ShawnRoe

What to Do in Chinatown Singapore

Singapore can be done in a day and a half. The best thing to do is to stay in Little India and visit Chinatown. In Chinatown, visit the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum just down the street from the Sri Mariamman Temple (Hindu), which isn’t far from the Jamae Mosque (Muslim). That’s Singapore in [...]

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2010 Year in Review (video)

Never said I wasn’t lucky. Here’s a short review of some of the things I did, places I visited, and people I hung out with in 2010. This video was inspired by Jdre‘s 2010 Year in Review. (no offense, Jdre) From Snowboarding near Vale, Colorado at Veckman’s wedding, to Mexico, Tokyo, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and [...]

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Losing My Passport in Vietnam

This may sound obvious, but your passport is critically important if you plan to travel between countries. The first 10 or 15 countries you visit, this will be obvious. But be careful not to drop your guard just because you haven’t lost it yet. This was my mistake. Breakfast coming from Seoul. Lunch coming from [...]

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Fall Colors in Naejangsan National Park

Korea’s breathtaking beauty can sometimes sneak up on a foreigner. The people of Korea however, sometimes have the beauty of their country down to a science. Naejangsan National Park just north of Gwangju is well-known throughout Korea for its vast expanse of trails lined with Japanese maple trees. These maples put on a display of [...]

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Scuba Diving off Tenggol Island

Tenggol Island is a lesser-known island sitting of the east coast of Malaysia. The more well-known Perhentian Islands in the peninsular northeast and Sipadan Island off the east coast of Borneo steal the glory from little old Pulau Tenggol. Well, when Jack and I took a trip to Malaysia last Summer, we wanted to experience [...]

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How to Eat Banana Leaf Rice

Our first meal fresh off the plane in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia set the stage for the rest of the trip. Mr. J Chan, a friend I met 2.5 years ago in New Zealand, was nice enough to pick us up at the airport and take us directly to lunch. J Chan told his friends [...]

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How to Attack a Singaporean Hawker Food Centre

What the heck is a Hawker Food Centre? First and foremost, it’s the one place you can’t miss if you travel to Singapore (or Malaysia). Secondly, it’s delicious, cheap, clean food served food-court style. The problem is that Hawker Food Centres (HFC) can be a bit overwhelming if you don’t know what you’re getting into. [...]

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Eating Our Way Through Korea (video)

One of the highlights of traveling to Korea is getting the chance to eat authentic versions of the variety of delicious Korean cuisines. One of my best buddies from America, Jack, visited me last week in Korea and much of his experience revolved around what would eaten next (interspersed with a lot of hiking). I [...]

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How to Eat Pork Spine Stew

Haejangguk, or pork spine stew, is one of the top 3 Korean dishes you’ll want to try if you visit Korea. It’s known in Korea as the best hang-over cure, and restaurants specializing in the dish are often open until the early morning hours. The tenderness of the meat combined with the spicy red-pepper spices [...]

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No Talking on Tokyo Trains on Weekdays

Exiting the speed train from Narita International airport, we transferred to the local line that would take us from the busy Shinjuku Station three stops over to where my friend grew up: the more residential area of Tokyo known as Nakano (not to be confused with Nagano where the 1998 Winter Olympics were held). The [...]

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