Naughty but Nice Pork Ribs, Bali Style

After reading all about its famous pork spare ribs in The New York Times, I was disappointed that I didn’t get a chance to try out Naughty Nuri’s Warung, north of Ubud, on my last trip to Bali. So you can imagine my delight when I heard the franchise was opening a branch right here [...]

Korea Fashion, Korea’s Fashion Leaders

Who are the most influential fashion icons in Korea in 2011? The Chosun Ilbo asked 32 fashion experts to name five celebrities in politics, business, sports, culture or entertainment in any order, and came up with a representative list. Kim Yu-na The 2010 Olympic figure skating champion was the undisputed No. 1 with 15 votes. [...]

Garuda New Routes, Logo for Garuda’s Citilink Expansion

National airline Garuda Indonesia plans to more than quadruple the amount of people that Citilink, its budget carrier, will fly in the next four years with new routes and aircraft, a top executive said on Wednesday.   Emirsyah Satar, president director of Garuda Indonesia, said the number of passengers expected to travel on Citilink would reach [...]

Flight plans, Flight levels

Flight plans are documents filed by pilots or a Flight Dispatcher with the local Civil Aviation Authority (e.g. FAA in the USA) prior to departure. They generally include basic information such as departure and arrival points, estimated time en route, alternate airports in case of bad weather, type of flight (whether instrument flight rules or [...]

Google Hotel Finder, Google launches Hotel Finder

Google, which purchased a leading flight software company earlier this year, has launched a new tool for finding hotels. Hotel Finder is an “experimental search tool” designed to help users locate and book hotels, Google software engineer Andrew McCarthy said in a blog post. Hotel Finder, which is restricted to the United States for now, [...]