Travel Insurance: Everything You Need To Know

Blogged by @Lan
For Curios Traveller

The three-day Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival, held at the Central
Harbourfront, attracted over 4,500 athletes from 15 countries and regions.

Travel insurance aims to protect from potential hazards and financial losses. The dangers might range from little annoyances like missed connections and delayed luggage to more significant problems like injuries or serious sickness.

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Malaysian Dragon Boat Teams Return Home After Admirable Performance in Hong Kong

Blogged by @Lan
For Hong Kong Tourism Board

The three-day Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival, held at the Central
Harbourfront, attracted over 4,500 athletes from 15 countries and regions.

Malaysian dragon boat teams, Pacific West Dragon Boat and Pink Challengers came home bearing honours from the 2018 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival race. 2006 Champions Pacific West Dragon Boat and breast cancer survivors’ team, Pink Challengers returned to Hong Kong’s spectacular Victoria Harbour this year to challenge teams from around the globe in a fierce competition of teamwork, speed and determination.

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The Best Credit Cards for Your Vacation

Blogged by @Lan
For Curios Traveller

Vacations are a time to escape the daily routine and explore new destinations. But they can also be expensive, and choosing the right credit card is important to help you make the most of your trip. With so many credit cards available, knowing which one is right for you can be difficult. In this article, we'll take a look at some of the best credit cards to use for your next vacation.

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Malaysia Airlines Domestic Golden Lounge @ Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)

Written by @Lan
Photos by curiostraveller.com

Exclusive for Malaysia Airlines Premium passengers, Enrich Platinum and Gold members as well as OneWorld Emerald and Sapphire members, there are four Golden Lounge at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), namely: KLIA Satellite Platinum, KLIA Satellite Business, KLIA Regional and KLIA Domestic. While waiting for our flight, we were privileged to experience the best of Malaysia Airlines KLIA Domestic Golden Lounge.

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Ipoh Mural Art Trail : Ipoh @ Perak Malaysia

Written by @Joehairie
Photos by curiostraveller.com & credited source

Apart from Penang, Ipoh is a city in Perak, Malaysia that is well-known for its Street-Art or Mural Art. If you feel like locating each of that mural, you need to know that there are two kinds of Mural; one is by Ernest Zacharevic and bunch of new paintings that were created by other artists. The recent Ipoh Mural Art Trail Map produced by Ipoh Tourist Information Center (ITIC) concentrates on Zacharevic’s work. Do note that other paintings (non Zacharevic’s) are located either in the Old Town or New Town. This article is about the paintings that we’ve discovered in the Old Town side.

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Dinner In The Sky @ Kuala Lumpur Malaysia : Our Priceless Experience

Written by @joehairie
Photos by curiostraveller.com

Believe it or not, it’s our 2nd Dinner in The Sky. Twice in 2017. Why? Because it’s one unusual dinner experience, as listed by Forbes and whatever that is unusual, count us in. We are big fans of Dinner In The Sky. We’re both are in between ‘addicted’ and ‘scared’ to heights, so tell us the current location of Malaysia’s Dinner In The Sky and we will be there! Our first experience was in Kota Kinabalu and this time around in Kuala Lumpur, specifically Bukit Bintang.

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Langkawi SkyCab and SkyBridge : Our Experience

Written by @Joehairie
Photos by curiostraveller.com & credited source

An engineering marvel that offers unique experience, ascending over 550 millions old rock while at times gives riders that thrilling moments, SkyCab Langkawi is the steepest cable ride on earth! Mobilizing nervous but excited riders to the Top Station, where the SkyBridge awaits curious visitors, Langkawi SkyCab is indeed the best thing to do if you are in Langkawi. TripAdvisor community ranked this particular SkyCab at #1 out of 97 attractions in Langkawi Island. This is our experience at both SkyCab and SkyBridge.

