Asia 2023

This is going to be an interesting trip.

The return flight was cancelled this morning, and I noticed a fraudulent transaction on my credit card, so that'll probability be replaced during the trip.

This could mean issues with outstanding Hotel reservations. Fun times!

Betsy is a beer specially brewed to taste its best at 35000 feet. You can only get it on Cathay Pacific flights, if available.

Tasted good!

With Milk Tea on the side

Slept for fourteen hours, guess I needed that. Time for breakfast at 1500 in the afternoon

A great thing about Hong Kong is that a 20-minute bus ride gets you in nature.

Made it back from the hike with about 10 minutes to spare before complete darkness.

Time for dinner and I walked into a random restaurant in the street where the hotel is. Had to use Google translate for the menu, and picked something semi-random.

Sweet and sour beef with tomato and egg. It was pretty good and the staff was impressed with my "Thank you".

A light breakfast to start the day.

Dinner consisted of delicious Dim Sum; soup dumplings and bao.

Pineapple Bun, Milk and oats, and an egg tart for breakfast.

Probably more sugar than I normally eat in a week, but so good!

You know you're old when your childhood toys are in a museum

Not much neon left in Kowloon, shame because it looks amazing

Dinner today; Wonton noodles (wanted beef, but the waitress had very poor eyesight and even poorer understanding of English, so I got whatever she thought was on the menu there 🤷). It was good, though!

Egg waffle as dessert

Lets try some Michelin star food

Train to Taichung

Missing person?

Nope!

Bubble tea and red-bean filled waffles

There was a CoCo's Curry literally around the corner soo...

European trails: this meandering path will take you up the mountain in about five to eight hours. It's not too steep and there's a "hutte" at the top.

Asian trails: Stairs!

Best Lunch

Taiwanese breakfast is the best

Banh Mi for lunch

Delicious Beef noodles with Kimchi on the side

Not the best time to be in the mountains, there's flood alerts too

It might save you a 2-hour wait for the first train with available seats

Found a coffee place to spend 1.5 hours

Train time!

Finally something positive after a rainy day

More rain today, so taking the train to Taipei

Slight difference between last nights hotel and todays.

142m doesnt seem like much, but its 37 degrees, no wind, and all the humidity.

When your mosquito repellent doesnt stick, because you're sweating so much :(

Also I drank 1.5 Liters of water already in an hour

Red Bean Bao Bun

There is a queue at this stand, so I joined it

Potato balls as a starter, then a BBQ pork sandwich, a huge chicken skewer, scallion pancake and an eggtart fresh from the oven as dessert.

Went to visit a place, only to realise it looked vaguely familiar.

Turns out I already seen it three years ago 😂

I can confirm it feels like 41

Lunch time: Beef noodles

Custard bun.

Is lunch dessert a thing? If not I'm making it one.

Its steep sometimes

Especially the 30-meter rope descent 😱

Pork chops and miso soup

As always, a nice breakfast to start the day.

Spent the morning buying Muji clothes (shirts/shorts), now time for a pre-lunch

6 hours in total, 30.000 steps and one box of oreos consumed.

Well deserved

Its 40 degrees again (feels like), so taking it slow

Found a Korean place that has Kimchi pancakes on the menu 🤤

Its so hot, found a gelato place to cool off

Straight up!

Snake encountered count +1

Managed to find the only place in town with a broken ac. Tiramisu was nice, though!

Spotted some tofu cheesecake near the bus stop, it was delicious!

Aka dinner

And a coffee

As a Dutch person, Im not sure if this is art or vandalism

13 hour layover in Hong Kong, so got tickets for Disneyland

Smooth entrance, scan qr code and 👍

Time to get the "its a small world" song stuck in my head for the rest of the day

O god were stuck.

Not the best Disney, unfortunately.

Bibimbap!