Any 'best' places? Where and why? Any particular reasons? Where would you avoid most and examples? Any experiences to share?
Serious answers please. I am using this for future references...
Thanks!
South East Asian countries are so full of culture and are so beautiful. I travelled extensively around this area during the i moved to the philippines for 5 years (im australian hehe) But yeah there was some beautiful places in the Philippines that truly stuck in my mind. There was this place called "Coco Grove Beach Resort"and i was awed at the size of the place and how few rooms there were and how beautiful...and cheap the place was! i stayed there for like 3 months instead of staying at the dorm hehe. Two things stay in your mind: how amazingly nice and professional the staff are..they like make it personal without over stepping the boundaries hehe...they remember everyones names and joke around and make u feel at home. it was so awesome. and its so beautiful too! like an island paradise...man im starting sound like an ad. hehe but it realy was great. i talked to so many other guests and they were all happy too =) its all by word of mouth and they always come back. if ya wanted to check it out ever, its on the island of Siquijor...and i think they have a website but i dont know it. oops lol but i think it might be like cocogrove.com.ph or something hehe like it was simple =D hope u i cud help! it truly was a great place
I have been eyeing on Taman Negara Forest Reserve Pahang for quite some time now. I am not much of a beach person, unless if the beach is still of its natural state, i would be interested. So i am now more into tropical greens. They have water/river rapid activities, mountain hiking etc. The best part is i heard that they really preserved the forest, something that i truly value. I would bring my son along so he could learn to preserve nature.
Dave, why were u so unlucky when u came to KL..Now u hate malaysia so much because of that knife-point incident. I hope that fellow is in jail for god sakes. Just to share with you all, i was at a gun-point in Manila at 2am when i came out of their Hard Rock Cafe. I refused to accept the drinks this guy sent to my table and later on refused to dance with him. He got really mad and waited for me outside the HRC. (yeah, very gentleman of him..) When i came out, he started screaming hysterically in a language i did not understand and pointed the gun on my forehead. The bouncers disappeared into thin air, i guess they were scared too. It was a good 30minutes of staring at the gun (was getting crossed eyed too by doing so) thinking he was going to create a hole on my forehead, i thought i would never survive to even have my last stick of cigarette. Then his friend came and tried to talk him out of it. Cut the story short, i am here today. Man, i was lucky.
I have travelled to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines in South East Asia and the most annoying vacation is that one in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when someone robbed me at knife point. From there, I stopped travelling to South East Asia. But the four countries are generally beautiful ....
depends what you're after, good food, exprienceing other cultures, scenery, safety, etc,etc... Southeast Asia offered the best deals for your money(usd, euro,yen)
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