I’ve been to Victoria when I was 9, but I don’t really remember too much from that visit so I decided to go again. Some tour company charged $150 for a day trip to Victoria from Vancouver by ferry, but I managed to do more for just $119.98, here’s how… Read more…
The valley of the River Wupper, that’s what its name means. The little town is very narrow and stretches along both banks of the river. Once an industrial and mining powerhouse it is now a quiet town of less than half a million people. There are plenty of neo-classical buildings Read more…
I’ve actually landed in Hong Kong since it was part of the British Empire and was granted permanent leave to stay by Her Majesty’s Hong Kong Government (hence the title of this post). This is the city I called home for more than a decade of my life, but yet Read more…
Very close to Shanghai and less than an hour away by high speed rail, Hangzhou is a beautiful place gifted with stunning natural scenery and fertile soil. It is the land of my forefathers and hence my father would bring me there to visit the place my grandfather called home Read more…
One of the placed I’ve lived in and grown to hate (but later appreciated) was Shanghai. It’s hard to imagine that the place 6-year-old me lived in was so different when I visited at 17 and 19 years old. Back then, the Shanghai metro consisted of just two short lines Read more…
“Näschte Halt, Alexanderplatz, übergang zur U2, U8, zum Regionalverkehr, zur S-Bahn mit verbindung zum Hauptbahnhof, und zum Bus mit verbindung zum Flughafen Tegel. Change here for bus service to Tegel Airport.” ~ U5 announcement for Alexanderplatz Station I’ve been on the U5 to Alexanderplatz so many times I can memorise Read more…
Theres a running joke among my Canadian friends that even though I was born near Vancouver I seem to have more friends in Toronto, even though I haven’t been to Toronto until I turned 19. When I did visit, I decided to make it my Canadian heritage trip where I Read more…
“Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.” ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca I love Vancouver and its beautiful blue sky because it is my own. There are always these surreal cotton candy clouds that float lazily above you in the warm summer sky. Read more…
I took a day trip to Brussels when I was in Paris knowing it was small enough to cover the main attractions all in a day. Brussels has a unique mix of new and old, it has the charm of buildings inspired by classical antiquity, yet its role as the Read more…
Although Washington, D.C. is a federal territory and not a state, it still deserve a spot on the list for being the nation’s capital! I had the privilege to visit during July 4th to catch all the festivities going on at the time. I visited all the museums and the Read more…