Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Prior to our arrival in Hanoi, we’d been discussing the itinerary with Hanoi Private Free Tours, and one place I was particularly interested in is Train Street. This famous, if not especially long, stretch of about 100 meters features an
Our next stop was St. Joseph’s Cathedral, one of the landmark sites in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. This church is neo-Gothic in style, and is a working church that has masses on weekdays and services on weekends. The church was built
One of the popular things to do when in Hanoi is to engage locals to bring you on tours by foot to explore the Old Quarter. There are many such possibilities around and listed on travel sites like Klook. From
There is a very large number of small hotels located in the Old Quarter. The one we’re staying at – San Grand Hotel – also just so happens to be very near Hoan Kiem Lake, a freshwater lake that is
I was sharing with our ang mo bud Matt that itinerary preparation-wise, we’d been pretty chill, relatively, when compared to the large amount of planning for last December’s Japan trip, for this 10-day trip to Hanoi. It’s probably in equal
We were initially planning for a nine-day trip to Hanoi, and had prepared an itinerary for that and did a soft booking for our stay at Lucien Hotel in early February. However, the trip length was extended to ten days
A new year, and again lots of exploration to see where to go to over the two long school vacation breaks in June and December. We were reasonably set to re-visit Japan at the end of this 2023 year, but
As is our tradition for every overseas trip we take, we’d do a final retrospective post about our observations of the country we traveled to, with our notes centred not only on places we visit, but also on food, culture
Continued from the last post! Food Club (Cross Gate Kanazawa, Day 07) Aashirwad Indian Nepalese Restaurant (Nagamachi, Day 08) Hachiban Ramen (Kanazawa Station, Day 09) Sogawa Base (Toyama, Day 10) Chitose (Takayama, Day 11) Cheese (Nagoya, Day 13) Mega Kebab
We haven’t put up detailed posts on our dining experiences over our Japan 2022 trip, on account that while we enjoy good food, blogging about culinary experiences is beyond us! The most we can probably say is whether the food
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
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