India 2018
Time flies. It has been almost a year since I trekked to Tilicho Lake 2017 in Nepal. For the 2018, I’ll end it off on
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Hakka Teachings Museum
Located near the entrance into Hongkeng Village, a hundred metres or so from Zhen Cheng Lou (the biggest tulou on record), is a tulou (named
Hongkeng Village At Dusk
Hongkeng Village (Yongding County) is a Hakka village in Fujian Province. It is the most convenient site to view the mud buildings or tulou with
One Night In A Hakka Tulou
A round Hakka mud building 土楼 is indeed fascinating. That’s why whenever we mention Fujian mud buildings, a curious round fortress resembling a curled up
Hakka Mud Houses (tulou) at Tianluo Keng (Snail’s Pit)
Hakka Mud Houses They’re located in Fujian province, but the residents of these unique mud houses are not native to Fujian. They are the legendary
Ticking Off Gunung Sindoro
The Gunung Sindoro expedition I planned earlier was a success. Below is a video summary. For me, this has been one of the most satisfying
Gunung Sindoro 3150m in August 2018
Singaporean adventurer Chan Joon Yee climbs Gunung Sindoro 3150m in August 2018. Tune in to Knapsack Treks and @ravenous_writer for the latest updates. Check Out
The Future of Writing Travel
On the flight back from Sydney, I met 4 young Singaporean ladies. They were a talkative, bubbly bunch with a mean age of about 25.
Candi Prambanan 1997
I found out that I didn’t have any clean clothes left after descending from Gunung Semeru in 1997. My shoes were not in good condition
Tengger Caldera 1997
A catastrophic volcanic eruption may change the landscape drastically, but most of the time, even volcanoes change imperceptibly over several human lifetimes. As far as