Monday 30 November 2015

Friday 27 November 2015

Bali Revisited Again ~ November 2015

Day 1 ~ 24th Nov 2015 From KK to Denpasar

Just the 3 of us.... 

We made it a point that, at least once a year, we must "travel together" whenever time permit.

We love Bali to loosen up. All things consider.

So on 24th last Tuesday, we boarded Airasia QZ833 ~ destination Denpasar Bali. We stayed at The Vira Hotel Bali, Jalan Kartika Sari ~ opposite The Lippo Mall and only take around 15 minutes from airport. By the way, the hotel provide free shuttle from and to airport.

The purpose of our trip is just to relax... pampering ourselves..... spa.... massage.... go to hair salon and eats well. Hahahaha.

And swim in the dark!

Selfie's In The Car ~ OTW to LCCT 2

US ~ Me, Cory and Faye


Inside QZ833



Landed at Ngurah Rai Denpasar Airport

Waiting for my bag at belt 3

Arrive at Vira Hotel

My Superior Double Room. Clean, Spacious with Verandah overlooking the pool















Alone but not lonely






After check - in and refresh a bit, we went out for dinner. Hailed a taxi to look for Halal Restaurant around Kuta.






What left..... 

We decides to walks back to the hotel











Relax together before the goes to their room at upper floor.


Wahahaha.... caught doing selfie



Good Night. Sweetest dreams.

Kbai.

*Wait for our day 2. The Princess Treatments.
Three simple rules in life
  1. If you do not GO after what you want,
    You will never have it.
  2. If you do not ASK,
    the answer will always be NO.
  3. If you do not step FORWARD,
    you will always be in the same place.

Monday 23 November 2015

PS I Love You ~ Everytime We Touch





Love Someone ...
Not Because They Give
You What You Need ... !!!
But
Because They Give You Feelings
You Never Thought You Needed!

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Gratitude ~ Saying Thank You


THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
oops! I miss " U "



If you wanna know how much i miss you,
Try to catch rain drops,
The ones you catch is how much you miss me,
And the other you miss is how much i miss you.



Friends,
Save
A space for me
In your heart
And not in your mind
The mind easily forgets
But the heart
Always remembers
Like now
I remembered you.

(Thank you for visiting and subscribing to my blog)

With love & gratitude

XOXO AJ

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Travel Destinations Tips~ How To Decide Where To Go

Women Travel Guide Series (Applicable to Men Too, of Course!).



WHERE TO, NEXT?

Can you imagine having to choose between Madrid and Milan, Malaysia (Brazil) or Mexico?

All are great travel destinations, but how on earth do you make up your mind? As women we are incredibly decisive - but there's too much choice out there.

Of course it's part art - flair, instinct, desire, dream - and part science - budget, visas, distance, time...

My challenge is usually to narrow down my destination options. Is that your challenge too?


And what exactly IS a travel destination, anyway?

A destination can be:
  • A place - a country or city or region
  • An adventure - great railway journeys or sampling the best African safaris
  • A mood - dangerous places or pilgrimage routes
  • A wish - a trip to trace family roots or to take a year of freedom
  • A desire to be of service - by becoming a volunteer or taking a volunteer vacation
  • A search - to learn a language from scratch or attend a cooking school
  • A challenge - teaching English abroad or even studying a language abroad...

Let me share with you some of my 101 idiot's travel guides... wahahahaha.


NOW.....



Do you dream of tropical rainforests and the twitter of exotic birds at dusk?
~ Try Costa Rica, the Brazilian Amazon or the Kinabatangan River in Borneo.


Probosics Monkey ~ Kinabatangan

Are you an avid chaser of amazing natural beauty?
~ The Grand Canyon and Alaska, perhaps? Iceland's glacier caves? Australia's Great Barrier Reef or the Gibb River Road.

Grand Canyon May 2015

Grand Canyon Helicopter Ride

Are you seeking spiritual solace? 
Then travel to sacred sites - (umrah) or perhaps in Tibet, Bagan (Myanmar) or Varanasi


RILA MONASTERY BULGARIA ~ APRIL 2015

Are you more of a culture vulture, with museums and history in your future?
~ You can't go wrong with Italy, Egypt, Greece, India or Peru.


