Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
It was a good idea for us to have lunch at Xizhou Ancient Town: the town was laid back and quiet, compared to the very bustling — and clearly touristy — Shuanglang Ancient Town. The town was a 40-minute drive
Our assigned pair of driver and tour guide picked us up at Z Hotel this morning punctually at 9AM and we formally started our 13-day private tour with Windhorse Tour of the two provinces, Yunnan and Sichuan. The planned itinerary
Day 01 of our 21-day trip to Yunnan and Western Sichuan has just started. Random notes and comments! Our start point of this trip is Dali, which if one considers linear distance isn’t that far from Singapore actually. The entire
We’re just about a week away from traveling for our year-end holiday to Yunnan–Western Sichuan, so it’s about time to write an update post on our preparation for the trip. Random notes and comments in no particular order of importance!
We worked out in June the broad plan for our year-end vacation in China. Basically, we’d cover the Yunnan and also Western Sichuan areas for two weeks, and in the third week we’d visit Jiuzhaigou Valley on our own and
I’m writing this onboard the flight back home from Nagoya to Singapore, SQ671. The flight took off at 10:42AM and should be arriving home slightly earlier at 3:45PM than the scheduled arrival time of 4PM Singapore time, with a just-under
My second visit to Shirakawa-go, with the first during winter in December 2022. I guess the most important question is: is the village worth a second visit in a different season? I reckon if you’re in Gifu or Aichi Prefecture,
Takayama was another 1 hr 20 minutes drive from Gujo Hachiman. We’d stayed in Takayama for two nights during the 2022 trip, largely as a springboard for us to visit Shirakawa-Go and also the Hida Takayama Village. I’d initially thought
One of the places that we really wanted to visit during our Japan 2022 trip was Gujo Hachiman. This small riverside town is situated in Gifu Prefecture, about 1.5 hours away from Nagoya. The rural town is visited particularly for
The third and last hotel of my 10 day trip to Nagoya-Toyota City was back in Nagoya again, and I opted for a simple i.e. cheap stay at a property near Nagoya train station. I was staying for just three
The about 3.7km trail has three highlight landmarks: Taisho Pond, Tashiro Pond, and Kappa Bridge, and most visitors who are following the easy trail will be visiting these three places in that order. I didn’t really find Kappa Bridge very
The second of the three day trips I booked for this Japan work trip. Our Ang Mo bud had also decided on a spur of the moment to fly to Japan and join me on this day trip before he
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