This town in Vietnam seems to be dominated by the Tai Lue and Tai Dam minority. The cameraman seems to know Vietnamese, but even without speaking any Vietnamese, the Tai dam and Lao people are part of the big Tai family and the two ladies could communicate using Lao. The protagonist here lives in Laos, […]
It never ceases to amaze me how some folks thought they had endured extreme cold on a comfy holiday in a city, returning to their heated rooms at the end of the day, boast about how minus this, minus that is nothing. Like this jokers. Russians can easily survive because he had walked on the […]
It’s an antique military aircraft dating back to 1965. How on earth did Sam Chui manage to get on one of these? It’s powered by 4 turboprop engines and check out the 4 pairs of contra-rotating propellers. This design was the first wide-body transport aircraft and remains the world’s largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date. It has to be piloted manually and […]
In spite of their close relationship with China (like Nepal), this flight employs the ATR42-500, a French machine. There are incredible views of Rakaposhi 7788m from the cockpit. Although it’s merely the 27th highest mountain in the world in terms of its summit from sea level, Rakaposhi is actually the tallest mountain in the world […]
The Beijing authorities swiftly cracked down on tour agencies that baited tourists with very low rates and then forced them to pay extras or purchase overpriced items on the trips. Has this problem been solved. Reporters followed up on this. Most of the touts seemed to have vanished from the Wang Fujing area during most […]
Such opulence! It’s not exactly the sort of thing that an adventurer like me is looking for, but I don’t mind spending a couple of days and nights on this cruise to R&R after climbing a few mountains. Check Out Knapsack Books by Chan Joon Yee
千万别小看中国人 Even though most Singaporeans can speak quite a bit of Mandarin, many of us are not confident of travelling independently in China. Joining a tour in Singapore saves some trouble, but it doesn’t save you any money as you need to pay a premium for the convenience and the accountability. Some folks try to […]
Taiwanese climbing instructor and mountain rescue volunteer Chan Chiao Yu (詹乔愉) 2015 Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan) Ala Archa (Ala Archa), reaching the top of Ratsek peak. Suffered injury, rescued May 16, 2018, Taiwan’s first female climbed the world’s fourth highest peak Lhotse (8516m). September 28, 2018, Taiwan’s first woman climbed the Manaslu Peak (8163m), the eighth highest […]
Xu Xia Ke 徐霞客 (1368–1644) was a Ming Dynasty geographer who travelled throughout China, mostly on foot for 30 years. He was credited with the discovery of the Lancang River 澜沧江 in Yunnan Province which would become the Mekong in Southeast Asia and the Nu River 怒江 which would become the Salween in Myanmar. Xu […]
So many places to go, so little time and money. Most travellers are restricted more by time, commitment and finances than their courage to venture into the unknown. I’ve always wished I could have as many fans as the masters like Paul Theroux and Pico Iyer, but due either to bad timing or my lack […]