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		<title>Enchantment of Quang Tri Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quang Tri Province is one of the names on the Central Coast of North Vietnam. Storage area is surrounded by many historical tours by several prominent provinces, such as the north side of Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue in the south, Savannakhet Province, Laos to the west, and East Sea on the east side. For those [...]]]></description>
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<p>Quang Tri Province is one of the names on the Central Coast of North Vietnam. Storage area is surrounded by many historical tours by several prominent provinces, such as the north side of Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue in the south, Savannakhet Province, Laos to the west, and East Sea on the east side.</p>
<p>For those of you who want to quickly move on, Quang Tri offers many interesting sights associated with the history of warfare. In anataranya is MOC and Tunnels Vinh Quang Tri Citadel.</p>
<p>Tunnel MOC stands firmly Vinh Quang Tri Province. 7-meter-deep tunnel and an area of 4 m2 is what connects locals to the location of kitchens, wells, bathrooms, conference rooms, and hospitals with equipment delivery.</p>
<p>Based on history, about 300 people and the land flattened villages they were forced to live in darkness Vinh MOC.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Quang Tri Citadel is the other historic relics in the province of Dong Ha capital. This fort was built during Minh Mang dynasty (around 1824) with a four-year time-consuming. The uniqueness of Quang Tri Citadel has four gates and be filled with a deep moat.</p>
<p>In 1972, Quang Tri Citadel experiencing fierce battle between the forces of liberal society and Vietnam with U.S. troops in South Vietnam which enliven IKT.</p>
<p>If you want to know more about the history of other Vietnamese, come to the city of Hue, south of Quang Tri. There are many stores remaining historic buildings. Among the form of the fort was built in 1808 and 243 other ancient buildings. By completeness of historical buildings, the city of Hue was awarded UNESCO&#8217;s culture.</p>
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		<title>Eight-Day Tour to China and Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dantruong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOURS to the two countries at the same time, China and Vietnam, is packaged in a travel package, pity to miss. Moreover, the price of travel package for eight days was only worth U.S. $ 648 or about Rp6, 1 million. Package price is inclusive package staying at a four star hotel and breakfast, afternoon [...]]]></description>
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TOURS to the two countries at the same time, China and Vietnam, is packaged in a travel package, pity to miss. Moreover, the price of travel package for eight days was only worth U.S. $ 648 or about Rp6, 1 million.</p>
<p>Package price is inclusive package staying at a four star hotel and breakfast, afternoon until evening. Adapaun additional cost would you pay for, such as: single supplement: $ 175 per person, International airport tax: $ 110 per person (tax rates may change at any time without notice), airport tax Jakarta: 50,000, &#8211; per person, the fiscal cost Indonesia : Rp2.500.000, &#8211; per person (for those who do not have a TIN), tipping is recommended for $ 2/orang/hari tour leader, local guide and driver, $ $ 2/orang/hari 1/orang/hari and a bottle of mineral water / person / day during the tour.</p>
<p>Departure schedule for the month of February this package on 5 and 26, whereas in March set out the date of 5,12,19, and 26.</p>
<p>On the first day, just hours 17.40WIB you and other visitors gathered at Soekarno Hatta Airport and the aircraft departed with Shenzhen Airlines. Once in Naning, China or around 23:00 local time, you will be guided to the Hotel Jin Hua or other 4 star hotels.</p>
<p>Second day. This morning bus journey will begin toward the Detian Waterfall, which is one of the largest waterfall tour in Asia with approximately 200 meters wide and has three steps of the flow of the waterfall. During the trip into town Mingshi, you are presented with beautiful scenery Guichun Boundary River and the Clouds Floating on Green Island. After dinner is over, you will be escorted to Hotel Mingshi or setarafnya to rest.</p>
<p>Third day. After breakfast, your bus will lead to Mingshi Scenic Area, the rural nature with beautiful rice field, small bridges and windmills. Once you&#8217;ve finished lunch, the city of Pingxiang even form the next destination. There you will be staying at Hotel Zhongyue International or schoolmates.</p>
<p>Fourth day. Did you know about Halong? If not, the bus trip this morning is to Halong with Custom border crossing point of the Friendship Pass. After lunch, tour to Mr Chau Island, one of the most beautiful island in Vietnam will happen. In the afternoon, you and your entourage can buy souvenirs at the trade center area or do an optional tour to the Royal Sea Park. Hotel accommodation is used ASEAN or other 4 star hotels.</p>
<p>Fifth day. In the morning we travel to Halong Bay or Guilin on The Ocean, namely the nature reserve established by UNESCO since 1994. Interesting sights of this small island has a better 3000, so you can experience life in a stunning natural stone. On this day, you can also stay overnight in the same hotel ASEAN.</p>
<p>Sixth day. On this day you will be invited to the Ba Ting Square, Ho Chi Minh&#8217;s Tomb, Ho Chi Minh Former Residence, One Pillar Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake. Hanoi&#8217;s continued journey toward the bus transportation. Thang Loi Hotel is the choice.</p>
<p>Seventh day. After breakfast, you will be brought to Ping Xiang traveling through the border and returned to the city Naning to immediately check in and relax at Hotel Zhe Shang.</p>
<p>Eighth day. Back to Jakarta.</p>
<p>For those of you who are interested, please make reservations at your nearest travel agent and flight schedules are always checking back to see if there is a change of schedule.</p>
