Category: Asia

Are you up to Hello Kitty Land 0

Are you up to Hello Kitty Land

[youtube PiE8tcWBKB0] Puroland in Tokyo is an indoor theme park dedicated to the Sanrio characters of whom the most famous is everyone’s favorite cat, Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty is something of a phenonemum in...

Grand Prix action in Macau 0

Grand Prix action in Macau

The Grand Prix comes to the Portuguese island of Macau next weekend for what promises to be a huge weekend but for those who cant get there for the action there is a great...

Breakfast with the orang-utans 0

Breakfast with the orang-utans

Orang utangs are one of the most precious and endangered of all forest creatures and there is nothing quiet like coming face to face with them over breakfast. Singapore Zoo one of the worlds...

A market for the ladies 0

A market for the ladies

Hong Kong is a shoppers paradise and there is no better place to pick up a bargain at one of the many markets. The ladies market on Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok Kowloon...

Thailand’s Maeklong railway market 0

Thailand’s Maeklong railway market

[youtube uc0Tx3Drt4E] A video that has been hitting our email boxes recently prompted us to do a bit more investigation on it, it is of a market on a railway line in Thailand where...

Toyota’s Megaweb 0

Toyota’s Megaweb

In Odabia which is the new waterfront technology district of Tokyo, Toyota has a giant showroom come, car museum, come theme park and its really fun for the whole family. There is plenty to...

Gadgets, gadgets and more gadgets 0

Gadgets, gadgets and more gadgets

Tokyo’s Akihabara is home to what would have to be the worlds highest concentration of electronic gadgets on sale. The whole suburb sells electronics, wheter it be Mobile phones, digital cameras, stereos, videos, DVDs,...

This ferry is a star! 0

This ferry is a star!

Hong Kong’s Star Ferry dates back to 1888 and still today is one of the best ways to cross the harbor from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon. The 10 – 12 minute journey from...

Vietnam’s Cu Chi Tunnels 1

Vietnam’s Cu Chi Tunnels

During the Vietnam War in the late 1960’s early 1970’s the area of Cu Chi was heavily bombarded by the American’s using their huge B52’s and monstrous fire power. The Viet Cong in the...