Category: SouthEast Asia

Asia, Indonesia, SouthEast Asia, Play

Borobudur: Amazing reliefs

Borobudur (Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦣꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦣꦸꦂ) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia. Borobudur is about 40km from the town of Yogyakarta, it is the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia, and also the world's largest Buddhist temple.

Asia, Stay, SouthEast Asia, Thailand

Jungle raft on River Kwai

This hotel is located at the upper reaches of ‘River Kwai’ (Khwae Yai River; Thai: แม่น้ำแควใหญ่), which is surrounded by brushy jungle, you need to take a speedboat to get there. The hotel is called ‘Jungle raft’ and is actually built on a raft, as its name suggests.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, Play

Death Railway: Song of poppies

The Burma Railway (Thai: ทางรถไฟสายมรณะ), also known as the Death Railway, is a railway between Thailand, and Burma, it is said that more than 100,000 people died during the construction of this railway. Hellfire Pass (ช่องเขาขาด) is noted for the harsh conditions and heavy loss of life.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, Play

Death Railway: Fire of hell

The Burma Railway (Thai: ทางรถไฟสายมรณะ), also known as the Death Railway, is a railway between Thailand, and Burma, built by the Empire of Japan from 1940–1944 to supply troops and weapons in the Burma campaign of World War II. For Choumeizai, Hellfire Pass (ช่องเขาขาด) is amongst the most impressive in the whole Burma Railway.

Asia, Northeast Asia, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, Play

Bridge on the River Kwai

‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ is a bridge located in Changwat Kanchanaburi (Thai: จังหวัดกาญจนบุรี), Thailand. The original name of Bridge on the River Kwai should be ‘Bridge 277’, which is part of the Siam–Burma Railway, now it becomes a popular tourist attraction due to fiction and movie.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Myanmar, Play

Market in Bagan Empire

Mani Sithu Market (Burmese: မဏိစည်သူဈေး) is located in Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့), Mandalay Region, Myanmar. The market is Nyaung-U's main market and is quite close to Shwezigon Pagoda (ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား), a local morning market rather than tourist market.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Myanmar, Play

The rest of Shwezigon Paya

Shwezigon Paya (Burmese: ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့), Myanmar. The pagoda has almost 1000 years of history and is deemed to be the prototype of Burmese stupas. Besides the golden stupa, there are many other things worth seeing.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Myanmar, Play

Shwezigon Paya: Mother of stupas

Shwezigon Paya (Burmese: ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့), Myanmar. The construction of the Shwezigon Paya began during the reign of King Anawrahta (အနော်ရထာ, 1044–1077), the founder of the Bagan (ပုဂံ) Empire, and was completed in 1102, during the reign of his son King Kyansittha (ကျန်စစ်သား). Shwezigon Paya is deemed to be the prototype of Burmese stupas.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Eat, Malaysia

Seafood Bak kut teh in Sandakan

Bak kut teh (Chinese: 肉骨茶) is a pork rib dish cooked in broth popularly served in Malaysia and Singapore, many people have eaten Bak kut teh before, how about seafood Bak kut teh? There are two restaurants in Nam Tung of Sandakan which serve this kind of different Bak kut teh.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Play, Malaysia

Seashore of Buli Sim Sim

Kampung Buli Sim Sim, is a water village on the coast of Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Kampung Buli Sim Sim is the origin of Sandakan, besides the delicious seafood, the scenery of the water village is also beautiful.

Asia, Indonesia, SouthEast Asia, Eat

Dirty duck of Jarkata

Bebek Bengil is a restaurant located in Jakarta, Indonesia. ‘Bebek’ in Indonesian means ‘duck’, while ‘Bengil’ means ‘dirty’, so ‘Bebek Bengil’ means ‘Dirty Duck’, it is not only the name of the restaurant, but also their signature dishes.

Asia, Bangkok, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, Eat

Michelin crab missile

Besides money, you really need some patience if you want to eat in this restaurant. This restaurant has already been famous even before the laureate of Michelin one star, since they won’t accept any reservation, you need to line up there on your own.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, Play

Maeklong’s umbrella pulldown market

The Maeklong Railway (Thai: ทางรถไฟสายแม่กลอง) stretches between Bangkok and Samut Songkhram (จังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม) in central Thailand. The railway became a famous tourist attraction for its route through the Maeklong Railway Market (แม่น้ำแม่กลอง).

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Play, Malaysia

Island of Sabah: Sapi

The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Tunku Abdul Rahman) is the first marine national park in Malaysia, it comprises a group of 5 islands including Sapi located offshore Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, and is a popular tourist attraction.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Play, Malaysia

Island of Sabah: Mamutik

The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Tunku Abdul Rahman) is the first marine national park in Malaysia, it comprises a group of 5 islands including Mamutik located offshore Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, and is a popular tourist attraction.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Brunei

Glitter of Brunei

Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque (Malay: Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien) is an Islamic mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is a famous tourist attraction of Brunei, and often considered as one of the most beautiful mosques in the Asia Pacific.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Brunei, Play

Metal spider under the sea

Brunei is a rich country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, it is a popular diving paradise and main oil producing country in Southeast Asia, so besides shipwrecks, it also had some abandoned oil rigs underwater.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Brunei, Play

Underwater spirit of Brunei

Brunei is a rich country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, it is a popular diving paradise in Southeast Asia, besides some colorful coral reefs, Brunei is also home to several shipwrecks, some of them can even date back to World War II.

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