Year: 2018

Hong Kong is covered with hills, and Hong Kong Island, where most of the business skyscrapers are, is no different. If anything, this just makes for a very striking contrast when you have forested hills and skyscrapers juxtaposed with each other....

The first place I ever visited in Malaysia was Malacca, the famous port city for which the adjacent strait is named after. Malacca has a very mixed background. It used to be a powerful Malay sultanate, but was conquered by the Portuguese in 1511,...

South Koreans are known to be proud of their history and culture, and their national history museum demonstrates this quite well. The National Museum of Korea is a massive, imposing building that contrasts with a pleasant artificial lake in front....

Even though Crazy Rich Asians and its two sequels have earned a lot of acclaim, I held off on reading it for a long time because I wasn’t sure I cared about the lives of rich, high-class Singaporeans. Especially when the main plot centers on an...

The South China Sea has been the biggest flash point in Asia for the past few years. Surrounded by multiple nations, but heavily contested by one that is furthest away from it, the sea is a vital conduit for regional trade with over $5 trillion...

Seoul is a great city to visit for many reasons, one of them being that it has several impressive museums like the National Museum of Korea history museum and the War Memorial of Korea. The War Memorial of Korea is the most impressive military...

Despite its name, Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s main history museum as well as the country’s largest art museum. Located in Tokyo’s Ueno Park and built in 1872, the museum features several large collections in separate...