spirited away to ginzan
one day out of the blue, my mate asked: why are we going to ginzan? (ok, she meant, why, out of so many onsens, did i choose this one?) i gave […]
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while they were sleeping
always expect the unexpected? it looked like we hit the jackpot when the sakura forcasts started rolling in: full bloom expected on 30 mar to 1 apr. wasn’t that perfect […]
tokyo food diary – mar/apr 2017
so we were back again in tokyo, trying to catch sakuras this time. but the most detailed of plans was derailed by a major factor which we had completely overlooked: the […]
the ex-chairman goes to shima onsen
my dad has a new moniker: ex-chairman. (forced to retire by one of his daughters but that’s another story.) so, the ex-chairman and i were reminiscing about shima onsen 四万温泉 […]
idle days in vietnam 2: beyond cao bang, a waterfall and a cave
a journey good for the eyes leaving hanoi with eyes wide shut (read earlier blog here), we were happy to see padi fields adorning the landscape, as we traversed one […]
idle days in vietnam 1: sapa, cao bang, hanoi
let me get the other things out of the way first. after the dismal trek up fansipan (read about it here), we downgraded our expectations. drastically. the trek took up 5 days […]
japan food diary – tokyo part 2
dessert japanese matcha ie powdered green tea. the tea is slightly bitter but the wagashi (japanese traditional sweet) 和菓子 that accompanies it counters the bitterness of the tea perfectly; and […]
japan food diary – tokyo part 1
osaka may be the kitchen of japan but tokyo is the true mecca for foodies. as a friend once quipped: you can’t find lousy food in tokyo even if you tried. […]
japan food diary – kansai
osaka is often dubbed the kitchen of japan. unfortunately, our stay in osaka last year was brief and hectic so we couldn’t explore the kitchen properly. the only food we have […]
trapped on a watery hellhole they called fansipan
expectation is the root of all heartache when we got to sapa (1500m), it was foggy, rainy and cold. brown rivulets flowed constantly on the roads from construction materials stacked […]
