[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 November 2015] 26 July 2015, Sunday It’s Day 3 of the trip, and we have two places for sightseeing today – Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. Potala Palace is the most visited tourist attraction in Tibet, and rightly so. […]
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[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 25 October 2015] 25 July 2015, Saturday Following last night’s sudden bout of AMS, I spent a restless night in bed, waking up every 2 hours, feeling sick. I just kept drinking water, because that was what Tenzin advised. […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage 2015 – Day 1: Singapore / Chengdu / Lhasa
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 20 October 2015] 24 July 2015, Friday Seven months after first mooting the idea, it was finally time to set off to Tibet. Our Air China flight was scheduled to depart Singapore at 2:00am, so we checked in at […]
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Tibet Pilgrimage 2015 – The Planning
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 19 October 2015] How do I begin? In all honesty, Tibet wasn’t even on my list of must-visit places. So how did I end up going to Tibet? After two trips to Europe in 2014, I was craving for something […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 14 & 15: Paris / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 7 September 2015] 7 November 2014, Friday It’s Day 14, the last full day of the trip, and we would be taking it easy today. After yesterday’s unsavoury encounter with the gypsy woman that left mum a few hundred […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 13: Paris
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 22 August 2015] 6 November 2014, Thursday It’s the second last day of the trip, and I had planned to cover all the key sights in Paris today, so that we could have a relaxing day tomorrow with no […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 12: Switzerland (Zürich) / Paris
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 20 July 2015] 5 November 2014, Wednesday After four days in Switzerland, it was time to move on to Paris, the last leg of our trip. I had visited Paris once before – in October 2009. At the time, […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 11: Switzerland (Lucerne / Zürich)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 15 July 2015] 4 November 2014, Tuesday After spending a night in Lucerne, it was time to move on again and today, we would be heading to Zürich, the capital of Switzerland. Our train departure time was 12:10pm, but […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 10: Switzerland (Zermatt / Lucerne)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 June 2015] 3 November 2014, Monday It’s day 10, and today, we’re bidding farewell to the countryside and heading to the city. Zermatt had been lovely and our apartment was the most comfortable and homely of all the […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 9: Switzerland (Zermatt)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 June 2015] 2 November 2014, Sunday It’s Sunday, and the agenda for today is a trip up to the mountains. We woke up at 7am, grabbed some breakfast and headed for the cable car station at the far […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 8: Italy (Milan) / Switzerland (Zermatt)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 May 2015] 1 November 2014, Saturday It’s a new month, and we’re off to a new country – Switzerland! After the underwhelming Milan, we couldn’t be more excited than to leave the drab city behind and to head […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 7: Italy (Venice / Milan)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 10 May 2015] 31 October 2014, Friday It’s Day 7 of the trip, and after just one night in Venice, we packed our bags reluctantly and prepared to depart for our last stop in Italy – Milan. As our […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 6: Italy (Florence / Venice)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 9 May 2015] 30 October 2014, Thursday Day 6…time to say farewell to the lovely Florence, and we’re off to the intriguing Venice. Intriguing because there is no other city quite like Venice. Variously known as the “City of Canals”, […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 5: Italy (Florence / Pisa)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 19 April 2015] 29 October 2014, Wednesday It’s Day 5 and today, we would be making a short trip to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower, one of the sights I was most excited about. Since young, looking at […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 4: Italy (Rome / Florence)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 7 April 2015] 28 October 2014, Tuesday Day 4 of the trip, and it’s goodbye Rome, hello Florence! This morning, we checked out of our apartment early (we’re always early), and walked a short distance to the bus stop, […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 3: Italy (Rome)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 4 April 2015] 27 October 2014, Monday It’s Vatican City day today! Don’t know why, but our bodies don’t seem to need as much sleep when we’re on holiday. We woke up before 7am and headed out for a […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 2: Italy (Rome)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 22 March 2015] 26 October 2014, Sunday After a well-rested night, we woke up bright and early at 7am, with no traces of jet-lag lingering. By 8am, we were out of our apartment. The highlight of the day was […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – Day 1: Singapore / Italy (Rome)
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 16 March 2015] 25 October 2014, Saturday It’s the day of our long-awaited trip, and we checked in at Changi Airport Terminal 3 at 12:20am for our Qatar Airways flight QR945 to Rome. At 2:20am, we departed Singapore and […]
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Europe Trippin’ Part II 2014 – The Planning
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 15 March 2015] I certainly did not plan on visiting Europe twice within a year, but this trip had been a long time coming. I’ve talked about taking a vacation to Europe with my parents for many years now. […]
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Europe Trippin’ 2014 – Day 18 & 19: Scotland (Edinburgh) / London / Amsterdam / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 December 2014] 4 February 2014, Tuesday It was time to say goodbye to Edinburgh as we checked out of our hostel early and lugged our luggage to Edinburgh Waverley train station for the 8:30am East Coast train to […]