When the sun sets upon this ancient city, it turns golden. There's a number of boutique hotels within this walled ancient town. The didi can only drop you outside as it's walking street. As night embraces, the Town gets lighted up. Within it, you can easily find street food, restaura

According to a stone booklet carving, Mount Huashan is also known as 财富山 (Fortune Mountain). There are many Taoist Temples & Deties, spread across the 5 peaks. To trek, there's usually 2 ways. We stayed in a local home stay boutique hotel at the base of the mountain & lady boss ki

From Xi'an, we took a High Speed Rail (HSR) to Luoyang. The HSR station at Xi'an is call 'Xi'an bei' & to Luoyang is call 'Luoyang Longmen'. It took about 1.5 hrs & cost about S$32. From Luoyang Longmen station, you can easily take a Didi to Longmen Grottoes.

What is the experience like taking China HSR... 1) Buy tickets You can the HSR tickets on Trip.com, 12Go or the official 12306.cn. Sounds easy right, but guess what, tickets are available 15 days in advance, e.g. if you intend to take train on 15th Jan, than you buy tickets around 31st Dec. On

This place need reservation & once you made a reservation, the restaurant will send you a menu link & you order the dishes. The signature dish is the kiln roasted chicken. It's really look beautifully roasted but we feel the meat is abit dry. Compared to the beggar chicken Beggar ch

This is a new shopping mall (opened in Nov 2025) which is slightly at the outskirts of KL. You have to pass 1 toll to reach & to put the distance perspective, it took about RM20 on Grab from Pavillion over to Hextar World. The mall was decorated to add to the CNY festive mood, so we immerse

Jam roads made worse on a rainy day, simply puts you off from venturing out to grab a nice seafood dinner. So rather than make a tedious journey out to the Bola Seafood Acui , we decided to order Grab food over instead. 2 crabs, and order of grilled prawns, kang Kong & a rice works out

Had a 4D3N staycation in Jakarta & here's the places that I check out on shopping. 1) Jakarta Premium outlet The premium outlet opened in 2025 & there's many international brands. 2) Thamrin City This is truely the world of batik & endless shops selling local fabric wea

Perfect fishballs noodles lah.. what are you thinking. Perfect bouncy, chewy, handmade fishballs & fish cakes! Every bite is a bliss! Slurp it with kweh teow or fish noodles, along with the comforting soup. You will find life's great . This is the 1st time I wish I had ordered the big bo

From the reviews, many people are not impressed with Park Royal Service Suites (Jakarta) breakfast spread... so I went with minimum expectations. At the breakfast table, I was tempted to just stick to usual bread.. but I can't help in taking a 2nd look at the Steamed Butter Rice, which is ne

Strolling down the Danube, the night view of the Parliament of Budapest is simply breathtaking. Truely worth a trip to Budapest if you are in Vienna. We took a train & it takes about 2.5 hrs. #europetravel , #traveleurope , #budapesttrip , #Hungary , #mustvisit

The sign board is faded but the place is bursting with people & lots of good food & drinks. I tried the dry version of liang tou fu & the bee hoon comes with dark soya sauce which is very unique. This coffeeshop still do the toast in a very traditional way. Comforting way to st

The slow moving traffic in Jakarta is a complete turn off & thus, I'm trying out the Jakarta MRT. The MRT is spacious & clean. Of course I'm a traveler so I'm not going to fight with the peak crowd. There's maps & panel display in the mrt to show you which stop is nex

Walking along the gorgeous beach, you face the mediterranean sea, Bay of Angels. The turquoise blue water, the sun, the breeze, there is no reason for one, not to go to Nice if you visit France or around the region. Once there, you will also realize why Cote d'Azur attracts so many vistor