The Shing Mun Country Park hiking trail is a lovely easy hike around the Upper Shing Mun Reservoir. I did it on a rather gloomy rainy day, which added a bit to the magic. It features, well, a reservoir, views
Bondi Beach to the Gap Lookout : Eastern Sydney Hike
One of the nicest adventures I had in my recent visit to Sydney, Australia, was a daytrip hike walk in eastern coastline side of Sydney. I started off from Bondi Beach, then made it north, and did the walk along
Nabegataki Falls : Kagoshima
The last stop in the Kagoshima trip before heading back through the Fukuoka airport, was the Nabegataki Falls. An easy walk down a paved path taking you to a series of lovely falls, falling over large caves. It’s a magical
Cable Car To Amnam Park : Busan
I have a slight obsession with cable cars, if I’m visiting somewhere, one of the first things I look for is whether they have a cable car or an observation deck. Coming in to Busan without doing much homework, I
Southern Lamma island hike : Hong Kong
I’ve visited Hong Kong’s Lamma Island several times in the years I’ve lived in Hong Kong (example1, example2), but the last time was over 7 years ago, and it was mainly on the same path crossing the island from north
Tap Mun Grass Island Hike : Hong Kong
Just when I think I’ve visited everything that there is to visit in Hong Kong I accidentally come across a new spot that reminds me how wonderful Hong Kong is. From an unexplored nearly deserte ferry pier next the Chinese
Visions of Ulsan : South Korea
Following my quick getaway from Hong Kong to Busan, I headed up north for a quick visit to Ulsan. It’s a rather industrial town without too many well-known tourist attractions, but I made the most of it, by going to
Hiking the Stoos : Switzerland
One of the nicest hikes I’ve done in the previous year was theĀ Stoos, with an impressive break-taking “hike” on the mountain ridge overlooking glorious snow-top mountains and clear water lakes. With gondola cable-car and ski-lifts taking you up all
Around Trinidad town : Cuba
Trinidad was definitely one of the highlights of the trip to Cuba. An old colonial Spanish style town, lots of old buildings, bustling with cafes, restaurants, markets, and music. There are quite a few things to do in the area
Visions of Stoos Ridge : Switzerland
During my last month of two years in Europe I had an opportunity to do some quick getaways that proved quite amazing. One such unexpected treat was Switzerland. I’ve done Geneva and Lausanne before in the French part of Switzerland,