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Sporting weekend and CNY

January 24th, 2006 · No Comments

It’s Chinese New Year next weekend and everyone in Asia has a couple days off. Travel plans are hard to come by but we managed. We’re off to Hanoi from Saturday the 28th to tuesday. Dinner, golf, and sightseeing with Bill and Nok. This is Christina’s first time to Vietnam so she’s pretty excited.Since Chinese […]

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Tags: Singapore · Sport · Travel

Nepal Trekking costs

November 25th, 2005 · No Comments

“do you have change for a dollar? All I have are these damn Nepalese coins.”

Detailed Expenses Sheets |
Annapurna Circuit Trail Map |
Elevation Map

I kept track of costs, where we stayed, equiptment lists, and some other things. It’s as comprehensive as I could be without spending too much time on it.It was tough to find info […]

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Tags: Asia Pacific · Travel

Nepal Bound

October 9th, 2005 · No Comments

With almost zero warning I am off to Nepal. Rod Walker called with some news of a new job in NYC and having to leave singapore. He said. “I’m going to Nepal in 10 days, wanna go?”. There is only one answer to that question. We had both talked about trekking in Nepal before […]

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Tags: Asia Pacific · Travel