Category: Travels

Day 1 – Being in Hollywood.

Although I’ve posted an entry on Los Angeles, I’ve never really elaborated much on the city. This post is an effort to make sure that I will not completely lose touch with my experience in the City of Angels. Right now, my memory is sketchy at best but what I do remember clearly is this: I had a grand time.

Even after I’d touched down in LAX (man, I feel glamourous already just saying that – LAX. LAX. LAX. LAX), passed the tight airport security and seated in my van heading towards the hotel, I still had a hard time trying to digest the fact that I was in Los Angeles. Tinseltown. Hollywood.Wow.

Wow.

The moment I stepped out of my van, there was already a team of film crew shooting some scenes at the entrance of my hotel, Millennium Biltmore. Then I heard someone mentioned that Nicholas Cage was holed up in another hotel nearby, shooting a new movie.

I was terribly jet-lagged but my colleague wasted no time in asking the concierge whether there were any game happening at the Staples Centre. Luck was on our side, Lakers was playing against Memphis Grizzlies later in the evening. We booked our tickets and went back to our rooms to freshen up.

Lakers game.
Tix.

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Krabi, Thailand – Day 1

My trip to Thailand was a good one. I enjoyed myself immensely, courtesy of See Tho from See Tho Holidays. See Tho is one of the most progressive men (extremely knowledgeable & Internet savvy) I’ve ever met and with a wonderful down-to-earth disposition to boot. Despite being the owner of See Tho Holidays, which has offices in Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Hatyai, he personally attended to us and made sure that we had a great time. And indeed, we had a fabulous time. Many thanks to Nicole Tan, who hooked us up with See Tho.

The reason why I enjoyed this trip so much was because we were introduced to a side of Thailand that you’d hardly see in the tourist brochures. All the trip packages offered by See Tho Holidays are personally customised by See Tho himself. He does it by travelling all over Thailand, trying out and experiencing every spot including towns, shops, hotels, restaurants and many more. Then, he would decide on the best and put them on his itineraries.

Personally, I’ve never liked group tours as the pace is too fast and you could never stay long enough to take in the beauty of any place. But with See Tho, there was never a single moment during the trip where I felt rushed. You may think that I’m a bit of a hard selling here, but frankly, See Tho deserves it.

On the morning of 6th July, KY and I took a cab to LCCT for RM65. We reached there and found Kellster and Nigel at Mcdonalds. To be honest I was quite worried about how Nigel and Kellster would be like as travelling partners as I didn’t know both of them very well, but they turned out to be quite a riot :) Especially Nigel. I’ll probably talk more about Nigel in future entries as his funny moments during the trip were priceless!

Nicole and Andy, our official photographer arrived shortly after and before we knew it, we were boarding the plane.

Plane.
Bound for Krabi.

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Sneak Preview of Thailand :)

I have returned from the Land of Smiles. Chalked up phone bill of RM813.82 but it’s okay. The trip was fabulous. I am tanned, gastronomically satiated and relaxed.

We enjoyed the best in accommodation, food and hospitality. See Tho Holidays absolutely exceeded my expectations and I’m not just saying it because I did not fork out a single cent for this trip. See Tho (yes, the owner of one of Thailand’s most successful travel agencies himself) personally took care of us throughout the trip. I’m pretty sure all of us on the trip can safely say that he’s become a friend.

Anyway, I have yet to unpack and have just managed to process a couple of pictures. I took over 900 pictures in the span of 5 days! Will take me a while to sort them out properly.

Here’s a quick preview…more to come!

Look Choob
Look Choob. Traditional Thai sweets made from mung bean paste, dunk in gelatin and then painted with food colouring.

BBQ
Lady grilling catch of the day in Krabi town.

Sailor
Boatman during island hopping trip.

Chicken Island
Posing with Chicken Island (on the right). Though many thought that it resembled a human body part ;)

Detailed account of my fab Thailand trip in the next few days!