Japan’s most iconic season is about to begin as it has been predicted that the cherry blossoms (sakura 桜) will begin to bloom across the country this week. Found throughout Japan, sakura generally bloom from late March to early May, starting in Kyushu and steadily progressing northward sweeping across the nation until it reaches Hokkaido where the season comes to […]
“Feeling at home” may mean something different to everyone. To me a home is someplace you feel comfortable and settled in, and it’s been a long time coming, but I’m happy to say I’ve finally found my home away from home in Hong Kong. It’s been almost two years since I moved to Hong Kong […]
And now for something completely different. Sorry I’ve just always wanted to say that! Spring is upon us! I had been planning to talk about my new favorite travel products all winter, and somehow tomorrow is already spring. Better a season late than never I guess! So today rather than writing a review on my […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of white flowers in honor of White Day. The department stores have replaced Valentine’s Day displays with elegant white displays of white chocolates, marshmallows and other white goods. That’s right, it’s White Day! In case you didn’t read my post […]
Apart from eating lots of delicious food, my other favorite part about visiting Malaysia was gawking at its wonderful architecture. Malaysia is made up of so many different cultures, and has also been colonized at various points by the British, Dutch and Portuguese, so you can imagine the architecture is kind of all over the […]
Don’t be fooled into thinking Kuala Lumpur isn’t worth a long visit, as there is actually quite a lot to do there. I could have easily spent a week there if I wanted to visit all the main tourist destinations, and to explore the culture and cuisine a bit deeper. Even if you do find […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of hanging umbrellas and lanterns in Kuala Lumpur. With many people being of Chinese descent, Kuala Lumpur has a fairly large Chinatown, and Petaling Street is in the heart of it all. Locally called the “Green Dragon”, Petaling Street is […]
This week we would like to introduce Esther of NZ Muse. Last year she got married and less than a week later flew to Malaysia to kick off a six-month RTW trip spanning Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. Now she and her husband are back in Auckland but are desperately missing Mexican and Italian food. 1. What inspires […]
This week we would like to introduce Shikha of Why Waste Annual Leave. Shikha is a doctor in London, a city she’s lived in for 13 years and is still besotted with. She loves her work, which she does pretty much full time, but in her spare time, travel is her passion. She thrives on seeing new places both […]
This week we would like to introduce Jameela of Diary of an Expat. Jameela likes to think of herself as a serial expat, not because she’s lived everywhere but because she just can’t live in the same place too long. A few years ago she would just jump in a plane and go but now she has a family […]