After our stops in Tuscany at Argiano Dimore and Florence, we made our way over to Rome. Since I had already gone to Rome in 2019 and went to a number of tourist attractions, this visit was more to enjoy […]
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After our excellent experience at Argiano Dimore in Tuscany, we hired a driver to take us to Florence. In 2019, I visited Florence and so I’ll focus this post mostly on images. The one thing I will say however is
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While staying at Argiano Dimore, we took a few day trips to Pienza and Montalcino. Pienza, often called the “prettiest town in the world” is located in Tuscany, Italy. The central Piazza is framed by 15th-century buildings like the Pienza
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During my stay in centralized quarantine here in Beijing (now at day 20 of 21), after spending a wonderful extended Christmas and New Years in Hong Kong, I took the time to organize and clean up all the images I
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The East Coast Park Precinct (Phase 1), located at the harbourfront in Fortress Hill on Hong Kong Island, officially opened late last year in September. It’s become one of my favourite places to take the dogs to watch the sun
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Being trapped in a small city is no excuse to avoid a vacation, so for this holiday season’s staycation, I decided to try The Murray Hotel in the Central district of Hong Kong. Last year, I had a very enjoyable
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For the fourth and final post in the Chengdu series, we took a short drive down to see what everyone comes to Chengdu to see, the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Xiongmao Valley. Because of our fortuitous timing,
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For the third post in the Chengdu series, we stayed in the northwest area and explored Dujiangyan with its ancient towns and incredible man-made irrigation system. In this series from Chengdu: Chengdu City Qingcheng Mountain Ancient Cities of Dujiangyan, Jiezi,
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This is the second in a series of posts from a trip to Chengdu, where we head northwest to the famous Qingcheng Mountain (locals call it Qingchengshan as “shan” is “mountain” in Mandarin). What makes this mountain famous is that
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This post will be short as I’ve covered most of the relevant content in the previous visit to Chengdu, however I wanted to share some new pictures from this trip. In addition, I went to the countryside on this trip
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For the fifth and final part in the Dali series, we visit Gizhou Island, talk about the Internet Red revolution, and come to some conclusions. Other posts in this series can be found at: Shuanglang Ancient Town Erhai Lake Xizhou
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For the fourth part in the Dali series, we visit Cangshan Mountain, walk the Jade Trail and visit the Chongsheng Temple and Three Pagodas complex. It was an intense and incredibly fulfilling day! Other posts in this series can be
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