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Dim Sum The name means " Touch your heart " . Now , in many places in the south of China and especially Hong Kong , Dim Sum become a traditional meal in the morning late last week . This hobby is gradually spreading to Vietnam .

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A good teapot on Sunday morning would be great!

What could be more carefree , on a Sunday morning , the gathering of friends and family , gathered around a pot of good tea , together explore the fragrant dishes are placed in the beautiful bamboo box .

From the tea shop ...

Starting from a traditional culture of China, Dim Sum always go along with the " yum father " or traditional tea. Local farmers , after a long time working on contract to the tea shop and to enjoy an afternoon of rest and relaxation speak . The teahouse is often supplementing the dish together . And Dim Sum created it .

Today, you can find Dim Sum in anywhere in China , but a recognition that the most delicious Dim Sum can only be found in Guangdong , with the sweet and charming ranging from meatballs to cakes . However, the best Dim Sum chef was not in China but in Hong Kong special zone , where restaurants serving Dim Sum from six thirty am until afternoon .

You can enjoy the most delicious Dim Sum in Hong Kong

In the West , Dim Sum are immigrants from China in the 19th century brought - the majority of which came from Guangdong . Some culinary school also said that Dim Sum is the inspiration for " Brunch " - combining breakfast ( breakfast ) and lunch ( lunch ) into a large meal close at noon .

No eye with Dim Sum dishes ...

Chances are, you will feel overwhelmed by the copious amount of Dim Sum dishes . Most dishes are steamed or deep fryers . This may be taro , pork , shrimp until senior foods .

In addition to traditional dishes , today, depending on the chef , Dim Sum is also processed into soup , sticky rice , rolls , baked with numerous types of workers as lamb, religious comedy , snails , ... Imagine yourself enjoying a shrimp dumpling wrapped in seaweed , are sprinkled on a bit of salmon eggs at a trendy restaurant . The meal ends with a perfectly scented green tea , the tea dishes , agar jelly , and a myriad of pastries for dessert .

A Dim Sum restaurant will serve traditional dishes on a trolley . You can select items from the vehicle . Dim Sum will be served in the order given : the slight belly dumplings served , then the more special dishes like chicken feet , stuffed squid ... By continuing fried foods and finally dessert .

Nowadays , most restaurants serve by giving you a menu , then select the item and you just carry out the order . The food is placed in attractive baskets to keep warm .

Dim Sum - dishes " Touching your Heart "

Bangkok has become the premier shopping haven of Southeast Asia . This exciting destinations offer really great experiences with full items from high-end luxury goods to local handicrafts , silk and other textile products , to satisfy all travelers calendar .

1 . Chatuchak Market
Chatuchak in Bangkok in Thai means " Weekend Market " , is the world's largest market . It is up to 1.13 square kilometers wide and can sort 15,000 stalls , welcome between 200,000 and 300,000 visitors each day .
Chatuchak Market, adjacent to the metro station of Bangkok Kamphaengphet , takes about 5 minutes walk from the Mo Chit station and Chatuchak Park . Chatuchak Weekend Market has many of the same characteristics of the Dong Xuan night market in Hanoi as meeting only on weekends , the pavilion was designed portable outdoor .

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Chatuchak Market busiest tourists

There are all kinds of goods , from live snakes , live chickens to flowers , trees , fresh fruit , from the arts and crafts booths to the cosmetics consumer electronics ... In particular , the most abundant here 's clothes , shoes and other apparel categories .
Market promotion has many ways to attract buyers as great discounts discharge , or general purchase gift ... Customers have the right to enjoy comfortable , well arbitrary bargain , the seller still keep a friendly attitude .

2 . Suan Lum Night Bazaar
Compared with Chatuchak Market , Suan Lum little more chaotic . The market is huge night mootjx Bangko miniature with full recreational facilities and shopping centers . Outdoor market has a dense network with 3,700 shops selling souvenirs , sa paper , ceramics , silk clothing , interior decorations and some unique product is only available in Thailand OTOP ( each village one product ) . There are also a number of stores on sale long fashion garments with unique designs , handbags , jewelry made from precious stones and fabric items he was correct .

