East Asia Hotel

... "What the heck do I do over there?" As a true Gemini, I alternate my time between luxuriating in a 5 star hotel and trekking in primary rainforest with my multicultural group of friends...a bunch of friendly, adventuresome, locals..all professionals (drs ...

... stare, hide or scream at me; diving's still an unstoppable passion; I CAN travel with someone else (!); the locals of South East Asia have been bypassed on the acquisition of logic (for arguments, bartering and good business) and also the skill to form ...

... not a morsel left in sight. At $35 a person, this was by far the most expensive dinner we have had since we arrived in South East Asia, but it was well worth it. This dinner in the states would have cost a hell of a lot more, and we got the spectacular ...

I went to bangkok to compete in South East Asia Grappling ...

... pulls us beside me with a grin to match mine and we both tear off down the blacktop laughing and thinking, yea...this is South East Asia! We arrived in Bangkok, Thailand having only one thing set in stone, we had 6 weeks. As we stepped outside our cab in ...

... best to explain. Although it may sound like a children’s toy, a tuk tuk is actually an integral form of transportation in South-East Asia. Cars are a luxury owned by very few and most families own a bicycle or scooter at most.  A tuk tuk is a ...

... Chinese agent on Khao San, also booking a bus trip to Siem Reap in Cambodia for Wednesday. Sorted out a rough itinery for South East Asia before heading out for a romantic dinner in the evening down an alleyway just of Khao San in an old colonial ...

... of my life. The sights, the experiences, the food, the beaches, the weather....but most importantly of all, the wonderful people who we shared everything with. Thank you South East Asia....the pleasures been all mine. India...show us what you’ve ...

... in the grimiest hotel of the trip thus far, an overnight flight to Bangkok and another hop... I've arrived in South East Asia (SEA). Having traveled here before pretty extensively, I feel somewhat comfortable in this region. A much more comfortable ...

... I'm holding off till we get somewhere a little cheaper. I've been told that Singapore is probably the most expensive place in South East Asia. We came across another great little food market – where the food was even cheaper – but we were ...

... to pass on this kind of information to other travelers going into a country you were just in, so if anyone is looking to go to South East Asia read this and you will have an idea of where to go! Our all time favorite places in order of when we went: 1. ...

... check out fee as long as we gave it top marks. We both thought Singapore was a great place to end our time in South-East Asia. Apart from it being a really nice and relaxed place to explore, it was also useful on a practical level to get used to the ...

... wild flowers climbed the nearby walls. Nicer still was our close proximity to the best night market i've been to in South-East Asia. A vast place that draws you in to its endless stalls selling beautiful fabrics, ornaments and treats of Laos. Uniquely to ...

... according to what I heard so far) that brings me to my hotel with a nice detour along the "strip" (at no extra charge). The East Asia Hotel used to be the best hotel in Macau, about 70 years ago. But it still does for a nights sleep. Got the atmospher of ...

... is also served - not pulled in front of me but a good drink!  Air Asia flight back to Singapore is fine and South East Asia Hotel is a step (several!) up from Cozy Backpacker. At S$100 it's 50% more, but at least twice as good therefore much better ...

... To say the place looked dead would be an understatment this place was seriously short of tourists of anykind. There was no shortage of Hotel rooms so we checked into a place called the maliana which served us with High Tea no less and Mike dusted off that ...

... see it! On our first full day we went to tien'man square, the forbidden city and to Beijing Zoo. We had walked from our hotel to tien'man square (about 45 minutes) and every time we stopped to look at our map or looked like hapless tourists, somebody came ...

I had decided that before i leave Asia, i'd like to see a little more of the south east. I had been there once (thailand) a few years ago and had loved; relaxing by the beach, treking in the jungles, sleeping in huts for little money...so i talked to a ...

... be the chance of a bit a sprawl out across a couple of seats. We were sadly wrong, in Flores like a lot of South East Asia there is no official public transport just private companies that offer the routes. However, the system in Flores is a little bit ...

... We spent the rest of the day touring Dalat, cruising the market and sharing a last "western meal" (we went to the Soffitel Hotel and had a nice French dinner) before strapping ourselves to the back of a motorcycle, with Vietnamese men we did not know and ...

... see you later on' look and off we went to our place.  And it was worth the hassle- California 2 is a great wee hotel, just refurbished in the last year, owned by a nice American, run by really friendly Cambodians and with a decent ...