first 24 hours in barcelona
jojo: what do i like? -food – potatoes, potatoes, potatoes!!!! the bread’s also to die for. dense, chewy and crusty… feels like i’m back in france -cool, crisp air. i’ve actually gotten used to the hong kong and taipei humidity…
r.i.p. my hoodie, my heart, my travel companion
we all knew this day would come. from the moment we met at the outlet mall in palm springs in march 2015, i had a sense that we would get along just fine. even moreso when i found out that…
suitcase life, revisited
it’s no surprise that i overpacked at the start of this trip. as the city count has gone up, so has my luggage size decreased. i’ve gone from two backpacks, an expanded carry-on and a snowboard bag to one backpack…
hiking the dragon’s back on hk island
we had originally planned to do this hike on our first stopover through hong kong but with thundershowers all week and one hiker being hit by lighting just a day prior to our arrival we opted against getting our brain…
playing with (a ring of) fire at our sichuan dinner
it’s been years since i’ve had a sichuan meal. matter of fact, i think the last time i had one was here in hong kong five years ago. there was only two of us that time and we ordered 3…
Funky Foods of Asia
I was able to sample some interesting foods while in Asia, some courtesy of the ever adventurous eating sensei Frank. Here’s a list of the highlights. Raw marinated crab. The ick factor for me was not knowing how clean the…
a quiet sunrise in bohol
i must be a loner at heart. las cabanas’ crowds almost singlehandedly ruined sunsets for me and while bohol’s sunsets were quiet amazing, i wanted more solitude. haha and i woke up at 430 one morning to head out to…
island hopping from el nido
the philippines was so packed that i almost forgot about our day on the water in el nido. from the city, there are a number of standardized tours that are on offer from virtually every activity store, convenience store and…
the bohol bee farm, a complete review and recap
the bohol bee farm… where do i start? well to kick things off, their website is pretty bad. i probably could have built a better one within my first month of being a webdesigner. 14 years ago. it’s not very…
Hanging with Mr. Turtle
We had it good at the Bohol Bee Farm. It was pretty easy to while away the day being lazy and eating ice cream every day. We did manage to do some water activities. Being the non-swimming Asians that we…