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		<title>Cruise tourists are not Threatened Bomb</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENPASAR &#8211; MI: A cruise ship tourism agency said that the tourists coming to Indonesia, especially to Bali by using a special vessel did not feel threatened by the possibility of a bomb blast. \ &#8220;They did not feel threatened at all. The impression was not endangered at all. In fact, they considered that the [...]]]></description>
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DENPASAR &#8211; MI: A cruise ship tourism agency said that the tourists coming to Indonesia, especially to Bali by using a special vessel did not feel threatened by the possibility of a bomb blast.</p>
<p>\ &#8220;They did not feel threatened at all. The impression was not endangered at all. In fact, they considered that the Indonesian waters is very fantastic, \&#8221; said Regional Manager of Pacific World Nusantara, Bali, Ida Bagus Surakusuma in Denpasar, Friday (21 / 8).</p>
<p>Surakusuma a friend Gus Lolec addressed, proposed that foreign tourists are also many who use public facilities by ferry when a visit to a number of areas, such as Lombok and other locations.</p>
<p>\ &#8220;For the next few months, we have a contract with a cruise from Palma and Italy, but passengers originating from various parts of the world. They usually enjoy Makassar, Bali, Komodo Island and Jakarta, \&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>According to him, in approximately 40 cruise ships a year come to Indonesia and that still could be increased again, due to visit Indonesia&#8217;s potential is still large. Not only in Bali, Makassar, Komodo Island and Jakarta, but also Manado and other cities.</p>
<p>He explained that there are three lines that normally pass through cruise ships, ie from Hong Kong, the Philippines and then down to Makassar. Other lines are Singapore, Malaysia and then to Vietnam and a new entry into Indonesia.</p>
<p>\ &#8220;The third point is from Australia, either through direct Darwin or Perth to Bali or Jakarta and Komodo Island, \&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>He hopes, port facilities in Indonesia immediately repaired for the coming fishing yacht. He gave an example in the Land ampo, Manggis, Karangasem district, other than those already in Padang Bai.</p>
<p>\ &#8220;Infrastructure in Land ampo it must be remedied, particularly those headed to the port. If that was quickly completed, then the economy will grow rapidly, because it will bring a lot of cruise ships, \&#8221; said the man who mengemari this orchid.</p>
<p>Moreover, he said, there are currently among the practitioners of predictive cruise ship tourists that they will hook the lower middle class. That&#8217;s because cruise ship tourism actors are also affected by the global crisis.</p>
<p>\ &#8220;If I they are looking for prospective passengers of the rich, not now. They have had to keep the road in the middle of this global crisis. They lowered tariffs. If the usually fare be mounted to U.S. $ 30,000 for a three pkean up to one month, can now only U.S. $ 2,000 to U.S. $ 3,000, \ &#8220;he said.</p>
<p>Facing the fact that, up Gus Lolec, Asia has a great chance to hook visitors with yachts. In Malaysia and Singapore effective until 300 ship visits a year.</p>
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		<title>Pink Sunset on the Mekong River</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WORD people, browse the City Vientiane, Laos, kuranglah complete if it does not hunt on the banks of pink twilight Mekong River. I included the curious with that opinion. Some time ago, I trace the river Mae Nam Khong named by local residents. Seventh longest river in Asia that offers a unique scenery. We can [...]]]></description>
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<p>WORD people, browse the City Vientiane, Laos, kuranglah complete if it does not hunt on the banks of pink twilight Mekong River. I included the curious with that opinion. Some time ago, I trace the river Mae Nam Khong named by local residents.</p>
<p>Seventh longest river in Asia that offers a unique scenery. We can see the traditional trade between Thai society (land) and Lao (s) above the canoe. That is what strengthens Mae Nam Khong as one tourist attraction Affairs Thousand `Elephant &#8216;.</p>
<p>Tipped in the highlands of Tibet, the Mekong River flows approximately 795 thousand kilometers and pass through six countries, namely China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In the city of Vientiane, the tourists can enjoy this watershed. Because local government has been managing the conservation area for this tourist attraction.</p>
<p>There are several cafes selling typical food, like grilled fish, grilled chicken, pickled till lao. The price also varies from 30 thousand kip (about Rp30 thousand) up to 70 thousand kip.</p>
<p>Lovers of beer or vodka is also no need to worry. Every shop or cafe there was legally served drinks, ranging from 10 thousand kip for a beer, and 20 thousand kip to vodka. At that location, there are also souvenirs peddled goods on the sidewalk.</p>
<p>Occasionally seen the monks who walk in groups down the river edge. They highly appreciated the local population. As the `sacred &#8216;, the monks often get donations from donors who happen to pass away.</p>
<p>The atmosphere and unique scenery that is what seems to be the reason for the arrival of the tourists. Since 2003, traffic on the free tourist attraction is high enough. According to data from the Inter Lao Tourism (ILT: 2006), foreign tourists per year who come to the Mekong River about 437 059 inhabitants, whereas regional amount to 300 462 inhabitants.</p>
<p>Density tourists around the Mekong River area is clearly visible. Especially at dusk. Too dense, pedestrians brushed each other.</p>
<p>The dominance of French tourists As one of the French colonies, Vientiane (Laos) many tourists visited France. They seemed to dominate the Mekong River region. According to the ILT data in 2006, people visit Europe to reach 59 756 inhabitants per year. Approximately 70% of them were French tourists. The rest, such as Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.</p>
<p>Their goal was to visit different. There is a pilgrimage to the tomb of the family, there are merely in transit, and some even do research.</p>
<p>&#8220;Also visit the tomb of opa, I often spend time on this river while enjoying the sunset,&#8221; Wagnon said Geraldine, tourist French nationals.</p>
