The Most Beautiful Trek I started writing a blog because I wanted to write about my Rinjani trek. Rinjani was the first mountain I trekked that really tested my mental endurance. After we came down, I declared that I would never climb it again. And yet. I could […]
せんたくき しんじゃった (なみだ) / washer died It was Friday. I came home from work, and decided I should do my laundry. I gathered my soiled clothes and stuffed them into the washer. It was a routine honed into a well-worn habit since I started living on my own 2 years ago. […]
An Armour Readied, But Never Put to Use The first sign was its airport. It was small but clean and modern. Almost a miniature of HKIA or Incheon. And I was there, armed with nerves of steel, ready to take on touts; ready to fend off endless haggling, […]
Because, It Was The Only Place We Could All Agree On We had some time to kill in Nov 12 and thought of going somewhere. Laos came to mind but flying there wouldn’t be cheap, plus it would require us to connect flights in BKK. The discussion dragged […]
Bangkok – Or ‘Wat You Want, You Get’ Bangkok has a lot of Wats (temples). In fact, Bangkok itself is a huge Wat. Because it has everything to suit all kinds of travellers. The gourmet, the shopper, the party-animal, the religious, the cultural-ist, the hedonist, the backpacker and […]
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