Travel Blog Singapore

If you are a Penangite, I guess you pretty much know about this statue outside Penang Berjaya Times Square. I heard that many people took photos of it. It’s a big European man instructing a muscular Indonesian coolie with big biceps to carry the heavy loads to somewhere. Of cos, you won’t see this kind [...]

At one glance, I thought it was just another old residential area in Georgetown, a Unesco World Heritage Site in Penang, Malaysia. Little did I knew that the moment I stepped on the wooden platform, I was already over the water. The Chew Jetty is the largest among the other seven waterfront settlements housing different [...]

It’s getting cheaper to travel! In the past, when we took a Super VIP coach from Singapore to Penang (aka Pulau Pinang) the cost of a ticket was about S$60. A return Super VIP coach ticket from Penang to Singapore cost about RM80 (~S$33). The 2-way coach travel summed up to be around S$100 without [...]

We have to shut off all the windows in the house and turn on the air-con. The smoke of burning incense in the air is choking. Today (20 Aug) is the first day of the one-month-long Hungry Ghost Festival. Some Chinese believe that the “Gates of Hell” are opened now and the spirits are released [...]

What a shame! This is the first time I ask you to add me on FACEBOOK! I’ve an FB account for TravelerFolio since I created this blog last year, but not many of you know about it as I didn’t share the link with you. So… please ADD ME! My Facebook address: http://www.facebook.com/travelerfolio I like [...]

You don’t need to dive deep into the sea to come close with these captivating giant sea creatures. They are all gliding graciously around you, and yes, above you too! Step on the 83 m long moving travelator and let it brings you through the voyage at the bottom of the sea teeming with exotic [...]