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| Page Views: 27,754 | Time To Travel - Where In The World Next? by mizzzthanggg - last update: Oct 20, 2009 |
Thalam, Privyet & Hello | with my friend Burcak, Grand Stadium at Ephesus |
Welcome to my homepage! You can find out a bit more about me & my travels here. I'm not very good at updating tips since I travel a bit more frequently than I can sort out my photos & thoughts but if you think I can help you with something, feel free to drop me an email :) |
| "tomb raiding" - ta prohm, siem reap, cambodia |
|  | Wanderings & Ponderings Some of my favourite types of holidays:
*Tomb raiding!* e.g. Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm & Bayon, Siem Reap; Borobudur & Prambanam, Jogjakarta; Ajantha & Ellora, Aurangabad; Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. Because sometimes the inner stuntwoman is bursting to come out and u just wanna be Lara Croft!
*Island hopping!* e.g. Koh Lipe, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao, Pulau Perhentian, Ibiza & Formentara - Because sometimes u just want to do NOTHING at all, u just need a sarong, a hammock and a good book.
*Diving diving diving!* e.g. Surin/Similan, Koh Tao, Sipadan/Mabul/Kapalai, Byron Bay, etc. etc. etc. Because sometimes u just want to float around, breathe compressed air and see amazing creatures up close and in yr face mask!
*City sighting!* e.g. Verona, Firenze, Milano, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Brugge, Vienna, Melbourne, Sydney, NYC... too many to mention! Because girls will be girls and sometimes there's just nothing like a good wander through city streets and fabulous shops and pretend that u're Holly Golightly or Carrie Bradshaw ;)
*Cold places, warm faces!* e.g. skiing, snow, ice-skating, penguins, polars... Because sometimes u're just feeling too hot and need to cool down! On my permanent wishlist till it happens: An ice hotel stay and tour skating in Sweden/Norway. |
| View from our villa, Kima Bajo Resort, Manado |
| | My Travel Resume PAGES I HAVEN'T MANAGED TO SET UP OR UPDATE YET but again, if u want info on any of the following places, holler at me.
Oct 09
- Turkey: Istanbul
- Malaysia: Kluang, Johor - VTer Mirebella's wedding! Quite a few VTers in attendance :)
Sept 09
- Malaysia: Kuala Terengganu. Alor Gajah, Melaka
July 09
- Australia: Perth - finally met VTer willy_wonka who took us for a great mini-tour round Freomantle, but oof! was it really necessary to eat as much as we did, Anna!! ;)
June 09
- Turkey: Izmir and Ephesus
- Turkmenistan: Mary - homestay with friend's aunt, attended local wedding
May 09
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat & surrounds inc. Chuly and Kipchak
- Turkey: Istanbul - proper week-long stay in Sultanahmet
Feb 09
- Japan: Niseko and Kyoto. Skiing! And finally saw real life geishas... beautiful they are
Dec 08
- Indonesia: Manado and Bunaken Island, Sulawesi. Diving and a great trek in the Tangkoko National Park to find the smallest primates in the world, the Tarsiers (real life Gremlins!)
Nov 08
- Ashgabat-Bangkok-KL-Frankfurt-Baku-Ashgabat... 6 airports in a week... not fun anymore.
Oct 08
- KL-Ashgabat... and many stops in between. It's all getting to be a blur...
Sep 08
- Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Madinah & Mecca for mini-pilgrimage... the Holy City is undergoing major renovations to upgrade the hotels and surrounding area of Masjidil-Haram to cope with ever increasing numbers of pilgrims.
Aug 08
- New Zealand: Methven, Mount Hutt and Christchurch. Fabulous skiing! Beautiful beautiful country and everywhere you go, you can see how easy it must've been to find locations to film Lord of the Rings... amazing landscapes
July 08
- Turkmenistan: Moved to Ashgabat officially
June 08
- Indonesia: Jakarta, Cibodas, Puncak & Bogor - another short weekend. very nice, lots of green parks and botanical gardens.
May 08
- Australia: Melbourne - met VTer Mirebella and future hubby!
- Turkey: Istanbul
- Germany: Frankfurt - nice catch-up with VTer Danielinz
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat - work work work
Apr 08
- Indonesia: Solo & Jogjakarta - nice to visit Borobudur again, but saddened at state of Prambanam after the earthquake :(
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat - work work work
Mar 08
- France: Paris
- Malaysia: Langkawi
- Czech Republic: Prague - a new favourite! and yes ok, did join a tour that took us to all the sites where they filmed Mission Impossible. had to be done i tell u :)
Feb 08
- Indonesia: Bali - girl's only island retreat for mum & me
- Japan: Hokkaido - best skiing ever
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
- Germany: Frankfurt
Jan 08
- South Africa: Cape Town - Long Street New Year's Eve!!
