Summer Tag
The temperature is rising, and so too is the humidity, at least here in Hong Kong anyway. This does mean some tropical thunderstorms and typhoons, but overall, the weather is hot, sunny, and humid, and I’m having to…
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.…