<p>Intention to visit her 21 years was similar with mostly French tourists. Which trace their history. However, the nights are getting late to make a brief conversation with the French woman had to be terminated. The night air was getting colder. The lights in the country is still clearly visible from the Thai Mae Nam Khong. The tourists began to return to the lodge look. It was 22:00 pm, curfew in communist countries that have been enacted</p>
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		<title>Peaceful &amp; Perfect: Pa Lungan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dantruong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had left Bario a bit later than we&#8217;d hoped, so it was already after one by the time we were on our way from Bario to Pa Lungan. The first 30-45 minutes of the hike was along a well-trodden path that wound past the airport and along to the village of Pa Ukat. From [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://travelcat.catalinanetwork.web.id/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/20080520-Eva1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7" title="20080520-Eva" src="http://travelcat.catalinanetwork.web.id/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/20080520-Eva1-300x122.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="122" /></a>We had left Bario a bit later than we&#8217;d hoped, so it was already after one by the time we were on our way from Bario to Pa Lungan. The first 30-45 minutes of the hike was along a well-trodden path that wound past the airport and along to the village of Pa Ukat. From Pa Ukat, we took a right onto a very narrow dirt path that would lead us from Pa Ukat all the way to Pa Lungan. The trail alternated between slightly muddy and nearly impossible to traverse because of the deep muck-filled puddles impeding our forward progress. Even wearing the lovely rubber Adidas Kampungs did not improve our situation. The mud puddles were so incredibly deep that we repeatedly wound up knee-deep in the slimy, yet sticky, mud. We had assumed the hike would take us about five hours, but at this rate, it looked like we would be lucky to make it to Pa Lungan by seven.</p>
<p>Despite the arduousness of the hike, we were enjoying ourselves immensely. Once we were beyond Pa Ukat, we found ourselves deep in the Kelabit forest, surrounded by flora and fauna of a surprising magnitude&#8230; some of which were unwelcome &#8211; like the leeches. We had heard stories about the leeches from other travelers we had met along the way, so we were prepared for them. Niraj had given us some loose tobacco, which was reported to be a surefire leech repellant. We had shoved the tobacco in our socks and coated our feet and legs in bug spray to deter any unwanted hitchhikers, and it seemed to be working very well so far.</p>
<p>Around 4:30, we plopped down on a log to take a short break &#8211; the rubber of the Adidas Kampungs were causing mad blisters to appear all over mine and Fred&#8217;s feet, and it was time to give the poor things a little breather. As I took my shoes off, I noticed a strange twig on the top of my foot &#8211; a bloody twig &#8211; or should I say a bloody leech? Argh! Konrad discovered his unwanted guest next &#8211; on the bottom of one of his feet. It took Fred a bit longer to find her leech&#8230; because it was between her toes! After disentangling ourselves from the nasty critters, we threw back on the Kampungs and hit the road once more. Despite our late start and the slow mucking along, we were in Pa Lungan by 5:30.</p>
<p>We easily located &#8220;The Lodge,&#8221; where we met Su Pang and Nabon, our immensely welcoming and incredibly knowledgeable hosts. Su Pang is Kelabit and was born near Pa Lungan. Nabon grew up in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak and the city where the couple lived until they retired and moved back to Pa Lungan. Nabon used to work for the government, and his English was phenomenal &#8211; which meant that he was able to share story after story with us. Nabon and Su Pang (and their little kitten) provided us with the best possible experience in Pa Lungan, making sure we were comfortable, informed, and well fed. We spent the remainder of the first night chatting with our friendly hosts, did some reading, and went to bed early.</p>
<p>We were enjoying Pa Lungan so much (and our feet were aching from the wounds inflicted by the damn Adidas Kampungs), that we decided to make it our base camp and just do some day trips in and around the area. We were most interested in finding some primary forest, so we asked Su Pang to locate a guide to take us the next day. True to her word, a guide was ready and waiting when we made our way down to breakfast the next morning. We knew the going was bound to be muddy and leechful, and to help out, Su Pang and Nabon had made us leech sticks: they had wrapped some cloth around some salt and tied it onto the end of a stick. We gobbled down breakfast and hit the road around 9:30, trailing behind Chris, our guide for the day. I started out in my Adidas Kampungs, but about 20 feet from the house I had to run back and change into my tennis shoes &#8211; the rubber shoes were just too painful to wear.</p>
<p>Initially, the path Chris led us through alternated between gorgeous green rice paddies and copper colored willowy fields that were deserted, save a buffalo or two. After about 45 minutes, we made our way into the verdant forest, which Chris had to hack his way through with a machete. Despite his slashing skills, Chris was proving himself to be unworthy of the title &#8220;guide.&#8221; He seemed to be oblivious to whether or not we were actually behind him, often so far ahead that we could not see even see him. Admittedly, I wasn&#8217;t hiking at my usual speed because I was trying to keep my feet dry and was repeatedly distracted by the seemingly infinite number of leeches trying to attach themselves to my exposed flesh. (As a side note, between the insect repellant, the tobacco in our socks, and the leech sticks, we all managed to avoid any major leech attacks all day.) We also found ourselves frequently stopping to admire the numerous monkeys, langurs, and gibbons who made their homes in the canopy above.</p>
