Summary We had a great two weeks road trip in Taiwan. For years we had always wanted to see Pingxi Sky Lantern and it finally became a reality in 2023. Rather than flying into Taipei just before the Sky Lantern…
Taiwan Summary
Day 12, 13 & 14 Taipei & Around
Taichung to Taipei The last stage was Taipei which was near to our “flying out” airport, Taoyuan International Airport. We stay was a hotel in Taipei which was a convenient point for us to explore the northern part of Taiwan.…
Day 11: Taichung
CingJing to Taichung Our purpose of visiting Taichung was to explore Gaomei Wetlands. We had seen very lovely sunset at the wetland. The drive from CingJing to Gaomei Wetlands was about 2 hours less than two hours, so there was…
Day 9 & 10: QingJing
From Wuling to QingJing From Sqoyaw Village (Wuling) to Qingjing needed about 2 plus hours, along the way there were many observation decks and hiking spots. The weather was great and it was a very memorable trip with beautiful highland…
Day 7 & 8: Wuling
Taroko NATIONAL PARK to Wuling From Taroko National Park to Wuling Farm was about 110km probably about 4 hours driving and through several stretch of windy roads. There was a road blockage along Highway 8 at the 114km marking. That…
Day 6: Taroko Gorge
Hualien Town to Taroko Gorge From HualienTown to the start of Taroko National Park was about 20km. Taroko Gorge was one of the main attractions of the park and the gorge stretched about 19km. We planned to spend the night…
Day 5: Hua Lien
Yilan to Hualien Yilan to Hualien town was about 108 km and a slow drive took about 2 hours. We planned to stay one night in Hualien city, to enjoy the coastal view and eat some Hualien food. The drive…
Day 4: Yilan
Coastal drive to Yilan We drove south east to the east coast of the island to reach Yilan. We did some google searches to find some “must eat” food of Yilan. First was the “famous yam icecream of Yilan”. It…
Day 3: Shifen on 15th day of Chinese New Year
Sky Lantern in Shifen Today was the 15th day of the Lunar Chinese New Year and we planned to be in Shifen in the evening to see the annual Sky Lantern Event. Unfortunately. this morning we were told by Blue…
Day 2: JIUFEN
Route for the day After a lovely breakfast we checked out of Six Star Motel (Taoyuan) and drove north east ward to the coast. Our final destination for the day was a scenic quaint town Jiufen. Before Jiufen we intended…
Day 1: Getting to Taiwan
Scoot – Cheap flight to Taiwan It was a last minute plan to visit Taiwan! Scoot Airlines offer of $300 (SGD) return flight per person between Singapore and Taiwan with check-in 20kg bag was too good to ignore.We had done…
Tasmania Summary
Why 23 days? 23 days in Tasmania seemed like too long a duration for a small Island. We gave ourselves 23 days because we wanted to do a slow drive around the entire place. We wanted to visit the common…
Day 22 & 23: Richmond & Bye Bye Tasmania
Coles Bay to Richmond to Airport Our flight out of Hobart International Airport was about 1 pm in the afternoon, during our trip planning stage, we were debating if our last night should be at Coles Bay (3 hours to…
Day 20 & 21: Bicheno & Coles Bay
Bay of Fires to Coles Bay We went from one bay (Bay of Fires) to Freycinet National Park. The national park contained beautiful places like Coles Bay, Wineglass Bay, Cape Tourville, Harzard beach etc. We only had time to visit…
Day 18 & 19: Ben Lomond & Bay of Fires
Getting to Ben Lomond From Launceston to Ben Lomond was only 54 km and about 1 hour drive. Ben Lomond though was not one the places where tourists would go, its pictures on the internet looked too good not to…
Day 16 & 17: Launceston
From Cradle Mountain to Launceston From Cradle Mountain was a 2 hour drive to Launceston, the only place we found interesting to stop midway was Christmas Hill Raspberry Farm. We stayed two nights in Launceston and during our two days…
Day 14 & 15: Cradle Mountain
Cradle Mountain for two days From Parkland to Cradle Mountain there were several routes, the shortest being 100km taking about 1 hour. Most visitors would just visit Cradle Mountain as a day trip or stayed only one night at Cradle…
Day 12 & 13: Stanley
Arthur river to Stanley & around From Arthur River we drove northward Stanley. There were two possible routes to Stanley, one was an hour drive passing through the town of Marrawah and the other was a route that required two…
Day 10 & 11: Corinna & Arthur River
Going north After Strahan we were going northward. Though we could easily reach Arthur river before the day was over we decided to stop midway and stay a night at Corinna too. Both Corinna and Arthur River seemed too beautiful…
Day 8 & 9: Queenstown & Strahan
Lake St Clair to Queenstown It was a 94 km drive from Lake St Claire to Queenstown along the way we stopped at Nelson Falls and Ironbowl Blow Lookout. We did not stop to trek to Horsetail Falls but still…
