We left for Bangkok last evening, stayed one night at the airport hotel and flew into Bhutan very early this morning. We will spend the next 8 days in Bhutan. Away from the urban jungle and my tiresome Blackberry. I hope we don’t get
Apart from the daily eating, the other activity that we enjoyed the most during this trip was the 2-hour walk across the padi fields encircling the Chedi Club’s compound and through a local village that was next to the compound. Two staff
On the first day of Chinese New Year, we took a half-day trip to Bedugul, a mountain town in centre-north of Bali. It was a bumpy but scenic, 1.5 hour drive from where we were in Ubud to Bedugul. We
When we arrived at Ibu Oka (the second outlet, not the main one), we were half-expecting to see a crowd and a long queue. What we did not expect was to be greeted by the number of CUTE chicks darting around the main
Foodie friends have been telling me about how we must go to eat at several places in Ubud – Ibu Oka (babi guling), Babek Bengil (crispy duck), Naughty Nuri’s (char-grilled ribs and potent vodka martinis). One of the resort staff also recommended that we visit Ibu
We like coming to Bali. TBH has been here 6 times and me 4 times. Our last visit together was four years ago in early 2006. We’ve stayed in several places in Bali and our present favourite is Ubud. Kuta (icks, downright
Happy Chinese New Year! How are we spending the first day of CNY and V-day? We are making a half-day trip to Bedugul with another couple friend of ours staying in the same resort. It is really hot and humid
Constructed by King Indravarman I in 879 to honour his forefathers when he first ascended the throne, Preah Ko means ‘sacred bull’. There are several stone bulls still standing at the front of the temple (but they don’t look like
The Bakong was the first temple we visited. I was so pre-occupied with taking photographs that I completely missed out on our guide’s explanation of the temple’s history. Ok, I confess that I barely listened to our guide throughout the
After a good night’s rest and a pretty heavy breakfast, we were both ready to start exploring. Our guide, Phat, met us at 8.30am in the hotel lobby and our first stop was to buy the 3-day Angkor temple pass costing US$20
I have yet to write about our trip to Siem Reap last November. After I return from a trip, I spend alot of my time editing, organising, uploading and captioning photographs; by which time, I am too tired to write