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One iconic landmark around Arab Street/North Bridge road aside from the Sultan Mosque is Singapore ZamZam Restaurant and its neighbour Victory Restaurant. Both Indian Muslim restaurants serve affordable cooked food like the roti prata, fried noodles, biryani rice and the murtabak. It is the last item that both restaurants are actually famous for, the Singapore styled murtabak. This is slightly different from the regular type of murtabak which usually has its ingredients (of egg, onions and minced beef) on the outside of the prata-type dough instead of being wrapped within it. Anyway, the ZamZam Restaurant has actually spread its wings outside of Singapore, with an outlet in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you're ever been to ZamZam or Victory Restaurant along North Bridge Road you'd find people driving up in their cars and stopping right in front of the restaurant to order the murtabak. You don't even have to get out of your cars and the waiters from both restaurants will take your order. Usually it takes less than five minutes for the take away order to be ready as the restaurants are basically cooking the murtabak non-stop. This is quite a motoring experience that most take for granted as its like a McDonald's drive through window, but it's not. Its something closer to home and more traditional in nature. And so if you drove down to Kuala Lumpur and headed to Tunku Abdul Rahman Road (Jalan TAR in short) you will also see a ZamZam Restaurant (located close to the famed Coliseum Cafe along the same road

I'm looking for return ticket from Hongkong on 4th Oct 2011. However, Jetstar jetsaver light all SOLD OUT! So i was wondering can i purchase a single return ticket from any travel agency? My initial departure date will be on the 1st and return on 4th. Do they hold any Jetstar tickets? I don't want TIGER...

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Hi all, Sorry to be posting this over here. This is the only place I can think of to get ideas for practically anything. Anyway, I would like to check how do you book hotel room for Hong Kong via internet. If you have done so, how do you ensure that the booking is secured (Not cheated by some IT savvy buggers)... Secondly, what is good in Hong Kong? Suggested Hotel, food, restuarant, sight-seeing, etc. Thanks for all your valuable feedback. Regards

Hi, Would like to find out is there a need to buy annual travel insurance for frequent driving to Malaysia ?

I just want one speed warning and 1 speeding notice on the same road on 2 different dates. The speed limit on that road is only 50KM/H and these b------ds are hiding with speed cameras in the morning. There is no overhead bridge along that stretch so I have no idea where they are hiding. Just a warning to those travelling along that stretch of road in the morning.

-the Ipoh City Market Ipoh, the state capital of the state of Perak in Malaysia is a city located 200km from Kuala Lumpur. It is at least a good five and a half hours from Singapore if you intend to take a nice long drive from the Lion city. Popular opinion have stated that Ipoh is the ultimate place to retire to. There, everything moves at a pace slightly faster than a snail and it is peaceful, serene and even on a normal working day, things are pretty laidback. It is even more laid back than Perak's second largest town, Taiping as here the roads are wide and everything seems to be slightly better laid out than Taiping. Anyway, what makes a trip to Ipoh worth the drive then? The food I suppose, as everywhere you go there are shops selling famous Ipoh noodles and to a lesser extent Ipoh white coffee. But on another scale of things a motoring enthusiast may fancy something raw and rustic about Ipoh

Last week tuesday nite, my wife use online to buy travel insurance from our malaysia trip to genting and melaka from 4th sept - 7 sept. After submitting the form online, we received both SMS and email saying thanks for insuring with the company and our policy no. So with peace of mind we went to our holiday and came on sunday when my wife checked her email. During our stay in genting, the email from the insurance compnay say they cannot get payment from the credit company. So wife call them to clarify and found that all credit card submitted were correct and problem lie with the data entry clerk who keyed in the wrong date. So the question is, were we covered during our holiday when the email came saying unable to get payment? We did not access internet so unaware of the email during the holiday. My stand is we may not be covered during our holiday since there were cases where insurance company refuse to make a payout due to monthly premium not received even though there's a policy cert. And thus we were given a false sense of peace of mind during our holiday. Lucky nothing happed, but if accident were to happened and we need emergency evac, we can't afford to wait for the red tape of non-payment or legal argument during a life/death situation. The insurance company went ahead to deduct money from the credit card after keying the correct data. But I told my wife raise a dispute with our credit card company to reject payment to the insurance company. Anyone from the insurance industry wanna comment on the validity of our insurance during our holiday when the company did not receive our payment yet, due to their clerical mistake?