<p>After trekking through the forest for a bit, we stopped in a jungle shelter (they were scattered about to provide hikers with a spot to sleep overnight) to take a break. It was during this little sojourn that we learned that our wish to see some primary forest may not have been accurately conveyed to Chris. He told us that we would see some, but that wasn&#8217;t going to be the focus of our trek. Disappointed, we shoved off and shuffled behind Chris further into the forest. We made our way to a river, the other side of which we would only see because there was no possible way to cross it. We took some photos and then turned around and retraced our steps. As we wound our way back through the forest and fields, we sampled some wild pomelo, jackfruit, and guava &#8211; I now understand why people don&#8217;t eat wild fruit: it is extremely bitter.</p>
<p>Most of the day&#8217;s hiking had been along fairly flat terrain, but that was soon to change as we began our ascent to the Pa Lungan viewpoint. The going was rough, extremely vertical, and full of twigs and leaves, which meant there was no real traction along the way. I was glad I&#8217;d changed into my tennis shoes because Konrad&#8217;s feet kept slipping out of his Adidas Kampungs, which made the difficult hike was made even more laborious. Nonetheless, each and every one of us emerged from the forest onto the top of the peak where we were treated to some splendid scenery. From our vantage point, we were treated to a 360 degree view of the area, which included the massive Mount Marud, the highest point in the Kelabit Highlands. While we had not been able to see much primary forest, this stopover made the whole trek worthwhile: the stillness and tranquility of the area was precisely the reason we had made our way here in the first place.</p>
<p>We cut a path down a slightly less demanding route on the other side of the peak, and found ourselves back in Pa Lungan around 5:00pm. As we made our way back to &#8220;The Lodge,&#8221; we encountered a French couple who asked us to join them on a mutli-day trek to the summit of Mount Marud, leaving the next day. We were tempted, but I wasn&#8217;t sure my feet would last given their current pitiful state, so we told them we would think about their offer over the next few hours. They also encouraged us to visit a dolmen not far away (a grave for an honored warrior). We heeded their advice and hurried along, slaloming our way through the water buffalo lounging along the path. After a few minutes of photo ops at the dolmen, we walked back to the lodge. I took off my shoes and discovered that my feet were covered in blisters &#8211; including two on my pinky toes that were larger than the toes themselves. No wonder I was in such pain!</p>
<p>We spent the next few hours relaxing and chatting over a lovely dinner of pineapple curry, and hearing more stories as told by Nabon and Su Pang. After a chilly shower (did I forget to mention that there wasn&#8217;t electricity in the area?), we regrouped and whiled away the rest of the night playing cards. Given the state of my feet, we wouldn&#8217;t be following the Frenchies up to Mount Marud, and we were all enjoying ourselves so much that we just decided to spend the next day in Pa Lungan.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t have much in mind for the next day, apart from lounging around and getting some reading done, but when Nabon offered to take us on a short nature walk, we all fell into line behind him. We began by walking through their lovely garden, where a diverse group of plants and flowers made their home (including an orchid that we believe may have been a new find &#8211; Nabon had spent countless hours combing through botany books trying to identify it, but had been unsuccessful). From there, he took us just a hundred yards or so from his house to a veritable botanist&#8217;s dream: scores of different plants and flowers grew and flourished naturally, completely immune to most of the pollutants and dangers that threaten most plants and flowers around the world. We spent the greatest amount of time exploring the numerous varieties of pitcher plants and orchids dotting the landscape &#8211; absolutely stunning.</p>
<p>After lunch, I retreated to our room and spent the rest of the afternoon reading, and Konrad went on a hike of his own. The peace and serenity of Pa Lungan, coupled with the sunshine streaming through the windows, made me very sleepy and I ended up taking a nap with the kitten. I was awakened a bit later by western voices, but not those of Konrad or Fred &#8211; it seemed we had some new housemates. Over dinner, we traded stories with the newcomers a bit and learned that they, too, were English teachers. We had an amiable chat, but there wasn&#8217;t any real chemistry there, so we weren&#8217;t too bothered when they went up to bed and left us alone to play cards. I stayed up a little late and finished my book (The Dogs of Riga &#8211; give it a miss), and fell asleep enjoying our last night in peaceful Pa Lungan.</p>
<p>We spent a leisurely morning having breakfast and packing up, and then Nabon broke out the blowpipe. He set up a dart board target for us, and then let each of us have a go at it &#8211; it was completely new, but we all did pretty well with it. We took some photos with Sa Pang and Nabon and bade them goodbye, hitting the road by about 11:00am &#8211; a bit late if we were to make our flight back to Miri that afternoon.</p>
<p>Fortunately, it wasn&#8217;t quite as wet as it had been a few days earlier, and we made excellent time on the way back &#8211; arriving in Bario at about 2:00pm. We quickly stopped off at the agent&#8217;s office and booked three seats on that afternoon&#8217;s flight back to Miri. That errand taken care of, we dashed back to Nancy and Harris&#8217;s house to pick up our things. Harris was waiting in the truck at the mouth of the driveway and told us he would drive us to the airport. We ran down the muddy driveway to the house, hosed off our feet and leg (we were covered in mud), grabbed our bags, and were out the door again. We gingerly picked our way back to the truck carefully &#8211; it was one of the muddiest spots we had encountered. Fred and Konrad made it successfully, but I made one misstep and ended up mid-calf deep in mud. I was able to pull my foot out, but my sandal was still mired in the muck, so I had to sink my arm in up to my elbow to retrieve it. By this point, I was beyond frustrated.</p>
