Day 01 @ Hanoi – Hoan Kiem Lake
There is a very large number of small hotels located in the old quarter. The one we’re staying at – San Grand Hotel – also just so happens to be very near to Hoan Kiem Lake, a fresh water lake
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Day 01 @ Hanoi – Arrival and the Old Quarter
I was sharing with our ang mo bud Matt that itinerary preparation-wise, we’d been pretty chill, relatively when compared to the large amount of planning for last December’s Japan trip, for this 10 day trip to Hanoi. It’s probably in
Hanoi – Vietnam 2023 – Planning – Part 2
We were initially planning for a nine day trip to Hanoi, and had prepared an itinerary for that and did a soft booking for our stay at Lucien Hotel in early February. However, the trip length was extended to ten
Hanoi – Vietnam 2023 – Planning – Part 1
A new year, and again lots of exploration to see where to go to over the two long school vacation breaks in June and December. We were reasonably set to re-visit Japan at the end of this 2023 year, but
Japan 2022 – Final Notes
As is our tradition for every overseas trip we take, we’d do a final retrospective post about our observations of the country we traveled to, with our notes centred not only on places we visit, but also of food, culture
Dining in Japan – Part 2
Continued from the last post! Food Club (Cross Gate Kanazawa, Day 07) Aashirwad Indian Nepalese Restaurant (Nagamachi, Day 08) Hachiban Ramen (Kanazawa Station, Day 09) Sogawa Base (Toyama, Day 10) Chitose (Takayama, Day 11) Cheese (Nagoya, Day 13) Mega Kebab
Dining in Japan – Part 1
We haven’t put up detailed posts on our dining experiences over our Japan 2022 trip, on account that while we enjoy good food, blogging about culinary experiences is beyond us! The most we can probably say is whether the food
Post-Processing
Unlike the 2019 trip, the 2022 trip this time round saw a couple of days – especially in the first week of our trip – where we experienced late autumn colors, which in turn made for great opportunities in post-processing
Equipment Comments
Every trip I make, I’d do a post-trip post commenting on the image capture experience of that trip. It’s mostly done in order to have a detailed record of what happened in the trip so that I can make more
Flora in Japan
The wife – being the lover of plants and horticulture hobbyist – was constantly observing the interesting plants, trees and shrubbery in winter everywhere we went, and frequently stopping to take pictures using her Samsung Note S9 of things she
Itinerary Retrospection – Part 2
Continuing from the last post that presented a summary of our itinerary and covering Days 01 to 07 of our 15 day trip to Japan in December 2022: here is Part 2 that covers Days 08 to 15. A key
Itinerary Retrospection – Part 1
Itinerary-wise, we drew several lessons from our 2019 trip to Tokyo and Hokkaido. For example, we made sure that our places of stay, as far as possible, would be close to the train stations. We gave ourselves buffer time to
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