air asia | Rebecca Saw

Hostel in Japan: Khaosan Tokyo Original, Asakusa Japan

Post author:Author RS
Post published:February 2, 2013
Post category:Accommodations Japan Travel
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Due to poor planning (or no planning at all), one of the days within the week I was at Asakusa area my hostel (Sakura) didn’t have any space so I had to move just for that one night. Well, not a problem I thought, it should be easy enough to get another hostel in the hostel infested area of Asakusa. Or so I thought.
As luck would have it, most of the affordable ones (meaning cheaper than 2500 Yen – RM120) are fully booked.

After much googling and surfing between hostelworld and other sites, I’m back on hostelworld and booked the cheapest available but pretty nearby one.

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Hostel in Japan: Sakura Hostel @ Asakusa, Japan

Post author:Author RS
Post published:January 31, 2013
Post category:Accommodations Japan Travel
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When I went to Japan last year, it was by stroke of luck that I got tickets from Data Tony himself on twitter. Happy with such a windfall, the worry of footing my own expenses and accommodation didn’t really hit me til I started researching online.

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Food in Nepal – Potatoes, rice, a lot of vegetables, bananas and surprisingly good pastries

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:January 28, 2013
Post category:Food
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I was part of Air Asia X media trip to Nepal earlier in November 2012 for the launch of their One Child One Laptop (OLPC) program with OLE. Throughout our 6D5N trip, we were very well fed and for our safety, health and convenience we only ate at hotels and mostly established restaurants. In fact we even complained that we didn’t sample enough of authentic Nepalese fare, and thus towards the end of our 6 days trip, our kind guides arranged for more Nepalese cuisine to be incorporated into our meals.

Upon landing on the 1st day, we were whisked quickly to a nearby Airport Hotel for lunch as we were already late for our journey to Chitwan.

Being in a big group, meal times were mostly buffet-style. I was pretty excited as this is our first meal in Nepal and I had anticipated authentic Nepalese fare. Unfortunately it wasn’t. Most of the dishes were very Chinese don’t you think?
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Japan 2012: AirAsia X Premium FlatBed, arrival at Haneda & bunking at the airport

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:November 14, 2012
Post category:Fun Japan Travel
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So I’m now at Day 4 of my Japan trip and I have updated on the side some posts about eating poisonous puffer fish, McD’s McGriddles breakfast, Kobe beef in Kobe Osaka and the best sushi I had in Sushi Dai, Tokyo. I’m slowly but surely finishing up my Japan Travelogue! 🙂

Today, I’m taking a step back and I’m going to share with you how I got to Japan; how I got my flight tickets and how the whole Japan adventure began!

Well I flew Air Asia of course. For those of you who saw my FB or Twitter – yes, I utilized the very same tickets Tan Sri Dr. Tony Fernandez kindly gave me. :DD

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