Life Update: 4 Months in Hong Kong
It’s been four months since I moved back to Hong Kong, with a new job and having found my own apartment, and I realised I haven’t really given a proper update since then. I was only returning to…
Zhangjiajie Highlights | China
After my whistle-stop highlights tour of China’s capital, Beijing, it was time for me to head off to another part of the country, and this time, I was going rural, to Zhangjiajie. This was a little more nerve-racking,…
Beijing Highlights | China
Three days. How do you possibly see all that Beijing has to offer in just three days? Well, it wasn’t a leisurely holiday, that’s for sure, but I gave it my best shot. I had just seven days…
Kayaking in Sai Kung
Oh I do love a public holiday! Last week it was Ching Ming festival, a traditional day of tomb cleaning for the Chinese, which meant a day off work for all of us! The good weather from the…
Travel Inspiration – Nicaragua
Welcome to the land of volcanos! Yes, that’s really what Nicaragua gets called, there’s a ton of them, and plenty are active, though full-blown eruptions don’t happen too often as far as I know. This was another country…
A-Z Travel Wish List
I’ve travelled to about 30 countries now, and I’m making plans to check a few more off the list this year – and hopefully write an A-Z of places I’ve already been. But it’s a big world, and there’s so…
2016: Year in Review
Well, here we are again! New Year’s Eve, 2016. I think we can all agree that 2016 has been a tumultuous year for the world, and we’re all going to have to do our part to improve things…
A-Z of Hong Kong
I spent a year living and working in Hong Kong, immediately after graduating university, and while I was terrified at first, and really didn’t think I liked the city much during the first few months, it wound up…
Taejongdae Park | Busan
Back when I lived in Hong Kong, I went hiking fairly regularly – I’m not the fittest person, so I’m not scaling mountains or anything, but long-ish easy to medium country walks with some hills suit me fine.…
South Korea | 2 Month Update
I’ve been in Korea for just over two months now, and I thought it was about time to write an update about how everything is going here. I was going to write this last week, until I got…
