A blog on Travel. Climb. Fun. Based in Hong Kong
Kuala Lumpur. A city similar to Bangkok, but better. There’s BBQ Stingray , climbing nearby, the hotels are cheap, people are friendly and they have great indoor gyms. If there was a con, it would be: the beer is expensive, it rains too much and the crags aren’t rainproof but you can’t really have everything. […]
Read moreMy old “rock climbing in Qingyuan” blog posted is my most popular page, its also very outdated. So here is a guide. I can’t say I know everything about Qingyuan, but I have probably been there 10x so I know enough. Getting There: 4-5h The easiest way is to hire a van + driver […]
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Now that we are parents. The only logical place to do with infants is to Vancouver so that the grandparents can see the grandkids. This is a great setup for us because the grandparents don’t mind taking care of the kids (hopefully) while we go out to the mountains to play in the lovely Canadian […]
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When the kids were 2 months old, there were cheap flights to Singapore and on a whim I bought tickets there for a weekend since I wanted to R&R. I wasn’t actually planning on bringing them but changed my mind later on. So at the age of 4 moths, F & Q took their first […]
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Birth & Recovery 0-2 weeks post birth: My water broke unexpectedly 6 weeks into my 3rd trimester (So I was 34 weeks pregnant) in the wee hours of Sunday morning and I ended up having an emergency c-section and giving birth 4 hours after my water breaking. After the initial rough 24 hour period […]
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I had a very short 3rd trimester… On Climbing My 3rd trimester started on the first week of December. Over the course of Nov-December, I went from still being able to send a 7a/6c+ to struggling up a 6a. Honestly, it was not very enjoyable to climb by the end of December when I was already carrying […]
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Continuing on the series. On Climbing:After I got back from Switzerland, my 2nd trimester began. I continued climbing in my regular harness but Top Roping only until week 20 where I switched into a full body harness. I really dislike the full body harness as there is no padding and all the weight is on […]
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