Dear All, I’m about to set off for Japan after concluding my company’s Annual General Meeting yesterday – my first since becoming the company’s CFO....
Kyoto in summer. Anicent temples wet and gloom Where is rising sun? Haiku, a celebrated Japanese poetry form with 11 syllables in 5-7-5 format, was invented in...
Around Japan: The Sun, the Rain and the War Sunny Hokkaido; Clear streams, pretty mountains, flowers; Homewards, rain caught up. Greetings from Hakodate,...
Found huge box of my long forgotten world souvenir (aka junk) collection; while searching for an old laptop which is more likely junk: A 2003 issue of Asia...
Fairly busy now. A quick short account on my recent visit to the Nine Dragon Mountain Temple ¾ÅÁúɽ in Anyang, Henan Province, northern China. Anyang,...
Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon After a hiatus of a few months – of course not counting a short weekend trip to Phuket – I will be heading for Bhutan...
Wee Cheng’s Bhutan youtubed! Dear All, Back from beautiful Bhutan last weekend. An amazingly beautiful country with Alphine landscapes, photogenic people,...
Well, realised that I hadn't uploaded the best videos earlier as they were in another disk. So I have just uploaded a few more onto youtube. The links are...
Having just discovered the joys of youtubing, I have uploaded a video compilation of my 2003 journey through Madagascar. Let me know what you think of it. ...
Hey Everyone, I have uploaded my Bhutan site - no time for travelogue yet, but the pictures and photos are up: http://weecheng.com/asia/bhutan/index.htm ...
Dear All, I’m off on the road again tonight. Nothing fantastic. Going on a business trip to New York and Boston, but before that doing a quick blitz to...
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Maybe I am such a country bumkin. Didn't know midair surfing is available now. Singapore Airlines Singapore-NYC route allows that for free. Now writing...
Short Hop Around the Jolly Islands of the American Caribbean and their neighbours Cobbled streets, crosses and Madonnas. I arrived in San Juan, capital of...
Dear All, 2006 is almost at an end now and suddenly I realised my site should have celebrated its 10th anniversary many months ago. Weecheng.com was founded...
Dirty snow over the frozen plains of Northern China. Leaveless trees swaying, beaten ruthlesssly by howling winds. Political banners extolling ideals long...
Caribbean Island-Hop Again 2007 Dear All, On the road again! After a business trip to New York, I will be off to the Caribbean, a region full of tiny island...
Part 1 of WeeCheng’s Caribbean 2007: Five Islands, Four Days: Tales of Luxury & Revolution The tricolour fluttering in the clear blue skies, on the hilltop...
Caribbean 2007 Part 2: St Kitts & Nevis: Admiral Nelson’s Ex-Wife & Other Tales From St Maarten, I flew to the island of St Kitts, the larger member of the...
PROJECT ODYSSEY 2 SUB-CONTINENTAL CHRONICLES AND TIMBUKTU, OUAGADOUGOU OR BUST October 2007. Wee Cheng becomes a nomad again... It has been 5 years since I...
Dear All, Bangladesh, Land of the Bengalis, should theoretically be a country we Singaporeans are familiar with, given the proximity and the many historical...
Dear friends, Apart from my mass postings (on the twc-nomad yahoogroup mailing list), there are also many photos I have taken on my journey so far as well as...
Dear all, This is one of my favourite all-time travel write-ups. Please let me know what you think after reading. Thanks! Also check out the pics at...
Red Flag over the Himalayas Nepal outside Kathmandu and the larger towns appears to be controlled by the Maoists, with islands of government territory. A...
Wee Cheng at Mt Everest region 3 November2007. On a hilltop army base overlooking Namche Bazar, the largest town at the foothills of Mt Everest, the world's...
RED FLAG OVER PARADISE: LAST DAYS OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL Greeting the arriving visitor at Lukla Airport of the Mt Everest region were red hammer-and-stickle...
North India: Journey Through the Cow Belt Dear All, Since 10 November, I have been in Northern India, the Hindi heartland of India, often known as the Cow...
Crisis in Assam: Wee Cheng reporting the frontline from the yoni of Goddess Shakti Now in Guwahati, largest city of Assam, Northeast India. Just visited the...
Assam: Tiger found while Rhino-searching in a Lost Thai Kingdom in India 30 November – mark this day! I went on a safari in Kaziranga National Park, Assam,...
