[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 January 2016] 1 August 2015, Friday The time has finally come for us to begin trekking! After spending one week in Tibet acclimatising to the altitude and spending the past three days sitting inside a van, I was […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 31 December 2015] 30 July 2015, Thursday It’s Day 7, the halfway mark of the trip. Much like the two days before, it will be another long day as we travel about 515km from Saga to Darchen, which is […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 30 December 2015] 29 July 2015, Wednesday After a good night’s sleep on a 1,000-thread count bed sheet (or so it felt), we woke up rejuvenated and raring to go. We had breakfast in the hotel restaurant and checked […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 December 2015] 28 July 2015, Tuesday After yesterday’s extended stay in Lhasa, ST managed to recuperate and recover just enough to make the long road trip to Shigatse today. Along the way, we would be stopping by at two […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 November 2015] 27 July 2015, Monday According to our itinerary, we would be leaving Lhasa today and heading to Shigatse. However, things don’t always go to plan. Early in the morning, RL informed us that ST’s fever had […]
[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. […]
[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 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 […]
[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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, […]