3 Day Hong Kong Itinerary. The Plan.
After countless hours of obsessive research, I will be heading to Hong Kong this week and of course I have a plan, a 3 day Hong Kong itinerary. I think it's a good one. If nothing else, it is...
View ArticleThe 6 Day Chiang Mai Itinerary. The Thailand Plan.
As you read this we will have already started our overloaded 3 day Hong Kong itinerary. But, travel continues after Hong Kong. There will be a short two hour flight to Chiang Mai, Thailand. And I...
View ArticleEating Chicken Feet at the Cheapest Michelin Star Restaurant
Eating chicken feet was not my intention when we decided to dine at one of the cheapest Michelin starred restaurants in the World, Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong. It was just a bonus. Tim Ho Wan in is a...
View ArticleA Hong Kong Junk Boat Ride Through Victoria Harbour
Seeing the Symphony of Lights was on my Hong Kong bucket list, mostly because I think light shows are cool, even without mind altering hallucinogens. Riding on a traditional Chinese junk boat in Asia...
View ArticleA Cable Car & 268 steps to Tian Tan. Big Buddha.
It was 463 stairs to the top of the Duomo in Florence, 129 steps to the peak of the St. Simons Lighthouse in Georgia and now there are 268 stairs to reach Hong Kong's Tian Tan, the Big Buddha. Isn't...
View ArticleEating Chinese Snake Soup in Hong Kong
It is snake season. That would be a really bad thing if you are hiking the Dragon's Back trail at Hong Kong's Shek O Country Park, but it is a really good thing if you are dining within the cities...
View ArticleRiding the Longest Escalator in the World. Mid-Levels in Hong Kong.
I have formed a new love. A love that gives me the extra push when needed, allows me the rest when exhausted and takes me to places that I may have never been otherwise. My new amore is the Central...
View ArticleBurning Incense at Po Lin Monastery in Hong Kong
There was a lot of burning incense wafting through the streets of Hong Kong. And I wasn't sure why. Not only were the fragrant sticks seen sporadically on the stoops of businesses, but when we visited...
View ArticleEating Squid Jerky in Hong Kong’s Tai O Fishing Village
After painfully climbing the 268 steps to see Hong Kong’s Tian Tan Buddha, Peter and I took a short bus ride to visit Tai O Fishing Village, also known as the Venice of Hong Kong. Since Venice, Italy...
View ArticleDessert Comes First at Hong Kong’s Dessert Kitchen
In a world where I dedicate my life to achieving my dreams, eating dessert before dinner makes total sense. It is a dream. Besides, I am an adult, most of the time, and can make my own decisions about...
View ArticleBathing Elephants in Thailand & a Big Butt Montage
In a recent interview with Life Listed, I claimed that my favorite bucket list adventure was swimming with stingrays in the Grand Caymen. But, that was before bathing elephants in Thailand. Elephants...
View ArticleVisiting an Offbeat Asian Market. Hong Kong’s Goldfish Market.
Hong Kong boasts a variety of markets and I went to just about every one of them. But, one stood out as a bucket list worthy event, probably because in all my travels I had never witnessed anything...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Bucket List View is at The Peak
I am a huge fan of going to one of the highest places in each city I visit to check out the view and to get my bearings. In Florence it was the top of the Duomo, Seattle the Space Needle and Georgia’s...
View ArticleBucket List of 17 Things to do in Hong Kong
While traveling to Hong Kong, in Asia, I knocked quite a few items off my Bucket List. And found quite a few more to add to yours. Bucket List of 17 Things to do in Hong Kong 1. RIDE THE LONGEST...
View ArticleHunting for a Souvenir at Khamthiang Market in Chiang Mai
Typically, photos are my only traveling souvenir, but there was one thing in Thailand that I was not going home without. A smiling ceramic garden sculpture. Not a gnome. But, similar. There were two...
View ArticleEating a Preserved Century Egg at a Thai Market
While taking a Thai cooking class, we made a stop by Chiang Mai’s Somphet Market to purchase ingredients for our dishes. This proved to be a bit more eventful than originally planned. Of course, it had...
View ArticleTraveling by Tuk Tuk in Thailand & Other Transportation
One of my least favorite parts about traveling is when you first land in a foreign country, after a dozen hours of flying, and have to find transport to your lodging. In a perfect world a limo driver...
View ArticleMaking Wishes at the White Temple in Chiang Rai
Thailand is home to countless temples, in Chiang Mai it seemed that there was one on just about every street corner, like dogs in Chile. And though they are all interesting in their own right, with so...
View ArticleEating Insects (& Other Fun) at Chiang Mai’s Sunday Night Market
I am not sure what my fascination is with eating bizarre foods, but prior to heading to Thailand there were a couple things that I knew for sure, one was that I would be riding in a tuk tuk and another...
View ArticleDrinking a Shot of Snake Whiskey in Laos
In Southeast Asia you will find the Golden Triangle, where the countries Burma (Mynamar), Thailand and Laos meet with only a narrow river as the boundary. While I was visiting on the Thailand side,...
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