The Holiday Chronicle

Malindo Air - how lucky are we

2013-08-27T17:00:00.000+01:00

Assalamualaikum and hello folks! Let's start with a bit of ramblings about this site. As most of you have noticed, we are indeed trying to revive this site. We started blogging circa 2010 and it has been three years (of emptiness and sorrow) without any updates. Do bear with us. Now lets talk about Malindo Air. As the name suggests, it's a combination of names of two nations - Malaysia and

Perth, Australia

2013-08-23T09:20:00.002+01:00

Hi all, So now it's my turn to type. Sharing you lot bits of Perth, Australia. Oh my I can't remember whether I flew in with MAS or AirAsia. Hahaha =D Yes, the trip was made more than a year ago, without my husband. Accommodation I stayed in a studio apartment which I seriously forgot the name. But it is just next to the Pan Pacific. It is not that far from the

Splendid Cairo, Egypt

2013-08-22T03:28:00.000+01:00

Cairo of Egypt (arabic: Qaherah of Misr) was a splendid and challenging holiday destination for us. Back in the year 2010 when we were still undergraduates, we took a ten days holiday package from Kembara Sufi and paid about £315 per person, inclusive of everything except meals and flight tickets. We booked our flights through STA Travel. We were greeted by a very nice chap, Mr.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Mysterious Land

2013-08-21T16:55:00.003+01:00

Cambodia or well known as Kemboja by the malaysians is a country full of surprises! Basically we only spent 4 days in Phnom Penh and didn’t have the chance to visit other states. Phnom Penh is the capital city and the environment is more or less like Bandung, Indonesia. Getting there: Flew in by AirAsia (the cheapest way besides illegal boats). Had this experience in LCCT where the

New Beginning, New List

2013-08-21T16:41:00.002+01:00

Assalamualaikum and Hello all, Remember this? The list above was created in the year 2009-2010 while we were still pursuing our Engineering degree. But now, it has been more than three years, thus we have made a new list as below and crossing out the places we've been to together (yes, there are certain places that my other half went without me such as Paris, Tokyo, Australia, China and

More competition means more cheap flights!

2010-11-18T07:44:00.007+00:00

Firefly recently announced that they are starting to fly jet aircraft in order to carry passengers to more destinations. This will boost its carrying capacity and perhaps enables it to serve longer flight haul. Fleet expansion is part of their plans to serve the Eastern Malaysian. By Jan 2011, there will be three local airlines serving the KL-KK and KL-Kuching routes!Firefly currently operates

Air Asia to get new stewardess!

2010-11-16T06:13:00.003+00:00

Salam and hello peeps!It has been a long and long time since we last updated this website. Sorry guys and you know it has been a hectic six months.Have you heard of the latest news?Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group will dress up as AirAsia stewardess and serve the passengers!According to a source, both F1 team bosses Branson and Tony Fernandes made a bet that losing team will have the honour

Our Next Destination

2010-05-28T15:57:00.002+01:00

Assalamualaikum wbt and Greetings =) It has been a very tough weeks and today we've just finished our first paper for our final exams. Yeay! It means that we will have a long holiday *ehem-ehem* (holiday but still have loads of work to do). Remember the list of places that we wish to go? Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia Bosnia Cairo, Egypt Paris, France Marrakesh, Morocco Makkah and Madina,

Langkawi Island, Malaysia

2010-05-15T15:22:00.005+01:00

Langkawi is the biggest island in Malaysia situated in northern coast of Malaysian Peninsular. Governed by the state of Kedah and Langkawi boasts its duty free shopping status. Almost everything is a lot cheaper than the mainland. You can get lots of chocolates there =pLangkawi is accessible by flights to its International Airport through services offered by Malaysia Airlines, Air Asia, Singapore

What are you up to while on holiday?

2010-05-14T10:01:00.006+01:00

Some of us might define holiday as a time where you sit lazily in your couch watching TV with crisp in your left hand and cola in the other. Some will do anything vigorous that make your body full of adrenaline as part of holiday such as kayak, jungle tracking or extreme biking.Here are lists of activities/holiday theme you might want to consider:ShoppingThis is indeed what we love to do. We love

Tourism & Places

2010-05-13T10:34:00.004+01:00

Countries in the south east Asia (SEA) region are actively promoting their country to attract more tourist. They offer many kinds of holiday packages at many holiday destinations that is worth for the money and experience. For example, recently Singapore can be proud of its new Universal Studios and Malaysia has internationally admired Pulau Sipadan.And many of these countries are well connected

