TANKS Travel Tales - a travelogue.......

I flew 'J' Class on from Hong Kong (HKG) to Taipei (TPE) on EVA Air (BR) during my recent vacation. This was my first time flying on EVA Air. As this was a vacation, I had wanted to take things a bit slower and also to travel in a bit more luxurious style to reward myself for working non-stop, including weekends, for the past 5 months. Thus, I decided to fly via Business Class in the late morning which I supposed is a relatively off-peak period for flight reservations, especially on a weekday. Thus, I was booked and flew to Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport via EVA Air's Flight BR852. The Flight BR852 that I was on, uses an A330-200 to serve the relatively short route from Hong Kong to Taipei. Total fight time was 1 hour and 45 minutes (official estimates) although based on my watch, we actually touched down in Taipei in less than 90 minutes after leaving Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport. As this was a short flight, I did not get the chance to real...

Finally I managed to put aside some of my work and travelled to Hong Kong and Taipei for a short year-end trip. Because this was suppose to be a trip to allow me to wind down and relax a bit, I did not plan my itineraries to be hectic, Instead, my 2-day stay in Hong Kong and 5-day stay in Taipei were really free-and-easy as in I take in whatever sights, sounds and food that come my way. Armed with the cameras in my iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6s Plus as well as my Canon EOS-70D DSLR, I took lots of photographs of the places I visited during my combined 7-day trip as well as the food I enjoyed during the trip. And because December is the month when we celebrate Christmas and the Year-End festivities, many shops were cashing in on the festivities with beautiful window displays that simply screamed "come and buy"! Here is an awesome shop window display which perfectly captures the mood of Christmas yet is blended with subtle advertising of the products that the shop ca...

Due to an extremely heavy work schedule, I missed posting an article on my monthly Travel Bits series for the month of November 2015. However, the series continues with this post for December 2015. As I write this article, I am also busily trying to clear as much of my work as possible before I embark on a one week vacation  to Hong Kong and Taipei (my first ever trip to Taiwan) next week. For my upcoming trip, I will be flying from Singapore to Hong Kong on Singapore Airline's (SQ) famed Business Class! I only paid for the fuel surcharges and taxes because my return air tickets from on SQ are redemption tickets using my fast expiring Krisflyer miles. For my return flight from Hong Kong to Taipei, I will be flying via EVA Air's (BR) Business Class. This will be my first time flying with EVA Air. As usual, I will be writing about my onboard experience after my trip. December is usually the month when many of us try to squeeze in some vacation time after a long year of w...