Was thinking of going Auckland for a 10 day motorhome travel...Anyone have done it before?? Please share your experience like the convenient and inconvenient of travelling by motorhome. Can we park the motorhome overnight at anywhere we like or it is only limited to motorhome park? How's the motorhome charges and motorhome park charges? As much info will be appreciated

Hi all, anyone received call from this Worldex coy? They claim that all u need to do is to attend their 1.5 hr talk and u can get free travel packages. Sounds like one of those timeshare things. Office is Rolex center....

Ever since the North-South Highway in Malaysia opened (officially) in 1994 almost everyone started using it in order to travel the whole length of Malaysia. The highway, also known as the PLUS Highway, has to date acted as the backbone of all Peninsular Malaysia road travel as it stretches all the way from Johor Bahru in the South and to Bukit Kayu Hitam at the North. This has enabled a lot of motorists to travel all the way from Johor/Singapore all the way to Thailand in around 8 hours or so instead of something like double the amount. However, while most have forgotten the old and trusty Federal Route 1 I have not, and off the beaten track is where we can see some gems along the way up North. I recently happened to be in and around Bagan Serai, Perak during the recent Eid ul Fitr (or 'Hari Raya Aidil Fitri' in Malay) celebrations. This is a small town located at the Northen end of Perak and about 45minutes from Penang, a favourite holiday destination for some of you readers. If you took the North South Highway, you would have to exit at the Kamunting/Taiping Utara exit and turn left (into Route 1) after making payment at the toll booth. A short 20 or so minute drive and you would end up in the small town of Bagan Serai. There is actually nothing much to see actually as it is a quaint small town. You would notice that the surrounding area is filled with padi fields, behind coconut trees and traditional Malay houses (most still built on stilts). The roads are lined on either sides with man made water channels or canals. These canals are quite a sight throughout the drive and lines Route 1 all the way from Simpang, Taiping all the way to Parit Buntar, located at the border of Perak and Penang. The roads around here are full of undulations and sometimes, pot holed as the soil is soft due to the water (and canals). So if you intend to drive up North and intend to use this old road, it would be wise to keep an eye out and travel at a sensible speed while doing so as aside from potholes or the undulating road, villages may pop out from junctions and houses that line the road. But you do get good scenery and the drive isn't boring or monotonous like how you feel on the highway. In fact, this road trip I took consisted of yours truly exiting the Highway after Tanjung Malim and using the old road most of the way to get to this small town. And the traffic was even less than expected. With overtaking lanes (pictured above) in most sections of the route these days and the scenic Malaysian countryside, things on the old route was even more interesting and travel was faster than expected. There were curves and bends, interesting houses and small towns that will grab your attention instead of a long, straight, empty (most of the time) highway that we're so used to traveling on during trips in and around Malaysia. Now let me get to a car related gem of this article, aside from the stupendous drive that is. In that small town there is a used car dealership. I suppose business must be slow as the dealership's fencing was covered with creepers, vines and tall grass. I also happen to know that the business is still running as a few months ago I happened to pass by on the way to Penang and there was an Alfa 145 then and now there were two more cars in the compound. This time there were a few classic cars around. This was amazing. A small town in the middle of Malaysia had some motoring gems on display (and for sale). The first was a Suzuki Jimny hardtop that predated the SJ410. This little Suzy looked like a mini Willys Jeep. You don't see a 1970s Jimny in pretty good condition these days. I suppose it is still powered by its diminutive 1.0liter engine. Quite a surprising little machine. Not a serious off road machine, but it must have spent lots of its time in the rubber and oil palm plantations in Perak before this. The second was a pretty good conditioned first generation Mazda MX5 Miata in aftermarket yellow paint and rims. As most of us know, the Miata is one of the best traditional British sports car never made by the British. It was that good. Handled and felt like a modern day original Lotus Elan from the 1960s. The Miata was a car so totally loved by British motoring journalists as it handled well and brought the word fun back into affordable open top motoring. Seeing one here in a small town is pretty unusual, as most never leave the larger Malaysian towns due to demand there. The only sports or classic cars that we usually see in smaller towns like these are the older, more traditional MGBs, older Mercedes Benzes or quirky British and Italian cars from the 1960s and 1970s. This brings me to the best car on sale in that dealership in the middle of nowhere. A 1950/60s Fiat 500. This cute little car that is revered by most people as a design and style icon. This little car is pretty rare almost everywhere in Malaysia and in this region. I suppose there are only a handful of surviving examples running around and this little fella here is one of them. A two cylinder 479/599cc engine powers it and it somehow can manage to carry four people (including the driver). Most are aware that this car was recently revived in the 500 Nuova form we see today. Although it is a much larger car than what it was. Something like the BMW Mini of today. This is what most of us miss out when we travel off the beaten track. The opportunity to spot a few hidden gems. Sights like these are almost never to be found on the highways.

