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…
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…
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…
Exotic Bangkok & Around (8 days) Summed up
The three of us had great fun during our 8-days-Bangkok-&-Around DIY trip. It was a great mixture if modern and ancient/traditional sightseeings with lots of authentic/fusion Thai food, Thai culture, high country lifestyle, crumbling ruins and uniquely Thai forms of…
Day 8: Floating Markets
Plan for the day The plan was to visit Damnoen Floating Market (the largest in Bangkok) in the morning and we had a whole day to explore the market. Our flight back to Singapore was at 11 pm so we…
Day 7: Train & Floating Market
Plan for the day Our plan was to visit two very “special” markets. The first was a “real train” market where a train truly ran right through the market and the second was a floating market. Both the markets were…
Day 6: Ayutthaya Historical Park
Plan for the day We should arrive in Ayutthaya by the early afternoon. Having experienced the hot weather of Thailand we would not visit Ayutthaya Historical Park immediately upon arrival. We planned to go to our hotel to cool down…
Day 5: 2nd day in Khao Yai National Park
Plan for the day Our plan was to visit five attractions, they were “Primo Piazza”, “Palio KhaoYai”, “Ban Tha Chang” spring, “The Chocolate Factory” and lastly “Khao Yai Art Museum”. Though “Secret Art Garden” was one of our pre-selected options…
Day 4: Khao Yai National Park
Plan for the day We planned to drive from Bangkok to Khao Yai National Park. We would be staying two nights in a hotel in the park and that would give us about two days to explore the park. We…
Day 3: Corgi Cafe & Weekend Market
Plan for the day We had two destinations for the day, a corgi cafe and a night market. In between the two destinations we would be back to our hotel for a rest to escape the scorching heat of Bangkok.…
Day 2: Chatuchak Weekend Market & Chao Phraya River Cruise
Plan for the day Our plan was to visit Chatuchak Market, eat some local meals and go on a evening cruise on River Chao Phraya. Breakfast We had a simple breakfast consisting of vege, eggs and ham that were bought…
Day 1: Bangkok here we come
Bangkok – so near and yet so far Bangkok was so near to Singapore and a relatively inexpensive place to visit and yet we never considered visiting it till now. This trip we were going with our daughter who did…
Harbin (12 days) Summed up
One off our bucket list Harbin was an item on our bucket list, well not exactly our but at least mine. Yat Thong and I disliked cold places and in all our travelling we avoided visiting places that went into…
Day 9-12: Harbin on our own
Taxis to Zhong Yang Street Our tour bus let us down along a convenient spot to hail a taxis to Zhong Yang street. We had been advised to check if the taxis accepted cash payment before boarding as some would…
Day 9: Harbin
Day 9 was the last day of the guided tour, in the evening the other nine members of the tour-group and Dynasty Travel guide would be leaving Harbin for Singapore. As for Yat Thong and I we would be staying…
Day 8: Harbin – Snow Festival
Viewing the sunrise from our room Yat Thong woke up early to photographed sunrise from the window of our room at Harbin SongBei Shangrila. The sunrise was magnificent and could be seen from the comfort of our room. It was…
Day 7: Harbin
Breakfast at SongBei Shangrila International Hotel We were at the breakfast dining room at about 8am and there were already many people having their meal. We met the other members of our tour group, they had came down for breakfast…
Day 6: Jing Po Lake & Diao Shui Lou Ice Waterfall
What we would be seeing for the day Today we had two sights to visit, they both were located near to MuDanJiang. The first was winter fishing (冬捕) at JingPo Lake (镜泊湖) and the second was a frozen waterfall, DiaoShuiLou…
Day 5: Sunrise at YangCaoShan 羊草山
Breakfast at Snow Town Breakfast was truly as pathetic as our guides warned us. Our breakfast coupon which allowed us entry into the eating hall was also used to exchange for ONE small egg. We were not particularly worried when…
Day 4: China Snow Town
We left Yabuli without going up a single ski slope. We felt so sad and short-changed. We should have verified what were the sights we had to forgo when we opted for the two optional tours the day before. I…
Day 3: Yabuli
Today we were supposed to visit the famous Yabuli a ski resort which was China largest ski resort. Though we did not intend to ski, we thought we would be going up by chairlift to the top of some ski…
Day 2 & 3: Volga Manor
Meeting the rest of the tour group At about noon we were back at Harbin Taiping Airport to meet up with the rest of the tour group. The flight was late by an hour so by the time the entire…
Day 1: Flying into Harbin
Plan for the day We would fly into Harbin via Beijing on Air China. The first leg of the flight would began at 0015 hr in the early morning and we would reach Beijing some five hours later. At Beijing…
Day 13 & 14 – Last Evening & Morning in Hanoi
Our Plan We knew we would be back to Hanoi by about 3 pm after our 3day-2night Halong Bay Cruise. Since it would be the last evening in Hanoi we did not make any “grand” plan to go anywhere specific,…
Day 11, 12 & 13: Halong Bay Cruise
Plan for the next three days This was the first day of our 3day-2night Halong Bay cruise. Our original started date was five days ago but it was also the day when all cruise boats had to get off the…
Day 9 & 10 – Back to Hanoi
Plan for the next two days It would be our final morning in Tam Coc, we did not have any plan to do any more sightseeing in Tam coc, we rather had a leisurely breakfast and waited for our transport…
Day 7 & 8: Tam Coc – Cave Mua & Tam Coc Boat Ride
Plan for two days In Tam Coc there were only two places that was a must visit for us. It was Mua Caves (Hang Mua) and Tam Coc boat ride. The optional items were in Trang An which were Trang…