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Adya Hotel Langkawi : Our experience at the best Hotel in Langkawi, Malaysia

Written by @Joehairie
Photos by curiostraveller.com

1997 was the year that we last visited Langkawi, Malaysia. 20 years later we had the opportunity to re-visit Langkawi and much to our surprise, Langkawi has changed. There are more Hotels, Resorts and eateries in comparison to what we saw 20 years ago. Perhaps, the curse of Mahsuri was true after all. It was in 1987 that her curse ended and that brought prosperity to this Island. Development is evident in Langkawi and we ‘saw’ that from the balcony of our room in Adya Hotel Langkawi.

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Viral Sensation The Sacred Riana Crowned Winner of Asia’s Got Talent Season 2 on AXN

Blogged by @joehairie
For Sony Pictures Television Network Asia, AXN Asia & Asia’s Got Talent

SINGAPORE (December 14, 2017) Asia is spooked: After 10 riveting weeks and hundreds of acts from 15 countries, Asia has voted ‘possessed’ Indonesian illusionist The Sacred Riana as the winner of Asia’s Got Talent Season 2 on AXN.

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Malaysia’s Mafarikha made it into Asia’s Got Talent (Season 2) Semi-Finals!

Blogged by @joehairie
For Sony Pictures Television Network Asia, AXN Asia & Asia’s Got Talent

KUALA LUMPUR (November 17, 2017) Mafarikha (#AGTVote10) received a standing ovation from the audience when she belted out the classic Mariah Carey’s “Hero”. Mafarikha sees Asia’s Got Talent as her second chance to launch her singing career so the stakes are extremely high.

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The Story of Cassava (Part 2) : Getting the most from Boiled Cassava leaves

Written by @joehairie and @Lan
(Photos by curiostraveller.com)

The 3rd harvest was on April 1, 2017. It was that harvest that produced the biggest cassava and in many quantity. The trees were mature enough and someone asked us to get the leaves as well. This entry is about that cassava leaves, describing ways to get the most from that produce. The focus is the health benefits especially when it comes to consuming the leaves, cooked (and we are going to show the steps in cooking it), of course!

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Gong Gong, Tung Fung Lo, Conch, Laevistrombus Canarium or whatever name you have for it, it’s absolutely delish!

Written by @joehairie
(Photos by curiostraveller.com)

Introducing the Asian version of French’s Escargot. This is Gong Gong, some named it as Tung Fung Lo. The scientific name is Laevistrombus Canarium and the western named it as Conch or rather Dog Conch. The difference between Escargot and Gong Gong? The latter comes from sea. Generally it’s a type of seafood, not something that you pick-up from your own garden. The shell is yellowish-brown in color, with quite thick outer lip. For its ornamental value, people do use the shells as decorations or sort of. It’s absolutely delish or delicious if you prefer and Sabahans are blessed as the supply of Conch, unlimited.

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Hotel Review : Hyatt Regency Kinabalu – The Interior and Exterior

Written by @Lan & Edited by @joehairie
(Photos by curiostraveller.com team members)

Being a business hotel, Hyatt Regency Kinabalu is undeniably one of the leading 5 Star hotels in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Offering premium hotel products to business and even casual travelers, Hyatt Regency Kinabalu has 288 rooms which include the spacious Presidential Suite on the 14th floor. Guests staying in Club Floors will have access to the elegant Regency Club Lounge that offers privileged experience. Location wise, it is located in the prime area of the city thus giving guests access to many important places, from shopping malls to major financial institutions, Segama Waterfront and on Sundays, the weekly held Gaya Street Market is just few blocks away.

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The Colors Of Filipino Market @ Kota Kinabalu


(Photos by @joehairie)

Every city in this world has its own market that attracts both the locals and tourists. Kota Kinabalu has its own market as well, yup, right in the middle of the city, facing the sea. The market area is quite big actually and the locals named it as Pasar Besar (Central Market), Pasar Ikan (Fish Market-behind the Central Market) and Pasar Filipino (Consist of Salted Fish Market, Fruits Market, Handicraft Market, Vegetables Market, Fish Market and Cooked Food Stalls). For the benefit of future travelers to Kota Kinabalu, I did one big round of the Filipino Market, took some photos and wrote some notes. I went home after that and started drafing this entry so that it can be posted, which in the end will enable foreign visitors to navigate themselves around the market easily.

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