Suan Lum Night Bazaar is favorite with visitors

Suan Lum market is arranged in checkerboard format and is divided into two areas with many sois ( small town ) is named after the royal citadel as Ayutthaya and Lop Buri Sukothai . In zone A , B and C you will find an array of shops selling candy, handmade candles , soaps and scented oils for massage therapy. Zone D highlights the kind of luxurious furniture , traditional Thai paintings , carpets rental and home decoration items at your door .

Shopping is not the only thing at Suan Lum , this place also has a small spa offers massage services and rehabilitation of traditional Thai style is very effective . Near the entrance is a giant beer garden and outdoor restaurant . Every night there are music programs at the stage of waiting by the young singers and dancers are beautiful Thai star scream the peak current songs in English and Thai.
Joe Louis Puppet Theatre ( performances Thai puppetry ) and BEC Tero Hall ( performing the international repertoire ) are the other attractions of the night market .

3 . Platinum Fashion Center

Inside the Platinum center

As a new shopping center , Platinum gives our customers the fashion trend with many options and all price points , in line with the majority of social class , age ...

Platinum offers products at affordable prices , especially if you buy more ( of 3 products ) and if you east and close friends to buy gifts , this is a perfectly appropriate place . There are stores that allows you to combine multiple products together , but do not necessarily buy the same product in bulk . Price per item is cheaper here than 30 % compared to the outside market .

4 . Siam Paragon shopping center

From opening day in late 2005, Siam Paragon - Bangkok 's pride mall has the largest area ( 80,000 square meters ) , the largest shopping store ( 2,000 square meters ) of Thailand .
Siam Paragon is located on Sukhumvit Street Skytrain at Siam Square , Siam Centre and Siam Discuvery booth . Mall convergence numerous luxury brands such as Chanel , Dolce & Gabbana , Escada , Gucci , Versace ...

Siam Paragon Shopping Center

With over 40 international fashion brands and domestic brands watches and jeweler famous , giant aquariums , this 5-storey complex has quickly become the main shopping center of the city . In addition, the center also Siam Opera theater with 1,600 seats .

5 . Central World

Central World Center

As the largest shopping center in the business district of Bangkok , here as a maze of shops , restaurants and entertainment including cinemas, ice-skating rink and Thai duty-free shops .

Looking from the outside , Central World looks like a large rectangular blocks . The building is not a combination of architectural beauty or complexity , but style building structure is very eye-catching . In front of Central World , a square rectangular large . In the evening , large crowds often gather here for the summer , enjoy drinks at the open bar .

6 . MBK Center

MBK Center is an 8 -storey building large , is considered to be one of the biggest shopping centers in Asia. It has more than 2,000 stores and services , including 150 eateries and several large movie theater . MBK is more crowded than the big shopping center in Bangkok , partly because commodity rich here , " yellow upper and lower bran " enough.

MBK Center

You can find these types of items can bargain here include clothing , cosmetics , leather goods , jewelry , electronics , karaoke , electronic game machines . With a central location , and tourists attraction ( daily serving 105,000 passengers with 30 % of international visitors ) , This is a destination not to be missed .

7 . Informatics Center Pantip Plaza

Scenes inside the Pantrip center

This is a supermarket complex with multiple floors , selling everything related to IT . Here you can find the software to the latest version , wireless mouse , CD - Rom drive ... of all famous brands worldwide and in Thailand , from high -end to affordable prices with very diverse scale . Also you can buy other electronics : camera , camcorder , laptop ...

8 . Taling Chan Floating Market

Sales in the Tailing Chan Floating Market

Bangkok is known as the " Venice of the East" to the floating market is one of the attractions of this city , Taling Chan market is outstanding . Located in the west of Bangkok , tourist attraction markets with fish dishes , steamed crabs on the boat .

Taling Chan has appeared in Thailand from centuries ago . The sellers , traders often meeting from 9 am to 16 hours, selling the traditional dishes of Thailand , desserts and fruit on their own boat .

9 . Or Tor Kor Market

Curries are sold at the market Or Tor Kor

Located near the famous Chatuchak flea market on the weekends is open Or Tor Kor Market , which sells and imports of vegetables , specialty vegetables of all Asian countries . Guest Or Tor Kor market visit can also taste like salted seafood , sweets and delicious street food like fried pork , with pineapple custard bread , and Thai curries .

Items were many visitors at Or Tor Kor purchase is the most packet curry and spicy Thai soup . Or Tor Kor Market of Thailand used to be a professional tourist sites ranked fourth among 10 fresh markets in the world .

