Asia

The part of our visit to the Philippines that we were most looking forward to was our El Nido trip. Nearly everyone we had spoken to who had previously toured the nation of over 7000 islands, would bang on and on about El Nido. Our expectations were high! PIN this for later? After a bit of…

If you’re planning a trip to the Philippines to explore the crystal clear waters, beaches and islands, no doubt you would have heard of Palawan. Currently, El Nido and it’s striking limestone rock formations pull in most of the tourists to this beautiful part of the Philippines, but over recent years, Coron Island is starting to…

If you’re reading this post hoping to find a long list of Hong Kong street food eating options, we’re sorry to tell you that Hong Kong is not a plentiful city when it comes to street food vendors. Unlike other street food filled Asian cities like Bangkok, Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong street food…

Hong Kong is a beautifully unique city which must be seen from its many different viewpoints. By day the city shines in the Asian sun with a dramatic backdrop of green soaring mountains. Trekking to the top of Lion Rock will give anyone the best daytime vantage point. By night the city lights up like…

If you enjoy urban exploration then Hong Kong is the city for you. The centre of Hong Kong falls on the Hong Kong Island side but for us, Kowloon is the most exciting part of the city. There are so many things to do in Kowloon so the area easily warrants a couple of days or…

When you’re in Hong Kong as a visitor, there are a few touristy things that just have to be done. We’re aware that there will be big numbers of tourists, which we don’t like, but we’re also aware that this may be our only visit to the city. Our one chance to see as much…

Hong Kong island isn’t all crowded streets, neon lights and towering concrete buildings. There’s a side to Hong Kong that not everyone knows about and peaceful Tai O fishing village is the perfect example of this. PIN this post for later? We hadn’t even heard of Tai O fishing village when we boarded our ferry…

After living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for nearly four months, we’ve become very fond of the locals in our neighbourhood of Santitham. Santitham is a very local area of the city, unlike other popular areas that are populated with quite a few expats and tourists. Santitham has plenty of great cafes, restaurants, street food spots and…

Did you know there are approximately 50 Hong Kong beaches? Before booking our flights to the city we had no idea of this fact. For us, images of Hong Kong consisted of skyscrapers and bright neon lights, not stretches of glorious white sand. But it’s true, Hong Kong has some lovely beaches that are the…