Tips

Marina shares her best hacks and tips on how to stay fit and healthy while jet-setting from city to city.

Travelling can be the best teacher you’d get in life. GaMei Chin shares valuable tips and lessons learnt on staying healthy while travelling in India...

Diwali, or Deepavali as it is also more commonly known in Malaysia, is one of the most significant festivals in Indian culture and for Hindus the world over...

This year has been extraordinary for me in that I’ve made so many long-distance time-zone crossing trips over very short periods of time, both planned and unplanned. While generally I enjoy long plane flights for their insulation against earth-bound work and irritations, it does mean that I also have to suffer that inevitable side-effect: Jet…

What I am talking about are the physical effects of travel, when your body starts behaving as if it belongs to another person entirely. This happens when...

No matter how tempting a discount looks or how much you'll be saving, however, there are other things you should consider beyond the price point.

As a person who does not own a driving license and has a taste of wanderlust, I know how frustrating it can be to want to see things in and around Kuala Lump...

Discover the heart of Malaysia through its language. Learn essential phrases and cultural tips for a more enriching travel experience.

Here’s the thing about Ipoh: if you’re looking for hustle and bustle, you won’t find it there. Which is precisely why a day trip to Ipoh is a perfect respite to the mad frenetic pace of Kuala Lumpur.

As a solo traveller, one of my priorities when I land in a new destination is to get out and make some friends.

Many travellers share how travelling has taught them this and that, how they've become better at adapting to new environment, how they've learnt to...

Armed with these tips and tricks, you can plan the next trip, pack away and have a fab time exploring the world with your little one!

You're a travelling musician hungry for new experiences, a new scene and a fresh audience. So why choose Malaysia? Well on a short visit last year, I was fortunate to discover that there is indeed a healthy music scene in Kuala Lumpur.

In an age where buying a plane ticket can be done on a whim with a click of a mouse, it is tempting to just buy tickets during those travel fairs and online sales.

Let's face it - packing for trips can be stressful. That is why many put it off until the very last minute only to regret it later.

After a string of unsavoury experiences, I’ve learned that public transportation really comes with its warnings.

When you’re travelling for work, easy access to the Internet is essential. How do you do that in Kuala Lumpur?

Yes, language barrier can be daunting, but sometimes it’s better to be lost in translation than sitting at home admiring at your friend’s travel photos on Facebook.

When it comes to creature comforts, I would list toiletries as essential companions wherever I go.

No Miss Nice or Miss Trusting when you are in a foreign land alone. If you have been known to be an overly trusting person, stop that. If you are a helpless naive, maybe solo travel isn’t for you.

Nothing gets my pulse racing faster than the sound of a train whistle. I may not know where the train is headed, but knowing that it’s nearby and about to leave soon for wherever gets me excited.

When you think about it, it makes sense people are far more afraid of being in an aircraft than say, driving a car.

There is a reason why travellers never want to stop travelling. It’s the same reason why college kids go on Gap Years and why frustrated working adults quit their jobs and spend all their savings on flight tickets.

Sometimes it's difficult to communicate when we're travelling and we don't speak the local language. How do we ask where the toilet is? How do we order