Summer is coming soon, so I guess vacation, bikini, beach and sunscreen must be running in and out of your mind, no? If so, let me give me you a suggestion of an awesome place in southern Europe. Italy – a home turf for the famous car-maker Ferrari, world champion football team, Azzuri, Venice city and what-else-not, is a place you should never miss in your itinerary list. I got you a great news, buddy. If you ever crave for Italian pampers and elegant, and dreaming of waking up to the chill breeze and whisper of Adriatic Sea, Park Hotel Brasilia, Veneto is the place you should check out this summer, like seriously.

PARK HOTEL BRASILIA

Located within a walking distance to the main shopping street, on the East of Lido di Jesolo, Hotel 4 Stelle Jesolo caters almost anything its cherished guests can ever wish for; you can choose to shop-till-you-drop and or you can sunbath and get yourself tanned the natural way at the hotel’s private beach, exclusively available for its treasured guests. Not just that, Park Hotel Brasilia is also equipped with 2 units of swimming pools and Jacuzzi for the guest to enjoy pastime to the fullest.

Swimming pools (p/s: crocodile isn't part of the promotion.lol)

Hotel Jesolo Lido has 4 types of room for you to choose for, which are Suite room, Family room, De Luxe room and Classic room. The rich of choices show how solemn this hotel wants to serve their very best to suit your cut and heel. The family room is so spacious it could even fits 5 people in a room! Which means, my whole family can just check-in and stay within one room and yet have our own space to move around. How awesome is that huh? It is fully equipped with air conditioning, Pay TV and satellite channels, kettle, safe box, kettle, hairdryer, and thank-god-it’s-WIFI.Gosh, I think there’s nothing else more that you could request from them! Phewh, I couldn’t imagine how I would live without internet access nowadays. I wonder since when I’m so dependent on internet.. Not to be missed, the room comes with kitchenette perfectly prepared with utensils and what not, and best features of all, it is separated from the night zone.

You must be wondering and curious to know how much it all cost for those rooms, right? Help your self by clicking here. Rates of the respective rooms are available on the left panel.

With two terraces facing the Adriatic Sea front, Junior Suite is the room I would splash my cash for; say I be given 100 grand dollars from the sky to spend this summer. (For the record, everyone know it is just a day dream lol) This suite features classy furnishing and textiles finish, and of course air conditioning, personal coded safe box, hair dryer and TV to suit guest’s exclusive soothe and extravagance. Imagine what would I do say I’d be given such room. I would throw a la MTV party and I’ll invite cool friends and close ones and dance the night away to the breeze of Adriatic Sea.Oh my, what a nice dream. Please, would anyone slap me right on my face so I wont be dreaming nomore.. Price list for Junior Suite is available on Hotel Jesolo Lido website and thanks to me, you can just click here.

That isn’t all, refined Ipanema restaurant is a dining spot where you wanna sip you drinks and delight your appetite with their list of salivating Venetian and International cuisines and beverages. So, let's have a sneak peek on how it looks like, or else kindly click the link here.

Crave for a fine & fancy dining?
Ipanema Restaurant will impress you with its spectacular cuisines and beverages!

All in all, if I were still in the middle of nowhere on where to go this summer, Hotel Jesolo would probably be my top priority. After all, I’m pretty sure I deserve complimentary service from Park Hotel Brasilia for featuring the hotel in my website. I hope so. Hehe..

Well,anyway enjoy your holiday and don’t miss out my next post, promise. Till then. Ciao!

**Pictures are courtesy of TripAdvisor and Park Hotel Brasilia

They thought they might be featured on the first page of tomorrow’s headline, so they gave me their best shot =) Im sorry guys. Im just not the right guy.But hey, u girls featured in my blog what! hehehe

2) U will be given special promotion on merchandise

Take a look at those shirts and cap. Aren’t they really fashionable? With every purchase of minimum RM10 (on cap), FireFly gave chances for their treasured customers to experience how it looks like to fly a plane simulator with the guide from FireFly technical officer

3) Bumped a friend who worked as part-timer!

