Travelling can be an expensive affair, as I have recently discovered during my nine-day vacation in the Netherlands, especially coming from Malaysia where our currency, Malaysian Ringgit, is more than four times weaker than the Euro. Flying from Asia to Europe, I have already splurged on air tickets alone. Coupled with the summer season, it was ... continue reading »

Having spent nine days in the Netherlands recently, it was fascinating to see so many dogs being taken out by their owners in their daily course of life. Unlike in Malaysia where dog owners take time out of their day to walk their dogs first thing in the morning and as soon as they return home ... continue reading »

During my recent 9-day trip to the Netherlands, I spent a lot of time walking from place to place, mainly in The Hague, Rotterdam, and also the capital city, Amsterdam. I even bumped into a group of street revellers just before the friendly football match at Rotterdam's Stadion Feijenoord between Holland and Ghana on May ... continue reading »

Cycling is a way of life in the Netherlands. Prior to my 9-day trip to the country, I have never seen this many bicycles in my life. Not only are there too many to count, there are numerous types too. Observing the Dutch, I have a feeling that a bicycle is more a fashion accessory rather ... continue reading »

On a free day during the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, a special press programme was organised by The City of The Hague and yours truly, a travel blogger, was invited along too. On board the chartered Tall Ship Minerva, we sailed along the Scheveningen Coast for close to an hour, and another façade of The ... continue reading »

Built in the shape of a boat, Restaurant Catch by Simonis, opened for business since last year at the Marina Scheveningen, is one of three restaurants owned by the Simonis family. Among the three, this is a high class restaurant, as pointed out to me based on the liquor served here, and caters to the upper ... continue reading »

Holland, in general, is littered with sculptures. Some make sense to me, some don't, and only seem as though they were put together with scraps of metal and wood without meaning or vision. At least, not to me, particularly when there was no relevance between the sculpture and the building nearby. Yet, for a relatively small country, ... continue reading »