By Janice Au As the Whitney Houston song goes… “I believe the children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be” Ever since [...]

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Do you want to create a travel blog?  Gear Up and Play lets you do just that by allowing you to actually become part of a Travel Blog Community.  Each member has a unique profile as showcased in this live example . Your profile can include such things as a personal bio, author portfolio, work-education, travel history/prospects, interests and…[Read more]

By Janice Au This part of China was never on the list of holiday ideas at the time until its now-famous Fujian Tulou (Chinese: 福建土樓) was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Driven by curiosity I decided to have a look at these strange constructions that were once mistaken as traces of UFO on our [...]

By Janice Au Istanbul is no doubt a great place for shopping. Have a walk in the Grand Bazaar, a virtual labyrinth of fascinating shops; it’s easy to be drawn by the carpets, copper and brassware, jewelry and all kinds of ceramics. Hmm, no. My story is not titled ‘Shopping in Istanbul’. I’m more interested in [...]

-By Janice Au Just looking at the little things I collected on the trip – an album of a busker band, an Irish whistle, and a nice photo of two buskers and me – I seem to hear music playing in my head. The trip to Dublin gave me a new impression of the city, something [...]

That was my last week in Hong Kong; I decided to do something different. Rather than climbing up to the Big Buddha, exploring the Stanley market or indulging myself in the grand shopping malls, I escaped to Mui Wo, a little town on Lantau Island. The ferry ride to Mui Wo is just as relaxing as [...]

‘Cappadocia is definitely the part of Turkey that I’ll never forget,’ says Janice Au, who is just back from her magical trip in Central Turkey. If you’re bored of the busy city scenes of Istanbul, you may probably want to escape to the less touristy Cappadocia. To say that Cappadocia is beautiful is definitely an understatement. [...]