Macau, as you may already know, is a land of excesses, and it does a great job of holding that title. Developers in the country don’t shy away from showing how deep their pockets are, erecting casinos more ostentatious than the other. While not everyone is pleased with the megastructures (pure cheese, said one…
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The Ole London Hotel Macau is a better choice than costly AirBnB’s in the peninsula if you want to return home to an even better room experience at the end of the day. Perhaps because of demand or the time of our booking (it was summer in East Asia after all), AirBnB accommodations in Macau…
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Taipa Village is a centuries-old village representing the old and new Macau. Taipa’s milieu is, in many ways, similar to that of its sister peninsula, with its colonial buildings and aging capsule apartments, juxtaposed with the lifestyle hubs of surrounding megastructures. It encapsulates the heart of Macau, the shabby, and unpolished parts overshadowed by the…
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Ngong Ping Village is a nice little theme park that was built to capitalize on the rising number of tourists drawn to Tian Tan Buddha and Po Lin Monastery. Situated in the highlands of Lantau Island, Ngong Ping Village is accessible via cable car ride from the Ngong Ping 360 basecamp in Tung Chung. Where…
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Hong Kong and Macau, both Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China, are worlds apart in terms of colonial influences, but are united by their generally tourist-friendly atmosphere. As casual travelers, we loved the fact that you can have your own moment to mill about, despite the frenetic pace of activities around you….
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Kowloon is a big city, although not quite. It is packed, but with the MTR connecting tourists to key Kowloon points of interests, it’s not impossible to cover a lot of mileage. What’s even better is that Kowloon is a city that never sleeps, so you can tour Kowloon at nighttime as well. This is…
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Miles away from Hong Kong Island’s spellbinding hillside views and posh hotspots is where budget travelers seek their temporary homes, and where the rest of the Hong Kong population can relatively afford to live. The place in question is Kowloon, which—if you’re looking for authenticity and have the stomach for slightly gritty places—is one side…
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The best thing about Hanoi, apart from the sights, is food. Glorious food. No argument about that. Sweet, herby and tangy—what’s not to love about Vietnamese food? Now you can get bun cha or pho from just about any sidewalk eatery or stall, and they would be just as good as—or even better—than those served…
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We all have different images of artists etched on our mind: a lanky man cloaked in white, painterly robe, smoothing out his curly mustache as he admires his opus; a lovely apparition of a woman, a doyenne of the arts, her porcelain fingers lightly sweeping a brush across the canvas; and finally, an artisan in…
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Homecooked Filipino food tends to be on the safe side, save for the occasional dinuguan (pork blood stew) and kare-kare (a peanut-based stew which makes use of oxtail and tripe as its meat component). Those, however, pale in comparison with some interesting dishes from Pampanga, the province that’s also better known as the food capital of the Philippines. There…
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