Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
My trip highlight up Mt. Hehuan done and lunch at Inako Valley View Restaurant done, it’s the kids’ turn for this trip’s main event: a visit to Cingjing Farm. The Farm is a pretty large area – around 760 hectares
During the planning stage of our itinerary, I did check out the accommodation prices of the Old English Manor, a Tudor-styled English Mansion located in Cingjing that started receiving guests for staying in 2009. One look at the room rates
Sun Moon Lake – the largest body of water in Taiwan, a favorite spot for newly weds (especially from Hong Kong, as driver Kong quipped) to have their wedding photography shoots done or just honeymoon away, and also a mandatory
Food next! The 13 minute drive to the Master of Mushroom saw us going uphill for a good stretch to an elevation of 500m+. Though by the time we reached the place, it was solidly during lunch hour i.e. crowded,
There are apparently several places named ‘Carton King‘ on the island. It seems like a chain with several store outlets around the island. The one we visited was a 25 minute drive away and located in the Beitun District, and
Day 02 yesterday was a fairly long one. Not just for us – we were out of home for just over 11 hours – but also for driver Kong, as most hired drivers in the country typically plan work with
The initial itinerary actually placed the Zhongshe Tourism Flower Market on Day 3. But since it was about on the way to Gaomei Wetlands – our last stop for the day – Kong brought it forward to Day 2. This
The next two stops after the strawberry farm were in the same area and literally almost beside each other. The first of the two was Shengxing Railway Station. We could easily tell that this was a well-known and popular tourist
There were three lenses – the FE 24-105mm f4.0, FE 16-35mm f4.0 and the adapted Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – accompanying the Sony A73 on its maiden overseas outing: and I ended up using just two lenses: and about 99% of
The last post in our Bali 2018 travelogue! Right after we landed in Singapore last weekend, three of us – the kids and myself – all fell sick with largely similar ailments: coughing and runny nose – and in my
I’m a creature of habit that routinely overpacks when it comes to traveling! Like in the previous trips, a tripod and ballhead got tossed into the luggage bag and since I’d lugged it all the way to Bali, I had
Our last day in Bali was nominal: we made our way slowly from the island center – Ubud – in a south-westerly direction, going through Gianyar, Sanur and past the airport first for a stopover in Jimbaran to pick up
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