Hi all, Do you think it is a waste of resource to use a car to travel to work for less than 10Km to and fro? Unless, one is doing a sales job, it will be hard to find someone that uses a car for more than 100km each day on the average. Regards,

Situation is like this. I have two travel insurances. One from my company and one from myself. Now I got a flight delayed. Can I claim from both or I can only claim from either one?

was shock last nite at what i saw was going home at 2am on CTE at the AMK Ave 5 big left sweeper to lentor i was travelling at lane 3 about to turn when the swift 50m ahead of me brake i was like, why he brake???????? then suddenly a car was moving slowly OPPOSITE our direction at lane 1 i was sweating for the car at lane 1 lucky the guy reacted fast and brake in time... i guess the three of us was too shock and just carry on driving.... any one wtiness this event???? cannot believe this is happeng...

Hi everyone, I'm going on a short trip. Always buy insurance from aunty lucy as they are the cheapest. What about you guys?

i travel only 50km/h at nicoll highway... anyone can guess what car? more photo at http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...road_fence.html

is the airport still running? im going to manila soon and wondering if i should cancel the trip. from what i understand, the affected area by the typhoon are the low-land areas. manila is huge, so not the whole of manila is affected unlike singapore...if rain, the whole country rain...that kind of thing. what do u guys think?

hoping to get some feedback on this travel agency. the name is Super Travels ... seems to have packages suited to a lighter budget. anyone used them b4 ? how's their service/overseas arrangement like ?

Just now is traveling along TPE towards Tampines after the Sengkang Flyover there is this police on the overhead bridge after the flyover. My speed is somewhere between 95-100kph at the time on the first lane. Will I tio the ticket? The speed limit there is 90 if I am not wrong. Or issit 80?

When do you think a child is old enough to travel alone by himself or herself using public transport? Is 10 old enough? Will you be very worried?

hi, has anyone received a call from dynamic travel to ask u to go down to listen to some holiday package (for Thailand)? is it one of those sales pitch again? cos sounds similar. 90 mins talk.. at ngee ann tower.. dont need to pay anything..

Hi, need recommendation for air tickets only. Need to fly to Vancouver, then to Toronto. Anyone tried getting their air tickets from www.airfares.com.sg or www.zuji.com.sg b4? Thanks!

Hi Bros, I've actually decided on a backpacking trip to London (+france+italy) in May. However, recently I realised that my wife's pregnant. Guess it's a accident I'm supposed to be happy about. But as we have already planned for the trip in advance and now this has happened so we are kinda at a loss what to do. According to the gynae, she says it's really ok to travel when she's 5mths. But I assume she only thought of the 13hrs plane travel and not the backpacking. But as this is summer season, we can carry very light and I can be the one carrying everything (I think?) but I really wonder if it's still a good plan to carry on. Currently I have a few options: 1) Don't be greedy and only stay in London walk about and come back after 7 days (reduce from 2 weeks travel) 2) Carry on with plan for 2 weeks since most of the travel should be by train / subway? 3) Discontinue with the plan. Already checked with SQ. They are ok to refund my tickets due to special circumstances. Does any bros got any comments? Why travel in May? Coz I'm using the 50% discount to redeem miles to London which is only available in May.

Wah...indeed, Singapore is recession proof despite wat economic data indicates. Channel News Asia

Plan to self drive to Penang in coming CNY, but heard in CNY period, the shopping mall and food courts close, anyone has the experience? when will they start their business?