12th Feb 2010

I thought I could beat the sunrise, but I was greeted by a bright, cloudy and someone hazy morning in Hanoi. I checked out of my hotel and boarded a taxi to the bus terminal where the bus to Lang …

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13th Feb 2010

It was a cold and wet morning in Guilin on the 13th of February, Chinese New Year’s Eve. I could vaguely see the Sun and Moon Pagodas from the window of my hotel. The distant peaks were hardly visible at …

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16th Feb 2010

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I’m surprised not many people have even heard of it, but Detain Waterfall has to be the most beautiful waterfall I’ve ever seen. Situated in Guangxi Province, right at the border with Vietnam, it is 200m wide and has a …

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Things To See In Hanoi & Guangxi

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I’ll be leaving for Hanoi on the 11th of February 2010 for a very short Chinese New Year holiday. I’ll be heading for Guangxi and then I’ll be returning to Hanoi to fly back to Singapore on 19th February. Given …

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Kunming To Weixi

I arrived in Kunming on the evening of 3rd Feb. It was a warm 20 deg C and things were looking good for a successful expedition. That evening, I took a sleeper bus to Lijiang and from Lijiang bus station, …

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Deqing & Mt Meilixue

I’m sending this to you from Meilixue Tavern at Fei Lai Si, Deqing County, right at the border between Yunnan and Tibet. The average temp is a relatively warm -7 deg C. This is a Tibetan “teahouse” managed by a …

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Home At Last

It’s a drastic change from subzero temperatures to 30+. My nose is telling me that. Ah choo … Now, where were we? Yes, I was in Deqing, trying to find a way out. On the first day of Chinese (or …

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Silk Dreams, Troubled Road

Knapsack Treks Book Review by Chan Joon Yee Silk Dreams, Troubled Road by Jonny Bealby This is not just a story about an exotic adventure on the Silk Road. It is a brutally honest tell-all that reveals quite a bit …

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