Soon over 100,000 spectators will flock to Hong Kong for one of the most highly anticipated international sporting events of the year. The Hong Kong Sevens tournament promises to drop kick an action packed weekend of entertainment even if you don’t know a scrum from a ruck.[...]
Archive for the ‘Asia’ Category
Water Dragons in Flight: Part II
Goat people are sweet creatures - we are dependable, studious, calm, nurturing, quiet and reserved. We don't do things like take solo trips to India, explore deserted Filipino beaches with a band of pirates, or devour questionably digestible street food in Myanmar. We leave those sorts of adventure[...]
Sassoon’s Shanghai
Imposing art deco and neoclassical style banks and hotels stretch for a mile along Zhongshan Road, otherwise known as the Bund. A gentleman in a drape cut suit leaning on a silver-tipped cane would hardly look out of place.[...]
Taipei Takes Friendly to New Heights
Taipei may be the friendliest little big city in Asia.[...]
You had me at Sakura
You can keep Paris, Japan in the springtime has cast its spell on me. Geisha, temples and the strongest elixir of all, the delicious, ubiquitous sight of Sakura on dark cherry wood boughs.[...]
Beijing Celebrity
Cheering crowds, paparazzi, stylish motorcycle tours and free cookies - all part of a celebrity Beijing experience.[...]
Perhentian Paradise
There are worse things than spending a long weekend on a sandy Malaysian isle. Palau Kecil, the smaller of the two Perhentian islands off the north east coast of Malaysia, provides plenty of sun, sand and relaxation along with adequate diversions and entertainment.[...]
A Trek to Remember
Getting into the rhythm of trekking was easy. The satisfaction of waking every morning to soul-filling vistas, stretching out the legs and challenging the lungs is undeniable. [...]
Lessons from Nepal
We rolled through river valleys punctuated by flowering bushes and clotheslines full of brightly colored linens. Women squatting at their local taps washing dishes and filling jugs to lug home for cooking and cleaning glanced up as we whizzed past.[...]