Goodbye 2009, welcome 2010!

Wishing everybody out there, a serene end to the year..  with calm waters ahead of you.. ..from this corner of paradise, cumi & ciki would like to say.. Happy 2010.. .. and now, we need to get back to the beach party!

Shanghai Pudong International Airport & Traffic Mayhem.

Greetings! Cumi & Ciki are still on holiday.. this is sent from an internet cafe.. somewhere.. from an island, on planet earth.. This post is about my recent trip to Shanghai. Right now, Ciki is the shade of burnt sugar.. Cumi looks like gula melaka Touchdown Shanghai. It took me close to 2.5 hours to [...]

South Thailand: Krabi

Krabi Thailand, one of the most relaxing places on the planet. Stunning scenery, fantastic white sand beaches, a coastline with over 200 islands and a jungle covered interior revealing towering limestone cliffs, caves, waterfalls and exotic wildlife.. this was totally where I wanted to park myself for the New Year count down, I merrily told [...]

South Thailand: Satun, Pakbara, Honda – That’s not my Name!

A quickie, street-side Songkhla breakfast of rice porridge(congee) with condiments and mini fried bread sticks(yu tiao) before continuing eastwards to Satun via Haadyai. The last province of the Western Andaman Coastline before reaching Malaysian Border namely Satun is at the tip of Thailand’s Southern Region at the distance of 973 km from Bangkok. Satun has [...]

South Thailand: Songkhla – Trang

In the Yala Province, there is a concentration of military roadblocks to police the civil unrest. We read about roadblocks being attacked but never noticed anything amiss. Every roadblock we stopped at, was met with a smile and a wave from a trooper.. and really young, handsome ones, at that! We got in late to [...]

South Thailand: Ya-lar it’s Yala

THIS POST IS a continuation of our South Thailand Road Trip posts. Click below for tips on “How to cross the Thai-Malaysia Boarder by car” and our escapades in South Thailand.. 1. Crossing the boarder: South Thailand : Lenggong – Pengkalan Hulu – Betong Connection 2. Betong Part 1: Warfare, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll? [...]

St. John @ St. John Street, London

For St. John, we took the Circle line to Farringdon. We exited the station bearing left and crossed over Turnmill Street on to Cowcross Street which took us to the junction of St. John Street. At the junction at Smithfield Market, we turned left and walk along St. John Street for around 50 yards or [...]

Buckingham Palace – To see the Queen !

Today is our last day in London and we need to go sight-seeing… squeeze in all the things we have missed out in the past week.. being Malaysians and all:) So here we are. Buckingham Palace was built in 1702 by the Duke of Buckingham as his London home. The house was then later sold [...]

Camden Lock & Pier 1 Fish n Chips, London

Ciki has Hunger! bridge over the canal Camden Lock Market ! Established in 1975 this was the market which started the phenomenon that now draws more than 150,000 a week to the Camden Town markets. To find Camden Lock Market walk up Camden High Street from Camden Town station until you see this building. The [...]

The Pierre Koffmann Pop up Restaurant @ Selfridges & Bond Street

River Thames From St Paul’s cathedral, I leg it over to Selfridges (Oxford circus stop) as I am well, as you’ve already guessed, somewhat late for lunch. I love my Oyster. It lets me get to my destination with great ease. With the oyster you have the ease of “auto top-up” and it is also [...]

Big ben, River Thames, St Paul’s Cathedral , The London Eye

Photo moments that I like, of London. The London Eye. Me oh My.. the Eye! Bigger than Life, Ben. Walking to work against such a magnificent backdrop. These people look so immune to the beauty of their surroundings. I was once like that! My pal, Churchill. Sandwich and me, and Big Ben makes three. Another [...]