This article was first published on 29 December 2019; updated on 4 January 2026. After two weeks from my second Indochina tour, I visited three more countries – Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia’s Bintan. If you want to visit six countries for two weeks to a month, I suggest the following route – Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia – so …
This article was first published on 28 December 2019; updated on 4 January 2026. Malaysia tour was tiring, but worth it! Now, Singapore was the next stop of my third #SEAtour, plus our five-day Asia-Pacific train-the-trainers training! We traveled for around five hours from Kuala Lumpur to Beach Road via bus, with ticket prices starting …
This article was first published on 28 December 2019; updated on 3 January 2026. Before our Asia-Pacific train-the-trainers program in Singapore, I once rerouted my flight to Malaysia and began what became the first stop of my third #SEAtour. Five years later, in April 2025, I found myself returning—not as a solo drifter, but traveling …
This article was first published on 3 June 2018, 1:41PM PST; updated on 3 June 2019, 8:12PM PST and 8 July 2023, 2:05am PST. Hi, VoicePoints readers! It’s me again. I know you miss my #WhereIn series which features places and cuisine. I am changing the name of my travel corner. I now call it …
This article was first published on 2 June 2018, 9:40AM PST; updated on 2 June 2019, 3:04PM PST and 6 July 2023, 2:45AM PST. In 2018, I had a four-night stay in Bangkok as I attended an Asia-Pacific Conference on 22-24 May 2018. In 2019, I stayed in Bangkok for two days but I was …
This article was first published on 3 June 2018, 1:39PM PST; updated on 2 June 2019, 7:24AM PST and 5 July 2023 4:08AM PST. Welcome to the first stop of the first series of my Indochina tour – Vietnam. I went to Vietnam for a vacation in May 2018. I went back in 2019 for …
This article was first published on 3 June 2018, 9:23 PST; updated on 2 June 2019, 14:02 PST and 3 July 2023, 2:22 PST. I experienced going to Cambodia from both Thailand and Vietnam. In 2018, I booked a seat through Busbud. TravelMart BangKok Co, Ltd. took us to Siem Reap through a VIP bus. TravelMart …
Last stop of my third #SEAtour is one of the islands of Indonesia, Bintan! With one hour time difference with Singapore, Bintan is just 45-50-minute trip by motorised catamaran. At 7 a.m., left Orchard Hotel to catch ferry trip to Bintan Lagoon Resort in Tanah Merah. Still the same, immigration process in Tanah Merah is …