by Marie Hernandez | Jul 8, 2015 | Hotel Reviews
The flight attendant opened the door and immediately I could smell the ocean! As I stepped onto the stairs leading to the tarmac and raised my face to the warm sun, the familiar and welcome feeling of peace a tropical island can offer washed over me and my stomach...
by Marie Hernandez | Jun 30, 2015 | Hotel Reviews
Telunas Resort (pronounced Telu-NAS) is located on its own private island 1.5 hours from Batam, Indonesia, 2.5 hours from Singapore. I’d heard of Telunas through one of their advertisements and was intrigued. To my knowledge there are no other resorts in the Singapore...
by Marie Hernandez | Jun 10, 2015 | Hotel Reviews
The sun bounces off glass smooth water as we lounge on a ferry in Singapore speeding towards Bintan, an island in the Riau Archipelago of Indonesia. The ride is 55 minutes and quite comfortable. We paid a bit more for the Emerald Class to afford us the luxury of...
by Marie Hernandez | Jun 9, 2015 | Hotel Reviews
Nongsa Batam is one of the 17,000 islands of Indonesia and located Northeast of Batam city. With miles of coastline, serene beaches, and natural tropical forests holiday possibilities are endless. Nongsa Point Marina & Resort is the door to Indonesia. With its...
by Marie Hernandez | May 5, 2015 | Hotel Reviews
With exquisite design and regal elegance, The Surin Phuket lies in the midst of a lush, emerald tropical hillside. Nestled along a powdered white sand cove on the Andaman Sea, the tranquil serenity is second to none. With its one and two bedroom hillside cottages and...
by Marie Hernandez | May 3, 2015 | Hotel Reviews
Since moving to Singapore, we’ve heard from many people about how fantastic Langkawi, Malaysia is. “Don’t leave South East Asia without visiting Langkawi” we’ve been told over and over. The flight is just over an hour so when deciding our first trip of 2014 it was...
