Expectation WAS 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 by the roadside, from heaps of rubbish emitting a kind of smell even in that weather. Hardly the tranquil, […]
We’d heard there is snow to be seen, even in the throes of summer. The Daisekkei 大雪渓 beckons, a 3.5 km snow & ice corridor stretching from the belly of the mountain to the summit (with a vertical span of 600m). It is the main reason why many hikers are […]
A Little Surprise Awaits, Off The Beaten Path (This is a continuation of the ‘To The Golden Land’ series on my Myanmar trip in Nov 12. For the full itinerary, refer to here.) We woke up at 5am to get ready to make the almost-400km journey to Kalaw. […]
We were back. Last year, we stood on the other side, watching, observing, from the steep steps halfway down sunset peak. The long, narrow and rather straight trail leading up to Lantau peak but we lost sight of both trail and peak where they pushed past and into […]
Hidden In the Mist: A piece of Europe We were beat after MacLehose so we weren’t sure if we could make it to Lantau. Thankfully, the foot massage at Happy Foot helped revived us somewhat so the next day, we pressed on to Lantau Island as planned. I was debating […]
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