Laos is a pretty small land-locked country, sitting quietly next to bigger neighbours including Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and China. Vientiane is not exactly a tourism magnet, especially compared with its sister city – Luang Prabang, which is more famous for its natural attractions. The airport in Vientiane is smallish, with access to international flights … More Laid-back Vientiane : Travel Ideas
Chyi Yu even in her late 60s, maintains her angelic voice and sings continuously for a nearly 2 hours concert during her recent concert in April 2025 in Malaysia. Her choices of songs during the concert is a mixture of English songs and her popular songs. The most enduring of all is Olive Tree, also … More Chuan Ge 船歌 by Chyi Yu (1989) : Song
The series is 40-episode, with the 1st episode providing the background of a reincarnation for the male and female leads – Li Rong (portrayed by Zhao Jin Mai) and Pei Wen Xuan (portrayed by Zhang Ling He). In the original lifetime, Li Rong is the Eldest Princess whereby she married Pei Wen Xuan a young … More The Princess Royal 度华年 (2024) : C-drama Series Review
Surrounding Dunhuang are many interesting day trip ideas. Ranging from ancient forts & passes, scenic geopark, geographically interesting danxia landform and various temples. You can either use Dunhuang as the base to travel about with daily return trips or take the opportunity to traverse the ancient silk road either westward (likely from Xian) or eastward … More Silk Road #2 Day trips from Dunhuang : Travel Ideas
The series came under the radar upon finishing Prisoner of Beauty, as the female lead for both series is Song Zu Er. Although not a big fan of Ren Jia Lun (the male lead), we gave this a try and the storyline is indeed quite interesting. In total 36 episodes, the series follow the demon … More Demon Hunter’s Romance 无忧渡 (2025) : C-drama Series Review
We started the series while it is still not fully released, and this is one of the more interesting & captivating series in recent times. 36 episodes in total, it is quite a roller coaster to chase the series. Casting Liu Yu Ning as Wei Shao and Song Zu Er as Xiao Qiao, the series … More The Prisoner of Beauty 折腰 (2025) : C-drama Series Review
The 12-episode Korean series had a lot of hype at the beginning of the airing, but seems to have fizzled off especially in the last few episodes. The plot of the show is actually interesting and definitely not your ordinary story. The first couple of episodes provide the backdrop of the life story of the … More Heavenly Ever After 천국보다 아름다운 (2025) : K-drama Series Review
For the longest time, Silk Road east to west is considered the mysterious veiled journey filled with trade secrets & exotic finds. Having traversed part of this journey, I can imagine this to be the case in hundreds of years of the past. The route itself is an ever-changing route to avoid trecherous terrain, murderous … More Silk Road #1 Dunhuang : Travel Ideas
Shanghai has a certain charm to it, whereas I always associate it with the 1920s and 1930s where the heyday of the republican era is so imprinted especially in movies and series. The city is cosmopolitan, never sleeps and never wait for anyone. With Shanghai city as the base for bullet train, it is easy … More Day trips from Shanghai : Travel Ideas
Xinjiang region is so huge that it is impossible to cover every place of attractions in one visit. Generally the region can be split into Northern and Southern attractions, with 3 mountain ranges surrounding the scarcely populated region. At the top north is Altai Mountain, the middle being Tianshan range and Southern range covered by … More Northern Xinjiang Hemu & Kanas : Travel Ideas
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