUALA LUMPUR-PARIS): Flying day from 3.00 pm (Malaysia time) and arrived in Paris the next morning at 6.10 am (Paris time), with a layover of 6 hours 25 minutes at Jeddah airport. We also had been given a meal coupon at the airport for a layover more than 4 hours and also free wifi here. Day 2 (PARIS): Arrived at CDG Airport, It took 3 changing subway lines and 1 hour journey to get to our hotel located very near to Voltaire subway s...

SOUTH KOREA 2013 | Busan, Gyeongi & Seoul

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Date: 15 - 22 September 2013 Group members: my lil' sister, her friend and her friend's sister Coverage: Busan, Gyeongi and Seoul

INDONESIA 2013 | Short Trip to Jakarta & Yogyakarta

Date: 10-15 April 2013 Trip with my 2 best friends, Ifah & Enor Day 1 Flew to Jakarta from LCCT at 7.00 a.m (Malaysia local time). The return AirAsia flight ticket is RM136/person. Arrived at Jakarta at 8.05 a.m (Indonesia time), then to the city by bluebird taxi (Rp150k/taxi). We stayed at Amaris Hotel Mangga Dua square (Rp.470k/room/night). Left our small backpack at the hotel and went to Ancol (Admission is Rp15k/person). Return taxi to Ancol approximately at Rp40k/taxi. At night went to Plaza Indonesia (return taxi at Rp.73k) Dinner = Rp54k/person Day 2 from hotel to airport by Damri bus (Rp.25k/person). Then flew to Yogyakarta by AirAsia for RM118/person at 2.40 p.m and arrived at Yogyakarta Adisucipto Airport at 3.40 p.m. By taxi to hotel at Rp.50k/taxi. We will be staying at The Phoenix Hotel at Rp702k/night/room for 3 nights. Activity for today is just sauna and resting at the beautiful hotel. Additional Breakfast at Amaris = Rp.17k Lunch at the ai...

The next backpacking trip - The Pie Chart & The plan

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Finally the final estimation budget for my next trip (after South Korea in September). Total cost is RM8,900 per person. Total countries to be covered is the lucky EIGHT (France, Monaco, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands and UK) and cities is sweet SEVENTEEN (Paris, Nice, Monte Carlo, Marseilles, Marrakesh, Madrid, Granada, Cordoba, Seville, Rome, Basel, Geneva, Bern, Zurich, Amsterdam and London). Below is the steps of the upcoming backpacking trip in November 2013. 1st online purchase (4th July) - Return flight from Kuala Lumpur to Paris by Saudi Airlines at only MYR2,000 Make an online hotel/hostel reservation via booking.com (free cancellation and booking fee) and hostelworld (10% booking fee) 2nd online purchase (25th August) - 1-way Air France from Paris to Nice, Pay full car rental at Nice airport to get the discounted price via Ryanair.com, 1-way Ryanair from Marseille MP2 to Marrakesh, 1-way Ryanair from Marrakesh to Madrid T1 and Pay ful...

SAUDI ARABIA | Umrah (Makkah & Madinah)

Trip from 25 February until 9 March 2013 with my hubby, parents, youngest sister and father's friend and also other members of the group of 40 people. We followed Andalusia travel agency flight transit at Muscat, Oman.

THAILAND 2013 | Overland by all means KL to Hatyai to Krabi to Phuket

Trip start: 23 Jan 2013 at 11.00 pm Trip End: 29 Jan 2013 at 6.00 am Transport: Express bus, ferry, van, motorcycles, taxi