As a traveler and Internet-depended guy, I really like to travel to Singapore. Wifi hotspots are almost everywhere, and the best of it – it’s FREE. Wherever you are: malls, hospitals, tourist spots, most of them covered by wifi using name Wireless@SG. By registering myself from GSM phone (from my home country) I can get a free wifi pass for whole day use.

How to get Free wifi account to access Wireless@SG hotspots? You need to switch your preferred network to SingTel (codename: STM). Then dial *168# using mobile phone. In short time you’ll receive sms contains username and password to connect. The account can be used until midnight of the day, and you need to ask for new account again on next day.

But in Malaysia, thing gets different. Free wifi is rare from government, except offered by hotels or cafes. As I stay in Melaka (Malacca), there’s no such thing called free Internet. So how to connect to Internet in Melaka, or any Malaysia cities? You need a 3G capable mobile phone.
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Selamat datang di JavaMilk Travel Series. Kali ini saya akan menampilkan artikel “Panduan Jalan Hemat ke Singapore” yang mudah-mudahan menambah informasi bagi Anda yang belum maupun sudah pernah jalan ke Singapore.

Mengapa Singapore? Saya sudah menulis beberapa Travel Series, mulai dariPanduan Jalan Hemat ke Eropa, Jalan Hemat ke Hong Kong dan Macau, Panduan ke Taiwan, rasanya kok tetangga yang dekat ini malah belum ditulis. Awalnya melihat banyak website lain yang sudah membahas negara kecil ini, sehingga saya tidak terlalu ingin menulisnya. Namun setelah sekian lama, rasanya saya perlu menelurkan sebuah travel guide juga tentang negara ini, Singapore.

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I wrote previously about the launch of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol novel that city of Washington DC is preparing to be flooded by curious tourists.

The Lost Symbol

Well, several historic places are mentioned by this novel and some are put as focus places where the story happened. So I compile and write this post to give you illustrations about places mentioned in The Lost Symbol novel.

1. The House of the Temple
   In the opening of The Lost Symbol novel, this is the place where initiation of 33rd degree Masonic member.
   In fact, this is the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry’s Southern Jurisdiction.
   

   The House of The Temple

2. Library in The House of the Temple
   

   Temple Library room

   This library’s reading lamp mentioned in the novel as an optical illusion of double pyramids.

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After Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code novel spark enthusiasm among people to know more about holy grail and Luvre Museum, millions of people go to the Paris museum just to make sure the pyramids still there and try to solve the mystery by themselves. Mystery tourism surges and everyone in tourism industry is happy except the Christians.

Then, after the book became the best-seller, his previous works are also become hit. Notably is Angels & Demons, in which Italy Rome and Vatican are the central places of story. Tour companies are then offering special tour for those interested in finding the real fact on places of Dan Brown’s imaginary The Four Altars of Science: The Church of St. Maria della Vittoria, The Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Fontano Piazza Navona as well as Basilica St. Peter.

The Lost Symbol
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Indonesia state-own airlines – Garuda Indonesia – put an interesting advertising today in newspaper (Kompas, 16 September 2009) to describe its Garuda Indonesia Experience.

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Hi, JavaMilk comes again with latest Travel Blog Series. After My Europe Travel Guide (Indonesian version: Panduan Jalan Hemat ke Eropa), then Hong Kong and Macau Travel Guide, now we are going to explore Taiwan. A country (or a province, China calls it) in which provide hidden treasures for foreign travelers.

We will be exploring Taiwan in 5 days, from Taipei, Kaoshiung, Taichung, Alishan, and many more interesting places.

Okay, if you are interested then please continue reading on My Taiwan Travel Guide. Currently it is in English language, but I hope we can translate them into Indonesian version, let’s say: Panduan Jalan ke Taiwan, but it is still a long effort.

Apple Mac OS X 10.6, known as Snow Leopard, will be released tomorrow, on August 28th 2009.

This is not a free upgrade for Mac users. USD 29 if you are trying to upgrade from Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Or you can purchase Mac Box Set – a bundle of Mac OS X 10.6 + iLife 09 + iWork 09 for only USD 169 altogether.

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