My friend is going Japan for a few months to study a short Japanese course for five weeks, and after that he will try to find a part-time job there. He thinks this is a cheap way to travel Japan: the Japanese course that he enrolled cost S$3,100 only, including hostel stay provided by the…
Taking trains in Japan
There is no need to understand how the train network operates. But if you can, that’s a plus. Most importantly, is knowing how to use it. A correct exit will be a correct entrance to where you wanna be. A train station is like a bus stop; you may need to walk from one bus…
Cycling in Japan
This article and photos are contributed by my friend, Cheng Hoo. This has been well-thought of for the people, i.e. cycling. Business executives, ladies in suits, gentlemen in ties, cycle to work too, and not forgetting school boys and girls. It takes us a perspiring 10min to walk 1km but it takes us just a…
Yummy Babies!
You can eat the babies! They are candies made of chocolate. But 10 out of 10 get goosebumps and find it disgusting! Err… no baby girl? (photos from http://english.pravda.ru) Burger set for the babies. Think the fries are also real, can see traces of oil on the package. Japanese cuisine! Frog sushi – my “bizarre”…
Airline Charges.. no more budget air?
Goodness, guess my last budget trip was Vietnam trip with Tiger Airways. A few days after I returned home, the news announced that they would charge baggages. In fact, this is applying to many airlines now. American Airlines is charging its passengers $15 for their first checked baggage, and it’s just the latest of many…
Aerial Photos
Aerial photographs of London at night. Isn’t it mesmerizing? Credit: http://londonsnap.co.uk Top view of training fields. Credit: http://news.jasonhawkes.com/
Updating my Vietnam trip now.
I am updating my Vietnam trip now. Please click here for my Vietnam posts.
HCMC (Saigon) Travel Tips!
Below are some travel tips and advices given by the locals and experiences gained during my trip in Ho Chi Minh City or HCMC (abbrev.), aka Saigon, in Vietnam. As I did not travel much around HCMC, please feel free to contribute your tips in the comment box here, so that I can add on…
Vietnam Trip: HCMC
Budget trip to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam! Me and my gal friend bought cheap tickets from Tiger Airways. 1-way ticket = S$9.90 -> return ticket = S$19.80.Airport taxes & surcharges = S$130.Total cost of the return ticket = S$149.80Visa = free Heard that now budget airlines are going to charge check-in baggages to…
Claustrophobic in the wartime Cu Chi Tunnels
Someone who has been studying Vietnam and the Vietnam War since he was a kid shared this to me at Yahoo… “What many don’t realize about Cu Chi is it’s a mass grave for the Viet Cong and the Viets who supported the NLF. If you look around Cu Chi, you will see bomb craters…
