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Travel Photo: Annasaule, Innsbruck - Austria: |
November 19th, 2009
Location: Innsbruck - Austria
Photo: Annasaule
Annasaule, Innsbruck - Austria.
Travel Photo Gallery: Innsbruck Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: Luggage Limits: |
November 16th, 2009
Luggage Limits details baggage allowance information on all routes and ticket classes for over 60 airlines. Avoid expensive airline luggage fees by preparing before you go.
luggagelimits.com
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Travel Photo: Bogor Botanical Gardens, Bogor - Indonesia: |
November 12th, 2009
Location: Bogor - Indonesia
Photo: Bogor Botanical Gardens
Bogor Botanical Gardens in Bogor, Java - Indonesia.
Travel Photo Gallery: Bogor Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: Holiday Pad: |
November 10th, 2009
Holiday Pad is showcase of unusual, wonderful and downright weird ideas for a holiday.
holidaypad.net
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Travel Photo: St Martins Cathedral, Mainz - Germany: |
November 5th, 2009
Location: Mainz - Germany
Photo: St Martins Cathedral
St Martins Cathedral in Mainz, Germany.
Travel Photo Gallery: Mainz Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: UrbanRail.Net: |
November 3rd, 2009
UrbanRail.Net is a reference of urban railways worldwide. Includes information and maps on subways, tubes, undergrounds, U-Bahns, Metros and city railways worldwide.
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Travel videos on YouTube: |
November 1st, 2009
 I'm putting together a list of travel video channels on YouTube.
If you create travel videos or have a YouTube account for your travel website all you need to do is subscribe and friend my YouTube account: youtube.com/itravelnet.
I will soon be featuring a travel video here once a week so if you have an interesting travel video or know of one please contact me.
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Travel Photo: Kuta Beach Trees, Kuta Bali - Indonesia: |
October 29th, 2009
Location: Kuta, Bali - Indonesia
Photo: Kuta Beach Trees
Trees on Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia.
Travel Photo Gallery: Kuta Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: Whatsonwhen: |
October 27th, 2009
Worldwide events guide and travel inspiration.
whatsonwhen.com
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Travel Photo: Marseille Cathedral, Marseille - France: |
October 22nd, 2009
Location: Marseille - France
Photo: Marseille Cathedral
Marseille Cathedral in Marseille, France.
Travel Photo Gallery: Marseille Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: Dine With Locals: |
October 20th, 2009
Dine With Locals pair tourists with locals to meet and eat dinner in their home and exchange a bit of national culture. Experience a home cooked meal of authentic, local cuisine and a taste of local culture, or be a host and enjoy a night getting to know international people from around the world.
dinewithlocals.com
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Travel Photo: Big Buddha, Koh Samui - Thailand: |
October 15th, 2009
Location: Big Buddha, Koh Samui - Thailand
Photo: Big Buddha
Big Buddha in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Travel Photo Gallery: Big Buddha Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: Iglu Dorf: |
October 12th, 2009
Stay in an Iglu at the Iglu Dorf Igloo Villages in Switzerland, Andorra and Germany. You can sleep overnight or just visit the village. Igloo-Villages are open from 25th of December until April and bookings are available from mid October.
iglu-dorf.com
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Travel Photo: Piazza San Pietro Obelisk, St Peter's - Vatican City: |
October 8th, 2009
Location: St Peter's - Vatican City
Photo: Piazza San Pietro Obelisk
Piazza San Pietro Obelisk in the Vatican City.
Travel Photo Gallery: Vatican City Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: Points.com: |
October 5th, 2009
Points.com is a frequent flyer management site where you can track all of your reward points in one location.
points.com
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Travel Photo: Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech - Morocco: |
October 1st, 2009
Location: Marrakech - Morocco
Photo: Koutoubia Mosque
Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco.
Travel Photo Gallery: Marrakech Photo Gallery
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Featured Travel Site: Monastery Stays: |
September 28th, 2009
Monastery Stays is a booking service for monastery and convent accommodation in Italy. Accommodation is open to everyone and there are over 100 destinations to choose from.
monasterystays.com
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Travel Photo: Temple Cave Steps And Lord Muruga Statue, Batu Caves - Malaysia: |
September 24th, 2009
Location: Batu Caves - Malaysia
Photo: Temple Cave Steps And Lord Muruga Statue
Temple Cave Steps And Lord Muruga Statue at Batu Caves, Malaysia.
Travel Photo Gallery: Batu Caves Photo Gallery
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Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT): |
September 22nd, 2009
Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) is the budget airline terminal for Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
LCCT is on the other side of the runway of KLIA, so you can't walk between the two terminals. There is a shuttle bus that connects KLIA and LCCT if you intend to transfer to a low cost airline.
 LCCT to KLIA shuttle
LCCT Airlines
The biggest airline at the LCCT is the AirAsia group, with AirAsia, AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia and Thai AirAsia operating flights from here. Cebu Pacific and Tiger Airways also fly here.
