travel Lessons learned from packing for Asia Trip 2016 In one of my previous posts I showcased my first attempt at packing for my Asia Trip at the beginning of the year. I then followed up with my review of one of the bags I took with me and it showed what I
travel iM Star cafe in NY Chinatown I was meeting my aunt for lunch in NYC chinatown and she decided to bring us to a HK style cafe called iM star (called M star on yelp for some reason). The HK style french toast was nowhere near as good as the
travel Asia Trip 2016: Attempt to pack light I tried to pack light for my NYC/Japan/Korea trip. Here is some pictures of my first attempts. I ended up taking out a few more things so I could put my day pack into the duffel bag to consolidate down to one
travel Price differences I discovered while researching plane tickets I have been doing research/planning for the past few months for my trip to Japan and Korea next spring. The plan is to fly from Austin and land in Tokyo travel across to Osaka by bullet train and stop at places in between,
travel Japan Trip Part 4 - Last few days in Japan Japan Trip Part 1 Japan Trip Part 2 Japan Trip Part 3 Leaving Kyoto We started the morning off by visiting a small bakery around our Ryokan called Rauk. If you're ever in the area I highly recommend you try out the bread here.
travel Japan Trip Part 3 - Kyoto Japan Trip Part 1 Japan Trip Part 2 Leaving Tokyo Woke up in time for hotel breakfast. It wasn't particularly amazing but wasn't bad either. Natto, fish, Miso soup and some fruits. We went into the JR office asking the attendant there how to
travel Japan Trip Part 2 - Akihabara Japan Trip Part 1 We started the day off by going to the cafe across from the hotel and had some breakfast. Our plan today was to explore Akihabara. All this cost around 8 USD. We walked by this bakery right next to the
travel Japan Trip - Part 1 After we arrived at the airport I opted to purchase tickets for the coach bus into Tokyo that drops us off right in front of our hotel, the tickets cost ¥3000($30 USD) per person. The reason I chose to take the coach bus
travel Hong Kong Day 4 Hong Kong Day 1 Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 3 Woke up to meet with girlfriends friend to have some dim sum. Went to one of the dim sum restaurants that I grew up going to with my grandfather on Sundays when
travel Hong Kong Day 3 Hong Kong Day 1 Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 4 Woke up at around 9 am looking for food. We tried desperately to look for a dim sum place around Tsim Sha Tsui but it seems like every thing was closed. It
travel Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 1 Hong Kong Day 3 Hong Kong Day 4 Blast to the past We woke up and decided to pay a visit to where I used to live and pay a visit to my old primary and secondary school which was
travel Hong Kong Trip Day 1 Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 3 Hong Kong Day 4 I've said that I would try to blog once a week but I have been pretty bad at it so far. But I've decided to try and follow the rules of "