Bangkok's Shopping Paradise

1. Take care with Taxi in Malaysia

Most taxi drivers in Malaysia have their car advertising is metered precisely timed , but so many people trying to " forget " does not pop up and the price of cab ... " law of the jungle " . According to tourism statistics , Kuala Lumpur is one of the city's taxi price calculation for the worst tourists in the world.

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Taxi price in Malaysia is not cheap!

2. The most delicious pastas teow char kuay

Char Kway Teow , which is sort of " fiber fried rice cakes " , made from flat-rolled rice noodles stir-fried ( similar to the Italian dish of pasta ) sauce , served with white or dark , a little belachan ( shrimp paste ) , tamarind sauce , bean sprouts , Chinese chives , sausage and oysters . According to the original recipe , the rice noodles stir-fried with lard is also used pieces of crispy greaves create a unique taste greasy .

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Char Kway Teow

Malaysia Specialties : Char kuey teow is a dish made from wheat , is famous worldwide . City tour of Penang , was named one of the capital 's culinary cook the most delicious places of the country. Only thing you will have to wait for hours in line for this dish famous restaurants , a job is not easy for tourists traveling time is tight .

3. Island tourism tax exemption policy

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Tax exemption policy

Tioman island of Malaysia 's most famous with this policy . Here as well as the island of Langkawi , Labuan , you have the opportunity to buy more products : wine , beer , cigarettes at a good price in the sale of duty free stalls and hotels .

4. Milo is the number one beverage

Since 1950 , Malaysia has become more Milo consuming nation in the world . The country also possesses factory Milo largest . So , if you want to integrate , chat with locals, drinking Milo call them when in health shops , bars ...

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Milo is the number one beverage

5. Diverse ecosystems on the planet

Maybe you 've known Amazon rainforest renowned wild ? In fact , this forest is just a " baby " compared to Taman Negara in Malaysia's forests .

If the 55 million year old forest , the Amazon jungle in Malaysia was 130 million years old and is the world's oldest forest . Flora , fauna, and is extremely diverse conservation assessment is to be the best wild life on the planet.

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Forest travel

6. Do not be afraid to travel on holiday Ramadan

Feast of Ramadan is a time of fasting Muslims , fasting and prayer during the day , eating only be more comfortable when the sun goes down . This prompted many travelers to Malaysia in the holy month of worry . However, in Kuala Lumpur , there are probably a fair night for Ramadan celebrations , catering to those who want to find good food after sunset .

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Cuisine holiday

Furthermore, in Malaysia , the rules pretty well , " breathable " , allowing those who do not follow Islam are allowed to eat , drink and smoke in Lent , not just affect the surrounding community .

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Cambodia trips are popular since this is a new destination on the tourist radar

Cambodia trips open the view in a new holiday destination and this is a real good one. The country combines several interesting subjects, first culture oriented travel to Angkor Wat, Thom and other places. In 2013 about 4.5 million visitors enjoyed the trip to this exotic Asia country.

Second are the beaches at the South China Coast, third the untouched nature which is still around in the south west and north east, great people who are quite different to their neighbors and the Khmer culture most travelers come here for to experience.

Khmer Dancer at

Angkor Thom

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Apsara Dancing

Khmaer dancer at
Angkor Wat

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Sihanoukville Koh Kong Kep and Kampot Central Market

Phnom Chisor

Phnom Chisor Buddha Temple

Once you have been here you will come back again since it is a unique and pleasant atmosphere and a pristine tropical environment with a pleasant Buddhist philosophy and nice people.

Although they had the mess of some lunatic communists who where controlled by even more mad red Chinese and some spots of French lefties, it' over now. When you talk with local people don't warm up this stuff, that's the last they want to hear.

Angkor Face Tower

Angkor Elephant Trip

The second are the beaches at the South China Sea around Sihanoukville, Koh Kong, Kep and Kampot. Third, plenty of pristine nature all over the country and fourth a interesting capital.

Sokha Beach at Sihanoukville

Ochheuteal Beach

Beach infrastructure is very rudimentary at Koh Kong, Kampot and Kep although there are beautiful waterfronts there are only a very few hotels and resorts at the low end.

