Travel Quotes: June 2019

By -
"We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us." 

- Anonymous

Hiking trail, Okuhida, Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan (2014)


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Travel Bits: February 2026

By -
Image
Chinese New Year 2026 .......  February typically marks the month when Chinese New Year (CNY) is celebrated. Also known as the Spring Festival and Lunar New Year , this is the time when people of Chinese ethnicity celebrates the "New Year". Here in Singapore , we will have  2 days of public holidays as usual, on the first and second day of CNY. As this year's CNY public holidays fall on a Tuesday and Wednesday, many people can simply apply for annual leave on Monday for a 5-day "super long weekend" starting from Saturday, 14 February. And if one has enough annual leave days and is able to also apply for annual leave on Thursday and Friday for next week, then this will result in an even longer stretch of holiday from 14 February to 22 February, a total of 9 days off work in exchange for 3 days of annual leave. Naturally, plane tickets to popular holiday destinations such as cities in China and Japan, will also be rather expensive. Myself? No, I will not be tra...
Read more

Post-Trip Recollections - Love Hong Kong

By -
Image
Singapore , where I was born and grew up in and still live in, has always been compared to Hong Kong . While both cities have their similarities, they also have their unique differences which defined each city it each own right. I was first "introduced" to Hong Kong as a kid when I watched Hong Kong-produced TV dramas with my family. Then, I started listening to Canto-pop, basically pop songs by Hong Kong artistes. While I was not conversant in the Cantonese dialect then, I did slowly picked up the language due to constant exposure. Today, I still do not consider myself conversant in Cantonese. But I can at least understand the dialect when someone speaks to me in it. I will try my best to reply in Cantonese, peppered with Mandarin of course. For the record, I am an ethnic Chinese with Hokkien ancestry . However, I have no known living relatives in China or the province of Fujian , just to digress a bit from the focus of this blog post. Back to why I love Hong Kong and fin...
Read more

Israel, Tel Aviv - Boardwalk

By -
Image
Also known as the Tel Aviv-Yafo Beach Promenade, the Tel Aviv Boardwalk is spread out along  parts of Israel's Mediterranean coastline. This stretch of prime beachfront real estate extends from the north of the city to the south towards Jaffa. It is dotted by expensive hotels offering unblocked and awesome views of the Mediterranean Sea. The  Tel Aviv-Yafo Beach Promenade a.k.a. Boardwalk, Tel Aviv, Israel (2017)  History and Geography This promenade is also known as Tayelet in Hebrew. It's origin can be traced back as far as the 1930s when the then City Council decided on the construction of the promenade. Following the outbreak of World War II, the city's beaches were neglected and the seas along the beach ended up as a de facto dumping ground for sewages.  Following the building of a sewage plant in the area in the 1980s, the discharge of sewage into the seas ended. Gradually, cleanup works enabled the beaches along the promenade to be opened up...
Read more