Casino route from Had Yai to Singapore

By: Asian trip wayfarer


This shop in Had Yai,The crossroad city, seem like just another tourist agency office like so many of them in Southern part of Thailand .But this one looked really show off their casino package to Resorts World Sentosa , a newly opened casino complex inclulded an Universal Studios theme park and Marine Life Park,on the island of Sentosa, off the southern coast of Singapore.You can see how many posters of this casino they put in front of the shop.



The Resorts World Sentosa belongs to Genting Group,the biggest casino company in this region and their main operation based in Malaysia. The group just use old connection in Had Yai,normally the main best for casino trip to Malaysia, to extended package tour to the newest casino in Singapore.




The poster said in Thai: "rewards your life with the new world discoveries" and "book here - Book now -Book today!" .

Although, gambling and casino is illegal in this land but the tour operation to get people to plays on another country is perfectly no wrong doing at all.






Below: Map of Central Haad Yai: Niphatuthit road 1-3 area. Travelers can find bus ticket to KL or Singapore around here too.(drag around to see English- the map is bi-lingual)


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Foreign exchange manipulating?

by: Asian trip wayfarer

It's Uncle Ho (Ho Chi Minh) for sure.But I found him in a rather totally difference place and context.


Weekend Night Bazzar in the historical town of Melaka, Malaysia always busy and many street shops sprung up and offered all kind of souvenirs for a horde of Singaporean tourists, ordering and bargaining around.Looking for something of sentimental value to hold on .



This shop got a pretty shrewdly or even deviously idea of foreign exchange manupulating. The Vietnamese banknote here is a 200 dong. I'm not sure what is the update rates now. But....Let say : 18000-19000 VN Dong is a US dollar. While ..about 3 Malaysian Riggit is a US dollar.

The price tag here is 4 Riggit!

You can do the Math. Even without any calculation , We can senses a sky high profit here... Nothing illegal ..just a strange souvenir with high price tag.


While in Vietnam,This banknote is an unfavorite for everyone .Still in circulation but the Dong devalue so much in the past 10 years so it's hard to use this small note. Even some beggar turns down this bank note.


And they trying to sell for 4 Riggit!

chicken rice teriyaki - Vietnamese tips

Vietnamese tips:

The following photo contains two important words in Vietnamese .These two words also quite useful for any western tourist travels to Vietnam .




Com : This is actually sound like "kerm" and not relates to anything about computer at all .



The 'com" here just means "cooked rice". The main staple food for many Asian communities.

Ga: (i have no Vietnamese input so this word show just Ga here) Ga means Chicken .


So "com ga" = rice chicken which means "chicken rice" in English . The teriyaki is the adopted japanese word which we already understand the meaning.


One thing... Do not confuse with "Ca" which means "fish"Be careful ....haha

A 1000 year discount chance for an air trip to Vietnam

by: Eastcode travel news

The Viet Nam News reported that Viet Nam Airlines will reduce the price tag of its international tickets by up to 85 per cent for bookings made from September 30 to October 10 for flights from October 15 to December 21 this year and April 1 to May 31 next year.



Well....This is look like a truly once in a 1000 years chance as the promotion said to celebrate Ha Noi's 1000th birthday on the October 10 this year.

more in formation can be found here at the Viet Nam Airlines site

Air Mekong

By: EastCode travel news

The Asian sky is opening up and a new private airline, Air Mekong,scheduled to be operational this October(2010) in Vietnam .

The new comer will operates about 25-30 daily domestic only flights from Ho Chi Minh City (Sai gon) in the South and Hanoi in the North to Danang, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, Dalat,Con Dao island, Buon Ma Thuot (in the central highland), Haiphong, Vinh. But the final list of destinations might have to be confirm again.



This is a new thing ,so not much in formation right now but you can check out for update on their web site: www.airmekong.vn

or the Call Centers:
04 - 37 188 199 (Hanoi)
08 - 38 463 666 (Ho Chi Minh City)



Air Mekong's Bombardier CRJ-900s painted with Sarus Crane, a mythic bird.(picture from Air Mekong)



The route map of Air Mekong.All are domestic flights only.