Photo taken on the Jinshanling portion of the Great Wall of China in June 2025.
Snow-capped mountains, shimmering blue sacred lakes, fluttering colourful prayer flags, and ancient monasteries. Tibet, a place I’ve always longed to visit. In 2025, that dream finally came true. Truly blessed for this once-in-a-lifetime and unforgettable journey.
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I’ve always dreamed of travelling to Yunnan, China, especially Shangri‑La. A few years ago I had flights and accommodation booked for Kunming/Shangri‑La, but then COVID hit and the trip was cancelled. This year I really wanted to go on a long trip to China – so Yunnan it is.
That being said, I am too busy and too lazy to plan out a free and easy itinerary and do comparisons between agencies and check out reviews etc, I decided to book a package tour that would cover all the places I wanted to see without the stress.
This will be the main post explaining the trip’s details.
Continue reading “8D7N Yunnan: Kunming, Dali, Lijiang & Shangri-La”Singapore is a constantly changing country with housing, industrial and recreational projects left and right (although mostly just BTO). In the recreational sector, this includes the, as of this post, freshly revamped Jurong Lake Gardens and freshly introduced Bidadari Park. Most Singaporeans know of Jurong Lake Gardens, in fact, many have likely bemoaned its long… long renovation process. Bidadari is a new residential area which is slowly building itself up to house Singapore’s ever-growing population. This and more in the following blog post!
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To continue on the tradition of well documented solo motorcycle road trips, I decided to embark on another endeavor in the spirit of motorcycling. I got a Honda Forza 350 🛵 in SG this time (after riding it in the northern Thailand trip two years back), found I like it a lot. So, since it’s the National day long weekend, so what else I can do to celebrate the birthday of my beloved nation of Singapore then to ride to Betong Thailand through a different border? 🫨🫨
Continue reading “Singapore to Betong Thailand – Solo Motorcycle Trip 2024”Hello and welcome to YH’s TIBUT, standing for “Yong Hong’s Things I’ve been up to”! This is a post that I will commonly write whenever its been about a month or a few months to recap what I’ve been up to and show you some pictures I’ve taken. I will still right independent posts when required but usually, these will be the posts you will see. I didn’t want every post like this to be named “Photo Collages”, so I created a name for it. Let’s get into it then.
Continue reading “YH’s TIBUT – Pt 5 – Birds and the Benthics”Hello and welcome to YH’s TIBUT, standing for “Yong Hong’s Things I’ve been up to”! This is a post that I will commonly write whenever its been about a month or a few months to recap what I’ve been up to and show you some pictures I’ve taken. I will still right independent posts when required but usually, these will be the posts you will see. I didn’t want every post like this to be named “Photo Collages”, so I created a name for it. Let’s get into it then.
Continue reading “YH’s TIBUT – Pt 4 – Holidays and the NE SHOW”Hello and welcome to YH’s TIBUT, standing for “Yong Hong’s Things I’ve been up to”! This is a post that I will commonly write whenever it’s been about a month or a few months to recap what I’ve been up to and show you some pictures I’ve taken. I will still write independent posts when required, but usually, these will be the posts you will see. I didn’t want every post like this to be named “Photo Collages,” so I created a name for it. Let’s get into it then.
Continue reading “YH’s TIBUT – Pt 3 – How many months has it been?”