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
Dec 07
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
-Namibia: Windhoek, Etosha, Opuwo, Epupa, Uis, Twyfelfontein, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay - fantastic trip organised by VTer Edla |
| "Reading" the book of life in Ashgabat |
| | Nov 07
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
Oct 07
- Malaysia: Langkawi
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
Sept 07
- Saudi Arabia: Mecca/Medina/Jeddah
August 07
- China: Beijing - Pure Lotus is the BEST restaurant in the world
- Malaysia: Langkawi
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
July 07
- Germany: Frankfurt
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
June 07
- Hong Kong - Evolution Yoga Convention. Ohhmmazing ;)
May 07
- Vietnam: Hanoi - first time I met Bobby Chinn at the restaurant
- Thailand: Koh Bulon - a hidden, literally deserted island
March 07
- Malaysia: Tioman Island
Feb 07
- Australia: Hobart, Tasmania - wedding on Mount Wellington
- China: Beijing
Jan 07
- Indonesia: Jakarta and Bandung
Dec 06
- Vietnam:Hanoi, Halong Bay and Sapa
- Italy, Austria & Switzerland: Milan, Rome, Vatican City, Milan, Santa Cristina (skiing at the Dolomites!), Innsbrucke, Baden, Zurich, Luzern, Milan
Nov 06
- Malaysia: Fraser's Hill
Oct 06
- Thailand: Bangkok
- Malaysia: Langkawi
Aug/Sep 06
- Cambodia: Siem Reap more tomb raiding of lesser known temples, hot air balloon over Angkor Wat (at sunrise! zzzz...), cello concert at the Angkor Children's Hospital, Khmer massage... bliss
(see General Tips for a nutshell account)
June 06
- Thailand: Bangkok
- Malaysia: Pulau Perhentian Kecil
May 06
- Malaysia: Bukit Tinggi golf & goofing around
-Sudan: Khartoum & Port Sudan - work-trip filled with challenges i.e. sandstorms, heat, scary airports and museum guards
- Egypt: Cairo & surrounds Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, bellydancing on the Nile
April 06
- Thailand: Hin Daeng & Hin Muang - week-long liveaboard diving
- Malaysia: Pulau Pangkor - an amazing encounter with Pied Hornbills and Fraser's Hill - a v. English stay at Ye Olde Smokehouse |
| Ashgabat in the distance, Turkmenistan |
| | Based in Turkmenistan - since July 07 After a year & half of travelling back n forth almost monthly between Malaysia & Turkmenistan, I was finally transferred to our Ashgabat office and am now based here.
Definitely lots to say & tip about Turkmenistan, there's plenty going on behind the gleaming marble facades you see in the city. Did you know that Turkmenistan is one of the world's largest consumer of white Italian marble? Apparently they now have to import from elsewhere 'cos they need so much (this I found out from a Turkish guy though, so no guarantees on accuracy). Latest news is that they're soon going to add marble edgings to the roads in the capital. Swish!
I'm quite a slacker when it comes to tips, think I only have about 2 so far - General Tip - But someday my tips will come ;)
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| Group landing on T20, offshore Caspian Sea |
| | Feb 09 - In The Line Of Work One of my most memorable trips this year was a short offshore visit to our operations in the Caspian Sea. After 9 years of working in the industry I finally landed on a drilling rig and platform. Great fun, and pretty eye-opening. All the buzz and activity centered around a small hole in the ground hoping for it to spew out oil or gas in commercial quantities.
Weather was kinda foggy and daunting but we made it safely there and back. Something different than offshore visits back in Malaysia, being winter time we had to don immersion suits to fly in the helicopter to the different units and then on the units itself you had to change into coveralls and all the safety gear... but we got a kick out of it pretending we were on some space mission. |
| postcards on an office cabinet |
| | POSTCARD CENTRAL Like many other VTers, I am an avid collector of postcards too. Although I'm really not into these "cold calls" postcard sending for mere completion of collections and things like that. That aside if you would like to receive postcards from Malaysia, Turkmenistan or wherever I may travel next, send me an email and i'll send you one from somewhere!
Last but definitely not least, THANKS so much to all of you who've sent me postcards, can you spot yours on my cabinet here??? |
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V_Minx Tue Oct 27, 2009 20:01 UTC
Winnnie, Are you sure you want to call this Minxy fellow you friend? ;-) Just kidding. XOXO Vince | cokes Tue Oct 27, 2009 01:22 UTC
Hi Winnie , how are you? I`m back from my vacation , it was excellent as I was in Indonesia for 3 weeks and a few days in Dubai but it`s back to work :( | bijo69 Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:55 UTC
Hi Winnie, no...didn't make it to Kazakhstan yet. Got a new job now which means no holidays in the near future :(. Maybe next year though... | suvanki Fri Oct 23, 2009 20:56 UTC
Hi There! Thanks for visiting my Venice page and for your kind comments (and ratings?) Much appreciated!! Please come back and see more of 'My Venice'. Best Wishes, Sue x |
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