Out and About: Macau By Night
On any given weekend, downtown Macau’s party atmosphere is bursting with visitors enjoying local snacks and souvenir shopping. These normally bustling streets look very different after dark. With all the shops […]
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Discovering Old Taipa Village
As Asia’s gambling capital, it would be easy to dismiss Macau as nothing more than Las Vegas of the East, a collection of extravagant but soulless casinos in the former […]
Yim Tin Tsai: Hong Kong’s Little Salt Pan
Regular readers of this site will know that I’m a big fan of exploring abandoned buildings and dilapidated villages – and Hong Kong has a fair number of them in […]
Stanley’s Christmas Market
Despite the colourful decorations adorning the office towers and shopping malls, it doesn’t always feel like Christmas in Hong Kong. Maybe it’s the stretch of unusually warm weather we’ve been […]
Wychwood Barns: Soupalicious!
This past weekend I paid a visit to Wychwood Barns, a park and community hub in Toronto’s Hillcrest neighbourhood. This heritage building was originally a century-old TTC streetcar barn and […]
The George Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum is the world’s oldest museum dedicated to photography, located in Rochester, New York. The former residence and estate of George Eastman, the founder of the Eastman […]
Noodling Yokohama: The Ramen Museum
Continuing on my Japanese noodle adventure, I made a stop at the Ramen Museum located in Shin-Yokohama, a few subway stops from the downtown area. I was intrigued by this […]
The Toden Arakawa Streetcar
One of the pleasures of big city travel is the opportunity to explore areas that are beyond the usual tourist circles. Tokyo’s Toden Arakawa streetcar is a hidden gem that […]
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