Articles

Hunan, Hunan, Hunan - Morning Entry

 (thumb) Woke this morning and lay in bed trying to figure out what I was going to do. From outside my window a lot of noise was making its was to my ear drum. On further inspection I saw about 20 mopeds with riders wearing sashes across their chests. I quickly got dressed and followed the adhoc procession down the street.I then found myself at [...]

The Peak Tower

The gift shop at the entrance to the Peak Tower from the tram (thumb) The Peak Tower is a multi-story shopping mall at the terminus of the tram station at the top of the Peak.  The Tram stops in the basement, and while you can choose to leave the mall at ground level, most tourists tend to proceed up the mall to the top floor where an observation deck provides some breath-taking views of Hong Kong and the [...]

Cool In Kuala Lumpur

Berjaya Times Square (thumb) What I noticed first in Kuala Lumpur after touch down at KL Interbational Airport was the massive developments that had been done with respect to infrastructure. I did not get to see much of country-side and the people there. But what I saw in Kuala Lumpur was really breath taking. The scene there could be from any advanced city in Europe or [...]

shopping in shinjuku

The Times Square Shopping Center (thumb) Shinjuku is a fantastic shopping district. There are plenty of great areas to shop in Shinjuku, and you can find just about anything that you need in Shinjuku. The two most popular streets to shop on in Shinjuku are Shinjuku Dori Avenue and Yasukuni Dori Avenue. These crowded streets carry everything ranging from clothing to the [...]

Hong Kong 1997

Hong Kong street (thumb) It was 10 years ago in the summer of 1997 that our family made our first trip outside the Philippines, and went on a a 12 hour flight to Hong Kong! We stayed at the Kowloon Panda hotel and had 4 days to tour around places and see the popular attractions. It was exciting because everything was a new experience, despite the fact that the entire [...]

CakePHP © Copyright 2007 trippert inc.