<p>Harris drove us to the airport (which, fortunately had a hose which I could use to demuddify myself), we checked in, and were told that the plane was going to leave 45 minutes early. There were only 6 passengers on the flight, so it didn&#8217;t take long for us to pile on and take off. And just like that, our lovely experience in the Kelabit Highlands was over.</p>
<p>The three of us shared a cab back to The Highlands (we were lucky enough to get rooms there this time) where we lazed the rest of the night away. Fred left for the peninsula the next day, and Konrad and I signed on for a brutal sounding 16 hour night bus to Kuching the following evening. And so ended one of our favorite experiences of that six months of travel &#8211; our time in the Kelabit Highlands.</p>
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		<title>I Am Melting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I safely arrived in SEA and everything is well. Royal Brunei is definitely an airline that I would recommend, except there is no alcohol on the flight. I arrived at the airport trying to locate a cash point that would actually accept one of my bank cards, finding out that the buses stopped running [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://travelcat.catalinanetwork.web.id/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/malaysia_borneo_sarawak12_p1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-25" title="malaysia_borneo_sarawak12_p" src="http://travelcat.catalinanetwork.web.id/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/malaysia_borneo_sarawak12_p1-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Well I safely arrived in SEA and everything is well. Royal Brunei is definitely an airline that I would recommend, except there is no alcohol on the flight. I arrived at the airport trying to locate a cash point that would actually accept one of my bank cards, finding out that the buses stopped running at 6pm, realizing that few people were actually getting off to stay in Brunei and there was no visitor information available. What to do?? &#8230; just go up to two random backpackers (the only ones whom I could find) and follow them. All was well, Mark, Matt and myself clicked instantly. I found out that the only youth hostel in Brunei was fully booked (due to a sports function). Luckily Mark had found a relatively cheap place, extremely difficult task in itself since most places start at $50US per night. We had a triple bed dorm at $17pp per night. Matt spoken Indonesian, which was very useful for the Malay-Brunei spoken here.</p>
<p>There are 400,000 people living in Brunei, it&#8217;s extremely difficult to immigrate here. English is widely spoken at a high level, we had very little difficulty communicating with the locals. It seems as though cars are a big status symbol here, a good number of people are driving relatively new cars, and very few people are driving a crappy car. There are apparently 260,000 cars in Brunei. I&#8217;ve visited a few Mosques (Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien and Jame&#8217;Asr Hassanil Bolkiah). These both were extremely beautiful, you can definitely see how important religion is within Brunei and where money is spent. There are 150 mosques in Brunei, you cannot be more than 2km away from a mosque. I&#8217;ve driven past Istana Nurul Iman (Sultan&#8217;s palace). Visited Kampung Ayer (collection of 28 villages on stilts built over the water). We still haven&#8217;t figured out why people have chosen to build their houses over water, maybe because land is valuable??? I&#8217;ve visited the Brunei museum and the Royal Regalia building. They were interesting, I learned a lot about the Sultan and his family, plus you can actually see the gifts given to the Sultan from other countries. It is an extremely clean city with little garbage.</p>
<p>We took a day trip down to Temburong to do a jungle walk through the Peradayan Forest Recreational Park. I&#8217;ve see wild monkeys, turtles, strange insects, snakes. We also visited the Jerudong Park Playground, which they claim is the largest amusement park in the world, however I really don&#8217;t know how they can make that claim. Wonderland seems bigger and I&#8217;m sure it doesn&#8217;t care with Disneyland. It almost felt like having our own private park, it was almost deserted, we never had to wait in any lines and you could just tell the operators that you wanted to go again. However, about half of the rides were closed.</p>
<p>Food is pretty cheap here, it&#8217;s usually $1 per drink and $1-$4 per food dish. It&#8217;s kind of strange, but good eating things like a cuttlefish stirfry during a hike. The hardest part of eating all my food from the markets is that there is no Western breakfast foods available which is my favourite meal of the day. I&#8217;m not quite used to eating some of the dishes for breakfast. However, I&#8217;ve heard that banana pancakes are widely available in Thailand due to the high interest from tourists. I love being able to try so many different foods, half the time I have no idea what I&#8217;m getting, but that&#8217;s half the fun. Brunei does have a KFC and McDonald&#8217;s, and a coffee shop, however these places are very expensive.</p>
<p>The humidity is almost unbearable, sweat is just pouring off of me. The temperatures are mid-30&#8242;s during the day, and mid-20&#8242;s at night. However I&#8217;m don&#8217;t think these temperatures include the humidex reading. To me in the sun during mid-afternoon it feels like high-30&#8242;s to low-40&#8242;s with humidex. I have never sweated so much in my entire life. During my jungle walk I thought I was going to pass out. My pants and shirt were saturated with sweat pouring down my face, even my forearms were sweating (something that I had never seen before). There is just no relief and no breeze. Luckily our room is air-conditioned as well as most of the buildings.</p>
