Hemingway, Midnight in Paris and a touch of history

I am back to writing about Paris and finding this far more difficult than writing my two previous books which were essentially travelogues about Provence and Catalonia. Paris is throwing up too...

Hidden Gems in Hong Kong: Mid-Levels

Mid-levels has many stuff that may interest you. Lan Kwai Fong is not the only place for entertainment. Local businesses and local government in Hong Kong extends its influence over some parts...

Hidden Gems in Hong Kong: Garden City (Kowloon Tong)

Garden City (Kowloon Tong) was developed by C. Montague Ede as a low density residential area accommodating English people during colonial era. In recent decades, organisations have established...

A Woman's Take on Visiting Saudi Arabia

My husband, Tristan, and I recently spent two months helping run a startup accelerator program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Before committing to going there, we tried to do as much research as we could...

Hidden Gems in Hong Kong: Fung Tak Park

The story "Journey to the West" written by Wu Cheng'en is based on the true event of a Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuanzang (A.D. 602 – 664). He went to India (old name as 'Tianzhu') study...

7 Interesting Travel Tips for Thailand

Wherever we are planning to travel, we read posts by other travel bloggers, and watch a lot of online content about the country we will be visiting, the people, the food and their customs. Here are...