Perhaps I could start by asking you a question. When one mention ‘bus driver’, what does him or her look like in your mind? I don’t know about you, but
Category: Holidays
China – Hotel Essentials
I have to give marks to Chinese hotels for this one. I can’t help but notice just how ingenious this is. Usually in a hotel room, you’ll get abundant offerings
China – Trip to Huang Shan
Huang Shan, ??, translates literally to “Yellow Mountain”, although I have to say, I didn’t see anything ‘yellow’ about it. It’s my first trip out of the hustle and bustle
China – Hang Zhou
I have always put off China on my list of places to travel. Not because I don’t want to go there, but rather the immense size of the country means
No Facebook Access
What?! No Facebook access in China. The infamous Internet Filtering of China is directly affecting me right now! What am I going to do? How am I going to update
So The China Adventure Begins
Here I am, 3 days after officially being unemployed, on a flight to China already. It’s my first time here (Other than Hong Kong), but more importantly this is probably
Snowboard Instructor – Officially
Snowboard instructing isn’t exactly ‘new’ to me, given I had already taught over 20 newbies since 2006. Although I have never actually got paid for it, nor have I ever
Otaru Day #2
What happens when you put 3 x Asians together on a day trip? You get a CRAP loads of photos! That’s exactly what happened when myself, Steve & Catherine decided
Sapporo & Otaru Day
Since I arrived in Hokkaido, I have been snowboarding EVERY single day. It’s nice that we finally get a day trip that does not involve any snowboarding at all. And
Rusutsu Day
We went on a day trip to Rusutsu (???) today, involving all skiers & snowboarders in our class. It’s a different resort about 40 minutes drive away from Niseko. It’s