• Life,  Travel

    Hong Kong: 8 Month Update

         Eight months. Just read that again and take it in. I know I need to. I can’t believe it’s been eight months already. That time has just flown by! The last few months even more so, since we…

  • Travel

    El Nido, Palawan | Philippines

         The trek from Boracay to El Nido was not an easy one – I could have flown from Hong Kong to the UK in the same amount of time. But after a van, a ferry, another van, a…

  • Travel

    Boracay Island | Philippines

         The school holidays mean one thing for me here – where am I going next? Christmas was spent at home, and Chinese New Year was all about Cambodia. However, while Cambodia was great, that holiday did leave me…

  • Travel

    Top Five Hong Kong Restaurants

         Hong Kong is most certainly not in short supply when it comes to places for eating out. There’s restaurants, cafes and food stalls simply everywhere. Of course there’s no way I’ve been able to try everywhere, so this…

  • Travel

    Ocean Park: Round 2

          Ocean Park is the most wonderful, magical place in Hong Kong, and yes this was my second visit this year, and no it won’t be my last, because I blew my money on an annual pass at…

  • Health & Wellness,  Travel

    Monkey Mountain

         As far as Hong Kong’s hiking trails go, Monkey Mountain is one of the easiest, particularly for beginners – and I say this as a fairly inactive person, who survived Lion Rock. It’s not a long or strenuous…

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    Travel Inspiration – Switzerland

         Switzerland was one of my favourite stops on my European trip, and the couple of nights we had there wasn’t long enough to do the country justice, even if it is small. Some places on that trip, I…

  • Art & Entertainment,  Travel

    Top Five Travel Films

         Sometimes you just want to get away from it all and jump on a plane to anywhere else in the world. And sometimes time, money and other commitments mean that this isn’t really a feasible plan. So I…

  • Travel

    Discovering Phnom Penh | Cambodia

         So this post is actually out of order in relation to my other Cambodia posts, which are already published, since Phnom Penh was actually my first destination in the country. However, I left it until last as we…

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    Beach Life on Koh Rong | Cambodia

         Well getting from Battambang to Koh Rong was a mission and a half. I mean, I knew this when we made our travel plans, but actually executing them was exhausting. We took Mekong Express buses, having read online…