For woman traveler

Women and you are still worried that traveling alone? What you worry? Security problem?

Now many women to travel long distances alone, either for business trip or just for fun-loving. Although the reason women are generally the same way with men, women really need to give extra attention on a few things, about issues of security and cultural issues. But all of that can be overcome by taking alternative steps.

For security reasons, as well as budget and comfort, a way must be planned every step, from the packaging to the selection room hotel. American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) provides the following tips for women who want to travel alone.

Know Before Departure
Search know of information about the destination as much as possible, especially if traveling abroad. Religious and cultural areas can be a direct impact on the force you can customize the way you dress and act with the habits of local communities. What counts as sexual harassment in a country, for example, can not be serious problems in other countries. You should not dressed in tight or open part of the body in order to avoid unnecessary attention.

At the Hotel
When entering the hotel, the staff will look often associated with the guests and monitor each of the hotel entrance and exit. Ask if there are officers who are willing to escort you to your room when you enter the hotel at night. Ask for a room on the top floor, near the lift, but far from the emergency door, stairs, and all kinds of renovation work. Never accept a room if the name of the hotel or your room number with a voice loud.

While the front desk, take a business card the hotel (the name, address, and phone number) and keep the card. When entering a room, make sure the door have a place to tout a chain and latch (deadbolt). If no, do not ever open the door for people who do not know you.

Travel Documents
Make two copies of important travel documents, one taken in the journey, one more in store for the friends or family at home.

The Smart case
stack items so simple so that you do not seem bothered, and the burden of objection because the two conditions that will make you become the ideal target pilferer. Avoid clothing or bags look expensive. Lock all luggage and use the bag with the tag address of the office rather than home address. Bring just one credit card and do not keep your money in one place.

Transportation
Before departure, find out the transportation options available in the area of destination, especially if you arrive at night. Travel agency can usually help determine the option that is safe and the need to make plans. If renting a vehicle, Learn maps, tulisankan travel route, and take and mobile phone.

Find out about your condition
Learn the location of the map will be visited so that when the purpose of exploring the area, you do not look like a lost tourist. Ask where the goods have a place of care, and more importantly, where the prohibited area to visit.

Take nice traveling

Where is me?

Traveling is my hobby and I need to spending times to do this activities. More and more again to feels and reviewed my journey. Yeah traveling sometimes likes a spiritual times, give a free space in my life.

Singapore: July 2008

Kuala Lumpur Traffic

Thailand - Malaysia Border

A times I traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Thailand crossing Pangkalan Kubor (Malaysia) and Tak Bai (Thailand) for 2 days. In this border is free tax trading. Every days many people (trader) from Malaysia come to Tak Bai to buying clothing, fruit and vegetable. Because Thailand have very cheap price than Malaysia, included about value of money ( 1 RM = 1000 Bath). For 500 RM you can buy anything here, but I am not buy more. Just buy any pack Thailand cigarette for my friend.

At night before entered Tak bai, I go to night market and here is very cheap too. Clothing, shoes, belt and most Thailand product, and part product from Indonesia likes bed. I buy some watch for my friend, daughter and kids of my friend. Yes I remember them because very supporting me before I go to Malaysia to get Art Residency Program. It is just for thanks giving.

If you want to know, from Malaysia just 30 RM traveling by Bus, 20 RM for taxi,1 RM for shipping, 30 RM for hostel and few RM for shopping if you want. But you must be carefully because Tak Bai is part Patanni is being revolt to Thailand government. There for I am not spending more time here, as that time Thailand has election. Many army in border and surrounding harbor.

This traveling is long time I go out surrounding In west Malaysia. Nice experience and I have story here. But I do not want to tell you now, may be next time. Completed my story in Thailand border. And you know, may be just me Indonesian traveler at that time.

Traveling and Photography

Have you been thinking about traveling?

Not far from people I was meet, almost of all have a story about traveling. There is fun story and just opposite and any impression moment for remembering. Truly traveling not must spent longtime or needed expensive cost, so unique places which rarely people came could be destination. If you know, in Indonesia have big tradition every years be called “mudik” is a tradition go to back village where are we come from, always before Muslim celebration.

A short traveling even long traveling is very necessity by every people as a brain simulation of remembrance toward something. For me, traveling could help to discover central of gravity in human living. There for make travel planning is like thing, and a certain place on special time and special activity.

In this topic I am often to using photo camera as friend as during traveling, and I called this as photography traveling. Trough view finder of camera I try to saw the focus of life and this activity is about humanism. Although thus I might got with my eyes because of eyes have photographic function to save a memory. Furthermore images help me to showing as detail of visual and relation thins beside that. Notes of photography traveling have power to save and remembering for a time where I was there.

Keep your memories of traveling for future story and opened on the right time.