Epinions Recent Reviews for cinimod

Celebrating the end of Ramadhan

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 01:14:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - Imagine…

You are woken by the sound of the call to prayer at 5.30 in the morning. The sun will not rise for another hour, so you have breakfast with your family after the dawn prayer. This is the last food or water that you will have until the...

Guinness - Pure Genius!

Wed, 6 Dec 2000 06:42:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - It was not until I visited Ireland that I learnt to appreciate Guinness Stout. What many people don’t realize is that the bottled Guinness brewed in Malaysia tastes so different from the original St. James’ Gate brew that they could be two different...

The navel of the world

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:12:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Overview

29 March 1999, too early in the morning – Lima airport

Yet another early morning wake-up call (3.30 a.m.!) after sightseeing all day and partying all night. Remind me not to travel with a day...

Magnificent Machu Picchu

Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:14:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

“And now, for something completely different” – Monty Python

This Epinion has a photo album to show pictures of a place that I am not able to adequately describe in words...

Playing the Accidental Tourist

Sat, 18 Nov 2000 05:07:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Overview

When I don’t get to travel as much as I’d like, I tend to start doing strange things. Since my need to travel is practically insatiable, this happens often. My role of playing the accidental tourist...

Eccentric Malaysian Mystic Pizza

Wed, 15 Nov 2000 06:45:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Restaurants

Checkers Restaurant

Checkers is perhaps the best kept secret there is – an obscure little restaurant, tucked away on an obscure side street in an obscure part of an obscure town that I...

The Singapore Psyche

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 05:06:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Overview

I am from Malaysia, and Singapore is our next door neighbour to the south. Our two countries are separated by less than a mile of water (the straights of Johore). There has always been a keen rivalry...

Underrated Stuttgart

Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:53:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Overview

Stuttgart is not one of the cities that most people make a point of going to when they visit Germany. It doesn’t have a trendy reputation like Berlin or Munich – in fact it is regarded as somewhat of a...

Europe by Rail: Week 5 – Vienna and surroundings

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:36:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

This is the sixth part in a series of articles I wrote while travelling around Europe for two months in spring 2000.

Rock Me Amadeus

There is a train,...

The Paris of Java

Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:34:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

My last train journey was on the high speed, super comfortable ICE train in Germany. So it was with some trepidation that I stood with my girlfriend on the platform at Jakarta’s Gambir...

Bryson, Bill: Down Under: Bryson's Australian Odyssey

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 00:22:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - Bill Bryson’s books always contain a liberal dose of important information that you never knew, written in a rib cracking, gut splitting humurous way. And so it was with his latest book, Down Under. The book starts with Bill’s lament that he can never...

"Hah doo lack Miss Hippy?"

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:02:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - Bill Bryson grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and left to spend 20 years in Europe as soon as he was able to get away. He developed a biting British sense of humour and when he returned to the United States, he was like a foreigner in his own country. It is...

Archived Web Services Reviews: The Paid to Surf program that suddenly disappeared

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 04:03:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - Updated September 2000 - Surfing Prizes closes permanently

I shall leave this up for 1 month, and then I will delete this epinion. Surfing Prizes, without advance notice, has discontinued its service. I received an email from...

Borneo Adventures 3 – The unbearable heaviness of being

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:04:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - Prologue

It was very cold at Uncle Tan’s camp. It had been raining heavily the whole afternoon, and we had to splash through foot deep puddles to get to our hut. Everything was wet. If it was not soaked, it was damp. Water leaked...

Borneo Adventures 2 - "It's life Jim, but not as we know it"

Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:15:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - < I returned to Borneo less than 2 months after the dive trip that I wrote about in part 1 – this time to experience the Orangutan sanctuary, the Turtle islands as well as to climb Mt. Kinabalu.>

Less than two months after my...

Borneo Adventures Part 1 - Diving at Sipadan

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 02:07:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - <This is taken from a diary I kept from the best dive trip of my life. It is very long, but I hope it will give you the impression of “being there”. I am told that it is not the same anymore, due to the huge increase in the number of resorts...

How I became a travel junkie

Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:08:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - My first trip with Lufthansa was at the age of one. Of course, I don’t remember much about that trip, but my parents tell me that “airplane” and “Lufthansa” were amongst the first words I was able to say. We travelled a lot with Lufthansa because my...

Only in Germany...

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 00:18:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - <I have added a clarification to the end of this piece in response to some online and offline comments I have received. The article itself remains unchanged.>

Only in Germany...

...can you travel without a speed...

My favourite road tour

Wed, 9 Feb 2000 00:39:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - This circuit takes about 2-3 weeks, and you will get a pretty good flavour of Malaysia. Before you start, it is advisable to read my article on “Driving in Malaysia: Rules of the Road” if you are unfamiliar with the unofficial highway code in...

Sao Paulo – the autumn of my discontent

Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:45:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - Prologue: A few centuries ago, earth-time.

God approaches St. Francis and St. Paul, a big smile on his face. “Frank, Paul – good news! Our children on earth are doing our bidding, they are going forth and multiplying. So much so, that they are about...

Cherating - where everybody knows your name

Sun, 6 Feb 2000 00:20:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - Have you ever been to a place where you feel that you just belong? Where everyone knows your name, and the barman is waiting for you with a cold one before you step up to the bar? Well, I’m not talking about your neighbourhood pub, I’m referring to the...

Driving in Malaysia - Rules of the Road

Sun, 6 Feb 2000 00:12:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - One of the great pleasures when visiting Malaysia is being able to tour the country on arguably the best road and highway network in South-East Asia. However, this is tempered by the fact that Malaysia also arguably has the worst drivers in the world,...

Scandinavia: A letter from Scandinavia Part 2

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:40:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - < The following is taken from a letter I wrote to a friend in May 1992>

For Part 1, please go to:

http://www.epinions.com/trvl-review-7CCD-3D81C25-388F2578-prod1

After 2...

Scandinavia: A letter from Scandinavia Part 1

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 13:58:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - < The following is taken from a letter I wrote to a friend in May 1992>

<snip opening paragraph> So now to my report of my trip to Scandinavia. We left Berlin bound for Copenhagen on a night train packed with people. I wonder where...

One fine day in KL

Tue, 25 Jan 2000 05:30:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cinimod - <This is my personal insider guide to Kuala Lumpur (KL)>

OK, you’ve been to Chinatown and the Selangor Pewter Factory, you’ve been to Batu Caves and seen the view from the KL Tower, you’ve been to the Railway Station and the Petronas...