Zhongshan
7 November 2011
I felt very lethargic this evening, and it looked like it might rain at any moment, despite not having rained all day. So I studied google maps fo....
Xujiahui
5 November 2011
I read that Xujiahui is where all the weird chinese brand electronics are. Not really, they have the same stuff we have in Australia but it costs ....
Times Square
15 September 2011
In the late afternoon I decided to head to Times Square. Every asian city has a shopping mall called times square. I didnt do any shopping here, j....
Shenzhen Again
6 September 2011
Today I embarked on an adventure to mainland China to the Shenzhen special economic region. I last went here in May 2010, getting in can be an adv....
Kowloon
5 September 2011
No visit to Hong Kong is complete without visiting the endless neon of Mong Kok at night, with the gold fish shops, computer shops, kitten shops, ....
The big storm
9 April 2011
Soon after I got back from Malaysia, there was a huge thunderstorm. I had a great view of this from my hotel window, but try as I might to photogr....
Malaysia
9 April 2011
Today I went to Johor Bahru, which is the Malaysian frontier town just north of Singapore. Getting there is amazingly cheap, but time consuming, a....
Din tai fung
8 April 2011
This morning I set out to the new area of Singapore called Marina Bay. I guess its not technically new but it has been developed significantly rec....
Taiwanese people hate fancy shops
31 March 2011
Tonight I set off into the fancy shopping district. Despite every little side alley and night market being chock full of people, the fancy shoppin....