Year: 2018

Hong Kong

World’s greatest urban hike – Hong Kong Island

The sight of Hong Kong’s phalanx of skyscrapers in its business district from above is a sight I never tire of despite having seen it numerous times. I’m sure that most people who come to Hong Kong never fail to be impressed by this as...
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Galle Fort, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Galle Fort

Despite being a small island next to a giant country, Sri Lanka boasts a lot of historical sites, lush mountains, national parks with elephants, and beaches. The country is really special for travel; so special that I wrote two articles about it. I...
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Book review- The Harmony Silk Factory

The Harmony Silk Factory is the story of a man told through the different perspectives of three characters who were close to him. Johnny Lim is a wealthy Malaysian-Chinese merchant with a checkered and mysterious past who was the father of the first...
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Capital Museum, Beijing

Visiting Beijing’s Capital Museum

Beijing’s Capital Museum is in a large gray, unattractive building that doesn’t give much indication about the historical treasures and fantastic displays inside. It’s a museum about Beijing’s history, but with more interactivity...
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Berlin

Visiting Berlin’s German Historical Museum

Berlin is ideal for museum enthusiasts like myself because of its multitude of museums. It even has a Museum Island, a cluster of museums on the northern half of an island in the Spree River, right in the middle of the city. Museum Island consists...
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Book review- The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds

In the early 20th century, a Swedish-Finnish nobleman by the name of Baron Gustaf Mannerheim undertook a secret mission for the Russian Tsar to spy on China. Starting from Moscow, Mannerheim crossed Russia, traveled through Central Asia and across...
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Book review- Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria

Nigeria probably isn’t on any list of top countries to travel to, but for the daughter of Ken Saro-Wiwa, it was a special journey. Noo Saro-Wiwa grew up in England and was 19 when her activist father was arrested and executed by Nigeria’s ruling...
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