Travel

My Romanian Rhapsody: Visiting the land of Dracula

Published on: 19th December, 2009

Town Square in Brasov, Transylvania  | read this item

By Natalie Lacson
Mention Romania and people immediately think of Dracula and gypsies roaming around prying on other peoples belongings.   Well, why did I visit Romania?  The straight answer is because “it’s is one of the most beautiful and elusive countries in Eastern Europe!“
Recovering from years of economic misery, Romania is rapidly developing into a [...]

Budapest, “Queen of the Danube”

Published on: 19th December, 2009

Cantral Market  | read this item

by Natalie Lacson
As our plane descended, I caught a sight of a city clustered around a sweeping “S” curved river, as elegant as any designed by Lalique or Tiffany.  I began to understand why Hungary’s Budapest is called the “Paris of the East”.  With its predominant Art Nouveau architecture, Roman baths, green and gold roofed [...]

HongKong Holiday

Published on: 18th December, 2009

HongKong Holiday  | read this item

From the land of tricycles, pedicabs and jeepneys, I went to Hong Kong, land of the red cabs, the double bus, cable cars and underground trains last month.
Known as the “shopping capital of Asia ”, Hong Kong is a place where you can find the most expensive things to the affordable ones and unique items [...]

Bangkok High

Published on: 18th December, 2009

Bangkok High  | read this item

Before Bangkok stirs back to life in the early mornings,  old men balancing baskets on their backs hawk  boiled camote [taro] and ube [yam] in  the streets of Siam.  These are not your ordinary rootcrops –  the camote look like your fingers, and the ube come like violet globs. They are extraordinarily  sweet and finely [...]