Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Unlike the 2019 trip, the 2022 trip this time round saw a couple of days – especially in the first week of our trip – where we experienced late autumn colors, which in turn made for great opportunities in post-processing
Every trip I make, I’d do a post-trip post commenting on the image capture experience of that trip. It’s mostly done in order to have a detailed record of what happened in the trip so that I can make more
Truth be told; we made two fairly large mistakes in planning for our itinerary. The larger of the two was making a major itinerary change – i.e. making Hokkaido instead of central Japan our main focus – after we’d bought
We’d opted for a late afternoon departure from Hokkaido back to Tokyo. We’d done so because in the earlier versions of the itinerary, we’d be spending just one evening in Hakodate, so maximising the amount of time we’ll have in
The work event that was the centerpiece of this trip supposedly takes place in Tokuyama – except that as far as official location names are concerned, there’s no such city called Tokuyama. The area is actually called Shūnan city, and
Our Ang Mo bud was especially interested in the sunset fishing excursion, so the kids and wife joined him for that outing on day 6 evening too. The catch was Jack fish, and the other a snapper. The critters were
Taiwan is a really popular vacation destination for Singaporeans, and a quick look at my Facebook feed attests to that. There was an ex-NTU class-mate who was in Taiwan with his family during our period of travel and broadly covering
Our itinerary for Day 11 after Da’an Forest Park was to explore Yongkang Street – a not particularly well-known spot among tourists, and offering a large number of street food, eateries, (a lot of) coffee cafes, and also handmade craft
Apparently, the Jiufen area has been raining for nine straight days now. Several other friends and family members also shared that the Jiufen and Shifen areas in December are basically wet seasons, and they experienced the same downpours during their
We said goodbye to Taichung after five days in the city and Nantou region. We’re at the midpoint of our trip to Taiwan, and the next leg of our trip is to take us to Hualien – population 104,000 according
My trip highlight up Mt. Hehuan done and lunch at Inako Valley View Restaurant done, it’s the kids’ turn for this trip’s main event: a visit to Cingjing Farm. The Farm is a pretty large area – around 760 hectares
Food next! The 13 minute drive to the Master of Mushroom saw us going uphill for a good stretch to an elevation of 500m+. Though by the time we reached the place, it was solidly during lunch hour i.e. crowded,
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