Hong Kong has one of the fiercest food scenes we’ve ever experienced. It’s not just competitive to be in the restaurant business – though it is that, with a very high rotation of restaurants opening and closing – it’s also competitive to eat in Hong Kong. Anywhere worth eating, at least in Central, requires a wait. If there’s no wait, it’s no good.
In South Korea we learned that sleeping on the floor is awesome and there’s nothing wrong with selling Kleenex.
It really is easier to explore Hokkaido by car, but if you’re set on using the rail pass, here’s how we did it.
You might fall into the Ganges, hike to 4200m, feed cows your fruit peels, have a difficult relationship with monkeys and still want to come back for more of India.
I had two main objectives for our month in Hangzhou: advance in Chinese and eat as many steamed buns as possible.
On bears, fog, hot springs and other surprises that awaited us in Shiretoko National Park in Hokkaido, Japan.
You can get some shut-eye on the Seoul metro, but for a full night’s sleep try a hanok, a minbak, a temple or a jjimjilbang and discover the weird and wonderful world of accommodation in South Korea.
One often hears about the wonders of Japanese toilets. The heated seats. The fancy electric bidet with settings to wash all your parts from different angles and tinkly music to cover up the sound of your actual tinkling. Lids that open and close with a touch of the button. That’s all very nice, but I’m here to tell you about the wonders of ladies’ rooms in Japan.
Gyeongju was the capital of the Shilla dynasty for some 1,000 years. Its hilly terrain is home to dozens of Shilla-era tombs, ruins and temples. We rented bicycles to better discover Gyeongju’s secrets and its summer colors.
India is a grand, complicated place full of big ideas. It’s the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It’s the world’s biggest democracy. India inspired and challenged us on a daily basis. It would take many lifetimes to truly know India, but here are some of the things we picked up in our time there.