My Asia trips
Melaka & Darwin 2025
Background I planned to go to Sydney in August to celebrate the birthday of Alan, my elder brother. By chance, I was able to add three side trips including a brief visit to Melaka, Malaysia on my way to Darwin, an expedition to the iconic Kimberley coast on Le Soleal (Darwin-Darwin), and a journey on … Continue reading
Papau New Guinea 23-30 October 2023
Papua New Guinea Bordering Indonesia to the west and Australia to the south, PNG is an island country located on the Pacific Ocean. It occupies the east half of New Guinea Island that is in both Australia and Oceania, and some nearby islands. Papau and New Guinea used to be separate entities, influenced and colonized … Continue reading
Indonesia October 7-22, 2023
Why Bali – Vanuatu on Heritage Adventure 2023 I had booked two expeditions with the Heritage Expedition to explore the coast of Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka in May-June 2020. COVID 19 threw the world upside down. A year later the Ukraine war made it impossible to visit Russia. I therefore switched to a one-month long expedition … Continue reading
Taiwan June 16-26, 2023
Why this trip? Lawrence (my younger brother) and Sally (sister-in-law) moved to Pengh澎湖, Taiwan in 2021. On hearing that Lili, my niece, would be visiting her parents in June, I decided to join her as I would have enough time to complete my capstone project which was due in end July. My friends Leung, Flora … Continue reading
Indonesia 3: Bali, Lombok & Flores, June 2-16, 2018
Flores (Ruteng & Labaun Bajo) & Bali June 13 – 16, 2018
Indonesia 2: Bali, Lombok & Flores, June 2-16, 2018
Flores & Komodo National Park June 9 – 12, 2018
Indonesia 1: Bali, Lombok & Flores, June 2-16, 2018
Sailing Indonesia Bali and Lombok June 2- 9, 2018
The Philippines (2) January 10-20, 2017
January 15-20, 2017: El Nido & Manila
The Philippines (1) January 10-20, 2017
January 10- 14, 2017: Puerto Princesa El Nido I made my third trip to the Philippines with Leuk and Lili (my nephew and niece) as they were both on holiday. We spent 11 days in Puerto Princesa and El Nido in Palawan and Manila in Luzon.