A 1-week trip to El Nido town on Palawan island, Philippines. Getting there To get to El Nido from Penang (Malaysia), there are 2 main options: fly: Penang -> Kuala Lumpur -> Manila (1 day layover) -> El Nido; fly: Penang -> Kuala Lumpur -> Manila (1 day layover) -> Puerto Princesa; and then bus to El
Tioman Island, Malaysia
Getting here To get here from Singapore, I first had to take a bus to Mersing, back in Malaysia, and then a ferry to Tioman Island. The bus dropped me off to in small bus station in Mersing. Nearby the station there is a Bluewater Express office, where you can buy a round-trip ferry ticket
Langkawi island, Malaysia
All events depicted further took place 3 months before the date of publication of this article. Due to lack of spare time and because of laziness, this late post is merely a vague recollection of a past trip. Langkawi is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malaysia, so the landscape here is totally
Tuba island, Malaysia
So, after mispronouncing and misspelling the name of this island for 1 month, I finally landed in Langkawi. And it turns out that my first stop in Langkawi island is not … in Langkawi. The place I’ve booked on AirBnb is on another island, named Tuba. Which is great, ’cause I hate when things go
Hello, Malaysia!
Getting from Koh Phangan (Thailand) to Penang (Malaysia) was a pain in the ass: I had to take a slow ferry, a golden minivan and two flights. Oh yeah, a golden minivan which was a big WTF moment: after disembarking the ferry, people going to the airport were boarded into an Orthodox church on wheels, with random design
Cannon Fort, Vietnam
The Cannon Fort is only 2km away from Cat Ba town’s port, a 35 minutes walk uphill. The entrance ticket is 1.8 USD (40.000 VND = 7.5 RON). At the entrance, engraved in a memorial plaque writes: “The Cannon Fort was built in 1942, at the height of 177m from the sea, on Cat Ba Island — a