We spent one day hiking around Kamakura during our last autumn trip to Tokyo. Kamakura is a very pretty city that is easily accessible from Tokyo by train. It has lots of temples and shrines, old shopping streets lined with
Tokyo Getaway: Ramen At Hakata Tenshin
A five-day trip that will take me months to complete blogging! One thing for sure, I could not be a “professional blogger”. ‘Cos I won’t ever survive in this cut-throat business of having to constantly generate fresh material, in a
Korea 2010: Tosokchon
Quite a number of people have asked me for a samgyetang recommendation in Seoul. I am a big fan of samgyetang. Okay, I like the soup and chicken, not so much the glutinous rice that is stuffed inside the chicken.
Tokyo Getaway: Luv Those Japanese Ink Stamps
This is something I do every time I visit Japan – collect souvenir stamps of the places that I have visited in my travel guidebook. Or in a little cute notebook. Ink stamps can be found at certain places of
Tokyo Getaway: Tempura At Tenmasa
Before we left for Tokyo, a friend recommended a tempura restaurant called Tenmasa to us. The restaurant was featured on an ANA inflight programme and he said that the tempura looked very good. I did some online research on the
Tokyo Getaway: Asakusa Temple
Every time I am in Tokyo, I make it a point to visit the Sensoji temple at Asakusa. I don’t exactly know what is it about this place that draws me to it but a trip to Tokyo doesn’t seem
Tokyo Getaway: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
I have always wanted to visit the observatories in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to enjoy the paranomic city views from the observation decks located in the north and south towers but never got around to doing so. Since we
Tokyo Getaway: In Shinjuku
The skies were overcast and gloomy when we arrived in Tokyo on Monday. The morning air was slightly chilly, a wonderful change from the muggy Singapore heat that we left behind. Wearing a cardigan and a thin scarf sufficed. It
Itekimasu: Running Off To Tokyo
How fast time flies. At this time last year, I was winding down at work and preparing to start my 6-month sabbatical with a five-week trip to Korea. Fast forward one year, I am packing my bags to go to
Hanoi: Odds & Ends
Some random shots. ^ Hoen Kiem Lake. Those cage-like things hanging on the dead tree are light-holders. This scene would have been so pretty with a clear blue sky, instead of a smoggy-grey one. ^ Opera House. Hanoiの道は 車とオートバイがおおいので、あぶないです。 ^ Lovely
Hanoi: The West Lake
TBH has been to Hanoi twice for work before this trip, staying in hotels located in the city. His experience with the hotels in the city was that they can get quite noisy with the street traffic. So we decided
Hanoi: TBH’s Birthday Dinner
27 August 2011. This Hanoi trip was to celebrate TBH’s *erm* 4X birthday. Prior to the trip, I did some research and decided on having his birthday dinner at La Badiane, a modern European restaurant located in an alleyway in
Hanoi: Old French Quarter
We did the Lonely Planet walking tour of the Old French Quarter. It was blistering hot, very noisy and crowded. The walk took us almost three hours to complete; by which time, we were driven half-mad by the constant honking