Waterfall at Bokor National Park

Angkor Thom Temple Ruine

Angkor Wat Front View

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The old market with "Pub Street" is the center of all nightlife in the city

Some hotel nightclubs are around but are rather secondary. When the sun disappears Pup Street awakes and that's the center of the old market. Here are the bars, restaurants, nightclubs, discos, dinner show and everything in between. Pub Street is somehow like Bangkok's Khao San Street but less chaotic, everyone has fun that's the most important,most of the places are owned by "western foreigners" that means less cheating although some still do it.

Pub Street at Old Market in Siem Reap

The Temple Club

Nightlife at Pub Street

Temple Club in Siem Reap

Many bars to choose, among other the Angkor What Bar? Another is the Temple Club probably one of the most "user friendly" in the local nightlife business since it includes a restaurant upstairs with a free dinner show, a nice place with slow motion dancing but also very fast native dances, Cambodians like it both ways, the fast stuff looks more contemporary.

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Cambodian Dance

anymore these days? The dancers are real good; this is not a cheap "wishi-washi". First they run the slow motion show and after the fast run both with pleasant Khmer music in the back coming from a whole native orchestra, no computer playback, all natural.

That's the way it actually should be, check the pictures accessible through the link and don't forget the ads they are amazing informative.

This establishment as a somehow universal place where everything for a great integrated, dance show upstairs, bar disco, pool etc. at street level, prices are also rather moderate, actually in the country pricing is very similar to Thailand it looks as if they take the neighbor as benchmark.

In 1998 the Angkor What bar was the very first on Pub Street,

Pub Street seen from Angkor What Bar

a lively nightspot and beer source with tourists graffiti at the walls.

The place is well known and market in any tourist guide which naturally brings customers, a nice beer source after an exhaustive day visiting temples and monuments, prices are, as practically everywhere, except the big hotels, very "user friendly".

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A trip to Sre Ambel Waterfall in the Cardamon Mountains

near the western main road to Phnom Penh is a step into Cambodia's wilderness. In this case into the cardamom mountains. When in the south of the country make this day trip, there are no temples but great nature. It is not a comfortable trip on your holiday plan it needs some hiking and take a local guide otherwise you get lost.

Sre Ambel Day Trip

Dirt bike day trip

It needs a bit of an afford to make that trip but it's worth it. The countryside is exotic, when walking on the path through the scrub always watch where you step on there are some snakes and other small reptiles around. They wont do anything unless you care and don't do something first, use strong shoes.

Sre Ambel

Water buffaloes playing

People gliding in small boats

In the cardamon mountains

Just take the bus which moves between this two biggest cities of the country, make sure it is the one using the Koh Kong highway and get of at the place, the station is at the intersection where the road to the waterfall starts. Have a look around for a someone with a motorbike or scooter and negotiate a price.

The best is to check at the repair shops there are always some people to ask. $ 20,- is a reasonable price because it's a rather long ride, mostly on a dirt road and after about an hour walk uphill on a trail through bamboo thickets.

Sre Ambel waterfall

All together after around two hours a deep ravine will appear at the left and the waterfall is visible. During the dry season there is no much water, for this the best visit is October through January although there is water all year round but it fluctuates.

On the dirt road to the waterfall

Dirt Bike Trail

Cambodian water buffaloes

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A trip from Koh Kong to Phnom Penh by bus

From Koh Kong we start around 7 am and when we moved into the Cardamon Mountain the road got real bad one crater after the other, there are some road works but only minimal. Although this road was built by Thai military as a courtesy action some years ago it is totally broken up.

This is nothing special because roads built by Thai people deteriorate after around one year that's the same in their own country, when they want to get some good roads they hire foreign companies because they cant handle that.

A trip from Koh Kong to Phnom Penh by bus

From Koh Kong to Phnom Penh by bus

At the Sri Ambel Bus Station

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A great example of Khmer Art are relief from Apsara Dance Girls

Relief cover parts of Angkor's temples with heavenly girls or Apsaras whose presence enhances the divinity of the temple. Their postures are very expressive female and definitely real eye candy, they are a distant copy of similar artwork from Hindu temples in India.

Apsara at Angkor Thom

The freestanding reliefs figures make a great three-dimensional sandstone relief. It was one of the important Khmer free-standing art in form of sandstone sculptures, Khmer figures including nagas and garudas plus deities in deep relief, attached to buildings.