Our Singapore trip was roughly about three days so we had to follow a strict itinerary, considering that we were also working remotely while on the road. But we still wanted our travel schedule to be “free and easy” so we got down to business right away and visited Chinatown. Our main goal was to…
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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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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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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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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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Walking Street is a known example of a red light district in Angeles City, Pampanga, if not the rest of the country. It was reputedly established for the former U.S. Navy base in Clarkfield, and is in close in proximity to the Clark Air Base. Its closest counterpart in Manila is Malate’s Del Pilar street. Also known…
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It goes without saying that Vietnam is the coffee—and should we dare say, tea—capital of Southeast Asia. Nobody does coffee like Vietnam, and you know it’s true, if you’ve been to other countries in the region, or have at least, sampled several variants from your home country. Coffee was part of Vietnam’s French heritage. The…
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Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi is one of the most unique museums that BFOWB has been to in that it was a little unapologetic with its in-your-face patriotism and interpretation of the country’s history. It was said that history is written by the victors, and this, to some level, resonated with the items…
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