Getting the most out of Sapa travel
Located in the northwestern mountains of the country, Sapa is a modest town nestled within the Hoang Lien Son mountain range in Lao Cai Province. Sapa is an excellent destination to enjoy outdoor activities with stunning landscapes that attract both domestic and foreign tourists.
Travelling in Sapa, few tourists miss an opportunity to trek to mountain villages and majestic waterfalls. Continue reading
On The Road: Bhutan (Bangkok Report)
The late afternoon in Bangkok saw Graham Ware, Kayla Keenan and I spending a couple of hours in Bangkok’s Chinatown district, “de-rusting’ our shutter fingers with some street photography.
While having dinner with some of the photo-expedition’s members at The Irish Pub on Silom, news of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Bhutan reached me. The AP report said that the earthquake killed at least 11 people, damaging an ancient monastery and forcing hundreds to flee, with at least 15 people injured. Continue reading
I like Paris
Ahhh…Paris (pronounce that pah-REE in your head when you’re reading this). There are so many things to love about Paris but what I love most is that it just doesn’t disappoint.
It’s everything you expect and more. Many cities we visited for the first time were not what we expected and sometimes we were disappointed and sometimes we were delightfully surprised. But not Paris…it’s all here, just as one expects – snobby waiters, men walking with baguettes squished under their armpits, beautifully dressed and manicured women, and delicious pastries. Oh the pastries! Where else can you get foie gras for breakfast, lunch and dinner? On our way home today we saw a pretty girl riding on an old-school-big-handlebar bike, wearing a long scarf, long skirt, and carrying a bunch of flowers and a baguette in her front bike basket, just like in the postcards. Continue reading
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