The travel bug bites


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 29 Apr 2007

The world is getting smaller and more accessible, thanks to increasingly cheap travel and holiday packages. It is no wonder then that about 15 million Malaysians travelled overseas last year for work and leisure, with a significant portion of them in their 20s and 30s visiting nearby countries. 

DOMINICA Chin witnessed the sunrise from the top of Angkor Wat, watched the football World Cup finals in a Cambodian pub, sampled the “chicken foetus” egg in the Philippines, and stocks up her wardrobe annually in Hong Kong. 

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