After a whirlwind trip to Hong Kong, we spent two days in Shanghai which was such an interesting city to visit, and one that I’m really happy that we snuck into our itinerary since we had considered skipping it altogether. Below, find our itinerary to all of the must-do spots in Shanghai. We will follow…
With only two nights in Hong Kong, we really wanted to make the best use of our time in terms of getting must-have reservations. So, we set out months in advance to interrogate our friends about their favorite meals in the city. In order to get some of the harder-to-get reservations, we relied heavily on…
Last month, I stayed at the Shangri-La’s Kowloon location in Hong Kong and I couldn’t sing its praises enough. From he decor and service to their amazing concierge, this hotel was truly five stars. Hong Kong is broken up not two major areas: Central, which is the business district and Kowloon, which has more of…
I recently spent a week traveling around China, starting in Hong Kong which I became absolutely enthralled with. This tropical and cosmopolitan city is a business hub with such an eclectic feel to it. It has great shopping, food, sightseeing and weather and is such a great place to explore. We only had about 36…
While only a few hours from Tokyo, Kyoto has its own forms of cuisine that we wanted to sample while visiting and there were a still some holdouts from our Tokyo list that we wanted to try, such as yakitori. Here’s what we ate in Kyoto: Gion Namba: Top of our Kyoto list was a…
Last month, we were lucky to spend two days in beautiful Kyoto after spending three days in Tokyo. This traditional Japanese city really honors Japan’s past and revolves around the thousands of shrines and temples built eons ago. I expected to love Kyoto when we visited, but I was truly blown away by how amazing…