FLORENCE ITALY MAY 2013

VATICAN CITY ROME FEBRUARY 2014

SOFIA BULGARIA APRIL 2015

ISTANBUL TURKEY, APRIL 2015 (MY 5TH VISIT)

ATHENS GREECE APRIL 2015

You're a city slicker... happiest sipping an espresso in a sidewalk café
~ Your ideal destination could be Paris... or Madrid... or San Francisco...


MILAN ITALY FEBRUARY 2014

RELAXIN HOLIDAY, LONDON DECEMBER 2014

SAN FRANSISCO JUNE 2015

And if these are on the expensive side and budget is your major issue, You'll find Phuket, Lisbon, Bali or Kuala Lumpur a bit more affordable.

JAMES BOND ISLAND PHUKET NOV 2012

JIMBARAN BEACH BALI MARCH 2003

KUTA BALI FEB 2015

HRC PENANG AUGUST 2015

KUALA LUMPUR FEB 2015

OR ......

Maybe you're an inveterate shopper
The world is full of fabulous markets -
  • Istanbul Grand Bazaar
  • Floating Markets Bangkok
  • Ismaylovo Market Moscow

Etc...

Or are you....

A festival junkie?
~ Then it's Rio for the Carnivale, Hong Kong for the Dragon Boat races, New Orleans for Mardi Gras...

Venice Carnivale

A wine lover?
~ That will get you to France, California, Chile, Australia, Italy...


Try Sienna Italy

A food tour fanatic?
~ This is one of my favorites! I've tried them Istanbul, in Barcelona... - and then there's this amazing food market in Lyon... and .... I could go on.


KUNAFE ANYONE?

Do you want to see some unforgettable building sites?
Visit central Rome, or the Pyramids of Egypt or Mexico or Peru

First time traveling? 
~ You might choose one of the safer destinations for women

What about being sporty - sailing, biking, hiking...
~ Now that's not (at all) me but - there are few places you CAN'T indulge in your sporting passions. An up and coming adventure sports destination? Albania!

Do you dream of sun and sea?
~ Sample the beaches of Turkey, the Cayman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Zanzibar or Fiji.. or like me, recently - Sabah, Malaysia



TIP OF BORNEO KUDAT SABAH

Maybe you're a mountain girl...
~ You could follow in Birgit's footsteps and climb Kilimanjaro, walk around the Mont Blanc or play it safe with a visit to a lower-altitude ski resort like Charmey in Switzerland.


2010


Would you prefer going off the beaten track?
~Try Mozambique, Burma or travel as a solo woman in Lebanon. I haven't been there.

What about something on the beaten track?
~You could visit World Heritage Sites, or the Wonders of the World, or the top destinations of the year as decreed by BBC Travel or Lonely Planet.

If you like to follow in the footsteps of history...
~You can follow the footsteps of great explorers like Freya Stark or Alexandra David-Neel or Marco Polo.

Maybe you're the really adventurous type?
~ Your travel destinations could be Central Asia, Iran, Inner Mongolia - or why not one of the unrecognized countries?

And if adventure isn't enough...
~ You'll always have the world's dangerous places - though I wouldn't encourage you to go to any of the ones that put you in danger...

Tangkahan Forest Reserved ~ Beware of The Sumatran Tiger

Perhaps you're a lover of nature and the environment?
~ The lemurs of Madgascar or the gorillas of Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

Would you like to explore a specific region?
~ Try Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, Central America, the Andes, North Africa, the Baltics - you can organize a circuit and not travel back on your steps.

Or maybe travel across continents to many countries?
~ There's Cape to Nairobi, Bangkok to Hanoi, London to Istanbul, Beijing to Moscow, LA to Panama... (my love of long journeys again!)

You might be curious about the New Europe...
~ Budapest, Prague, the Baltic States, the former Yugoslavia, Warsaw or even Moscow.

PRAGUE 2013

BUDAPEST 2013

SOFIA 2015



SINAIA ROMANIA 2015

And just for fun, here are my own top 10 dreams travel destinations (At least for now - the list might changes.)

  1. Mecca (for hajj)
  2. Nice France
  3. Monaco
  4. Fez Morroco
  5. French Rivera
  6. Zurich Switzerland
  7. Keukenhof Garden Holland
  8. Giethorn Holland
  9. Geneva
  10. Annecy France

ANNECY FRANCE


So asking the right questions about WHY you feel like going somewhere might help you decide WHERE you want to go.


But there's more...

ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER......

Aur Revoir!