For Female travellers. good info!

read this article which shared by a friend in FB
for female travellers (or whoever who'd intend to travel alone) please read this to the end
it has 10 countries that is quite safe for the female travellers
which also gives 13 tips for women that travels alone
and also the Do's and Dont's

Please read here and digest. so worth :)

to Ha Long Bay we go

day 2
as early as 8am (hanoi is one hour behind Msia) we are ready for our whole day journey to Ha Long Bay. if i am travelling on my own, i would maybe choose to stay on the cruise and enjoying the view. Get an ideas about it here 
anyway, journeys took 3hours lebih (kebas bont) but it was way better that my journey from phnom penh-siem reap. sceneries are more on paddy fields. otw, we stopped at one of the tourist crafts centre (maybe kot) and the moment i stepped out from the van, it is so chilly and windy (plus its still rainy). To the loo i went hahahha

"where's Lilian" everyone asked.
looks like she's the only left out and still shopping, i guess. everyone waited and there's an evil idea to just left her out hahaha

so we arrived at the port. weather is so hazy and foggy. and windy too.

in our itinerary, we should be having our seafood lunch in the boat while enjoying the rides

seafood lunch in the boat

the port to go to halong bay

pit stop, to the fishing village
beside than watching at the fishes, we had this opportunity to be in a small sampan and went to the other side of the cave. paid USD6/person for almost 40mins rides, sailed by a strong-muscle-woman.
"come, camera camera, picture" so we posed
"ok good, one more", we posed again, praying too that no ones jatuh dalam laut (i have 4 huge men in the boat with only 2 tiny girls inside. so unbalanced)

then she tarted to singing their own song. tak paham pun. but enjoying much

the unbalanced crews

neighbours (unbalanced too coz too light.lol)

 once we entered to the other side of the cave, masya-Allah the view is just spectacular.
surrounding is so peaceful and calm. saw eagles flying on top.

u can opted for kayaking too. tatau how much

continues

Exploring Hanoi

Alhamdulillah, dapat rezeki to went hanoi on company trip this time

the hotel we stayed had halal food. Its Cosiana Hotel & Spa. Reviews from Trip advisor was so promising and yes it is.
location wise are good and quite distance (45mins drive from airport)
just got to know that Hanoi are also having 4 season weather but obviously no snow la but the temp can go down as low as 10c and sometimes below 10c

We took a package with the hotel consists of room + bbf, trip to halong bay, transport, city tour, meals (lunch & dinner) for 4d3n including of transport to and fro airport for almost 20paxs and per pax cost us USD217/person and twin sharing basis USD262/person

1st day
reached hotel about 230pm and later we are to have our brainstorm & budget presentation 2014. Dragged till 8pm and later had a hearty dinner and tido. weather been raining cats and dogs and so i decided to just get a rest and prepare for the long day esok

from far i thot its a wig shop but then they sold helmets. lol

Krabi story #3 - the pool and the end

tetiba after short break on the Krabi updates, ada sambungan pulak
biasalah update blog bila mood menggila je
if not tgk blog baca cerita org lain and that's it. heh

Anyhoo, our 3rd day at Krabi only half day gitula

Kitorang bersiap again this time for slightly jauh sket journey to the Emerald Pool and the hot spring waterfall. Journey by van took us almost an hour but we stopped for light breakfast at this one pitstop yg ada jual souvenirs. lepas dah isi perut sikit, we proceed. Place a bit out circuit and we went to this hot spring waterfall.
From the main entrance to the waterfall we walked about 15mins and when arrived,
"la, itu je waterfall nye?"

haha yes, so disappointed after so much walking. The waterfall dahla sesak ngan tourists yang lain and the tempat only that seciput? the waterfall has 3 small layered but somehow the top part airnya warm. ada yang mandi and kitorang ni malas nak bersesak dengan anak lagi takdelah nak terhegeh nak mandi hot spring yang kekdahnya macam di Malaysia pun ada.

Then menapak keluar and terus pi Emerald pool pulak. Been seeing reviews about this pool that has natural emerald color based. tapiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
to reach to this pool you have to walk and slightly mendaki about 30mins (depends on your speed) hoiiii, mencabar sungguh. masin ada anak sorang while si ain (yg preggy) and ucop bawa 2kids. my HM the first 5mins je rajin jalan the rest carried by ayah at the back.
 ber-poloh-poloh (HM said)

When finally we arrived, the crowd are not that packed so we tried to find a best spot to
ber "picnic" kejap and mandi. Unfortunately i am only the paparazzi of the day :/
Spend about 45min-1 hour here and started walking back  which by then everyone was so starving and we had lunch at a one muslim kedai. Tapikan the hygiene and surrounding a bit poor la. i just hope that none of us had tummy upset later but it was cheap i tell you

OTW back to hotel, we drop by at one of the Factory outlet yang kinda small just to test water and cuci water. There's nothing much there beside than a men/sports/ladies/kids/traveling section. As usual i found the kids dept are more attractive than mine. And disebab kan while naik motor haritu to have our dinner, tah cemana la i boleh tak sedar that HM's mothercare sweater (yes, must mentioned the brand coz for me that sweater mahal gile) jatuh and gone. Dah siap patah balik and carik but takde rezeki la
i pray that any poor girl/family yang berniaga tepi jalan tu found that so they can use it

Back to hotel while we rest and plan for our dinner at that village area again (they preferred to have nasi campur style rather than eat at Aonang area, maybe coz its cheap and sedap?)
While we decided to have our dinner at Aonang and this time a bit western as we find it ketika naik motor and meredah hujan (yang started w gerimis then tetiba lebat) plus ada anak dihimpit in between us is sooooo not a good idea. We don't want to take the risks of putting our daughter main hujan, meredah jalan malam2 with no proper raincoat/attire
Kami rasa takpelah kami spend lebih sket as long kami semua tak demam and nothing happen in results of naik motor and meredah hujan ( this depends on each parents)
so we had a bit of western today and its pizza.

back to hotel and we packed (more to me!) and ready for our early flight tomorrow



and as expected AA ni tak famous if flight tak delayed. so we wait a while and nak flight tidolah. reached KL and home sambung tido lagi. hahha, unpacked can be done the net day as i am still on AL