So, I’ve been seeing quite a few posts about Himalayan pink salt and the claims made for it are so ridiculous it’s annoying. So here are some facts. 1. The More… →
For the first two years of the trip we had assumed that we would be flying home from India. With four departure points to choose from it’s fairly easy to More… →
The good thing about getting around Bangkok is that there are so many options, and local transport is extremely cheap compared with western countries. The biggest problem is the traffic, More… →
We’d been quite fussy about choosing a place to stay in Bangkok as we wanted to end the trip on a high note. It would be the hottest time of More… →
A taxi from Hung Hom back to the J Residence cost $96 without the detour that we had on the way to Guangzhou. We had considered staying in Kowloon this More… →
On our last full day we decided to explore Guangzhou’s modern financial district of Tianhe, so took the metro to Pearl River New Town. On exiting we went into a More… →
18th was dull but much warmer than it had been since we landed in Hong Kong. After topping up our cash reserves we went to find the Bright Filial Piety More… →
Thursday was still cold and wet, and we spent part of the morning making arrangements for our return to the UK – we had booked two nights on Airbnb a More… →
Although we set an alarm for 09:00 it was still after 10:30 by the time we got out of the hotel, after a breakfast of coconut tarts that tasted unpleasantly More… →
As Tuesday dawned dull and drizzly an indoor activity seemed appropriate, so after a breakfast of egg custard tarts we took the metro to Yuexia Park, near the snappily-named Museum More… →