Lunar New Year Fairs begin popping up all over Hong Kong one week before Chinese New Year officially begins. These colorful markets sell anything and everything you’ll need to celebrate Chinese New Year. You’ll find red envelopes, auspicious snacks, toys themed after the new year’s animal, and decorations. While I had a fun time browsing through stall after stall […]
One of the highlight events of Chinese New Year is the Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade. Filled with dozens of over-the-top floats, billions of LEDs, and world class performances, this parade is like Disney’s Electrical Parade on steroids. A feast for your senses, this parade has been taking place for the past 19 years, […]
As Christmas displays are being taken down around Hong Kong, they are being quickly replaced by brilliant displays of red and gold. Yup, that’s right, Chinese New Year is almost here so it’s time to start preparing! I had really high hopes for this past Year of the Snake, I am a snake after all, but wouldn’t […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of Masjid Jamek in Kuala Lumpur. Located at the birthplace of Kuala Lumpur, where the Klang and Gombak rivers meet, sits Masjid Jamek. As one of the oldest mosques in Malaysia, Masjid Jamek was established over 100 years ago and […]
As I embark on this one week trip to Malaysia, I’m about to face a whole new set of packing challenges. Challenge #1: Similarly to my trip to Singapore, I’ll be leaving 50-something degree Hong Kong to somewhere that is currently 90+ degrees, so I’ll have the joy of having to carry needless clothes for both seasons. Challenge […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of the streets of Shanghai. Wandering around Shanghai, the streets were often narrow, dirty and filled with poor wire jobs. Buildings all looked the same, clad in red bricks. The ground level comprised of a variety of small shops with […]
Yup, that’s right. As this is being published, I’m probably flying somewhere over Thailand right now. Malaysia is someplace that had interested me, although I’m not sure why. There’s something about those impressive Petronas Towers that just calls me to see them in person, and now I’ll be staring at them for a whole week! […]
This week we would like to introduce Audrey of That Backpacker. Hi there! I’m Audrey and I’m a Canuck on a quest for more stamps on my passport. Over the years I have called places like Argentina, South Korea, and Thailand home, and I’m currently on an extended adventure that has me hopping continents. 1. What inspires you to […]
This week we would like to introduce Sam and Zab of Indefinite Adventure. A British couple with insatiable wanderlust, in January 2013, after being together for seven and a half years they flew on one-way tickets to Buenos Aires and spent 10 months travelling in South America. They recently returned to Europe, but haven’t stopped: this is just the […]
This week we would like to introduce Dan and Casey of A Cruising Couple. Dan and Casey are the lovebirds, world travelers, and adventurers extraordinaire behind A Cruising Couple. They specialize in adventure travel, without sacrificing a bit of comfort and style in the process. They want to show you that adventure travel doesn’t always mean cross-country cycling or jumping […]