The Kuala Lumpur Traveler

Tony Fernandes will not be happy to hear this news. From 1st Nov 2008 till 31st Aug 2009, Tiger Airways, a Singapore-based budget airline, will fly you between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for only SGD29.00 one way…. that is really a super cheap airfare even by AirAsia standard.

Just to be very sure, I tried to book online at the Tiger Airways website (without completing the online booking), and for a Kuala Lumpur – Singapore return flight on 14th Nov 2008, returning on 16th November 2008 cost me only RM184.00 (tax free) excluding luggage allowance. You have to pay additional …read more

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During my return trip to Kuala Lumpur after my recent Aidil Fitri vacation, I had a very bad feeling that there was going to be a big traffic jam so I didn’t follow the normal routes. Instead, starting my journey at about 11:30am from Pulau Melaka, I head off to Tok Bali through Bachok, and then from Tok Bali I cut accross to Pasir Putih and then merged with the mad traffic in Machang.
Under normal circumstances, the Machang to Kuala Krai trip would have taken no more than 20 minutes but on that fateful day, 4th October 2008, …read more

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Although I am a Kelantanese, I have never heard of this place Kuala Koh ever in my entire life, let alone to set my foot there.
Thanks to Pak Zawi, I now know Kuala Koh, in the disctrict of Gua Musang, is yet another alternative entry point to the popular Taman Negara (National Park).
Check out Pak Zawi’s latest adventure to Taman Negara Kuala Koh, you will be amazed!
Photo credit: Life As I See It (by Pak Zawi)

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Just like BN, it looks like AirAsia too never changed and had hardly learnt from its experience. This airline is synonymous with delay from the very beginning it assumed its operation. In one of my flight to Jakarta many moons back, Tony Fernandes who was making his rounds in the aircraft told everyone the delays were unavoidable as the were short of aircrafts. At that time he asked for some time to fix the problems where the new orders for aircrafts would be delivered.
Now, I don’t remember how many months since that conversations took place, but I am now sitting …read more

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The latest AirAsia compensation policy for delayed flights is really the proof of AirAsia’s leading position when it comes to travel products innovation. While Tony Fernandes deserved to be congratulated for this possibly 1st-in-the-world compensation policy for delayed flight, the manner it compensated its passengers is, to say the least, funny and does not make sense, at least from my point of view.
Why compensate using e-vouchers and then force the passengers to buy more products and services from AirAsia? Wouldn’t it be better to provide cash? For all you know, one would not want to fly AirAsia ever again after …read more

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Remember Kijang Care Homestay in Pantai Mek Mas? This video gives you some ideas of what to expect if you decide to stay at the homestay during your next visit to Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

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Star Online 31st May 2008 edition has an interesting story about ANdre, AUdrey, TItouan and CAtherine (hence ANAUTICA) who are on a travel expedition in a truck motorhome called Tembo, swahili for ‘elephant’.
The family of four travelling in this highly equipped truck modified for extended motorhome travel is now in Malaysia as part of their journey to see Africa and South East Asia on wheels. Read more about this interesting journey in Star Online.
I really like this idea of travelling in a motorhome but spending 5 years in a self-contained truck like these four adventurers is not my idea of …read more

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I have just returned from an un-planned short holiday to Port Dickson. This time I stayed at a 2-bedroom apartment at the Port Dickson Golf Country Club (PDGCC) which is located at Si Rusa, Port Dickson.
Here are some of the pictures around the swimming pool and the golf driving range.

I wish there is an olympic size swimming pool… but this pool is just as fun, especially for the kids.

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Backpackers, budget travellers or families travelling to Kelantan now have another option to consider and choose from. Kijang Care Homestay is located in Pantai Mek Mas, which is only about 20 minutes away from Kota Bharu.
If you are not sure how to get there, just head the same way to the most popular beach Pantai Cahaya Bulan or PCB as it is known locally…. and do not hesitate to ask the local folks there where Pantai Mek Mas is. For your information, this area is very famous for local batik industry so you will have an opportunity to shop …read more

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Just one day after MAS’s Idris Jala announced Zero-fare Campaign where 1,000,000 seats are on offer at RM0.00 for domestic travel destinations, AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes announced that he will come up with a better offer. What is better than RM0.00? Well… you know it… anything less than RM0.00 is better and that is exactly what Tony is planning to come up with in the next few days…
AirAsia has countered Malaysia Airline’s Zero Fare campaign claiming that their cheapest air ticket still costs less than the national carrier’s latest product that was launched yesterday.
The budget carrier’s chief executive officer Datuk Tony …read more

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