http://www.thelittleglobe.com Unoccasional travels from occasional travellers Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:28:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since the first article on this site was simply a brief one about the town, I should write a little bit more about it. I visit Taiping quite frequently, so let me try to put together some information which is hopefully helpful to interested travellers. No visitor leaves without visiting the ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/malaysia/taiping-2/29/ Bukit tinggi (Berjaya Hills, what it's now called) is a themed hill resort just less than an hour drive out of the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. It's an easy and cheerful getaway for the city dwellers because it's cool (more than 2500 feet above the sea level) and surrounded by ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/malaysia/bukit-tinggi/28/ I have been to Brussels a few times before but never really did visit the city. Neither did I spend more than a couple of hours in the city previously, as it was always a place for transit. This trip, though meant to come here to catch the plane to ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/belgium/brussels/26/ Interlaken means “in between lakes”; the town is located between Lake Brienz and Lake Thun. Interlaken is famous amongst tourists from all around. The town itself has simple appearance but to be compromised by the snow-capped mountains around it. Travelling up to Jungfraujoch was my main purpose of coming to Interlaken. ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/switzerland/interlaken-jungfraujoch/25/ Paris to Annecy in less than four hours, TGV is impressive. That made it possible to visit a friend of mine in Annecy for the weekend. After meeting up with my friend at the train station, we grabbed some croissants from a shop for breakfast and dicussed where to visit ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/france/annecy/24/ Chamonix was the host for the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924. This French Alpine town is one of the most popular winter destinations in the country. During the weekend trip to Annecy, I had a chance to visit this charming ski resort for a day trip. It is located very ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/france/chamonix/23/ Basel is Switzerland’s second largest city, situated on the bank of the River Rhine with its city boundary interestingly stretching to the French and German frontiers. We spent two nights there, making Basel as the base to visit Freiburg (40 minutes by train) in Germany and Montreux. Having actually spent only ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/switzerland/basel/22/ After seeing two enchanting historic villages, Caerleon and Solva, we continued our journey to yet another delightful one, St. David's (Tŷddewi in Welsh). The city (Queen Elizabeth II conferred city status in 1995 because of the presence of the cathedral) was founded by St. David himself, the patron saint of ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/wales/st-davids/21/ We rented a car for the weekend to drive along the southern coast of Wales visiting Caerleon, Solva and St David's. The reason to stop by Caerleon was to check out the Roman Amphitheatre. This quiet little toen beside the River Usk was the site of a Roman Legionary Fortress and ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/wales/caerleon/20/ Using Basel as the base, we traveled to Montreux by catching one of the early morning trains. The train ride between the banks of the River Rhine and Lake Geneva in the Swiss Riviera offered magnificent view. What was just not complimenting the scenic ride was the rain, that was ... http://www.thelittleglobe.com/switzerland/montreux/19/