China: A tough place to travel China really challenged me. I found it pretty difficult to travel in China relative to other countries I have visited. I think it was also the only country I came out of liking it less after I visited. First off it was the most difficult visa that I obtained. I … Continue reading China: A tough place to travel
Payment methods around the world One thing I have randomly been quite interested in is how the payment methods work around the world. Cash is one way. Credit cards are another way. M-Pesa was a common method of mobile payments in Kenya. The Octopus Card was a common method of contactless payments in Hong Kong. It’s … Continue reading Payment methods around the world
Notes from Hong Kong I was in Hong Kong for four days and I felt I did a lot. I did a couple tours, which were pretty different than some of the normal tours I did. These felt like they focused less on the sightseeing and more on the behind the scenes story about Hong Kong. … Continue reading Notes from Hong Kong
Tensions Building in Hong Kong with China It was interesting timing to travel to Hong Kong. I arrived in Hong Kong on June 2nd. It turns out that June 4th was the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. And there are a number of interesting trends happening in both China and Hong Kong … Continue reading Tensions Building in Hong Kong with China
It’s interesting to hear what other travelers think of the different countries they have visited. I’ve heard people give places positive and negative reviews for all sorts of reasons. But after a bit, it seems to me, what a person thinks of a country or city they visit says more about the person than it … Continue reading What did you think of this country?
Heard on a podcast interview with Derek Sivers the idea of a ‘now’ page, sharing a bit of what you are up to now, sort of a variant of the ‘about’ page. So I put a now page together on my blog at thekeesh.com/now. What I wonder about for the currently 1942 people who are … Continue reading A Now Page
Notes from El Nido, Philippines I spent about 5 days in El Nido, on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. It’s a bit hard to get to. I first flew to Manila, and then took a flight from Manila to El Nido. It’s just Air Swift that flies there. The Manila airport is… bad. … Continue reading Notes from El Nido, Philippines
Notes from Bali I spent some time in Bali in Indonesia, which was pretty nice. Spent a lot of the time on the beach, just chilling out and reading. I stayed on the beaches, but spent one of the days exploring in Ubud. In Ubud, I did some yoga, went to a monkey forest, and went … Continue reading Notes from Bali
Notes from Singapore I wasn’t in Singapore for too long, but I was excited to visit. I arrived in Singapore after visiting India, which was quite a juxtaposition. In India, everything was dirty and it seemed there were no rules. In Singapore, everything was clean, and there were many rules. The first sign I saw … Continue reading Notes from Singapore
Notes from India I wasn’t in India for long enough apparently, since every Indian I talked to explained that you need ‘at least a month’ to see India. So I don’t know too much. But I got a taste. Wrote some notes on the roads and honking in India, but there are more notes. India: Please … Continue reading Notes from India
