Asia Air

Lisa and Paul's honeymoon

... type of airline imaginable. Countries that have starving people still have airlines. Ethiopia air? Mike paid the few extra bucks with Asia Air for 'Xpress' service. We had no idea what it entailed but decided it sounded OK for a few extra bucks. ...

... , but most of it is off the coast of Kalimantan, in the middle of a massive current that sweeps downwards from northern Asia (talked about in Planet Earth, Shallow Seas).  Unfortunately, there used to be a practice of dynamite fishing, which is now ...

... , motorbikes...tuk tuk's, elephants and even a donkey. Took 2 flights to get to Asia and 13 flights geting about asia at various times.. love Air Asia. Over stayed in Asia by about 10 weeks and i had never intended to visit either Burma or Indonesia but ...

... hair; smelly shoes and fried rice! And to prove I still retain that western capitalist streak and AM a little Asia-d out - my most consumerist moments? Finding a Tesco hypermarket and wandering awestruck down the hallowed (air conditioned) aisles ...

... on them. So why does the place feel so dodgy? And seedy? PHOTO_ID_L=snc10281.jpg] A big thing which I noticed in Asia was the prominence of 'whitening' beauty products. All the cosmetics companies have whitening skin creams and make up which ...

... more cool stuff. The diving here was fantastic, definitely some of the best diving we have done, we have now done 15 dives in Asia! After our energetic morning we spent the rest of the day relaxing on the beach. The beach was great, only small as the ...

... take 10 hours to get there. When I said that 6AM to 2PM was only 8 hours he smiled and said we would arrive at 5. Welcome to travelling 'Asia time’! We got on the mini bus and hoped for the best! In the end it was quite a journey – 2 hours on ...

... yet and ran away blushing back to their kitchen. From Singapore we made a last minute decision to fly to Malaysian Borneo. The juungle trekking and urangutan spotting seemed a great opportunity and for 44 pounds each return with Asia Air, we were ...

... and sat there a few hours looking a hermit crabs, before going for some fresh tuna for dinner.  You can tell I've been in Asia a fair while, when they provide you with a fork and knife (as opposed to fork and spoon) and the only manner of eating that ...

... on earth and we have found it! We have just spent the most wonderful few days hanging out on the beach and sunning ourselves on Gili Air. We did manage to work up enough energy to do one day of snorkeling which was great as well. We saw green turtles, ...

... couple weeks. Anyway, here's what we've been up to... We had a very interesting and surprisingly serendipitous stay with a family in Air Manis before heading to Nias. The local guy who drove us there helped us find a family homestay for the night and ...

... 're meeting is never on time either! (its like switzerland in reverse, everythings precisely not on time!) Either way travelling in Asia is a lot of fun, and there's never a time when you need to look around for transport as there's always someone on ...

... of the island and follow the boardwalk to Tekek. There, we went online and learned that the weather in SE Asia had improved significantly from a week earlier. The forecast predicted mostly sunny weather in northern Malaysia and southern Thailand; much ...

... in Air Itam in Penang and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. The construction of the temple began in 1890 and was inspired by the chief monk of the Goddess of Mercy Temple at Pitt Street. ...

... coming here I thought it was going to be really far off the beaten track, which I suppose it is, but like everywhere else in Asia it is so accessable and as a result it is full of other backpackers/holiday makers/tax dodgers or whatever you want to call ...

... meal! More importantly, they all knew how to have fun as well! Like the majority or Dive Schools in South East Asia, the instructors are mainly westerners from all over the world. This ensures that the instructor that you have speaks your language to ...

... stuff I've picked up along the way since getting to the airport. I don't think I mentioned what the VIP lounge for Japan Asia Airways was like. Inside you could have your choice of a variety of drinks. Anything from beer to tea, milk to juice and ...

... by and saw me typing and she said to me, "You type so fast!!" I have to remember people don't use computers as much in Asia as they do in America, so computer competency and typing ability is less common. Over all, I'll say the cabin crew gets two ...

... American couple about our age who was doing a similar trip for 6 months. We shared routes and tips on diving and South East Asia in general as we cruised out to Labas Island. We were already enjoying the vibe and scenic boat ride plus traded a few smiles ...