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. […]
When I think of Boracay, I think of the Simply Red song: She’s so beautiful, but oh so boring … I’m wondering what am I doing here … It’s a 1.5 hour journey from the single-conveyor-belt Kalibo airport to the Caticlan jetty port from where we’d take a […]
New Routes, New Challenges Last weekend, a friend organised cycling to our favourite Bintan Laguna Kelong (previously known as Ocean Bay). Instead of landing at Tanjung Pinang as we usually did, we disembarked at the Bintan Resort Ferries Terminal in the north. The route was ‘longer, more challenging […]
A cyclist’s dream come true Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It’s good for the waistline and it’s good for the wallet, is what I’m saying. – Phil Keoghan, presenter (The Amazing Race) 9 days of sitting in a bicycle saddle didn’t do anything for my waistline, […]
In the Land of A Thousand Splendid Stupas, A Little Patience Goes A Long Way The little Air Mandalay craft landed us safely on Bagan soil. From the air, we could already see the Stupas, spread across many many acres. Yet, I couldn’t feel the magic. Outside, we […]
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