Stayed at Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa for a couple of nights on our way back from Borneo. Heard it was overrun with Chinese and Korean’s but I looked at other places on Gaya Island and you have to worry about ferry schedules and just decided to stay somewhere close to the airport since we’d done a lot of …
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The Bilit Rainforest Lodge is a major step down after staying after staying at Borneo Rainforest Lodge in Danum Valley. It’s halfway between Lahad Datu and Sandakan and had I known this before coming I’d have never have taken the drive from Lahad Datu to Sandakan as you’re driving almost 3 hours then have to back track. This is about …
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Stayed at the Four Points by Sheraton Sandakan for one night during our Borneo Tour. You can read more about why not to come here but a lot of tours start or end here so if you’re doing a tour in Borneo, it’s quite likely you’re going to have to pick a hotel in Sandakan, and this one is okay. …
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The Danum Valley Rainforest Lodge would have to be one of the best hotels we’ve stayed in and considering it’s in the middle of the jungle in Borneo, it’s that much more impressive. I’ll try and stick to the actual accommodation, food, service and staying experience for this review but you can find out more about the actual Danum Valley …
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Stayed at the Grace Hotel Lahad Datu for a night on our way into Danum Valley in Borneo. This is a cheap hotel and really just a place to lie your head. Booked online on booking.com for HKD$270 so you’re not going to be living it up in style and taking selfies of yourself jumping in the air at the …
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You’ll need to fly Malaysian Airlines Kota Kinabalu to Lahad Datu Flight Flight MH3018 if you’re going to Borneo. Once you get a flight from Hong Kong to Kota Kinabalu, which will almost certainly be Air Asia’s AK236, the flight from Kota Kinabalu to Lahad Datu is about 2 hours after you land, so you don’t have a whole lot …
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Air Asia Hong Kong To Kota Kinabalu Flight AK236 leaves at 0955 from Terminal 2 at Hong Kong International Airport. This is the second time I’ve flown Air Asia in the last few months and it’s totally fine even if you don’t consider it a budget Airline. As with the Air Asia flight from Hong Kong to Chiang Mai, we …
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Got a Chiang Mai to Hong Kong Cathay Dragon ticket one way so thought I’d do a bit of a review as many of you seem to be interested in my flight reports. For the trip from Hong Kong to Chiang Mai, I used Air Asia, and you can read about that one here. Anyway, the Cathay Dragon flight from …
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Just stayed at the Art Mai Gallery Hotel Chiang Mai for a few nights while on business in Chiang Mai. This is a trendy little Artsy hotel located in Nimman area, which is full of hip little cafes, art shops, cafes and restaurants, about 5 minutes from Maya Lifestyle Mall and 15-20 minutes from the Chiang Mai Airport. Check in …
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Picked up an Air Asia Hong Kong to Chiang Mai ticket for around HKD$1,000 midweek off peak, one way. Not crazy cheap but not expensive. Previously flown HK Express from HK to Chiang Mai which was fine but needed to arrive at a different time so had to fly Air Asia. Haven’t flown Air Asia for probably 10 years or …
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Here’s all you need to know if you’re thinking about staying at Komodo Resort with kids. We stayed three nights at Komodo Resort and this would be one of my favourite places to go, due mainly to the fact there was very people there and it’s basically in the middle of nowhere. To get there, you need to take a …
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How to get to Komodo? If you’re going to go to Komodo you need to be prepare yourself for flying domestic in Indonesia, which, based on our trip to Komodo National Park, was a bit of a pain in the ass. No biggie and you just have to deal with things like this when you’re going to far away places …
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Got a Cathay Dragon Hong Kong to Bali Economy Class tickets using Asian Miles, which is a miracle as Cathay makes it increasingly difficult to redeem tickets. I can understand why. Hong Kong has one of the most transient affuent populations in the world and the amount of people racking up hundreds of thousands and even millions of miles is …
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Stayed a night at the Novotel Bali Airport Hotel (official name is Novotel Bali Ngurah Rai Airport) on ou way to Komodo. This cost us only around HKD$750 for the night and is walking distance from Denpasar International Airport. We arrived around 530p.m and left early morning but I imagine you’re not going to be staying here for days on …
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Decided to go to Van Gogh Alive Hong Kong on a shitty Sunday morning. Booked online but got a few error messages on my PC but for some reason tried on my phone and all ok. Anyway cost was about $460 for 1 adult a 1 child, which for what you get, I thought was a bit expensive. Grobbler’s not …
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Stayed a night at the Grand Hyatt Fukuoka as we had to cut our Ishigaki stay short due to a typhoon hitting. This is the third or fourth time we’ve been to Fukuoka but one of the few time we’ve stayed in the city. We usually stay in the Luigans Spa & Resort. The Grand Hyatt Fukuoka is right next …
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Thought I’d revisit Lamma Island with kids as it’s been a few years since Grobbler and I went there and didn’t think much of it then. As usual we went from Aberdeen Pier, which has way less people than Central and if you live anywhere on Southside, is the better Pier to go from. Aberdeen to Lamma Island ferry schedule …
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Note: We originally had planned to stay 5 nights at the ANA Intercontinental Ishigaki Resort but a rather large Typhoon was scheduled to hit during the last 2 days so we had to cut this leg of trip short. The hotel said they would refund us for the remaining two nights due to the Typhoon, and a lot of people …
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