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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018 | Vietnam

The Grand Adventure: Day 83 – China (Nanning) / Vietnam (Hanoi)

22 July 2018, Sunday This will be a really short post because it was one of those days when nothing eventful happened. Nanning is not a tourist destination and there aren’t many notable sightseeing places in the city. I lay in bed for as long as I could until I finally dragged myself out of […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 82 – China (Changsha / Nanning)

21 July 2018, Saturday After a well-rested night, I woke up at about 10am and continued lazing on my comfy round bed before heading out to take a short walk around my hotel. It was another hot day at 36 degrees Celsius but I felt much lighter and cooler with my fresh haircut. After buying […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 81 – China (Fenghuang / Changsha)

20 July 2018, Friday This morning, we went for breakfast at our inn at 7:45am. Breakfast was included in our booking but sadly, it wasn’t very appetising. It comprised of corn porridge, soup rice noodles, hard-boiled eggs, steamed mantou and unsweetened soya bean milk. Just give me a cup of hot coffee, bread with peanut […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 80 – China (Zhangjiajie / Fenghuang)

19 July 2018, Thursday After spending three full days at Zhangjiajie, it was time to say goodbye to Toro, the adorable Labrador Retriever at our cosy Wally House guest house at Wulingyuan. And of course, his owner as well. At 9am, we loaded our suitcases onto the van and made our way southwest to Fenghuang […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 79 – China (Zhangjiajie)

18 July 2018, Wednesday It was our third and final day of our Zhangjiajie tour. In the past two days, we had covered the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, where we visited Yuanjiajie to see the famous Avatar Hallelujah Mountain, as well as Tianzi Mountain, Huanglong Cave, Baofeng Lake, Ten-Mile Natural Gallery and Golden Whip Stream. Today, […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 78 – China (Zhangjiajie)

17 July 2018, Tuesday It was the second day of our Zhangjiajie tour and we would continue our exploration of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area. Yesterday, we went up the mountains and visited the majestic Yuanjiajie and Tianzi Mountain. Today, we would not be venturing up the mountains but would instead visit the attractions at ground […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 77 – China (Zhangjiajie)

16 July 2018, Monday Rise and shine, exciting day ahead! We woke up bright and early at 7am and walked over to a small eatery near our guest house for breakfast. There was a “buffet” breakfast for only CNY 10 (S$2.09) but sadly, the variety of food available was very limited. We ended up only […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 76 – China (Shanghai / Zhangjiajie)

15 July 2018, Sunday This evening, we would be catching a short flight from Shanghai to Zhangjiajie, our next destination in China. I mentioned before that the concept for this Grand Adventure was to take one flight out of Singapore and make my way back home by land. So strictly speaking, I wasn’t supposed to […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 75 – China (Shanghai)

14 July 2018, Saturday For our final full day in Shanghai, we only had one objective today – shopping! We would be moving on to Zhangjiajie tomorrow and we knew that shopping opportunities there would be scant, so we made full use of our last day in Shanghai to shop to our hearts’ content. We […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 74 – China (Shanghai)

13 July 2018, Friday It was our second day in Shanghai and we started it by having a very sumptuous breakfast at the hotel. That is one of the good things about staying in a hotel – you don’t have to worry about finding food early in the morning or the night before, and you […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 73 – China (Beijing / Shanghai)

12 July 2018, Thursday This morning, we checked out of our comfortable hutong house at 6:30am. Our Airbnb host picked us up in his spacious combo vehicle and sent us to Beijing South Railway Station. The morning traffic was heavy and it took us around 45 minutes to get there. On the whole, we enjoyed […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 72 – China (Beijing)

11 July 2018, Wednesday For our final day in Beijing, we had only one place left to cover – the Forbidden City (故宫). It was raining when we left our Airbnb house at 10:15am. We had already delayed setting off but the weather forecast showed that it would rain the whole day so we had […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 71 – China (Beijing)

10 July 2018, Tuesday This morning, we set off at about 9:30am. The first item on our itinerary was Yonghe Temple or Yonghegong (雍和宫), also known as Lama Temple. From our Airbnb house, we took the subway at Guloudajie station and alighted at Yonghegong Lama Temple station, just two stops away. When we arrived at […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 70 – China (Beijing)

9 July 2018, Monday After an easy and relaxing day yesterday, we were all ready to explore Beijing at full throttle today. Our first agenda was to visit the Great Wall of China, one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. There’s a famous saying 不到长城非好汉, which means “He who has never been to […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 69 – China (Beijing)

8 July 2018, Sunday This morning, I woke up to news that my family had landed safely in Beijing at 7:23am. The travel party consisted of six people – my parents, my Uncle J and Aunt C, and Uncle S and Aunt J. I had arranged for my host to pick the six of them […]

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Asia | China | The Grand Adventure 2018

The Grand Adventure: Day 68 – China (Beijing)

7 July 2018, Saturday I had a good sleep on the train and woke up around 9am this morning. I made myself a cup of hot coffee and admired the scenery outside the window. Now that I was firmly in China territory, there was a lot more greenery and farmland all around, a far cry […]

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China | In Search Of Incredible | Tibet | Tibet Pilgrimage 2015

Tibet Pilgrimage Day 15: Lhasa / Chengdu / Singapore

[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 January 2016]   8 August 2015, Friday After a long two weeks spent in high altitude Tibet, it was time to get down to earth again, literally. We checked out of our Gorkha Tibet Hotel and hopped on Zai […]

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China | In Search Of Incredible | Tibet Pilgrimage 2015

Tibet Pilgrimage 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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China | In Search Of Incredible | Tibet | Tibet Pilgrimage 2015

Tibet Pilgrimage: 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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