<p>I ended up changing my flight to Bangkok so that I will only be in Brunei for 3 days as oppose to 5 days. It&#8217;s been a great experience, however there is only so much to do in Brunei, and I&#8217;ve basically done most things. There are some expensive tours available, however I&#8217;m sure that I can see similar places for a lot less money in other countries. Mark and Matt were leaving after 3 days, and to spend 2 days alone would be very lonely, as there are few tourists in Brunei. I can honestly count the number of tourists I see, and that number doesn&#8217;t exceed 10. It&#8217;s an expensive country and I&#8217;m sure the rich tourists are spending time at their resorts and joining tours.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been a wonderful experience, a great starting point in SEA. We were never hassled once by anyone. The only time you had to negotiate a price was for a land or water taxi, and you had to approach them.</p>
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		<title>The Land Of  No  Fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were on a stupidly tight schedule in Borneo which meant we had to fly back to KL from Kuching, at the complete other end of the island, in only 4 days time. In this time we also wanted to visit the huge caves in Mulu national parks but that seemed highly unlikely given how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We were on a stupidly tight schedule in Borneo which meant we had to fly back to KL from Kuching, at the complete other end of the island, in only 4 days time. In this time we also wanted to visit the huge caves in Mulu national parks but that seemed highly unlikely given how difficult it is to get there.<a href="http://travelcat.catalinanetwork.web.id/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Borneo_blowpipe_shooting.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-20" title="Borneo_blowpipe_shooting" src="http://travelcat.catalinanetwork.web.id/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Borneo_blowpipe_shooting-300x221.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="221" /></a></p>
<p>To get from the Sabah region of Malaysian Borneo to Sarawak we needed to go through another country, Brunei. I was quite excited to be entering another country, even for only a day, so I had no qualms about the early start.</p>
<p>However we were all so tired that we overslept and only managed to make the boat thanks to Lars running to the docks, twice, to buy our tickets.</p>
<p>To get to Brunei we had to take 2 ferries. The first took close to 2 hours, an hour longer than I had expected, before we arrived on the island of Pulau Labuan. The ferry crossing had been choppy in places and 1 guy was so sick that the whole packed out boat could hear him. Lovely sound first thing in the morning. There was also some soppy Malaysian movie on the TV that seemed laughable to me as I couldn&#8217;t understand it but some people were actually crying at the end!</p>
<p>On docking in Labuan we had to go through exit procedures for Malaysia before boarding the second boat, with only 5 people, to Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. Hadn&#8217;t had any breakfast so a bar of Dairy Milk with cashews, fantastic, had to suffice.</p>
<p>On arriving at the dock we had to go through customs, where they asked us if we had any alcohol as it&#8217;s illegal in Brunei! Illegal! Changed up all my ringgit to Brunei dollars and boarded the bus to BSB.</p>
<p>There is only 1 hostel in BSB so we had no choice but to head there and got lost a couple of times in the process. The dorm was reasonable for the price and had air con which is always a plus point. The hostel was a bit weird though. It seemed to be attached to a kiddies play park and had kids learning to swim in the attached pool.</p>
<p>Decided it was best to see the sights as we only had 1 day but there didn&#8217;t really seem much worth seeing. We got chatting to an American guy, who looked stoned, who was in Brunei with his &#8220;team&#8221; and the conversation went something along these lines:</p>
<p>Us: What is there to do in this place?<br />
Him Nothing.<br />
Us: Cool? So how long have you been here?<br />
Him: A week!</p>
<p>We couldn&#8217;t understand why anyone would put themselves through the pain of staying in a place for a week with nothing to do! It made absolutely no sense so we left him strumming his guitar and walked into town.</p>
<p>It took us about 20 minutes to see the sights and we were bored stiff. There didn&#8217;t really seem like there was anything worth looking at in the town. The only saving grace was the prospect of visiting the amusement park in the evening.</p>
<p>No where seemed open, it was Chinese New Year, so we had lunch at Pizza Hut, which was reasonable, before heading to the amusement park. It seemed weird that the only drinks on the menu were soft drinks, all totally watered down, and I only received half my order.</p>
<p>Walked to the bus stop and it was packed. Like an underground car park and it was full with about 500 men and no women. In fact I hadn&#8217;t seen a single woman all day? Boarding the bus to the amusement park was a joke. 50 guys pushing trying to get on the same minibus but we managed to get on in the end. Paid the $1 they wanted and had no idea when to get off so ended up riding it all the way to the end. The LP said it was the final stop, well they lied. Waited around for a few minutes and they took us to the &#8220;silent park&#8221; as they called it.</p>
<p>The park had been built about 5 years ago and was apparently the biggest theme park in the world. Absolute crap! It was tiny, there were no people and only a couple of rides were open.</p>
<p>The park had obviously been built for people who have no other fun in their lives but even the locals don&#8217;t come here anymore. There were only 3 rides open in the whole park! One of those was bumper cars. Not even a theme park ride but bloody fair ground bumper cars! Well we had to go on it to justify the entrance fee, not a lot, and drove in reverse for the whole time. Pretty good fun actually.</p>
<p>Couldn&#8217;t believe that was the only ride open and eventually found the go carts that were apparently open. 1 bloody car between 50 people! This park was a joke! The only other ride that was open was the log flume and it was actually pretty good fun. Thought it would be the same as every other one I&#8217;d been on but half the ride was in reverse which made it much better! Going down the drops backwards, albeit only 1 drop, made it funny and we went on it twice in a row.</p>
