the day i cheated on lechon
this seems to be a recurring theme for the last few weeks. we find a great place to eat and have revisted them at least once before leaving the city. i usually prefer going somewhere different for fear of missing…
first 24 hours in el nido
jojo: what do i like? -beaches – i’ve never seen white sand this fine -food – lots of tourist trappy food in el nido but also tons of locals only shacks. we stumbled on a killer bbq joint to get…
Big Buddha of HK
Karan and I decided to hike to the Big Buddha of Hong Kong while the boys get their tennis fix. The sky was overcast which was a relief as I was grossly underprepared for a hike that day. I was…
first 24 hours in manila
so our layover in manila was unexpected. we arrived in the international terminal and had to transfer to the domestic terminal 15 minutes away to catch our connector to el nido. we made it with plenty of time to spare…
weekly recap #11 – hong kong & manila
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how longa. a. hong kong (uncle’s apartment, aberdeen), manila for one night (hotel, pasay) q. favourite meal a. so i just got done writing about brickhouse below as my fav meal and…
my new toy and hopefully the end of my cell phone frustrations
well i’ve finally had it with my piece of sh!t of a camera phone and picked up a camera. thankfully i had frank here to talk me into t his one otherwise i likely would’ve never made up my mind…
quick daytrip to macau
out of our 5 days in hong kong we spent one of those rain filled days making the daytrip to macau. we met up with kenny, ethan, frank and karan and took an hour long hydrofoil ride over there. the…
glorious vancouver weather in hong kong
well our first 5 days in hk was pretty ugly overall. this was the forecast as we landed on sunday: aside from spending time with my uncle and cousin, we had plans to hike the dragon’s back but the weather…
weekly recap #10 – taipei & hong kong
*very late update due to nonexistent internet issues for us all week 🙁 q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. taipei for four nights (airbnb, da’an), ruifang for two nights (airbnb), taipei for one night (airbnb,…
first 24 hours in hong kong
jojo: what do i like? -the energy of the city; noticeable at anytime of the day in almost every part of town -the endless amount of food options; i’m leaving my meal options is the hands of a) frank –…