 AirAsiaX on display
Internet
The LCC Terminal has free wifi.
 Free wifi
Eating
The terminal might be basic but there is plenty of eating options. There are restaurants, cafes and a basic supermarket inside the terminal, and another food court outside the terminal near the bus stop.
 Food Garden food court
 LCCT Supermarket
Getting There
The cheapest and easiest way to and from Kuala Lumpur is with the Skybus or Aerobus, which departs from the bus stop outside the terminal.
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Featured Travel Site: FreeToDo Travel Guides: |
September 21st, 2009
FreeToDo list free admission attractions, activites and events in UK and Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
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Travel Photo: Black Tower, Ceske Budejovice - Czech Republic: |
September 17th, 2009
Location: Ceske Budejovice - Czech Republic
Photo: Black Tower
Black Tower in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Travel Photo Gallery: Ceske Budejovice Photo Gallery
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Tune Hotels - The low-cost airline of budget hotels: |
September 16th, 2009
Tune Hotels.com is a budget hotel chain from Malaysia. This hotel group is connected to AirAsia, so it has a similar pay for what you use pricing system like a low cost airline. It is similar to easyHotel, which is related to easyJet.
 Tune Hotel - Kuala Lumpur
Just like a low cost airline, the price you pay depends on when you book the room. The earlier you book the cheaper the room will be. There are also the occasional crazy special offers such as rooms for 1 MYR. The best chance to get such a deal is by registering for the email newsletter.
I stayed at the Downtown KL. It's close to the Tuanku Monorail station, which terminates at KL Sentral LRT station for airport connections.
The rooms are clean and modern, and I was surprised at how much space was in the room. I had imagined it might have been a small box, like some kind of luxury flop house.
The beds are amazing as well. The beds are advertised as:
High quality King Coil spring matress beds with pillows, pillowcases, bed sheets and 250-thread count duvets.
After sleeping on some soggy guesthouse matresses I really noticed the quality here.
 Tune Hotel Bed
When booking your room you can select optional extras such as:
Air Conditioning
Towel Rental + Free Essentials toiletries kit
Wireless Internet Access
Breakfast
Hairdryers
and that old favourite of the low cost airlines: Travel insurance.
Each room has a ceiling fan, which I prefer over air conditioning anyway. I didn't buy any extras when I booked, but I did end up buying internet credit when I was there.
 Tune Hotel Bathroom
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Featured Travel Site: AirBnB: |
September 14th, 2009
AirBnB is an online marketplace that can turn your place into a B and B. Anything from a spare room to an entire apartment can be listed. You can set your own price and you can accept or decline each application.
For prospective lodgers, you can search for destinations and read user reviews of listed accommodation.
airbnb.com
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Travel Photo: Tea Plantations, Cameron Highlands - Malaysia: |
September 10th, 2009
Location: Cameron Highlands - Malaysia
Photo: Tea Plantations
Tea Plantations in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
Travel Photo Gallery: Cameron Highlands Photo Gallery
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How to get from Johor Bahru airport to Singapore: |
September 8th, 2009
Johor Bahru is the Malaysian city on the other side of the causeway from Singapore. It may look close on the map but getting from Johor Bahru Senai Airport to Singapore is time consuming.
Singapore does not allow a direct bus service as the government view Senai Airport as competition to their own airport.
Air Asia have a hub at Johor Bahru so if you want to go to Singapore it may work out considerably cheaper to fly to JB. A saving of a couple of hundred dollors on a flight makes it worthwhile for the time it takes to transfer from JB to Singapore.
 Air Asia at Johor Bahru Airport
How to get from Johor Bahru airport to Singapore
At Johor Bahru airport take the bus to Larkin Bus Station, which is the bus terminal in Johor Bahru. You can buy tickets for the bus in the arrivals hall. Tickets cost RM8 one-way and journey time is approximately 45 minutes.
At Larkin Bus Station get the Causeway Link Express Bus (look for the yellow bus). There are two services that run to Singapore:
1. CW1 Larkin Bus Terminal <--> Kranji MRT Station
2. CW2 Larkin Bus Terminal <--> Queen Street
 Causeway Link Bus
The Queen Street service is the most useful bus for visitors but you can get on either service to start with.
The bus then takes you to Johor Bahru Customs where you will alight to clear Malaysia customs.
Once you have cleared customs return to the bus park and get the next Causeway Link bus using the same ticket. This will take you across the causeway to the Woodlands Custom terminal in Singapore.
Once you have cleared customs in Singapore exit to the bus stop and get on the Causeway Link bus. This time you will need to get on the correct bus number (CW1 for Kranji MRT Station or CW2 for Queen Street).
By now you have two more stamps in your passport and the bus will take you straight to Queen St bus terminal.
All up you will need to allow for around three hours from arriving at Johor Bahru Airport to arriving at Queen Street Terminal in Singapore.
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