Tips to make travelling easier

I just found these travel tips from the http://www.hostelworld.com/ website. As a travel addict, I wanna see how many of the followings I have/havent done:

1. Learn about the culture of the country before you visit it, and try not to look too much like a tourist. Always! as I have bought lots of guide books and do lots of research prior to travel

2. When you travel somewhere forget your map and all the guide books for a while. Sometimes it's better to stroll along the streets and discover things that aren't listed anywhere in the guides but are nonetheless great and interesting and more fun. Never! I feel I will be like a lost sheep without the guide book or map.

3. Visit local restaurants and bars. They are much cheaper and you can try the traditional specialities and even meet the locals. Always! Food is my No. 1 passion

4. Bring a pillow with you for those long bus journeys. Not yet! I should try that sometimes

5. Do not plan too much. You are on holiday! Also, try to have just your essential luggage, not a heavy suitcase. I think I plan too much. But I do travel light.

6. Get one of those thin money belts that fit inside your clothes. That way you can carry your passport and money with you at all times. Yeap, always. Mine is tied around my leg.

7. Be open to everything which may happen to you. There is always something new to learn. Hmmm, sometimes only.

Fresh Look

I have decided to change the template for my blog. The previous dark blue can sometimes look depressing. So I have decided to change this blog into a much brighter and fresher look.

Enjoy!!!

Help! Travel bugs are everywhere!

Without denying, I am a travel addict. I will take any opportunities just to travel. It is not I am trying to show off my travels. It is that I believe, as a citizen of the Earth, it is my priviledge to explore every corner of this planet (I sound like as if I am an alien or something lol).

So, when did the travel bug bite me? It actually bit me after I finished my A Levels. I didnt want to come back to Brunei at that time because I was worried that my grades did not meet the requirements, and I might have to wait for Clearing. So I wanted to be physically in the UK when the results were out. That means I had nothing to do in July and August.

One of my family friends suggested that I could travel. Travel? Alone? Are you crazy!!!!

Then she said if I was worried, I could try out the UK first. So hesistantly I bought an 8-day couch pass. 1st stop - Nottingham as I like the legend of Robin Hood. Then I was homesick after 1 day. Went back to London again, then took a night coach to Edinburgh, Scotland. Due to the Military Tatoo in Edinburgh, all accommodation was fully booked, so I had to stay in a hostel and shared with other travellers in the same room. After that, I was hooked!

My future travel plans are as follows:

September 2008 - Paris, Luxembourg, Germany, Qatar and Dubai

Decemebr 2008 - KL, UK (Prague, Tunisia - unconfirmed)

March 2009 - KL and Hanoi (Vietnam)

June 2009 unconfirmed - Copenhagen (Denmark), Iceland, Greenland