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  • Tan Son Nhat, Viet Jet dan Noi Bai

    Akan kuceritakan bagaimana 8 jam menjelajah Ho Chi Minh. Kota dengan 4 juta kendaraan bermotor dan cuaca panas serta menyimpan sejarah perjuangan gerilyawan Vietkong dengan terowongan bawah tanahnya. Sejenak Aku akan bercerita bagaimana berdebarnya hati menjelang mengudara bersama Viet Jet. Kenapa ya kira-kira? Ya….Saat itu Viet Jet lagi heboh-hebohnya memperagakan demo keselamatan penerbangan oleh para…

  • Never Give Up for Golden Rock, Myanmar

    5 am….Agga Youth Hotel staff whispers woke me up in dormitory …. He worried if 11 other tourists woke up … hihihi. Prepared for 15 minutes without bathing finally I departed to Aung Mingalar bus terminal in the north by taxi. The excellence of Myanmar public transportation (i.e buses and taxis) are using gas fuel.…

  • Wattay International Airport….A Small Gate of Lao Tourism

    Visiting Vientiane was a special gift. How can?, a trip that had got cancellation on 2014 due to my leave letter was refused by my office. And finally I waited for 4 years  to made it really happen. Air Asia flight AK 552 landed smoothly at Wattay International Airport on 09:14. Seeing airport area from…

  • Overland Trip from Vientiane (Lao) to Siem Reap (Cambodia)

    Overland trip from Viantiane (Lao) to Siem Reap (Cambodia) was interest thing. 26 hours trip presented an unforgettable experience. It was very difficult to hunted an online ticket from Jakarta, it prompted me to immediately bought a ticket when arrived in Funky Monkey Hostel -a hostel that I chose to stayed in Viantiane-. The good…

  • Jangan Menyerah menuju Golden Rock, Myanmar

    Tepat jam 5 pagi staff Agga Youth Hotel bisik-bisik membangunkanku di dormitory….khawatir 11 turis lain ikut terbangun…hihihi. Beberes 15 menit tanpa mandi akhirnya Saya bertolak menggunakan taxi menuju terminal Aung Mingalar di utara. Kehebatan transportasi umum (bus dan taxi) Myanmar adalah penggunaan bahan bakar gas. Sehingga jarang terlihat asap hitam di jalanan kota Yangon. Taxi…

  • Wattay International Airport….Gerbang Mungil Wisata Laos

    Menginjakkan kaki di Vientiane adalah sebuah anugerah tersendiri. Bagaimana tidak, trip yang sempat mengalami pembatalan sejak 2014 karena ditolaknya cuti oleh kantor tempat Saya bekerja, akhirnya membutuhkan waktu 4 tahun untuk mewujudkannya. Penerbangan Air Asia AK 552 mendarat dengan mulus di bandara Wattay International Airport pada pukul 09:14. Melihat area bandara dari dalam pesawat yang…

  • Perjalanan Darat Vientiane (Laos) ke Siem Reap (Kamboja)

    Perjalanan darat dari Viantiane (Laos) ke Siem Reap (Kamboja) merupakan sesuatu yang menarik. Waktu tempuh perjalanan selama 26 jam menghadirkan pengalaman tak terlupakan. Susahnya mendapatkan tiket secara online dari Jakarta, mendorong Saya untuk segera mencari tiket begitu tiba di Funky Monkey Hostel –tempat saya menginap di Viantiane-. Beryukur karena hostel menjual tiket tersebut seharga 420.000…

  • Tokyo’s Major Stations….Nijūsanku Tourism Access

    Staying two days in Tokyo gave me a chance to felt a hustle and bustle of the city. I got some good morality from interaction with Japanese. I had proved some good stories about Japanese characters that I heard and read from media. I could approved their good attitudes when suddenly a middle-aged man ran…

  • Tokunai Pass….Traveler Pass in Tokyo, Japan

    I successfully moved from Narita International Airport to downtown by cheapest mode of transportation i.e Keisei Expressway Bus for 1,000 Yen (USD 10). Didn’t happy, because next question appeared i.e “How did I frugally explore city? “ The answer was easy. I must immediately get Tokunai Pass (Tokyo Metropolitan District Pass). After I got off…

  • Cheap Food for Backpacker at Japan.

    Japan had been set by me to be my top destination in East Asia after visited Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzen a year earlier. For a backpacker who concerns with a budget like me, Japan becomes an expensive place that needs some tricks to spend minimal budget for 4 days exploring its magnetism. Japan magnetism…