• Scenic Danshui/Tamsui, Taiwan
    Asia,  Taipei,  Taiwan

    Chasing the Sunset at Fisherman’s Wharf

    The weather was cooling in January, and we decided to take public transport and walk. Bus signs in Taiwan are all written in Mandarin so we took awhile to find the stop we wanted to alight at Danshui Fisherman's Wharf, here we come!

  • View from The Top, Taipei
    Asia,  Taipei,  Taiwan

    Going up Yangmingshan to The Top (café)

    The Top? At the top of Yangmingshan? A very aptly named café indeed. If you want to hike up the mountain, it's possible if you're good with directions and like to work up a ravenous appetite before reaching The Top (屋頂上). Us? Not so much. We took the easy way with the 8 of us splitting into 2 cabs. The ride up from Shilin station took about 15 minutes.

  • Make Your Own terrarium workshop
    Singapore

    Cultivating my Green Thumb: Making a Terrarium!

    I've never had green fingers. I wanted to plant little pots of vegetables and flowers when I was a kid. I didn't even have the opportunity to kill the plants. They never even grew! Even after my constant watering, not one stalk peeked out of the soil.

  • Haw Par Villa Theme Park in Singapore
    Singapore

    Haw Par Villa, a Theme Park from the Past

    Which theme park in Singapore doesn't have rides but can still make you scream? Haw Par Villa! Alright, it won't technically make you scream (unless you're that much of a scaredy-cat), but the park doesn't have rides. It did once in the 90s but the rides got shut down amfter a change of management to the Singapore Tourism Board! Now, it's more of a tourist attraction than a theme park.

  • Southwest Tours via My Boracay Guide
    Asia,  Boracay,  Philippines

    Tips to Survive the Journey to Boracay

    The trip to Boracay took quite a while. We were initially skeptical about going because of the many steps involved. Yes, I know it's much shorter than previously when there wasn't a flight to Kalibo Airport and you had to fly to Manila instead. But still, 4 different steps to get to one place seemed quite tedious! And worse, we could only go for 8 days!

  • Nami Resort (Casa Mia) in Boracay
    Asia,  Boracay,  Philippines

    Hotel Review: Casa Mia at Nami Resort

    From one end of Boracay to the other end: Hello Diniwid Beach! You're a wee little thing, aren't you? When we booked Casa Mia at Nami Resort (what a mouthful!), it wasn't our first choice. One of our friends had booked the last room at Nami Resort and we wanted to stay close by because that's what group holidays are about. We didn't have many choices what with Diniwid Beach being such a tiny stretch of beach, so we booked Casa Mia since it was within the Nami Resort compound. And it was much cheaper than the Nami Resort rooms!

  • Puka Beach - Island Hopping Tour in Boracay
    Asia,  Boracay,  Philippines

    Island Hopping in Boracay

    Bang! Ouch! I'd hit my head against the doorway of the boat while going in. I rubbed my head and looked up to almost 30 people in the boat. Wow. Our island hopping tour was fully booked, and this was the start of the wet season?