What a pleasant surprise! I met my pal at FireFly holiday booth and the first phrase he said to “Hey, u look familiar. Where have we met ah?”
Duh, of course-la, we were the same conference in UM man!! Haha. What a funny conversation we had.

Actually the reason I went there was to find cheap/budget lodgings around Indonesia, specifically in Bali, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Bandung & Bogor with a free-n-easy package if there is such thing but sadly, none of ‘em suit my pocket. I mean, we are talking bout USD100++ accommodation per nite. How on earth I could afford such luxury when I only plan to spend USD600+/- for the whole 14-days trip?

The answer is very simple :-

LONELY PLANET-lah!

p/s: SEA = South East Asia

Located in the bustling, jam-packed muslim-dominant area of Old Delhi, there is so much, or should I say, too much to tell bout this place. If there was a thing that caught me by surprise and left me jaw-dropping, it was the public urinate wall, and it is exclusively for guy,ONLY. Yeah, u heard me right buddy, PUBLIC URINATE WALL. In easy words, it means public toilet-la but heck, it doesn’t look like a toilet, at all!It is a wall! lol. I didn’t have guts to snap the picture the whole ‘remarkable’ creation, but these are what I found on net.

Walking around Chandni Chowk was indeed a splendid experience. I was lucky (I guess) to have the suntanned skin, since Im Malaysian, ‘cuz a brown skin there literally symbolize North Indian. So every time I passed by the row of shops, the shop-walla (shop keeper) bother me not and even if they do, they speak in Hindi, and I kept saying "Nehi" (hindi: No) regardless of anything they offer me. Ha Ha, interesting, isn’t it?

There’s another scene u should know bout this grubby yet fascinating place in the heart of Delhi. Everywhere you go, street beggars appear on every single step u take, and for they are kid, they tend to raise your sympathies by giving their 5 cents face, or touch your hand and beg for money. To decline, it would stroke my sense of humanities but if I keep giving the money, the whole thing will never hit the end, as I believed the kids are under the surveillance of a tycoon, who makes fortune from those wretched homeless street kids.

Picture is credited to MukulR

If you are lucky enough not to get caught in such situation, I bet u will never stand a chance to escape the ‘attack’ of these people, I called ‘em coconut-walla. Ha Ha.. They kept trying and bugging me to sell the uncooked, not-so-fresh coconut, which appears to be the snack for the local (I guess). My strong advice for traveler/backpacker out there, NEVER EVER TRY RAW FOODS on the street if you seriously want to avoid diarrhea or any unexpected circumstances later. The least u can do (say you are in deep-shit financial crisis and on extremely tight budget) are to find the freshly-cooked foods and boiled chai (hindi: herbal tea)
So, U might be wondering how Petaling St is related to Chandni Chowk, aren’t u? If you never been there, this is a place one can find the cheapest room in Kuala Lumpur and yet u still staying within walking distance to lively places like Bukit Bintang & KLCC.

photo is credited to http://www.kl-photos.com/

Allright, let’s see from another POV (point of view). How bout the street merchants there? Frankly, they are bloody ripping your money off. I tried going there as backpacker once before (simple shirt, short, flip-flop, camera and cap) and spoken in ‘Mat Salleh’ accent and one shop offered me a pair of fake Nike shoe for a bloody RM200. Don’t u guys know that he got the shoes from Port Klang for just RM60 +/- or even cheaper? He thought I was the fool tourist so he said it was genuine, but ‘smuggled’ one. wtF? Be aware too when u start checking out their fake goods like Gucci handbags, designer label accessories and etc ‘cuz once u start to bargain, they will jump into the game and let u play until you get the price u wanted. But if u turned down the deal, u’ll never walk back ‘alone’ and certainly, not empty handed.

Apart from that, I see that Petaling Street is a great place to check out. Foods are great, especially the Chinese cuisine selling on the street. I never had a chance to try ‘em, as I still couldn’t find the halal cook. HeHe.. So, anyone out there willing to share where can I get halal Chinese foods instead? I will credit you later in this blog, and u can keep my words. Lol
I guess that’s all for now, folk. Don’t forget to check out my next review post, MATTA FAIR. Stay tuned, ’cuz I’ll be right back after a short break =)

XoXo
Juan d’Lova