Mother's Day

2010-05-10T18:35:00.003+01:00

Many parts of the world celebrates Mother's Day on the 9th of May every year and this includes Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany etc. You can have a look here for list of countries.On this very special occasion, how about a treat of island get away in Pulau Redang or Pulau Sipadan?Or a gift of rose fragrance?Remember to always cheer your mum and dad =)

Masjids in Spain

2010-04-24T19:12:00.008+01:00

Assalamualaikum a.k.a Peace be upon all of you =)As most of you already know, me and my other half went to Spain - mainly Malaga, Granada and Cordoba. It was a 5d4n backpacking holiday and we had much fun there - includes all the shopping we did. May be our viewers should know that ZARA is originated from Spain.We went to all the palaces and fortresses in each of the cities and it is easy to get

La Alhambra

2010-04-17T12:31:00.011+01:00

More photos as promised. Hope these photos help in boosting your interest to travel =) Welcome to the Palacios Nazaries in Alhambra. The Albaycin from Palacios Nazaries. Amazing. Normal Sony camera was used. Not DSLR. The happy dude in the Palacios garden. The happy dude likes the unique architecture. More on happy dude with the unique ceiling. Go and witness the

Granada

2010-04-16T16:35:00.011+01:00

We took a bus (ALSA) from Malaga to Granada. The journey took approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Very near eyh ;-) Transportation Again, DO NOT take the taxi. Public bus is way cheaper but a single ticket is 10cent more than what we paid in Malaga, hence 1.20Euro. From the Granada bus station, take bus #3 or#33 to Grand Via. Then take a mini bus #32 to the last stop which is

Malaga

2010-04-14T11:44:00.016+01:00

Arrived in Malaga at night by RyanAir. The Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport is quite big and busy during the day. Transportation DO NOT take the taxi. The public bus is very convenient and cheaper than the taxi. 1.10 Euro for a single ticket. From the airport, take bus #19 to Alameda Principal. That is where most accommodations and attractions are located. DO NOT buy any maps. You can easily obtain

Hola everyone!

2010-04-12T07:57:00.003+01:00

Assalamualaikum and buenos diyaz!We are now in Granada.At the top of the hill Alhambra, enjoying a cup of hot chocolate in the morning sun. Later we are off to visit the Garden of Alhambra before taking the bus to Malaga in the afternoon.Will update this blog soon with photos =)

Break

2010-04-08T16:36:00.002+01:00

We are leaving on a jet plane.To M----a, G-----a & C-----aYeay!Will upload more stuffs once we are back.;-)

Cartoon

2010-04-08T12:07:00.003+01:00

just for sharing. obviously i got the cartoon from somewhere else and i do not own it. click on the image to enlarge it. if anyone feels like this cartoon should not be here due to copyright infringement, please let me know. i will delete this post.

CCMB in Scotland Day 2

2010-03-11T10:05:00.012+00:00

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh peeps =)previous postWe arrived in Stirling around 8pm and the hostel we are staying is located at the center of Stirling city. Thus we had to drive around the city to find the best car park.Tips: Most of the road side car park in the UK is free to park after 6pm until 8am tomorrow morning, sometimes 10am. We then cooked our dinner as the hostel

CCMB - Southampton to Scotland

2010-03-04T21:49:00.007+00:00

Assalamualaikum and hello all =)Sorry for not updating this blog for almost a month and a half. This is due to commitments I have with two group projects - MDP and GDP.Glad MDP is finishing.Let's go holiday!This time I would like to share our Cuti-cuti Musim Bunga (Spring Holidays). It was in 2008 where 12 of us decided to drive to Scotland for five days and four nights holiday. That is 8 hours

The Real Bandung

2010-02-24T10:28:00.011+00:00

I captured this video while on my way to Pasar Baru. (totally different from Paris van Java) This is the real Bandung, city full of street artists. Don't underestimate them, they are really good - even better than most of you. So, start searching for places that would interest you and travel to that place. Surely you would learn something new and share them with us =)

Grabbing the Opportunity

2010-01-30T09:41:00.000+00:00

The semester one examination week just ended and second semester will commence this coming Monday. Some of us had finished their exams two or three days ago. A few of my friends now have gone for ‘jalan-jalan’ in Spain! To my surprise, those guys have been planning for this long time ago and they managed to get their ticket for just 16 pound for a return flight. What a bargain! This is how we

The chronicle of wish list

2010-01-29T16:52:00.000+00:00