for travelers in Southeast Asia
Where hyperlinks aren’t provided, just ‘copy then paste’ an address.
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AsiaPhoto.com
Wikitravel.org is interesting.
AsiaExplorers.com is useful and entertaining.
BudgetAccommodationGuide.com can be useful for cheapskates.
Budget-traveltips.com may be useful.
Hostelz.com is the largest hostels database on the web.
thingsAsian.com
You may buy international health insurance, life insurance & travel insurance at MissionaryHealth.com.
Hobotraveler.com is a poorly-written yet entertaining and ‘encyclopedic’ low-cost traveling blog.
Calculate currency conversions online at www.XE.com/ucc
SleepingInAirports.net may be useful if you like to sleep in public.
Counter con-artists, pickpockets & muggers after you read BobArno.com/hunters.htm
Yankees going abroad may consult the U.S. State Department at Travel.State.gov and State.gov/travel
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air travel in Asia
StudentUniverse.com is a booking site for cheap air fares for college students & faculty.
Air Asia is a low-cost airline in SE Asia,
Malaysia Airlines flies to and from Malaysia, as you’d expect,
Firefly is the low-cost subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, and
Tiger Airways is another low-cost airline in Malaysia.
Singapore Airlines is the small city-state’s national airline, flying throughout Southeast Asia on the latest airplanes.
SilkAir is the regional wing of Singapore Air. It flies twice daily from Singapore to Penang Island, Malaysia. Singapore Air flies in the mornings to Penang while SilkAir flies after noon to Penang.
Jetstar Asia Airways is a new low-cost carrier flying to 17 destinations within five hours of Singapore. It flies twice daily on the Singapore-to-Penang route.
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Do not use Kayak for reservations!
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rail travel in Asia
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Seat61.com can be useful for train travelers around the world, so here are two hyperlinks:
details of trains from Thailand to Malaysia to Singapore & back
and information on how to travel Thailand by rail
ThaiFocus.com tells how to travel Thailand by rail
ThaiVisa.com tells of Bangkok to Penang rail travel
TravelMalaysiaGuide tells of KTM intercity trains
AsiaTradingOnline tells of traveling Singapore to Malaysia to Thailand and reverse
Wikitravel.org has a guide for travel to Bangkok
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M a l a y s i a
MalaysiaSite.Nl
Malaysiaphotos.com has more than photos.
Malaysia is described briefly on World Atlas.com.
Discover Malaysia at Spy Malaysia Review Website.
The Federated States of Malaysia are on the north side of the island of Borneo (right, shared with the Sultanate of Brunei and Indonesia) and the Malay peninsula ( left, shared with Thailand).
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Here’s peninsular Malaysia:
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The Langkawi archipelago of 99 islands, including Pulau Langkawi (Langkawi Island) is in the northwest, very near Thailand. South of it is Pulau Penang, where I lived briefly.
American Association of Malaysia (centered in K.L.)
English – Malay – English online translator and downloadable dictionaries
Malaysia online language courses and guides
Travel Malaysia Guide to KTM intercity trains
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Best-of-Langkawi.com
Langkawi-info.com
Langkawi-resorts.com
Langkawi-beaches.com
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P u l a u P e n a n g
( Penang Island )
(Betelnut Island)
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The State of Penang‘s location in Malaysia (red, on left)
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flag of the State of Penang
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Seberang Prai, on the Malay Peninsula, and Pulau Penang comprise the State of Penang.
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Read of Penang State in Wikipedia
Read of Pulau Penang (the island) in Wikipedia
Read the WikiTravel entry
tourismPenang.gov.My from The Penang Tourism Action Council was a good place to start, but now it’s gone.
Penang-TravelTips.com is written by a Malaysian blogger and globetrotter and is comprehensive. You can spend hours reading this site.
VirtualTourist.com – users’ experiences of Penang
PenangTalk.com has a discussion forum
TripAdvisor.com has Penang discussion forums, including ‘Penang Travel Forum‘ (1800 topics) and ‘Pulau Penang Travel Forum‘ (700 topics).
PenangMyHome.com/WhyPenang.htm provides a look at visiting and residing on Penang, including costs/prices.
George Town (left) and Butterworth (right) satellite photo
George Town (left) and Butterworth (right) street map
AsiaExplorers.com
Geographia.com
Read WHC.UNESCO.org/En/list/1223: “Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca … constitute a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia.”
Penang is called a ‘forgotten pearl of the orient’
Invisionfree.com/Penang
BritishExpat.com
PenangProperties.com
I Love Penang.com
PenangCentral.com
PenangNet.com
The monthly Little Penang street market is shown at: www.LittlePenang.com.My
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P h i l i p p i n e s
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IronWulf is a great Pinoy weblog
BaguioCityOnline.com
‘Island Paradise Philippines‘ photo weblog
children on Smokey Mountain (of garbage)
Learn about jeepneys at StuartXchange.org/Jeepney.html
Enjoy the photography of awesome Ferdz Decena
Happy Foodies is a Philippines food weblog
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Sagada, Mountain Province
a few hyperlinks for you:
Sagada Genuine Guides Association
GL / Lizardo buses leave Dangwa bus terminal in Baguio City for Sagada
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To get visas to enter U.S.A., Arnel Pineda and Manny Pacquiao have visited
American Citizen Services section of the U.S. Embassy in Manila,
which is open Monday — Friday from 7:30 to 4:30
telephones: (632) 301-2000, extensions 2246 & 2567
The website is Manila.USEmbassy.gov
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S i n g a p o r e
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Hostelz.com is the largest hostels database on the web — 8,225 cities
HostelInSingapore.com
FernLoft.com
the-InnCrowd.com
SummerTavern.com is a hostel
SleepySams.com is a bed-and-breakfast
StreetDirectory has a list of hostels
See a backpackers’ guide to Singapore at thebackpacker.net
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expatriates’ forums
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Malaysia forum on AlloExpat.com
MalaysiaExpat.com
ExpatForum.com
BritishExpats.com
Expat-blog.com
A suggestion for inclusion in your list of websites covering Malaysia: http://www.Spy.My has hundreds of pages of detailed information covering many topics.
Okay. I’ve included Spy Malaysia on the page above. ~thanks~