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I'm very very sad to hear about this new. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International released that tiger, Asian rhinoceros, elephant, a red and pink jewel-like coral species, Corallium borneense and orang utan are included in as most endangered species in the world.
Among the main reasons for their extinct are poaching, illegal trade, loss of habitat, forest conversion, over-harvesting and the destruction of entire colonies by bottom trawlers and dredges.
All these are caused by human, which is us. Thus, we can change this. Stop buying these animal as pets or for their horn or for their meat. We need to make that our children will be able to see these animals. What will left to them in the future?
There has been so much complaints about taxi driver in Malaysia especially in Kuala Lumpur. It is number 2 top complaint that we received so far. Therefore, I would like to give 5 basic tips of how to avoid these kind of taxi driver:
Never talk to the touts when you arrive at KLIA. There are plenty of touts that come and approach you. Excuse yourself nicely and go straight to taxi counter to buy the ticket or you can opt for KLIA express for RM35 each way.
Never take the taxi that is waiting at the taxi stop especially at top tourist spots. Find a good spot beside of the road to stop a taxi. Taxi driver earn when they move around to pick passenger but not waiting for passenger. They are willing to wait in order to charge higher.
Always ask the taxi driver to use the meter. If they refuse, just step out of the taxi and wait for another taxi. It is illegal to charge passenger without using the meter.
Before travel using taxi in KL, make sure you check with your map; how far is your destination so you can estimate your journey. You don't want the taxi driver take you in circle before send you to your destination. Rules of thumb, anywhere in KL must not exceed RM20.
All taxi drivers are compulsory to wear clean white shirt, tug in, clean taxi and display your picture, name and taxi number in front of the passenger seat. If you find it differently, just step out and wait for another taxi.
I hope these points will be able to guide you on how to avoid bad taxi driver. If you face any problem with the taxi driver, just write down the taxi number and send your complaint to our police station. They have special unit called Tourist Police to deal with this problem.
Special thank to Dosh Dosh for teaching me to be a better blogger.
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From Darren's group project, I stumbled upon one community project called 'Trusted Travel Blogs Network'. It is independent travel blogs that consistently publish high standards of posting and their content is not influenced by lasting or undisclosed affiliations with third parties.
Currently, there are 12 blogs listed in the networks which are:
Brave New Traveler - an online travel magazine unlike any other. They dedicated to publishing high quality content on the nature of travel in the 21st century.
Ellipses - Web journal that explores the "dark matter" between the issues that the blogger write about as a journalist.
Exposed Planet.com - a so-called photoblog, which is the visual variation of a blog
Eyeflare.com - blogging about traveling in respect of eco-friendly, health, safety and security.
GoBackpacking - share his experiences as a solo traveler including planning, strategies for saving, hopes and fears.
in my All Stars - it talk about 'experience traveling' whom people that enjoy spending their free time traveling and through their experiences gain new insights into the fantastically diverse world we live in.
Rambling Traveler - share her experiences and to recommend good websites and interesting books about travel.
The Daily Transit - this blog as a creative outlet for reflections on current global events, poems, short essays, music and book reviews - all rooted in the central theme of travel, both real and metaphysical.
Travel-Junkie.com - he is expert in diving; a PADI Divemaster on Koh Tao and as a Dive Instructor on Koh Lanta, Koh Samui and Gili Trawangan, Indonesia.
Ubertramp.com - he is a backpacker who relays his passion not only through the written word, but with endless preaching to likeminded individuals, folk he corners, and those too polite to walk away.
Vagabondish - a story of Mike, a lifelong travel addict, on a two year journey ’round the world
This is what my blog is all about. To provide latest information to travelers who plan to visit my country, Malaysia. I share the same vision as this network i.e. to publish high standard content consistently and not influenced by any affiliations with third parties. Browse through all the blogs above and you will noticed they are different. Fresh new topic, independent and reliable source of information.
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I stumbled upon a posting about Langkawi from a girl named Gitana. She was bred and born in Zurich on 28 February 1977 and have lived most of my life in a small town named Bulach which is in the 'Zurcher Unterland' in the northern part of Canton Zurich. I found her posting very real and sincere. She talked about her experience on recent visit to Langkawi.
"I arrived on Langkawi at around 11:30am after one of the worst ferry trips some people might have ever experienced. Half of the passengers if not more were vomitting because the sea was so choppy, and another few spewed up because they couldn't stand the smell. I was lucky, as I had taken a sea sickness tablet" she started.
"We booked ourselves into Gecko's, the only budget accommodation we've heard of, and not listed in any of the travel guides I have nor the accommodation brochure we were handed out at the ferry terminal on arrival. got myself a little A-frame wooden chalet with ensuite bathroom (note this is VERY simple...but ok) for 35RM a night" she recalled
"There's an Irish bar called Debby's Place which holds a loud welcoming ceremony everytime a new guest enters the premises, and does yummi pizzas for a reasonable price." she added
She went for island hopping; Dayang Bunting, Singa Besar and Beras Basah. She also went to the island's Art & Cultural Center to see how hand drawn Batik is made.
"I ended up buying a fairly big wall painting of sun flowers drawn on cotton which caught my eye as soon as I entered the gallery. It's just gorgeous! You have to come and see it once I figured out where to live!" she explained
She ended her post by "Long story cut short: Langkawi is a beautiful place!"
I'm very very sad to hear about this new. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International released that tiger, Asian rhinoceros, elephant, a red and pink jewel-like coral species, Corallium borneense and orang utan are included in as most endangered species in the world.
