Island hopping 2008

Island number 1: Island/Nation of Singapore

2008-08-14T01:23:00.000-07:00

Singapore, is an island country located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At 707.1 km² (273.0 sq mi), Singapore is one of three remaining true city-states in the world. It is the smallest nation in Southeast Asia. For comparison, Davao city (Philippines) has a land area of 2,444 km2 (943.6 sq mi). That's more than thrice the size of this tiny but adorable country.

This will be my fifth visit in Singapore. Singapore never disappoint me even i am visiting the country every year. This year, my plan is to visit the Singapore Flyer

UPDATES COMING SOON- how to travel by bus: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to Singapore

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Island number 2: Phuket, Thailand

2008-08-12T21:38:00.001-07:00

Phuket island is located off the west coast of the southern part of Thailand in the Andaman Sea and is connected to Phang-nga province by Sarasin Bridge and Thep Krasattri Bridge. It is 862 km. away from Bangkok by road and one hour and 20 minutes by air.

Phuket is the largest island of Thailand, has an area of about 539 sq.km., about the same size as Singapore. The total land area of the province, including 39 small nearby islets, is about 570 sq.km.

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UPCOMING UPDATES: The cheapest way to fly from the Philippines to Phuket.
What's in what's out in Phuket
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Island number 3: Bintan, Indonesia

2008-08-11T21:05:00.000-07:00

Bintan is the largest of 3,200 islands in the Riau Archipelago, About twice the size of Singapore, and is located less than 40 kilometers, south from Singapore. Bintan has tropical forests and beautiful white beaches.

WATCH OUT: coming soon in this blog: Where to stay, where to go, what to do in Bintan

Hope you will be back soon....

Other Islands:

2008-08-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

My Bali travel May 2007 http://www.gilmemoriesofbali2.blogspot.com/

Borneo Island Travel (Kuching and Sarawak, Brunei) http://backdoorbakdur.blogspot.com/

Boracay Island, Philipines http://gil-boracay.blogspot.com/

How Cheap Is Cheap?

2008-08-10T19:35:00.000-07:00

Fare: Davao to Singapore: 1,700Php

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Travel is (still) cheap

2008-08-05T20:41:00.000-07:00

This is the ad that started it all...

After my travel in Bali last may 2007, I decided to divert a bit. This year, 2008, I decided to do some local travels. In the later parts of 2007 I explored few exotic, parts of Surigao. I went to the beautiful beaches and hidden heavenly waterfalls in Bislig, surigao sur and i did swim into the crystal clear waters of surigao province's world class white beaches. Not to mention my ulta-mega-maximum adventure in Boracay during the summerof '08.

But with this add, The traveller in me could not resist the temptation. literraly I drool and have palpitations. It's irresistible.