Asia, Hong Kong, Vietnam

Asia Day 2: Hong Kong – Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)

A great start to the day with some blogging. We then headed down the street restaurant affiliated with the hotel, The Cottage, for our included free "American Breakfast". Our expectations were low with hotel-included breakfasts, especially, since we risk wasting one of our scarce meals in HK eating non-local food. We were pleasantly surprised by… Continue reading Asia Day 2: Hong Kong – Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)

Asia, Hong Kong

Asia Day 1: Ottawa – Toronto – Hong Kong

We had a great start to our day, first by avoiding extreme surcharges on our Uber by waiting merely a few minutes, then bypassing a long line up at the airline's bag drop counter due to our attempt to travel carry-on only. It was a smooth ride to Toronto's airport only to find that the… Continue reading Asia Day 1: Ottawa – Toronto – Hong Kong

Asia, Malaysia

Malaysia II Day 16: KK – HK – Vancouver

And the day has come - last day in KK. We had laska once again at yet another restaurant with yet another variation on this Malaysia dish. This time, there was no shrimp, but it had more shredded chicken. We then headed to Suria and its surroundings to do some last minute souvenir shopping and… Continue reading Malaysia II Day 16: KK – HK – Vancouver