<p>After all that excitement we decided to head back to the hostel. We had assumed before we left that it would be easy to get a taxi back but having seen how dead it was we now knew that wasn&#8217;t going to be the case. We had to order a taxi at reception and got chatting to another bunch of travellers, equally unimpressed by the park, and secured a taxi back to Malaysia with them tomorrow. Result!</p>
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		<title>Boats and Clarke Quay Quay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 00:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clarke Quay, Boat Quay and packed with restaurants, pubs and club, so the atmosphere here really crowded and mingled, alusan loud music, light jazz mixed into one. This place was visited by experts on the clubbing, the young executive who just got home from work, couples who want to enjoy a romantic dinner atmosphere, and [...]]]></description>
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<p>Clarke Quay, Boat Quay and packed with restaurants, pubs and club, so the atmosphere here really crowded and mingled, alusan loud music, light jazz mixed into one. This place was visited by experts on the clubbing, the young executive who just got home from work, couples who want to enjoy a romantic dinner atmosphere, and also did not lose many foreign tourists.</p>
<p>How to Clarke Quay: Decrease in nearby Clarke Quay MRT station (NE4). Once out of the MRT is directly connected to Central Mall, just find a way out to the river, Singapore (Singapore River). Once you exit you will see the sparkling lights of bars, pubs and restaurants in any river in Singapore. Welcome to the world that night in Singapore.</p>
<p>Ways to Boat Quay: Down in the Raffles MRT station and take exit H. Once you get out on the riverside road susuri Singapore crowd toward the bar and restaurant that looked from a distance.<br />
Boat Quay<br />
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Boat Quay is one of the best places in Singapore to dine in the open space beside the river, and Singapore. In the 1960s, the place is busiest ports in Singapore, but now has turned into a popular slang place for locals, expatriates and tourists, with stylish cafes, restaurants, yuppie pubs and designer galleries. Carpet of night entertainment area is beautiful and bustling Singapore River offers beautiful scenery and some of the colonial district.<br />
Clarke Quay<br />
clarke_quay1clarke_quay2 Clarke Quay is a riverside festival area only in Singapore that combine food, shopping and entertainment. In the area of 23 000 square meters, there are five blocks of housing and shops, are returned to their original style in the 19th century. This area has a variety of specialized restaurants, pubs with specific themes, and not behind the wine bar. Across the river there are a number of exciting dining experience, precisely at Riverside Point. A romantic place and could also become a very &#8220;wild&#8221; because here many places &#8220;clubbing&#8221; as well.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a list of existing restaurant at Clarke Quay.</p>
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		<title>Walking Through the Hoan Kiem Lake &#8211; Hanoi, Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoan Kiem Lake lies at the very heart of Hanoi in Vietnam, within the city&#8217;s storied Old Quarter. Hoan Kiem Lake is located in the heart of Hanoi in Vietnam, in the city&#8217;s storied Old Quarter. So much of Hanoi&#8217;s past and present is tied up in this scenic body of water. Hanoi so many [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hoan Kiem Lake lies at the very heart of Hanoi in Vietnam, within the city&#8217;s storied Old Quarter. Hoan Kiem Lake is located in the heart of Hanoi in Vietnam, in the city&#8217;s storied Old Quarter. So much of Hanoi&#8217;s past and present is tied up in this scenic body of water. Hanoi so many past and present are bound in this beautiful body of water.</p>
<p>Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s name points to the legend that is said to lie beneath its Depths: Ho Hoan Kiem means &#8220;Lake of the Returned Sword&#8221;, alluding to the legend that the future Vietnamese emperor Le Loi received a sword from a magic turtle at the lake&#8217;s edge. Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s name refers to the legend that says lies below depths: Ho Hoan Kiem means &#8220;Lake of the Returned Sword&#8221;, referring to the legend that the future of Vietnamese emperor Le Loi received the sword from a magic turtle at the lake edge. Le Loi drove the Chinese out of Vietnam with the sword, which was then reclaimed by the turtle after the invaders had left. Le Loi drove Chinese out of Vietnam with a sword, which was claimed by the turtle after the attackers left.<br />
Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s Location Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s Location</p>
<p>The lake is bordered by The Streets of Pho Dinh Tien Hoang to the north and east, Pho Hang Khay at its south end, and Pho Le Thai To on the west. The lake is bordered by the streets Pho Dinh Tien Hoang in the north and east, Pho Hang Khay at the southern tip, and Pho Le Thai To in the west. The sidewalks around the lake are shaded by trees, so the short walk (less than ten minutes) it may take you to walk from one end of the elongated lake to the other is bound to be pleasant even in sunny weather. The sidewalks around the lake is shaded by trees, so a short walk (less than ten minutes) may take you to walk from one end of the lake that extends into the rest will be fun even in good weather.</p>
<p>Once you cross to the Lakeside, you&#8217;ll find Hanoi at its most charming: old men playing Chinese chess on benches facing the lake, getting affianced couples glamor shots done in full wedding regalia, and (depending on the time of day) joggers and speed-Walkers getting their morning constitutionals, Placid all against the backdrop of the lake&#8217;s waters. Once you cross into the lake, you&#8217;ll find in Hanoi&#8217;s most interesting: the old men play Chinese chess on the benches overlooking the lake, affianced couples getting injections glamorous marriages performed in full glory, and (depending on time of day ) ran and walkers get their morning constitutionals, all quiet against the backdrop of the lake waters.</p>