Day 7: Lake St Clair
On the way to Lake St Clair It was an 1 hour and 45 min drive from Maydena to Lake St Clair Lodge where we stayed one night. The distance travelled was only a mere 141 km and yet we…
Day 5 & 6: Mount Field
New Norfolk New Norfolk was midpoint on our way to Mount Field National Park. The drive took only 30 minutes. Our destination was “Dervent Cliff Walk” which overlooked River Dervent. We parked our car at a carpark by the river…
Day 3 & 4 Hobart & Bruny Island
Mount Wellington Our third and fourth days were in Hobart and nearby. I first destination was Mount Wellington which was practical in the backyard of Hobart City. It took us about 1 hour and 15min to drive from Port Arthur…
Day 1 & 2: EagleHawk Neck
Flying from Singapore to Melbourne to Hobart There was no direct flight from Singapore to Hobart so we flew into Hobart via Melbourne. The original flight itinerary on Jetstar was a 3 hour layouver in Melbourne which was just nice.…
Myanmar Summed Up
A Lovely Myanmar Trip We had a wonderful “eight-day-seven-night” time in Myanmar. This trip was much above our expectations. We engaged “One Stop Travel & Tours, Myanmar” to take care of all our travelling needs and had a wonderful time…
Day 6 & 7: Mandalay
Summary of our 2 day in Mandalay Mandalay was the last of our four cities trip. We had two days for Mandalay which was pretty sufficient. In Mandalay our most memorable attraction was U-Bein Bridge and watching sunset over the…
Day 4 & 5: Bagan
Summary of Our Bagan visit We spent two days and two nights in Bagan and this duration was more than enough to enjoy its fabulous sunset and a sunrise. There were thousands of pagodas, ruins and temples in Bagan so…
Day 2 & 3: Lake Inle
Summary We had two days at Inle Lake and had a great time visiting temples, local craft workshops and village markets. We flew into Heho International Airport which was about 27 km from the lake and stayed in a resort…
Day 1: Yangon
Summary of the day We only had one day/night at Yangon, which we felt was insufficient. Two days/nights would have been better. There were many temples in Yangon but due to our limited time we picked Shwedago Pagoda as our…
Hawaii Summed Up
Was four weeks enough? The Hawaii Archipelago had 137 islands stretching over 2400km. At the southern end of the archipelago were eight main islands known the Main Hawaiian Islands. Six were habitable (visitable), one was a private island for farming…
Week 4: Big Island
Summary Big Island was the fourth and last Hawaiian island in our 4-week Hawaii DIY trip. Unlike the other three islands (Oahu, Kauai and Maui), Big Island was much bigger so it was only practical for us to stay in…
Week 3: Maui
Summary Our best experience in Maui was on Mount Haleakala Summit. We were practically “standing” on clouds. The sunset experience above the clouds was also a lifetime wish came true. We also had our first encounter with Hawaiian green sea…
Week 2: Kauai
Summary We arrived in Kauai on the 4th of August just after 12 noon and left on the 11th of August very early in the morning. We had about 7.5 days to explore the island which was sufficient enough for…
Week 1: Oahu
Summary Week 1 in Hawaii was spent on Oahu Island. We had 7 full days to explore this lovely island. The island was not very big so 7 days was enough for us. Our accommodations were all located near Waikiki…
Spain & Portugal Summed up
Road trip for 53 days How did we decide that it was a 53 day road trip to explore Spain and Portugal and not a 20 days or a 70 days? We started by looking at pictures of scenic destinations…
Day 52 & 53: Going Home
Summary We were on the final leg of our road trip. Wow! It was 53 days ago when we first picked up our Citroen car at Tolouse and soon it was about time to return the car to the same…
Day 51: Montserrat
Summary Our last destination in Spain was Montserrat (saw tooth mountain) and the famous abbey that sat on it. It was a short drive from Barcelona to the mountain. We stayed for a night in a hotel next to the…
Day 48, 49 & 50: Barcelona
SUMMary We had three days in Barcelona. Barcelona was our last Spanish city and it seemed pretty big with many attractions so we gave ourselves three days instead of the usual two. We stayed in a hotel just outside the…
Day 46 & 47: Valencia
Summary We had two days to explore Valencia. It was a lovely place and one of the places in our itinerary we were looking forward to visit was the “grand old market”, which was not the typical modern supermarket. “The…
Day 45: Monasterio de Piedra Natural Park
Summary We drove a long way to visit Monasterio de Piedra Natural Park. It was a tedious 3 hour 15 minute drive over 266 km. This Natural Park was so out of way and we were not sure how to…