Quote: Moorish proverb

 “He who does not travel does not know the value of men.”

Quote: Cesare Pavese

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.”

Quote: Moslih Eddin Saadi

″A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.”

Quote: Mark Twain

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Quote: Jawaharial Nehru

 “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”

Quote: Paul Theroux

“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” 

Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”

Quote: Bill Bryson

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.”

Quote: James Michener

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”

Quote: Mark Twain

“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Quote: Lao Tzu

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

Is your padlock safe?

Padlock is not 100% safe as well. :(

Quote: Maya Angelou

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

Are you using combination lock?

Personally, i've not tried to open it. But it does warn us that there's nothing is totally secure or safe. The lock is still required as it'll make it "harder" for them to get something out.

Quote: William Least Heat Moon

“What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”

How To Pack A Carry On Suitcase: Female

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Quote: Freya Stark

“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.”

Maldives tourism hit by negative reports

MALDIVES authorites have pleaded with foreign media outlets to be more objective when reporting about the political crisis in the country, saying it was beginning to affect its tourism industry. Tourism Minister Ahmed Adheeb, who was appointed just five days after the country’s president Mohamed Nasheed was forced to resign on February 7 (TTG Asia e-Daily, February 8, 2012), said: “The situation is under control, but there have been alot of bad messages, exaggerated reports and misinformation going out through the international media. This is affecting tourism.” According to Adheeb, visitors to the Maldives could be assured of safety due to the destination’s “one island, one resort” concept. “No tourist or hotel has been harmed in Male,” he added. “Whichever side (of the conflict) we are on, we know tourism is key and no one wants it harmed. We need to get this message across to the world.” Regular clashes between Nasheed’s supporters and state elements, though confined to the capital Male, have already precipitated into an increasing number of cancellations from overseas markets. Maldives Association of Tourism Industry members have so far reported some 500 cancellations, according to its secretary-general, Sim Mohamed Ibrahim. “There is some concern, with lots of inquiries from China in particular,” he said. “Flights (from China) that are normally 80-90 per cent full are now coming in with only 60 per cent seats filled.” David Kevan from UK-based CHIC Locations said while the company was still sending clients to the Maldives, they were actively monitoring the situation, “and without doubt it is negative destination publicity”. Michelle Flake, contracting & marketing manager for Scaevola Travel, an inbound operator that handles the China market, said they were still getting enquiries and bookings on a daily basis. “When clients ask me (about the situation), I tell them that as a foreigner living in the capital, I am not affected,” she said. “As for clients on a resort, unless they watch the news, they are unlikely to be aware of anything going on in the outside world.”

Is you luggage locked and secured? Is it still safe?

The following video shows how easy someone to open your luggage by using just a pen. Don't put valuable stuff inside the check-in luggage (if possible).

Traveling agency female boss held for drug

SEPANG, Malaysia: A businesswoman allegedly paid her staff to be drug mules and brought in 75kg of drugs said to be worth RM18.7mil (S$7.8 million) over the past four months.

The 43-year-old woman, who runs a travel agency, and three others were nabbed in a Customs sting, that also netted 3.3kg of syabu estimated to be worth RM825,000 on Feb 14.

One of those caught was her young Nigerian boyfriend who is a computer science student in a private college.

The other two were said to be her business partners, aged 25 and 27.
KL International Airport Customs deputy director Siti Baya Berahan said initial investigations found one of the women's employees had landed at the low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) from Phnom Penh the night before and had slipped past the Customs checkpoint.

“We believe her staff abused the green lane facility and special treatment accorded to tour agencies to camouflage the illicit trade.

“Initial investigations revealed six of her staff, including a woman, had succeeded in smuggling drugs 25 times over the past four months using the modus operandi.

“Based on a rough estimate, they may have smuggled in 75kg of drugs worth RM18.7mil during the period,” she said here yesterday.

Siti Baya said the businesswoman and the Nigerian were nabbed at a house in Kepong while the other two men, who were employees of her travel agency, were detained at another location where Customs officers also seized a bag containing syabu hidden among clothes and children's toys.

“The four have been remanded to assist in the investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,” she said.

The offence carries the death penalty if convicted.

Siti Baya said investigations showed each drug mule was paid RM3,000 when they returned from “familiarisation trips” to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Manila, Bangladesh, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Mozambique and Singapore among other destinations.

She said the police had detained six of the agency workers, aged 20 to 30, who allegedly acted as drug mules.

They would appear as prosecution witnesses.