Toy Shopping in Tokyo
Travelling without the children meant that we could totally chiong the streets of Tokyo from breakfast to supper, something we couldn’t do when it takes hours to get everyone out of home and into bed. ...
Travel Planning
Personal experiences and tips about planning for the next big trip
Climbing Mt Fuji
After a good rest in the hotel, we headed back to Kawaguchiko station and bought our bus tickets to 5th station and the highway bus back to Shinjuku tomorrow. Here we are joined by other ...
Fourth time back to Japan
This is also the fourth couple trip Theo and I have taken since the kids arrived. First was to Ho Chi Minh City in 2006, Bangalore in 2013, Seoul in 2014 and now back to ...
Preparing for Macao – Hong Kong 2013
I have to confess. 2013 was a really crazy year of travelling, so much so, I am way behind schedule in updating my blog on it. What has happened to me?? So much for a ...
Down Under – Getting Around
After settling the accommodation, it was time to plan how to get around and from point to point. Since this is a road trip with two children in toll, the most obvious choice would be ...
Down Under – Accommodation
After I had firmed up my travel destinations, the logical next step would be to book the accommodation. Given a choice, I would have loved to be able to be laissez faire about this, that ...
Down Under – Destinations
After confirming the flight arrangements came the arduous but interesting part of the trip planning – determining our daily stopovers and activities. For this part, an Excel spreadsheet with columns for date, day, address, activity, ...
Down Under – Flights from Singapore
In exactly 4 weeks’ time, this day and this time, I would have touched down in Brisbane airport. The last time I was in Australia was more than 10 years’ ago. The destination was Perth, ...
Down Under – Road Trip
Happy to finally have something to write that is related to travels. The family brood will be heading down under to Australia in approximately 28 days’ time! Boy am I trembling with excitement as I ...
An introduction to Thai culture
Singapore has been shrouded in haze for the past one week, hitting the unhealthy PSI reading of >100 last Thursday. No doubt forest fires in Sumatra is the culprit once again. While it shields the heat from ...