Phuket
Airasia free seats campaign for flights departing from next Summer and Autumn is now open for booking! This should be the 1st ever round of promotion for flights in the second half of year 2012, which means it’s the best chance for travelers to reserve their flights now since all flights and time during the period are available! Book your flights now until 25th September 2011 so you can grab those zero fare tickets and travel to various parts of Asia next year, from 3rd of May to 27th October 2012. Destinations on offer include Bangkok, Bali, Phuket, Guilin, Hanoi, Shenzen, Macao, Hong Kong, Bangalore, Siem Reap, Krabi and more. However, long haul flight destinations such as London, Tokyo, Melbourne, Beijing and Taiwan are not included.
Bear in mind that Free seats are for flight tickets only and you still need to pay for the incurred airport tax and the recently imposed fuel surchange. So all-in fares should start from RM35 but it’s still a steal of our money! You can also purchase other add-on such as checked in baggage, on board meals, travel insurance or Pick-a-seat at the same time, if you need to.
This is a surprise for me and is a good move from Airasia after the share swapping exercise recently that had both MAS and Airasia merged. It proved to its loyal customers that the Best Low Cost airline in the world is continuing to pursue their objectives in making “Anyone Can Fly” a reality, and had not been changed with the monopoly move that the market concerned earlier. Well, at least for now.
If you have planned your travel for next Summer and Autumn, this free seats campaign is no doubt a great reward for early planners. What I’m waiting to see now is whether their allied partner MAS will do anything to compete, or join, like the one that I booked my Beijing flights in March. But I doubt so… 
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The biggest satisfactions I got from my travel always came from local street foods that I managed to try. I’ve tried gelato in Italy, honey roasted peanuts in London, Vlaamse Frites in Amsterdam, Rojak in Bali, glass noodle in Phuket, and Macadamia nuts in Gold Coast, they are all fascinating! But what I fell head over heels in love most with while traveling is the local street snacks in China, the Chinese chestnut!
Chestnut is an edible nut encased in brown and hard pellicles that softened after cooked or roasted. China is the biggest producer of chestnut in the world where over 90% of the total chestnut outputs come from there. China chestnuts are sweet and considered by some to have the best taste of any chestnut variants. That is why you can see street stalls selling baked or roasted chestnut every town or city in China. I tried and fell for it immediately when I first visited ChenHuangMiao in Shanghai. They are honey sweet and freshly roasted in a big wok. It’s soft and best to be eaten when hot. I had to peel it off for the chestnut. But once started, I could stop but to finish the whole packet of 500g!
That was only the beginning. I bought packets after packets, city after city, from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, to Wuxi. Eventhough they are all from China, different region actually produces slight different variant of Chinese chestnut. Tianjin variant of Chinese chestnut is considered as the most tasty and popular variant due to its weather and geographical characteristics at the Northern hilly Yanshan Mountain where the Great Wall crossing over.
I was lucky enough to had found (actually told by the local people) Tianjin chestnut in Suzhou. “LiLiXiang” is the first shop in Suzhou selling Tianjin chestnut since 80 years ago and even local Chinese are queuing up every day for its mouth watering chestnuts! Selling for CNY19 per 600g, they are certainly worth your money spent. By far, it’s the best chestnut that I’ve ever tried. I’m now starting to miss them… when could I go back there again?
For those who are visiting China soon, make sure to try a paper bag full of roasted chestnut before telling people that you’ve been there! Tianjin chestnut surely is my favorite street snack in China. – Travel Feeder, your ultimate photo travel blog
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Guest Post by Travel Writer Bradley Fink
When I first visited Thailand in 2004, I had an epiphany. I realized that America is too stressful, that the culture there is whack, and that there are much better places to be. And so after a three week stint on Koh Phangan, I went home, sold my apartment, gave away everything I owned, and planned for my life in South East Asia. But before I had the chance to move, there was news of the tsunami. Images of the devastation inevitably changed my plans.
Instead I went to Argentina, then Europe and Africa. While I lived in odd and exotic places, I kept Thailand in mind. And so in 2008, after 4 years waiting, I finally made my way back.
In my travels I had often been told about the beauty of Phuket. In 2004, this is where the tsunami had done much of its damage. Four years later the island was rebuilt, and apart from Mediterranean Turkey and the north shores of Hawaii, I had never seen a better place. The weather, the palm trees, and the delicate beaches were more spectacular than I had imagined.
The most popular tourist spot on Phuket is obviously Patong Beach. Patong is known for its crowds, its resorts, and its thriving bars and nightlife. To avoid this scene, I travelled south to a beach known only as Nai Han. Nai Han is a small and quiet village at the southernmost tip of Phuket, and it sits on one of the most beautiful lagoons that I have ever seen.
Perched on a hill at one end of Nai Han is the The Royal Phuket Yacht Club. This is a swanky resort with a spa, fine-dining, and perhaps the island’s most romantic views. A room here can cost between $140 and $500 US dollars, but there are more affordable places to stay directly on the beach. At Ao Sane Bungalows, a simple beachfront room will cost less than $20 dollars.
While I stayed in Nai Han, most nights I ate at a local place called the Rum Jungle. The menu was an excellent fusion of Mediterranean and Thai cuisine. The seafood was fresh, the eggplant delicious, and the wine list was sufficient. If you ever make your way to Phuket, I recommend Nai Han. – Travel Feeder, your ultimate photo travel blog
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