Day 8 – 11 October 2024, Friday It’s our last full day in Japan, and we took it easy today. At 8:15am, we went for breakfast at our Hiyori Hotel but the small restaurant was full so we waited for around 15 minutes before we got a table. The buffet spread was decent but not […]
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Day 7 – 10 October 2024, Thursday When I opened my eyes this morning at 6:10am, the sky was already bright and it was a chilly 9 degrees C outside. However, I woke up to the most amazing view and I quickly scrambled out of bed in excitement. After many days of cloudy weather, the […]
Day 6 – 9 October 2024, Wednesday When I woke up at 7:30am this morning, it was 13 degrees C outside. The weather we’ve been experiencing is much colder than I expected as I didn’t bring any long-sleeved shirts with me for this trip. But luckily, I bought a sweater from Adidas yesterday and a […]
Day 5 – 8 October 2024, Tuesday After spending one night in Hakone, it was time to make our way to Kawaguchiko. It would be a relaxing day as we would drop by Gotemba Premium Outlets for some shopping along the way. It was 21 degrees C in the morning and it wasn’t raining yet, […]
Day 4 – 7 October 2024, Monday This morning, we had an early start to the day because we were leaving Tokyo for Hakone with a 7:37am train to catch. When I woke up at 5:50am, I saw the sun just rising above the mass of buildings in the distance. It was 21 degrees C […]
Day 3 – 6 October 2024, Sunday After experiencing rain that lasted almost the entire day yesterday, I was happy to wake up this morning to see that it was not raining anymore. The weather forecast showed that cloudy conditions would continue all day, with the temperature at a cool 20 degrees C at 7:30am. […]
Day 2 – 5 October 2024, Saturday When I woke up this morning at 7:15am and drew the curtains of our hotel room open, I saw cloudy skies over Tokyo. Checked the weather forecast and it showed a 95% chance of rain at 8:00am, with rain continuing throughout the day. Not a good sign, especially […]
How It All Began This trip was about 10 months in the making, conceived sometime in December 2023. As we discussed our travel plans for the coming year, we thought about where we would like to go together for a family vacation. As dad advances in age, far-flung destinations like Europe or America are out, […]
Day 6: 16 May 2023, Tuesday It’s the fourth day of our Tour de Taiwan cycling adventure, and we’ve settled into a good rhythm by now. We woke up at 6:00am and went for breakfast at 6:30am, followed by the usual warm-up at 7:15am and briefing by Jeffrey. Today will be the second-longest distance for […]
Day 5: 15 May 2023, Monday Day 3 of our Tour de Taiwan RTI, and we’re feeling good…we went for breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant at 6:30am, followed by the usual loading up, warming up, gearing up and briefing of the day’s itinerary by Jeffrey. Today would be a “relaxed” day of cycling from Taichung […]
Day 4: 14 May 2023, Sunday I woke up at 5:50am today, having slept very well last night, no doubt because of the physical exertions from the first day of cycling yesterday. I checked my legs and found that I could still feel them, which was a good sign. I think they would get sorer […]
Day 3: 13 May 2023, Saturday After two nights in Taipei, it was time to start our adventure – the Cycling Tour de Taiwan, or Round-The-Island (RTI) cycling tour with Giant Adventure (捷安特旅遊). Over the next nine days, we will cycle a total distance of around 900km, covering between 80km+ and 122km each day. It […]
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Jeju Fantasy 2024 – Day 6 & 7: Seongsan / Jeju-si / Singapore
Day 6: 16 May 2024, Thursday And just like that, it was the last day of our Jeju RTI. Having decided not to do the sunrise trek up Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak, I slept in and woke up at 6:35am this morning. It turned out to be the right decision because today would prove to be […]
Day 5: 15 May 2024, Wednesday Day 5 of our trip, and the third day of our Jeju RTI. It was another beautiful day for cycling, with the temperature at a cool 15 degrees C at 7:00am before rising to a maximum of 22 degrees in the early afternoon. Today’s agenda was to cycle 57.4km […]
Day 4: 14 May 2024, Tuesday Rise and shine, it’s the second day of our Jeju RTI ride! It was cool and sunny at 16 degrees C when we woke up at 7am, but the temperature would hit a maximum of 21 degrees later in the early afternoon. Perfect conditions for cycling. On the agenda […]
Day 3: 13 May 2024, Monday Day 3 in Jeju, and it’s now time for our Jeju Round-The-Island (RTI) ride! As promised by the weather forecast, we woke up to sunny skies, with the morning temperature a cool, 14 degrees C. Compared to the cloudy skies yesterday and the spell of rain last night, the […]
Day 2: 12 May 2024, Sunday We were tired yesterday because of our red-eye flight, but after a good night’s sleep, we woke up today feeling much more refreshed. At 9:10am, IH, ZY and I left Whistle Lark Hotel and walked towards our breakfast venue, Café Antoinette, located about 2.4km away. PL elected to sleep […]
How It All Began To be honest, South Korea was not on the top of my list of places to visit. I am not a big fan of kimchi or K-Pop, and have resisted the Korean wave for a long time. However, I recently started watching some K-Dramas like Squid Game, All Of Us Are […]
Day 4 – 13 March 2024, Wednesday Today was D-Day…the day we would be Together Again with Janet, or Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty! I woke up excited at 6:45am and had breakfast at our Airbnb apartment, consisting of Flosss bun that we bought from BreadTalk last night, and instant coffee from home. As the […]
Day 3 – 12 March 2024, Tuesday For our third day in Manila, we decided to go on a day trip to Tagaytay, a popular weekend getaway located about 60km south of Manila. We looked at a few tour operators on Klook and Tripadvisor but they were pretty expensive, so the ever-resourceful WY trawled the […]