NORTH AMERICAN SOJOURN 2017 – THE PLANNING How It All Began In mid 2016, my very good friend, KP, got posted to Montreal, Canada, for work. As he would be there for a year, he asked if I would like to visit him in Montreal sometime in 2017. That was when he would be more […]
Month: October 2017
Bali All The Way 2017 | In Search Of Incredible | Indonesia
Bali All The Way Day 4: Water Sports / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 30 September 2017] Day 4: 28 April 2017, Friday It’s our last day in Bali and we spent the morning doing water sports activities at Tanjung Benoa in the southern part of the island. From our villa, we drove […]
Bali All The Way 2017 | In Search Of Incredible | Indonesia
Bali All The Way Day 3: Snorkelling / Tegenungang Waterfall / Tanah Lot
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 September 2017] Day 3: 27 April 2017, Thursday After the high of yesterday’s exploits (literally 3,031m high), it was time to experience some lows (literally) today, as we would be snorkelling in the Bali Sea off the beach […]
Bali All The Way 2017 | In Search Of Incredible | Indonesia
Bali All The Way Day 2: Mt Agung Trek / Jimbaran Bay
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 5 September 2017] Day 2: 26 April 2017, Wednesday Technically, it’s still Day 1 of the trip. After dinner on 25 April 2017, we retreated to our rooms at about 7pm to catch some sleep before heading out again […]
Bali All The Way 2017 | In Search Of Incredible | Indonesia
Bali All The Way Day 1: White Water Rafting / Seminyak
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 9 July 2017] Bali 2017 – How It All Began This April, I visited Bali with two of my friends, KH and AK, and their wives. I’m the odd one out, I know, but after the last Sydney trip, […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 2 July 2017] Day 4: 11 March 2017, Saturday This morning, I woke up experiencing post-Adele concert blues. I spent a good hour reliving the concert by watching the videos clips that I took with my phone. Ahhh, what […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 25 June 2017] Day 3: 10 March 2017, Friday After the chilly weather we had yesterday, it was nice to wake up to blue skies today. We were banking on good weather this morning because we wanted to make […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 18 June 2017] Day 2: 9 March 2017, Thursday This morning, we woke up early because we had a fun-filled, action-packed day ahead of us. After taking our breakfast in the hostel, we left at about 7:30am and walked […]
Hello Sydney 2017 | In Search Of Incredible | Sydney
Hello Sydney Day 1: Singapore / Sydney / Katoomba
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 11 June 2017] How It All Began This year, I visited Sydney for two special reasons. The first was to celebrate my birthday, and the second was to watch Adele live in concert. Well, make that three reasons, because […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 4 June 2017] This February, I took a short trip to Kuala Lumpur to celebrate mum’s birthday. I had gone to KL as recently as last year but mum and dad haven’t been there for about 10 years, so […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 23 April 2017] Day 8 – 14 December 2016, Wednesday Rise and shine, it’s our last day in Hokkaido. We would be departing our hotel at 1:30pm to go to the airport, so we had some free and easy […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 April 2017] Day 7 – 13 December 2016, Tuesday It’s our last full day in Hokkaido today and we spent the first half of the day visiting Otaru, a seaside town about 40km away from Sapporo. At 8:30am, […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 14 April 2017] Day 6 – 12 December 2016, Monday Today, we woke up to a very chilly morning, -14 degrees Celsius to be precise. Caught the weather forecast on television and it showed that all of Hokkaido was […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 9 April 2017] Day 5 – 11 December 2016, Sunday This morning, after another splendid breakfast buffet, we reluctantly checked out of the hotel at 8:50am and proceeded to our first sightseeing activity at Shiretoko National Park, which was […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 5 February 2017] Day 4 – 10 December 2016, Saturday This morning, I woke up at about 6:30am. When I pulled open the curtains, I was greeted by the marvellous view of Lake Akan (阿寒湖) in front of me. […]
Hohoho Hokkaido 2016 | In Search Of Incredible | Japan
Hohoho Hokkaido Day 3: Tokachi / Kushiro / Lake Akan
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 14 January 2017] Day 3 – 9 December 2016, Friday The daily morning call for the tour group was at 7am but as usual, we woke up earlier on our own and went for breakfast at 7am. We like […]
Hohoho Hokkaido 2016 | In Search Of Incredible | Japan
Hohoho Hokkaido Day 1 & 2: Singapore / Tokyo / Chitose / Tokachi
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 January 2017] How It All Began Last year, I had a White Christmas in Hokkaido, Japan. Well, technically, I didn’t spend Christmas Day overseas but my vacation was during the December period and it snowed very heavily, so […]
In Search Of Incredible | Thailand | Wat's Up, Chiang Mai 2016
Wat’s Up, Chiang Mai Day 3 & 4: Adventure Sports / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 4 December 2016] Day 3 – 17 October 2016, Monday It was our last full day in Chiang Mai and an action-packed one at that. We had booked a combo package from 8 Adventures comprising a 31-station Zipline, 1.5-hour […]
In Search Of Incredible | Thailand | Wat's Up, Chiang Mai 2016
Wat’s Up, Chiang Mai Day 2: Bungy Jumping / Sunday Walking Street Market
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 28 November 2016] Day 2 – 16 October 2016, Sunday We woke up early this morning to have breakfast at our hostel. It was a simple affair of toast with peanut butter and jam and a cup of hot […]
In Search Of Incredible | Thailand | Wat's Up, Chiang Mai 2016
Wat’s Up, Chiang Mai Day 1: Wat Chedi Luang / Night Markets
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 20 November 2016] The Preparation My friend AL and I had been talking about going on a trip together for a while, but due to our conflicting work schedules, it wasn’t easy to find a time when both of […]