Day 6 – 2 May 2025, Friday After the dreary conditions yesterday, we were hoping for much better weather today for our last day of cycling in Okinawa. When I woke up at 6:15am, I immediately checked the forecast and it was promising, with daytime temperatures between 21 and 24 degrees C and sunny conditions […]
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Day 5 – 1 May 2025, Thursday When I woke up at 6:00am this morning, I checked the weather forecast and saw that it was currently 20 degrees C outside, with the maximum temperature for the day at 24 degrees C, nice and cool. But more importantly, the forecast showed that it would be a […]
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Okinawa Blue 2025 – Day 4: American Village / Ta-taki Waterfall / Nago
Day 4 – 30 April 2025, Wednesday Today, we’ll be leaving our cosy apartment in Naha and renting a car to drive to Nago city located in the northern part of Okinawa island, about 67km away. We really loved our Naha apartment because it was so cosy and comfortable, and we had lots of fun […]
Day 3 – 29 April 2025, Tuesday Today, KP will be joining us in Okinawa and our travel party will finally be complete. He had to delay his arrival because of a work trip so he missed the last two days of fun. We made arrangements for him to meet us directly at Itoman Michi-no-Eki, […]
Day 2 – 28 April 2025, Monday After a restful night, I woke up at 6:30am to another day of cloudy skies and 23 degrees C weather. When I checked the forecast, it showed that there was a 30% to 50% chance of rain for the rest of the day. I was dismayed because we […]
How It All Began Following last year’s successful Jeju cycling trip with my buddies IH, PL and ZY, we planned a sequel for this year. Our other cycling buddy KP wasn’t able to join us last year but he promised to join us this year, so we had a party of five this time round, […]
Day 6 – 10 March 2025, Monday I was woken up at 6:00am this morning by a tummy ache, then realised I had turned a year older too. Happy birthday to myself! After washing up, we had breakfast at the lounge before heading to the lobby to be picked up by Amazing Borneo at 8:30am […]
Day 5 – 9 March 2025, Sunday I woke up at 6:30am and saw that the weather forecast projected a cloudy day with temperatures ranging from 25 to 29 degrees C, with rainy conditions expected around 3:00pm. That’s good because we are joining a half-day bicycle tour (click here) this morning. As I got off […]
Day 4 – 8 March 2025, Saturday I woke up naturally at 6:00am this morning. The moment I stepped off the bed, I could feel the strain on my legs. The muscle ache has fully set in, especially on my thighs and calves. It’s not surprising because of the tremendous physical exertion from the past […]
Day 3 – 7 March 2025, Friday The plan was to wake up at 1:30am but I was already awake naturally at 1:00am. I didn’t sleep much because it was way before my usual bedtime so it took me a long time to fall asleep, and before I knew it, I was awake again. Furthermore, […]
Day 2 – 6 March 2025, Thursday We woke up at 5:45am, feeling extremely excited about our Mount Kinabalu climb today. I generally slept well even though I woke up several times during the night despite the bed being very comfy, I’m not sure why. After washing up, we walked a short distance to the […]
How It All Began This trip happened by a stroke of luck, or perhaps, it was simply just fate. It materialised because I originally had a project scheduled for 5 to 11 March 2025 but it didn’t work out at the last minute. And since I had already taken leave for that period and it […]
Day 6 – 6 December 2024, Friday It was my last day in Pune but there was one more activity for me to participate in before flying home later in the evening. As fate would have it, UJ’s niece was getting married today and he invited me to come along for the ceremony. This was […]
Day 5 – 5 December 2024, Thursday After a restful night’s sleep, I woke up at 6:15am, washed up and greeted NC, who was up before me. We then went down to RK and UK’s place, which is located in the same apartment building, two floors below. UK was already busy preparing food in the […]
Day 4 – 4 December 2024, Wednesday This morning, I woke up at around 6:00am, eagerly anticipating the day ahead. After a light breakfast of coffee and biscuits, Dr J and VJ came over to Zen so the five of us (plus Dr J and VJ’s dog) went for an easy hike at 7:20am. The […]
Day 3 – 3 December 2024, Tuesday I woke up naturally at 5:30am this morning because my body clock was still quite attuned to Singapore timing, which is 2½ hours ahead. UJ made me coffee and we had a light breakfast of biscuits while sitting at the terrace. We watched the sky get brighter as […]
Day 2 – 2 December 2024, Monday After a good night’s sleep, I woke up at 5:30am, extremely excited for the day ahead. I was excited because I would be cycling with the rest of the gang this morning! UJ and GJ were already up before me. They wake up early to perform their daily […]
How It All Began Since I first knew them in 2018, my good friends UJ and GJ had been asking me to visit them at their home in Pune, India every time we met up over the years. And after repeated invitations, the stars finally aligned and we made it happen. We decided that I […]
Day 1: 9 February 2025, Sunday (Exchange rate: RM1 = S$0.3067 / S$1 = RM3.26) For my first trip in the new year, I headed to Genting Highlands in Malaysia, a childhood favourite destination of mine. The trip was also a pre-birthday celebration for mum, a good chance to spend some quality family time together. […]
Day 9 – 12 October 2024, Saturday For our day of departure, we went for an early breakfast at our hotel at 7:15am. It was not crowded yet so we were seated immediately, unlike yesterday. After breakfast, I made a quick visit to the last of my list of places to see in Osaka. It […]