Honeymoon Endeavours!

Ever wanted to get away from work, go on a quick romance holiday with your loved one? Too far to venture out of town nor too near to head over and just bunk in? Fear not! I’m here to share my experiences near & far through my journey with my loved one and also recommendations by truly yours!

Redang, the good times

Going to Redang for the 2nd time and it’s a great spot for family, friends and lovers. Relaxing and enjoyable with all the fishies, corals, sand, sun & water!

Le Méridien, Kuala Lumpur

Yea, it’s near but it’s a 5-star hotel!!! Or 4-star?!?! Whatever, as long at it suits the occasion and the mood anything fits!
I booked this hotel through a certain website which I became a member of for free… Collection points for the selected hotels I manage to stay in and actually redeem them for free nights and etc… But I’m not there yet…

http://www.lemeridienkualalumpur.com/

I actually booked this hotel through this website StarWood Hotels. I must say, it’s not bad really. Besides the free membership, amazing offers and awesome customized member card, I get great services for being their member too… All without a cost of penny… Amazing!

The Legend Water Chalet, Port Dickson

Formerly known as “The Legend Water Chalets" in Port Dickson, however, recently they’re known as “Lexis Port Dickson”.

Firstly Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa

There’s a saying, there’s always a first for everything and this was the first outing that sparkled our romance further.

Join us in this never-ending continuously growing and on-going

Our Love Story

Trip to Zaanse Schans

Trip to Zaanse Schans

It is known that Zaanse Schans is the neighbourhood of Zaandam. It is near Zaandijk in the municipality of Zaanstad in the Netherlands of North Holland. Yes, I know... It's not a common name known to the world but NOW you know... It's one of the popular tourist attraction of the region to visit and experience an environment like never before. For those country lovers, this place has a collection of well-preserved historical windmills and not forgetting, houses. Zaanse Schans is also an Anchor Point of The European Route of Industrial Heritage aka "ERIH". How popular, you ask? Approx. 900k visitors every year!

The windmills were built since 1574 onwards. Of course, if you want to know more, please
>> CLICK HERE <<

This is a must see for foreigners. Here there are typical dutch houses in green & white with canals & windmills used for oil, mustard & wheat. The flowers are awesome and the street for shopping is breathtaking.


Shoes and wood carvings all hand crafted is amazingly astounding to just go window shopping through here! Would recommend this to those who love hand-crafted arts & craft!

Do drop by during the Spring or Summer season. It's best for viewing flowers and enjoy nature the real way!

Brought to you specially from Columnist of Ratianda (The Netherlands).

KLIA - Beijing, China (Day 1)

Day 1, 8th May 2010 - The beginning of the 8 Days 6 Nights (Beijing - Cheng De - Tian Jin) China Tour!

Today we met the tour group for the first time, from up to 10 different tour agencies, we were gathered by China Express Tours & Travels Sdn Bhd. Our local tour guide that will guide us to & fro throughout the whole tour is Perry. Very friendly and humble guy! Can't wait to book the next tour with Perry again... Two thumbs up!

Here ya go, pictures at the KLIA airport... Nothing special (lolx) but Perry assist us in going through all the airport procedures, staying there by our sides and again very friendly! Imagine taking care of a group that is unknown to one another of 31 participants! Well they did! Great experience and Perry has so much story to tell! I love listening to each and every one of them because it's full of wisdom and wonders! Makes me kinda eager to be a tour guide like him too hehe... ^^ (Ps. No, I'm not in love, I just admire him for who he is and what he does -nonetheless- Someone I can look up to)

Melaka River Cruise Experience with Sabrina

Day 2 : 18th December 2009 - Melaka River Cruise Experience
An experience on the Melaka River Cruise...

Melaka Zoo Experience with Sabrina

 Day 2 : 18th December 2009 - Zoo Melaka Experience
Nice experience at Zoo Melaka... Not to be missed...

Day 1 : Malacca Trip with Sabrina

Hey guys! It's me Sabrina, your blog editor for Ratianda Travels. I'll be bringing you through to experience a "free & easy"  holiday at Malacca with my family!

Day 1 : 16th December 2009

Left home at 10am. My bro-in-law drove us to Malacca  
(fyi, Malacca is his hometown)... 

Along the way when reaching Malacca, I spotted a few buildings and some exceptionally cool "sky / clouds "

(I love the sky / clouds)

Lunch : Ho G Food Trading (Restaurant)

We had lunch here and it was around 2pm at that time. No, we just arrived Melaka and looking for the first food on our menu! Chicken Rice Ball! Yummy~!  

 

(Sorry I'm not sure which location is this, too hungry to notice!)

After Lunch : Home Sweet Home

After filling up our tummy, we went to settle our bags in Melaka! Yay! Home sweet home~! Almost... We stayed at my bro-in-law's house (holidays and visiting only). We had to clean up around a lil' before we could actually settle in and then clean ourselves up... Because all the hotels were kinda fully booked and some are ridiculously overpriced. So why waste that kinda cash?! Luckily, we have my bro-in-law's own family home (hometown) to save the day! Thank You Raymond & family ^^ !
(Ps. I read Twilight -again!- the rest of the day before dinner)

Here's a sneak preview of ~home~...

Dinner Time : At Jalan Bunga Raya

We came here looking for fried "seafood" such as lala/balitong/oyster... We found out that the only seafood available here is "oyster"... Sad.... But we tried out the "Wan Tan Mee" next door while enjoying a packet of Fried Oyster... Y.U.M.M.Y!! I could hardly find "the" oyster but it definitely taste great! Even the Wan Tan Mee tastes great too! It's flavor is original and you don't taste much "Ajinomoto/Seasoning" like what we normally taste here and there in KL. To be honest, this "Wan Tan Mee" actually looks like the Sarawak Mee but it's not! Cool huh!

Night Time : Window Shopping along Jalan Bunga Raya
Yes, it is part of the plan, besides, there's like 3 or 4 shops around the corner that sells X'mas deco and it's very attracting and colorful! See for yourself!

The End of Day 1 - To be continued -