Malate & Ermita; Backpackers Haven
Travel To Phillipines March 16th, 2010

Look for inexpensive lodging among luxury hotels in Manila is not a problem. Malate and Ermita districts of the flashy, located close to each other, and each other are separated by roads. For the backpacker class, most have a label “Pensionne” is the average of the old building. Look for halal food, need a little more observant, you know, most food sold contains ‘pork’. Near the MH Del Pilar street, there are several kosher restaurants marked with Arabic writing on the front. Also a small mosque, air-conditioned right in front of Pizza Hut. If pingin eat at franchise restaurants such as Mc D’s or find an ATM, Robinson’s Mall building at street Adriatico, on the other side there is also a travel agency & money changer. Minimarket like 7-eleven there are also some.
The district passed Jeepney transport to some majors. Want to even further out, there LRT Station. Want to recreation, live walking distance to Manila Bay, Rizal Park, or to Intramuros (the town in the castle) which is famous.
Off the evening, the atmosphere in this region a new look original. Sparkling colored lights began to glow. Sidewalk cafe chairs and started to spread a quarter of the table in the road. Bars, discos, and massage parlors began bustling visitors. Loud thump of music in the cafes, out through the big speakers deliberately placed on the sidewalk.
The girls dressed in tight and sexy in front mejeng nightclubs await guests. This area also turned out to be “Red-light district” of his Manila. But not all hotels / hostels in this area contributed to immoral business success. In one of the guest house where I was staying, the owner had warned the occupants with a warning “No Sex Tourism Here” on the bulletin board. But who the hell, who could watch activity in the room?
Back to Nature at the Chiang Mai Night Safari
Travel to Thailand March 16th, 2010

Recently opened, the Chiang Mai Night Safari offers the adventurous a chance to enter the kingdom of animals, while keeping a safe distance from the comfortable urban life and a good hotel!
There are only a few night safari in the world (Singapore, Indonesia and Guangxi, China also have it), Chiang Mai Night Safari has proved himself with the explosion of local travelers and tourists. Chiangmai-nightsafari2Secara officially opened on January 1, 2006, safari is open to the public free of charge and the countless visitors who have taken advantage, where 40,000 people visited the safari every night and it has increased over the weekend – often even exceed the capacity!
The Safari offers a series of trips include three main zones. The Jaguar Trail offers visitors to walk about 1,200 meters and is open to both activities during the day and at night. Entered the area the Savanna Safari and Predator Prowl use the car that runs on the rails to take visitors around. This is an ideal opportunity to observe wildlife at night.
For more information you can see the Night Safari web site, but do not be surprised, this site is completely still speak Thai. Chiangmai-nightsafari1Semoga imminent changes for ease of information.
Old City Tour in Cebu
Travel To Phillipines March 1st, 2010

Cebu – Cebu is known as the place where Ferdinand Maggellan which is the first Spanish sailors who set foot in the Philippines in 1521. Maggellan also killed in Cebu by local residents named Lapu-Lapu. This Maggellan landing at the same time as the initial milestone of the Spanish colony in the Philippines, so many old buildings such as churches and relics of the Spanish fort. So incomplete that it did not tour the old city during a visit to Cebu. Icons historical tour of the most prominent in Cebu is the Cross Maggellan (Maggellan’s Cross), Fort San Pedro, and the Church of Santo Nino. The cross is a cross Maggellan first planted as a symbol of the beginning Maggellan spread of Catholic Christianity in the Philippines. According to the story, the Philippines believed that the first cross was carried miracles, so the wood is often plucked out to be a drug. Thus, the cross on display today is a replica of the cross, because the original cross to stay small pieces of wood that is now planted in the replica. A few steps from the Cross Church of St. Maggellan standing Nino (Basilica Minore del Sto Nino) established another sailor from Spain Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565. Inside the church there is a wooden puppet Santo Nino (the infant Jesus) which is a gift from King Maggellan to Humabonon wife, Queen Juana, who became a Catholic. Catholic visitors from all over the Philippines to come to this church to pray before the statue of Santo Nino. Every Sunday, the Catholic Church also came to attend mass held in the large churchyard. Miguel López de Legazpi also founded Fort San Pedro in the same year, 1565. Triangle-shaped fort was the first and oldest fortress in the Philippines which was built as a protection area of the pirate attacks that often came. Initially, Fort San Pedro was built with wood, but then the fire was built with the hard rock. The fort was also used as a defense by the Japanese army during the Japanese occupation in World War II. This castle was originally located beach lane, even before the surf beach is said to touch the walls of the fort. Unfortunately, coastal areas around the fort reclaimed and built as part of the harbor. Overlooking the beach so that should be visible from the castle building was blocked. To get to these locations, from Cebu airport, travelers can use a Jeepney, Philippines special transportation such angkot or can also use a taxi. There are also other transportation modes such as tricycles and motorized rickshaws. Rickshaws and motor rickshaws in the Philippines carrying passengers in addition to the driver. Rate Jeepney 6 pesos for the first 5 miles and about 1.5 pesos to the next mile. While 35 pesos taxi fares when open door and an additional 2 pesos per kilometer. Highway in Cebu quite empty, because the vehicle is still quite a bit. Meanwhile, traffic lights are rarely found at a crossroads.
The Chao Phraya River Trip
Travel to Thailand February 24th, 2010

The trip along Chao Phraya River is a very exciting and
enjoyable thing to do for visitors either in the day time or in
the evening with dinner served on the river cruise. The most famous area to start is from Royal Orchid Sheraton – Oriental – Shangri-La hotels. Of course the river cruise can be made
from hotels on the opposite side such as the Penninsular,
the Marriot and some others.
During the day, a trip can be made with small long-tail boat,
taxi boat (slower), and with group tour. Mostly, they take
tourists into Bangkok Noi and other canals where you can
see typical and a completely different life-style along the
canals. These scenes are the old way of living in the past
that people depended mostly upon river and canals transportation. Now, the front access is the modern roads,
but canals are still used a lot. Typical old houses, temples, shops, and the way people buy and sell things can still
be seen, especially when you visit the “Floating Market”,
such as Bangsai Floating Market, and Taling Chan.
Glory Doi Inthanon
Travel to Thailand February 24th, 2010

Chiangmai-doi.at 8,500 feet above sea level, Doi Inthanon is the highest mountain in Thailand. This is the best location for the sights and atmosphere offers visitors forests, bird life and waterfalls.
During the winter peak of Doi Inthanon is usually cool and dry, but in the last few years the air temperature fell lower and lower. Now you have a very rare opportunity to experience temperatures below freezing. This area is famous for fog when the temperature begins to decline and the image of a misty mountain beauty and the iconic look.
Chiangmai-doi4Dua large pagoda was built for the King and Queen of Thailand is located at the top of the mountain. Doi Inthanon forest has been designated as National Park. The trip to the mountain is often combined with a trip to Mae Klang waterfall, Wachiratan and Siriphum. With more than 400 species of birds, Doi Inthanon is the main objective to observe the birds.
Details: Various sites in and around Doi Inthanon provide varying ticket prices. However, a visit to Wat Phra Mahatat Naphamethanidon would cost 200 Baht and this gives free access to most of the other sites that are available here.
How to get there: Given the scale of the mountain of Doi Inthanon, join one of the many tour companies in town may provide the best path for you. Alternatively, take the bus to Chom Thong destination from Chiang Mai Gate (south city) and then take a bus to the destination Mae Klang waterfall, and then another bus to the mountain.












