Having lived in Beijing for eight years now, I’ve started to take things for granted. There are amazing neighbourhoods to explore in this 3,000 year old city, but the familiarity creates indifference. For the next few months, a friend and […]
Hutongs at Beiluo Guxiang, Beijing, China Read More >>
Over the Christmas holidays, I made a second trip to Hangzhou to celebrate New Year’s Eve at my friend’s restaurant (I’ll share some pics from his beautiful restaurant in a follow-up post about the second Hangzhou trip). While in Hangzhou,
Just around Hallowe’en last year, I got an invitation from my friend to visit Hangzhou and check out his partner’s new restaurant. Not having travelled for most of 2020, I jumped at the chance to get out of the city.
There have been a number of “leaks” from Nokishita and Fujirumors in regards to the upcoming Fujifilm GFX 100S and from what has been leaked so far, it looks very impressive! Back in 2018, when I joined the Fujifilm medium
The Fujifilm GFX 100S is coming! Read More >>
Hope all my readers are keeping safe and healthy during these unusual times. I wish you a Happy New Year! May we all start travelling and exploring the world again soon! With the pandemic still in place, the only option
Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China Read More >>
While there are a number of interesting airports that I’ve transited through in my travels, I never thought that I’d come across one that took my breath away. If you’re a fan of the late British-Iraqi architect, Zaha Hadid, you
Daxing Airport, Beijing, China Read More >>
While out photographing a cityscape of Hong Kong, I had an idea to try some unique cropping. While standing in front of the stunning skyline, I brought up the image size menu on the Fujifilm GFX50R, and came across an
The case for the X-Pan crop Read More >>
Hong Kong is endowed with incredible views from a number of locations, but my favourite view by far, can be seen from Crow’s Nest. Crow’s Nest is a less well travelled location for viewing the iconic Hong Kong skyline which
Crow’s Nest, Hong Kong Read More >>
For the past few months, we’ve been exploring Hong Kong’s stunning scenery from its nature side; we’ve visited the Hong Kong Geopark, Ham Tin Wan, hiked across the MacLehose trail 3, 4 and 5, climbed up to the top of Sharp Peak, and so many other short hiking trips with views that challenged our preconceived ideas of Hong Kong.
Jardine’s Lookout, Hong Kong Read More >>
Continuing with the Hong Kong staycation theme, the past weekend, we made our way over to a less well known destination in Hong Kong called the Ng Tung Chai Waterfalls located in the New Territories. This beautiful hiking route includes
Ng Tung Chai Waterfalls, Hong Kong Read More >>
It’s hard to believe that we’re still in a semi-lockdown phase here in Asia with essentially no travel allowed for fun purposes. Even travel for critical purposes is severely limited and there are many unfortunate stories about families torn apart
Ham Tin Wan Camping, Hong Kong Read More >>
