Asia Travel Blog

If you are on a budget travel in Japan and feeling like enjoying some luxurious facilities, do not worry, take a ferry. It would be a wonderful experience. Well, just like in other countries, some of the ferries serving domestic routes in Japan are old. It is important then for you to do a little check before you go. Unfortunately, I’ve done some checking with the Japanese ferry operator websites, but most of them are available in Japanese only.

If you are a big fan of Japan travel and Kyoto can longer satisfy your travel lust of Japan’s old cities, Hagi Town might be the next alternative. No wonder this small little town is called Little Kyoto, everything is old and more importantly, they are becoming older but preserved. I was just an ordinary exchange student mixed with other Japanese school students when I first step foot in Hagi Town, a well renowned tourism spot located in Yamaguchi Prefecture. We were there for a school trip, which is a regular event in every Japanese school to have every year, from elementary school to a high school.

Traveling around enjoying beautiful nature’s scene and eating the local food is something ordinary when you are on vocation in foreign tourism country. But coming all the way as a tourist only to get in a bathing ritual, this is extra ordinary!

Bangkok was founded as the Thai capital in 1782 and sited on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River. Many development was established by following riverine pattern. For example, royal and other major buildings were constructed facing the river. Beyond, a nework of canals served as highways and byways into the larger urban area, hence the old soubriquet 'Venice of the East'.

Islamabad is well known as capital city of Pakistan. Recently, there was a chaos happened there, on a 'Red Mosque'. Well, actually I don't want to talk about the chaos but the beauty which is hidden on that city.

Hong Kong is Country which uses as an emperor system or usually called by Monarchy. We can see it not even wider than our hoofdstad, Jakarta. Maybe just about 1.080 km2 which consisted of 234 islands. But when you are going to some kind of tourism place in this town another days, you will never satisfied and kind of addiction to take more longer time.

Malaysia is now developing its tourism. The Prime Minister of Malaysia launched the motto "Visit Malaysia Year 2007". The main mission is to promote Malaysia as an international outstanding tourist destination and to make tourism industry as a major contributor to the sosio-economic development of the nation.