<p>Hoan Kiem Lake is one of Hanoi&#8217;s key landmarks, a useful point of reference for getting your bearings around the city. Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi is one of the key landmark, a useful reference point to get your bearings around the city. Immediately to the lake&#8217;s west lie a bustling fashion district clustered around Pho and Pho Nha Tho Na Chung. Immediately to the west of the lake lies the bustling fashion district clustered around Pho and Pho Nha Tho Na Chung. North of the lake, the Old Quarter&#8217;s narrow streets are just waiting to be explored. North Lake, Old Quarter of narrow streets that are just waiting to be explored. South of the lake lies the French Quarter and the great eats of Hai Ba Trung. Located south of the lake and eat French Quarter of Hai Ba Trung.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been hotfooting it around the Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s Shores are a perfect place to stop for a breather. If you have hotfooting it around Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake beach is the perfect place to stop for breath. You might want to order a coffee at the Coffee Kiosk on Hapro Pho Le Thai To, or grab something more substantial at Restaurant Bobby Chinn 1 Ba Trieu at. You may want to order coffee at the Coffee Kiosk at Hapro Pho Le Thai To, or reaching for something more substantial at Restaurant Bobby Chinn 1 Ba Trieu on. (The green tea smoked duck should never, ever be missed.) (Green tea smoked duck should never be missed.)</p>
<p>Tourists may check in at a wide range of hotels around the Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s Mt, or in the Old Quarter nearby. Travelers can check in at various hotels around the Hoan Kiem Lake vicinity, or in the Old Quarter nearby. Click the following link to check out a shortlist. Click the link below to check out the shortlist.</p>
<p>* Hotels in Old Quarter, Hanoi, Vietnam Hotel in Old Quarter, Hanoi, Vietnam</p>
<p>Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s Ngoc Son Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s Ngoc Son Temple,</p>
<p>Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s &#8220;Reflecting waters are punctuated by the Tortoise Pagoda (Thap Rua) at the south end and Ngoc Son Temple at Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s north end. Hoan Kiem Lake waters reflect interrupted by the Tortoise Pagoda (Thap Rua) in the southern end and Ngoc Son Temple on Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s north end.</p>
<p>Ngoc Son Temple may be reached by crossing the Huc (Morning Sunlight) Bridge, a graceful, red-painted wooden bridge. Ngoc Son Temple can be reached by crossing The Huc (Morning Sunlight) Bridge, an elegant, red-painted wooden bridge. Ngoc Son is not just a museum, it&#8217;s an active place of worship, where Monks and devotees perform their religious duties. Ngoc Son is not only a museum, was an active place of worship, where the monks and the faithful perform religious duties. The smell of burning Joss Sticks pervades the air, which as a result feels thick and heavy. The smell of burning incense include air, the result was thick and heavy.</p>
<p>The temple complex contains a number of interesting structures. Temple complex contains a number of interesting structures. The Pen Tower on the island&#8217;s hill is a Relatively recent addition; the Moonlight Tower (Dac Nguyet Lau) serves as a gateway into the temple from the bridge; and two walls display the names of students who passed the National Examinations hundreds of years ago. Pen Tower on the hill on the island is a relatively new addition; the Moonlight Tower (Dac Nguyet Lau) serves as the gateway to the temple of the bridge and two wall displays the names of students who passed the national examination of hundreds of years ago.</p>
<p>Ngoc Son Temple has stood on this island since the 14th century at least. Ngoc Son Temple has stood on this island since the 14th century at least. The temple honors the war hero Tran Hung Dao, who Thrice repelled invading Mongol hordes from China in the 12th century. Temple honor war hero Tran Hung Dao, who three times rejected the Mongol attack from China in the 12th century. The scholars Van Xuong and Nguyen Van Sieu also have altars dedicated to their memory. The scholars and Van Xuong Nguyen Van Sieu also had an altar dedicated to their memory.</p>
<p>The temple&#8217;s main building altars houses, shops, and a large stuffed tortoise. The temple&#8217;s main building houses the altar, stores, and large stuffed turtle. Hoan Kiem Lake&#8217;s turtles have largely passed into legend, due to pollution and the paving-over of the turtles&#8217; egg-Laying grounds on the Lakeshore. Hoan Kiem Lake turtles has been largely passed into legend, because of pollution and the paving over the tortoise &#8216;reasons for laying eggs in the lake. The turtles do crop up every once in a while &#8211; the turtle in Ngoc Son Temple was discovered in 1967, a specimen that weighed more than 400 pounds and spanned six feet in length. Plants that tortoises do every once in a while &#8211; the tortoise in the Ngoc Son Temple, discovered in 1967, a specimen which weighed over 400 pounds and runs six feet long. Another turtle was sighted in 1998. Other turtles seen in the year 1998. Today, the number of surviving turtles in Hoan Kiem Lake remains unknown. Currently, the number of turtles living in Hoan Kiem Lake is still unknown.</p>
<p>The pavilion in front of the temple overlooks the lake. Pavilion in front of the temple overlooking the lake. A bronze brazier stands in front of the temple façade, a holding Joss sticks left by devotees. A bronze brazier standing in front of the temple façade, holding incense left by fans. The pavilion is usually swarming with worshipers and tourists enjoying the view. Pavilion is usually full of worshipers and tourists enjoying the scenery.</p>
<p>To enter Ngoc Son Temple, the entrance fee must be paid just before crossing the bridge &#8211; 3.000 Dong VND ($ 0.15), available at a booth to the left of the bridge entrance. To enter the Ngoc Son Temple, entrance fee must be paid just before crossing the bridge &#8211; 3000 Dong VND ($ 0.15), available at a booth at the entrance to the left of the bridge. The temple is open daily, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. This temple is open every day, 8:00-5:00.</p>
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