Category: Destination
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Golden Sands Resort by Shangri-La, Penang
While we didn’t stay at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort’s next door neighbor, we had the opportunity to tour the hotel. On our first night, we also dropped by to have dinner at Sigi’s to try out their Durian Cheeseburger. The Golden Sands Resort is a four-star property, and is geared more towards families on holiday.…
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Review: Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort Penang
Continuing on from my review of our Garden Wing Deluxe Seaview Room at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort in Penang, Malaysia, here’s where you can eat and what you can do within the resort.
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Review: Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, Penang
Since my last visit to Penang was way back in 2009, I decided it was high time I visit again, when a couple of seat sales came up last January. I remember telling myself that the next time I come back to Pulau Pinang, I’ll stay in Batu Ferringhi. Thanks to the lovely people at…
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Indie Singapore: Free walking tours of the Lion City
My brother has been living in Singapore since 1996, and I have been visiting him and his family since 2000. During that first visit, we made rounds of the tourist attractions every weekend. The next time I went there was in 2006, when I started traveling. Singapore has changed a lot since then, and in…
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Travel Expenses: Matnog Island Hopping
I’ve visited the Subic Daco beach and the Juag Fish Sanctuary back in 2011. It was cloudy then, and the waves were pretty big, so it wasn’t quite as pretty. We were awed, but the photos aren’t too impressive. Subic Daco It’s now the beginning of the summer season in the Philippines, and despite the…
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Falling in love with Hanoi the second time around
The first time I went to Hanoi was in 2010. It was the last stop in my 10-day trip in Vietnam, and after going from Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An, and Hue, I’m ready to just take it easy. Fortunately (or unfortunately), Toy Story 3 just came out, so instead of sightseeing as all the…
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Bantayan Island Travel Expenses and Notes
Last August, I finally bit the bullet and booked a flight to Cebu to finally make it out of the city and explore Bantayan Island. It just so happened that I won Airbnb credits at a contest, and there was a beachfront house listed. Perfect. Traveling for almost 12 hours from my house to Sta.…
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Review: Harolds Hotel in Cebu City
In our family Viber group chat, my brother expressed his interest in joining the Cebu Marathon in January 2015. He’s excited by the lechon-shaped medal, but he laments that the rates for the good hotels are all too high. I told him to look for Harolds Hotel. He searched for the hotel on Agoda, and…
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A birthday treat at Edsa Shangri-La Hotel
I love getting e-mails from Hong Kong, because that meant good things were coming. And I was right — with it came a question: am I traveling sometime soon, and can Shangri-La assist with my accommodations? My travel plans at the time were non-existent, but I knew I wanted to have a special treat for…