Sunday, October 21, 2007

Cheap Budget Air and Hostel at your finger tips!

I found this 2 interesting sites where you can locate budget air available all over the world. All you need to do is choose a "from" point and "to" point, then a list of budget air will be listed out!

http://www.whichbudget.com/

The other favorite site of mine is the world hostel. You can pre book your hostel here at an extremely unbelievable price. However, please remember to read the forum for the hostel you choose. Some comments were good about the hostel and some were not. However, the visitors will tell you what is surrounding the area and what to bring along.

http://www.hostels.com/en/index.html

For those kiasu who likes to do their homework before travel, please visit these invaluable sites ;-)

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Travel must have ?

There are 2 things I must have in my wallet everytime I travel. The first one is Lomotil! The tiny little pill could stop you from a severe purging instantly. However, you can't find Lomotil in Malaysia and Thailand anymore, as it is listed under ban item. Don't ask me why! However, you can find them in Singapore. Stock them up and put in your wallet.

The 2nd item, the must have is Clarinase 24! When you have nose block or running nose, when you are flying it can affects your ear and let me tell you it can be miserable. The Clarinase 24 do magic and could clear your nose within minutes. Morever, it will last for 24 hours.

Anyway, these magic pills does help me a lot. Pack them in your bag when you travel!

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Zebra Cross - Dead or Alive

Have you ever wonder whether a zebra cross is reliable? By right on zebra cross, the vehicle should stop for the pedestrian ..however, sometimes in certain countries zebra cross can caused you ended up like a dead zebra!

Following are some of the zebra crosses around the Asia Pacific (based on my personal opinion) :

Malaysia - never trust one, the car will speed faster when they see you attempting to cross!
Singapore - most of them were pretty reliable, i guess they don't wanna get fined or sued
Hong Kong - usually won't trust them as well especially during peak hours, the cab drives like F1
China - unless you have 9 lives like a cat else don't ever attempt
India - err have not really seen one yet .. just use your hand to stop them
Australia - most courteous however, don't attempt at night when most of them had been drinking!

Well not all Zebra crosses are safe! So be a smart zebra pedestrian.