Porto is a city about 300 km north of Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. It also gave its name to Port Wine as Portuguese fortified wine are produced in Douro Valley. It is a beautiful UNESCO city with the finest architectures which took my breath away with every step I walked. I visited Porto in January which …
Eating Francesinha in Porto
“I want to eat a francesinha.” I told my Couchsurfing host, a local living in Porto. “No, you shouldn’t because it is not a traditional Porto’s food and it is not even good” replied my disapproved host. “I don’t care, I want to try it. That is the famous dish that everyone talks about. The …
Starting 2016 with Portugal and Spain [Travel Roundup]
I have been celebrating new year overseas since 2012. First was Australia, followed by Taiwan, Yogyakarta and Vietnam. This year, I waited patiently at the runway of Singapore Changi Airport awaiting the plane to take off for a 12 hours long haul flight to Istanbul, Turkey.
Top 5 cities I will return to one day…
Most of the time when I visit a city, I will not have a strong desire to return again simply because the world is a huge playground and it already seems impossible to use my whole lifetime to explore every city, why would I want to revisit the same old place again? Of course there …
Relaxing day trip to Brighton
During my trip to UK, I am lucked that my friend is able to take a day off work to keep me company. We were deciding between Stonehenge or Brighton in which we settled for Brighton which is situated at south coast of England that is well-known for the beach and LBGT community. Brighton is …
An afternoon in Bath indulging in ancient history
When I was in York, I gushed about how beautiful the place is, I was told that I would love Bath because it is just as beautiful or in fact more beautiful then York. Oh boy, they were right! City of Bath is a UNESCO world heritage site with its Roman archaeology, thermal spa and Georgian …
Visit to Anfield is a dream came true
Do you have some places that you want to visit badly that you actually felt the adrenaline rush when you are there? Well, I felt like this when I stepped onto Liverpool Football Club home ground at Anfield. It was the one and only football club I supported for going 15 years although there are …
24 hours in Liverpool
Liverpool used to be one of the busiest port in the 18th and 19th century and it is where Beatles originates from, and also home the two football clubs in Premier League, Liverpool and Everton. The coach ride from Chorlton Street, Manchester to Norton Street, Liverpool coach station took close to an hour, the duration is …
Touring Manchester United
Being a Liverpool fan, how did I ended up at Manchester United homeground? Manchester United used to be my 2nd most favourite team after Liverpool, how it that so given that they are arch rivals? Blame it on the hottie, David Beckham I say (I am weak against hotties like him! ). I thought they …
2 days in Manchester
“Good luck to you!” said this Hong Kong guy I met during the free walking tour in York when I told him my next destination was Manchester. He told me that Manchester as high crime rates further more premier league have not started so he decided to skip the city. I will take it as …