For every Chinese New Year, Kek Lok Si Temple on Penang Island dresses up in 10,000 lights. Witness the night spectacle at Malaysia’s largest Buddhist temple!
Pipeaway Newsletter #156: From fire lighting up the sky to water splashing the streets, the globe celebrates new years with diverse traditions. Here’s to New Year madness!
Pai Ti Kong is New Year celebrated by the Hokkien Chinese community. On this day, Penang, Malaysia, prepares one of the most lavish birthday parties for the Jade Emperor.
Pipeaway Newsletter #156: You don’t want to be stuck at an airport for 24 hours. But if you cannot escape such destiny, cross fingers that it’s Changi Airport in Singapore!
Pipeaway Newsletter #154: I missed the day of love, but cannot hate anyone for it. Penang Island welcomed me with so much more!
I spent 24 hours at Singapore Changi Airport, by conscious choice. Read my report on a layover like no other – overnight at the world’s best airport!
Pipeaway Newsletter #154: Duty-free or free of duty? How does the Malaysian island of Langkawi decide that the best thing to build on its main beach is a 40-story skyscraper?
Pipeaway Newsletter #153: After airlines, overbooking sneaked inside the hotels too. Blindly motivated by extra profits, they leave more room for errors than for guests!
Pipeaway Newsletter #152: Speaking up in a situation of injustice demands courage. And it doesn’t even have to be a life-or-death situation!
Pipeaway Newsletter #151: A Russian and a Ukrainian walk into a hostel. And that’s not how a joke starts.