Tag Archives: TripAdvisor

Let’s Begin Again, 2024

02 Tue Jan 2024

Posted by in from the deck

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hey, it has been way too long since I last published a post. I do not intentionally celebrate each beginning of the year in big ways like most people do, nor do I wish anyone “Happy New Year”, other than in the form of a reply to the said wish. I do not have New Year’s resolutions as well as I did not see the need for this. I do set goals, but the cut-off time for fresh new ones was never the ending of the calendar year nor the kick-off time commencing from the new year. This time around, though, so much had happened for the past couple of years, I decided to start a 5-year plan. Hopefully, God will be on my side as he always has. 1 thing remains the same, I plan to keep travelling and feeding food to my soul. 2024, hopefully, we will see more posts on my travels and travel related materials here. For a start, here’s a little something from Seoul.

Busan, Winter 2017, February

19 Sun Feb 2017

Posted by in from the deck

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , ,

  1. View of Busan from the Hwangnyeongsan Mountain
  2. Gumcheon Cultural Village
  3. View of Gwangandaegyo from Gwangalli Beach
  4. Skyscrapers view from The Bay, Haeundae
  5. Beomeosa Temple
  6. View of Songdo Beach and Songdo Beach Skywalk
  7. View of Busan from Nurimaru
  8.  View from Nurimaru APEC House

All photos were taken using the LG V20.

Busan, Republic of South Korea

15 Sun Jun 2014

Posted by in from the deck

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

In my previous post, I did say I will write on my trips, places I had been to and reviewed for TripAdvisor.

I have decided to write about Busan as I can still feel how much I loved it there. The feelings that are attached to the memories are still rather strong. I do not just remember loving it there, I can still feel it in my heart. Thus far, of all the places I had been to, Busan attracted me the most. Perhaps the attraction spawned from my liking of Korean dramas and that I learnt basic Korean language. Perhaps it was all because of the amount of love I have for … keep guessing, some of you may just get it right 🙂

Before my trip, I browsed through suggestions by TripAdvisor and Korea Tourism Organisation websites for places I should visit. Since I was travelling alone, information readily available from these two websites were really useful. My advise, be prepared before travelling. Yes, spontaneity is fun but a certain level of preparation will be good. I do not plan a day by day itinerary for my trips but I would have a list of places of interest I wish to visit and the list has the tendency and flexibility to change when I get to the destination. There should be a balance between spontaneity and proper planning and we call it flexibility.

So, now, to Busan. It is a modern city big enough that it can take an hour travelling via the subways from one side to the other side of Busan. Imagine how much you can choose from, to see, to experience. Some of the places of interest I visited include the Yongdusan Park, where the  Busan Tower is located, BIFF Square, Gwangbokro Street, Busan Modern History Museum, which I lost track of time at, Haeundae Beach and its surrounding area. My reviews can be found here -》TripAdvisor-Gina-Busan  There are about 20 reviews of different things.

For the feast for your eyes, here are some photographs I took.

image

The Busan Tower at Yongdusan Park

image

The view from the observation deck of the Busan Tower

image

Haeundae Beach

image

Gwangan Bridge

TripAdvisor – An Honour

06 Fri Jun 2014

Posted by in from the deck

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

,

Who has not heard of TripAdvisor? No? I do not know what to say to that …

I have tried a number of similar sources of travel assistance and I always go back to TripAdvisor. The most reliable, in my opinion, thus far. Granted, nothing is perfect. It has it flaws but this is where contribution from the members are important. For example, I stayed at a lodge which was not listed on TripAdvisor but recommended by Booking.com. It was located at a very if not the most strategic location, surrounded by the places of interest, mostly if not all, within walking distance (I tend to walk a lot when travelling alone). Being a reliable source of information that it is, it quickly adopted advice and recommendations made by its members. As a Senior Contributor and selected Asia-Pacific Insighter, it was not difficult to recommend to TripAdvisor to include new “items”. Now, the lodge that I stayed for almost a week for is in the list.

Anyhow, the introduction above is meant to thank Trip Advisor for all the assistance they have provided and the honour of selecting me as the Asia-Pacific Insigther. In that honour too, I was recently congratulated by TripAdvisor for being the top 3% reviewer in Kuala Lumpur. I would say that although it is not perfect (as most things are), it is by far one of the most reliable sources of travel information. In this honour, I have decided to do a weekly post on the places (be it eateries or attractions) that I have reviewed. Follow the link if you wish to visit TripAdvisor ->  http://www.tripadvisor.com.my/

Until then, have a good weekend.

Top 3% Reviewer in KL with over 22k readers

Top 3% Reviewer in KL with over 22k readers