“Let’s fly to Amsterdam,” we decided. “It’s so quick.” Spoiler: It wasn’t. For maximal pleasure of reading, dear reader, I have divided my entry into Day 1 and Day 2. Usually I aim for more pictures and less text but this one, dear reader, IS PRIME MATERIAL AS TEXT. Mark my words. For anyone unfamiliar […]
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Mad 4 Eira
Maybe the title is a bit misleading since Eira is a part of Helsinki. The place I’m writing about today is not in Finland, even though rumours say this place too had been visited by the Vikings. A little island in the Atlantic ocean, 520km west of Morocco, first inhabited by Portuguese settlers in the […]
HK Airlines
Let me tell you about Hong Kong Airlines. For some reason, when I booked my flight from Hong Kong to Taipei with them, I was under the impression they were a reputable airline. I’m not quite sure why. It was a wrong impression. Ok, in all fairness, they were much more efficient than, for […]
The joyful cable cars of Oriental Venice
Before I begin, please forgive me. The title is misleading. The joyful cable cars are not actually in the Oriental Venice, but I have been sat here for way too long trying to think of a title for this blog post (I eventually decided against my dad’s suggestion of ‘Ngong Ping Pong Kong‘). The joyful […]
24h in Vibrant Singapore
HELLO MY DEARESTS, So now let’s welcome the long ambitious mission of attempting to record my three-week Asia trip I just came back from. After finishing work in Vietnam last month, I embarked on a celebratory solo-trip to Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. And here is the first stop… SINGAPORE. I hadn’t […]
The Lost Passport
I’ve always prided myself in being quite a ‘good’ traveller. I’ve been through many travel situations and have handled them decently. My brother and father frequently like to incredulate over the fact that even though I get lost cycling from my house to my friend’s house, I manage to navigate Aberystwyth, Wales to Auckland, NZ. […]
First tastes of Bali beachlife and nightlife
HOWDY MATES I don’t think many people will argue with the fact that the most famous thing about Bali is its beaches. Something we also learnt quite quickly when researching Bali was that the main city, Kuta, did not have the best beach (and wasn’t the most scenic town in itself, either, very built-up)… […]
Towards Bali via gumless Singapore
Welcome to Paradise. … is how Bali is advertised. So, we decided to go and see if it’s true… My friend Nikki was visiting me from Finland, and we decided we wanted to do a beachy trip out of Vietnam. What better place than the idyllic, famous Bali. We only had a stint from Monday […]
Chicken feet, cockroaches and plane-spotting
19.11.2014 Xin chao! Long time no write, I seem to have phases. But now I MUST write it’s been a while… So, what’s happened since I last wrote. Well, I’ve settled more into BH life, and I really do enjoy teaching and lesson planning, and our group of BH teachers are a great bunch. We’ve gone for […]
Mallorca Day 4: The end of the effervescent holiday
19.08.2014 Unfortunately just a quickie this time round to wrap up our Mallorca-weekend… Some people decide to get a tattoo as a permanent memory. I personally think that very old school, so I opted for a scar. Well, didn’t really opt, but I started the morning falling down the stairs to the pool. Exciting. […]