Being the super keen organised person I am, when I turned up at Wicked Diving Centre I was told to come back in a few hours as I’d already checked in and sorted my gear out. In all honesty initially I was little annoyed; I could have just chilled by the hostel pool. But I …
Continue reading #Myfirstdragon – Komodo Islands & boat living
The Diving. Let's start with the diving. Cause it's always about the diving. The reason I decided to face my fears of strong currents and book a liveaboard during full moon, when the currents are in fact at their strongest. So, was it worth it? I clearly survived, but did I enjoy myself? Fuck yeh …
Komodo is know for its crazy strong currents. So, despite wanting to go, due to my fear of strong currents I never thought I would. But incredible pictures kept popping up on my feeds; not just of the underwater life, but the surrounding islands too. Girls That Scuba hosted a liveaboard there, and it seemed …
A few months ago I was sat on the Airport Express bus going home. Crossing Tsing Yi Bridge I looked down and saw, tucked away on the side of what looked like a small, but pretty affluent island, an abandoned village. I wanted to go there! Social media to the rescue! Took a picture, asked …
Sharp Island I needed to get out of the city and into the water, but wanted a little more adventure than my usual 20 minute bus to Repulse Bay - run to Deep Water Bay - collapse in the water for a couple of hours. I’d seen signs for snorkelling at Sharp Island when I first …
Continue reading Sharp Island & Tap Mun (Grass Island) – Sai Kung
After entering my first walled village whilst exploring Tai Po Market, I was really keen to seek out some more. I knew there were a few near the Chinese border in the areas of Sheung Shui, Fan Ling and Sha Tau Kok, so when I saw a cycle meet up around these areas I had …
Continue reading Walled villages & farmlands; biking the NE New Territories
I didn’t have that high expectations for my last day in Kyoto. I was just looking forward to pedalling around and then heading to a vegan place for lunch. I’d been told I had to go to Japan’s number one tourist attraction, Fushimi Inari-taisha, that in itself lowered my expectations to almost nothing! I started …
After a decent nights sleep I woke up excited to be getting back on a bike. Caught the 207 bus towards Kyoto Train Station and 25 minutes later I was at the Cycle Kyoto office. I had chosen the 'North Tour' mainly because it covered more sights that the 'South Tour' rather than actually knowing …
After not having much initial interest in visiting Japan before this year, I booked my flights back, this time to Kyoto, within a week of landing home from Hiroshima and Miyajima, my first trip in January. I thought it was such a beautiful, interesting country I had to go back and explore more. When I'd asked …
I wasn't meant to go diving this Easter. I'd booked a yoga retreat at Hariharaliya (post coming later) just outside Siem Reap, Cambodia, with a few besties, planning to head straight back to Hong Kong after. But a month before departure, in a whirlwind couple of days I applied for and accepted a full time position …
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