Best Penang Temples---Thai Penang Temple

7 Most Beautiful Temples of Penang, Malaysia, & Other Hidden Gems Worth Exploring

The many and absolutely magnificent Penang temples are all gathered on a tiny piece of land, northwest coast of Malaysia. These famous temples of Penang are remarkable examples of an extremely diverse religious legacy, and are magically surrounded by lush gardens, colourful heritage houses and white-sand beaches.

The main settlement on the island is the UNESCO-listed George Town.

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Best Restaurants in Palermo: Where to Eat Mouth-Watering Sicilian Food in 2023

A short, but completely useful guide of some pretty good restaurants in Palermo, which I’ve (fearlessly) tried out while visiting Sicilia during summer.

If you plan to travel to Palermo in the nearby future, you should know that one of the most popular touristy things to do in this part of the world, except wandering around on the old streets of the awfully charming city, is tasting over and over the Sicilian food.

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Booked & Loved: 3 Bali Tours & Day Trips From Ubud With a Private Driver

Dreamy Bali tours, day trips from Ubud, with the comfort of hiring a local driver, are a rare insight into most secluded corners of a Hindu fairyland. Surrounded by the wild-emerald waters of the Indian Ocean, the Island of Gods is a tropical paradise, shattering all barriers for art intricacy and natural wonders.


Exploring Bali on your own, with a rented car or by using the so popular motorbike, can be a freedom and excitement-filled adventure. Especially for the skilled ones. But Bali tours with private drivers are also a genuine and affordable way of understanding the local culture of this  heaven-made Indonesian destination.

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Wish I’d Jungle Cruise Like They Do It in the Movies

There was a time of pandemic when travel wasn’t at its best and jungle cruises were starting to be deeply missed.

Then, and just then, Emily Blunt, as Lily, the brave botanist, decided  to hire the most awkward skipper (played by, the one and only, Dwayne Johnson), take a crumbling steamboat and  go down the mighty Amazon in a journey of exploring its hidden depths. And heights.

And I went to watch. Because cinemas were missed too.


A 20st century botanist, Dr. Lily Houghton, leaves London for an Amazonian adventure with the thought of changing the future of medicine. Her mind is set to find, at any costs, the ancient tree of Lagrimas de Cristal, whose petals have the power to heal almost any disease in the world.

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