Discovery of Hong Kong
Being the land of livestock, Mongolia has around 10.2 million goats (for a human population of 3 million)! Goats and sheep know where the best pasture is and they are wandering all around the desert during the day. In all the family we visited we were...
The Mongolia lifestyle is based on a nomadic culture. Our trip includes sleeping with nomad’s family for almost our entire stay in Mongolia. There is nothing better to discover the local culture and people by yourself and I would highly recommend you...
From the Ongiin monastery, only ruins remains today. It was destroyed in 1939 when the Communist Party of Mongolia was leading the country. Before its destruction, the complex consisted of 17 temples some universities and could be seen for far away. Around...
The Flaming Cliffs is also known under the name “Bayanzag” in Mongolia. Found by a foreigner paleontologist, this site became quickly famous for its scenery especially at the end of the day when the sun is turning the rocks and the cliffs red. Ready for...
The bad flights experience is now only a funny memory… In the Gobi desert, you will forget everything about your previous life and live at the pace of Mongolian nomads. Nothing can describe our Mongolian experiences, the emptiness, the scenery, the people,...
Our 15 days trip to Mongolia in July didn’t started as expected… or should I say it started even worse than expected! We made the big mistake to choose flights with a connection in Beijing on Air China. At our arrival at the airport around 7am, our first...
Yeah I am still around and alive! I am sorry for the lack of articles on my blog but I have been very busy the last 2 months. We first had Xavier's parents coming over for 10 days at the end of June, spent a week end in Macao, then we carried on with...
After the opening of Pierre Herme’s first shop in Hong Kong, I decided it was time to try one of his recipe. I tried his macarons recipe from his book but it seems I still have some improvments to be done to be able to eat them ;) so here is a pastry...
Few weeks ago, one of my Hong Kong colleagues got married and I was invited to the celebration. I wanted to share with you some details about some Chinese weddings customs and traditions with the help of another colleague (thanks for your help Phillip!!!). Date...