Tag : Asia

This was the first hotel in Februari i booked in Singapore. Its small, but i love it.

The skytrain in Bangkok surprised me. The way how it is build, the way how they create a full working metro system above the ground. Sometimes 2 different lines above each other. Here a impression of the skytrain that go across Bangkok.

On 9th April i went to the floating- and Maeklong Railway Market. Later the eventing check the fire flies. The Railway Market was a experience. The train will pass buy all the umbrella’s and after that umbrella’s close again and the market goes on. This phenomenon happen 8 times a day.

Yesterday went too the Dead Railway (Birma railway) and visit the World War II Cemetery of the soldiers that died by building this railway. After that we make a ride on the train over the railway that has been created in that period. Then we went too a elephant trekking and last stop was a waterfall. Nice location!

This old location was the capital city of Thailand between 1350 and 1767. But there where some wars and this city burned totally. Only whats left behind are the stone walls and temples. Its a big area and there where in past around 1 milion people and 1700 temples. This is a beautiful location yo must see!!

After my sad moments in airplane because of leaving someone behind i landed on Bangkok International Airport Don Mueang. Everything goes well. Immigration was fast. Bagage pick-up was fast. Find a taxi was fast. The ride to hotel was a worse moment. I always look where the driver goes to by checking on a offline map on my mobile. There was a highway that goes directly to the Sathorn area but he took a other highway and ask him why? The driver told me because of traffic jam on that highway we normal use to the hotel. Ok first moment i trusted this but after a while we went off the highway and came into the city itself. TRAFFIC JAM!!! ohh my.

After we almost halfway he makes a turn, and told me where arrive within 10min. I showed him the map and told the driver, no… We have to go back because there is my hotel. He makes some sounds and Ohh sorry, sorry, didn’t know… bla bla…
So again traffic jam and wait, make turn again and start over again the long street before we finally arrive at the hotel. I dropped first my baggage and photo bag into the hotel. Then walked back and told him i have a image of his paper (some information about the driver and taxi number etc). Asked the price. If it was to high for me i will tell him, otherwise he knew he was wrong and give me a good price. The meter was on 360bath. He said: 420bath. That was a ok price, because at Airport they tell you have to pay toll, and 50bath for something. So the 420bath was ok. He looked at me with his eyes and at that moment i knew that he makes a round to get more money. For me 420bath is still a cheap price to travel 1,5hours from Airport to Hotel. That long did it take because of use a different highway then the one that goes directly into the Sathorn area.

Be careful and tell the driver you already know and find out how to dive and you will watch him on your mobile using Google Maps. Later in hotel a friend told me: Never trust Bangkok taxi drivers. They always make circles to get more money.

Arriving i hotel… one word: GREAT, Nice room in a corner, no rooms around me. Only STAFF area’s.

Im now at the airport waiting for my flight to Bangkok. Yesterday had my last evening with my dear friend Tairo. We chat almost 2 years already and finally we met. It was a great time to share my time with him and we sad that i have to leave Kuala Lumpur.

But we can video chat, whatsapp call, voice call to hold this contact and the friendship we had before this meetup is become even stronger. Im honest i will miss him! But these moments of sharing will hold in my memory. Im sure i will see him again!

Beside this, Kuala Lumpur was a great place to stay. Modern, of you know lots to see, friendly. I can settle here if its comes to that.
Kuala Lumpur thank you for this nice stay, Le Apple Boutique KLCC thank you also for the great stay in the hotel and last Girls and 1 boy from ROKKO thank you for the breakfast and every day the good morning (おはよう)  and goodbye (さようなら) in Japanese.

Yesterday a friend took me for dinner to a restaurant called Steamboat. We had a dinner called Hotpot. A pot with 2 different flavors of soup and you put all kind of ingredients in. Wait when done and eat. Was very nice and a new experience as well. They told me im probably the only white guy who was there 🙂

Here 2 nice 360° images of the Putra Convention Centre and Masjid Putra Mosque

Went this this new city “Putrajaya” creation stared in 1995. Everything is new. Alle government departments are now in this new city. Because Kuala Lumpur get full so they moved everything to a new place. I walked there and had no feelings i was in Malaysia anymore. Feels like home. Went into the Mosque and had the oppertunity to make a wonderful 360 degrees images in middle of this Mosque. This image i will post into a new blog.

Here some impression images of Putrajaya:

Here the waterfall area in 360° images. Tour around and push the white spots!

Today went to the Templer’s Park Waterfall. A national park for recreation. Its very nice, lots of monkey’s walking around and you can go into the water. They build some sort of walls so the water will not flow away directly.

Here the collection of this nice area:

Today i went to Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur with a friend. He showed me some nice temples. There was one Chinese temple… Very old, it doesn’t look like the temples we mostly known. Was so nice he showed me this! And we had a lunch in a restaurant, most people will think: Are you gonna eat there? YES i do, and it was delicious what we ordered.

There the images in order: Chinatown market, Lunchtime, Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Grandi Temple, A shop to get spices and the wonderful Sze Yah Temple.

Here a 360° tour of the Ramayana Cave. Be patient. The file is 16Mb in size.

And today we did a Country Side Tour. Actually it was visiting Buta Cave and Royal Selangor Factory. From the last one i didn’t make images. It was so interesting what guide told me i was forgotten to make them… Finally the driver showed me a Chinese Temple. A nice one!

In Kuala Lumpur centre there are lots of shopping malls!! Suria KLCC, Avenue K, Pavilion KL, Starhill, Fahrenheit 88, Lot 10, Plaza Bukit Bintang, Plaza Sungei Wang and Plaza Low Yat. Last one is a computer mall.

From Suria KLCC you walk true the park and go into the Exhibition building so you will reach the SkyBridge. Or from Suria KLCC follow signs Aquaria KLCC and you will reach the finally the SkyBridge as well. This SkyBridge is a bridge you can walk all the way to Pavilion KL without busy roads to cross over. From there follow the Jalan Bukit Bintang and all the shops are on the left hand.

Here a wonderful view of the Petronas Towers at night. It had a magic feeling when you stand there and those 2 towers lighted up. I felt small, tiny, in a big world.

If you want shop until you drop… Goto Suria KLCC Shopping mall. A huge area with over 400 shops. Food, drinks, Movie Theater, Directly above KLCC Station and LRT. When you here go outside to see the Petronas Towers.

Here some nice 360° images of this insane big shopping mall:

Yesterday arrived at my hotel “Le Apple Boutique” in Kuala Lumpur. Very nice hotel! And 5 minutes walk from the “Petronas Twin Towers”, 30 seconds  from “Avenue K Shopping mall”, 3 minutes from “Suria shopping mall”.

Here my room again in 360° image: