4 airport system in southern china

 China is embarking an ambitious project to connect all 4 major airports Zhuhai, Macau, hk and Shenzhen into a massive network via hsr, ferry and Zhuhai-Macau-hk bridge. Total airport capacity will exceed 250 million per year 

Last visited Brunei in 2020

 Last visited Brunei in 2020 before covid started. Hopefully will get a chance to revisit. Toohje always say Brunei is boring but I say road trip is always fun. Chubby fat cheek has visited Brunei once. Kk to Brunei pan Borneo section will be ready hopefully by 2025. 

We have tried Miri to Brunei and hope we can revisit Brunei hehe, drive to the temburong bridge and eat some cheap Japanese food there.

Cheapest worldwide data roaming among telco

celcom digi 2gb per day rm 98 for 55 countries valid 30 days

eskimo 30 gb USD 30  for 82 countries valid for 2 years

airalo 20 gb USD 69 for 124 countries valid for 1 year

Cuti2 Malaysia tour

Penang, Cameron and Ioi city

Kuantan with ecrl and ets

Trx, luge park, gpo, kidzania 

Kluang hill

Recently visited genting highlands, janda baik and kukup

Countries that I want to visit or revisit

1. Ireland - Dublin and Belfast - June summer

2. Scotland - Glasgow and Edinburgh - June summer

3. Australia - tasmania -Dec/ cairns - June / brisbane/ sydney

4. Japan - naha- dec,  osaka, fukouka, nagoya, Hokkaido

5. Finland/ Norway/ Sweden in June summer 

6. South Korea - Seoul/ Jeju

7. HK-Guangzhou

8. Vietnam - Danang, dalat, fansipan

9. Austria - June summer or Dec during Xmas

Things that make cross border travel more convenient in the last 5 years

1. E-wallet/ QR local and cross border acceptance

2. E-sim with cheap data roaming validity of more than 1 year like eskimo 

3. Google map that makes driving or taking transport easier to navigate

4. Proliferation of booking app for hotels and activities like agoda, trip or klook 

5. Budget airlines & trains availability

6. E-gate at airport that make immigration clearance so much faster

7. No forex credit card like trust and you trip that reduce the need to carry lots of foreign cash. You can even skip the card if u have apple pay

8. Smart phones which can basically provide entertainment during long train/ bus ride and it will reduce print since most of the information is either in the whatsapp, internet or email

Basically to travel u need data, money and passport

Local hotel chain vs international hotel chain

When we went to Taiwan recently, we realised there are also reputable local hotel chain that are quite value for money and conveniently located. The reason why it was not marketed more widely as compared to international chain which are more expensive. Next time will try it on our next stay and if possible mix local with international chains. All hotels preferably comes with free laundy self service

Example in taiwan is Mitsui Garden, Chateau de Chine, Cozzi, Silk/ Just sleep and Fullon 

In Japan, there are even more local chains that are worth trying out like Mitsui Garden, Tokyu stay, Tokyu Rei, Prince, Royal Park Hotel, Lively Hotel, Okura