Mar 31, 2011

Taroko Gorge @ Hualien, Taiwan (19-21 March 2011)

Eternal Spring of Shrine We decided to go straight from Taoyuan International Airport upon arrival to Hualien in order to save a day. We spent the next two nights in Hualien at this beautiful minsu (in chinese) or B&B named Jia Li Bao 家麗堡. The minsu is complete with internet which is like 10 times faster than Msia line and the owner actually comes and pick us up from the train station. view from the minsu The minsu is opened by...

Mar 26, 2011

Back From Taiwan

Just got back from Taiwan today and darn, it's exceeded my expectation!Love all the food and especially the hospitality received throughout the journey (special mention to the minsu in Hualien)Shopping is heaven here!Photos and travel log will be up soon..now I need my beauty sleep.....

Mar 13, 2011

Symphony of Lights @ Hong Kong

Symphony of LightsWhen I was holidaying with may family in Hong Kong last November, it rained for two days two nights non stop, not the kind of rain in Malaysia where it rains for a few hours and stop.One thing I hate while travelling is rain. I can withstand cold even up to negative degrees but not rain. It was raining when I was hiking the Scottish highlands, it was raining when I went to Oban with Adri, it was raining when I went to Iceland to...

Mar 12, 2011

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

the famous tower upclosePisa is a small town located in Tuscany and about an hour train ride from Florence. We took this chance to visit the famous leaning tower as a day trip from Florence. Pisa is small to walk around and after a few minutes walk, we could see the leaning tower from far. Even from far we could see that the tower is tilted towards one side. We could see almost all the tourist did the must do pose in front of the Pisa tower! and...

The Quest so far...

my world domination..muahahaFound this application off the internet....Just for fun...

Mar 5, 2011

Roars of the Niagara Falls

view from Prospect PointThe video is taken by my dad to show how thundering and loud the falls can beNiagara Falls is the largest waterfall in the world and situated at the border of US and Canada. We managed only to see the falls from the US side as we need visa to crossover to Toronto. The trip was in 2007, my first ever country beside Asia. The falls on the American side consist of the Bridal Veil, Horseshoe falls and American Falls.The best time...