Matterhorn in my Mind

  I fell in love with you just at first sight! Amazing how one could be so enthralled with your grandeur to muster courage and get closer to you. It was getting late yet Jaq, Imee and I were unmoved…we kept moving up, past meadows with bits of unmelted snow from the snowfall the day

Hungduan: Off the Usual

(This was posted on my Facebook Notes. I’ve posted this while I was on a year-long respite back home. The heat at the moment in my host country is too much and it makes me miss home all the more. I wanna share this on my blog for this is one of the reasons why I miss

Walking the Edelweiss Trail

It was our third day in the serene town of Zermatt. We’ve experienced gloomy skies, snowfall (yey, finally!) and of course a bright and sunny day!  We’ve been to the world’s highest glacier palace the day before so this time, it was time to explore more of the place on foot. We set out of

Strolling along Istiklal Caddesi

Strolling the 1.4 kilometer long Istiklal Caddesi is like walking into a free winter fashion show.  Men, women and kids in coats, jumpers and leather jackets, boots, scarves, mittens and bonnets walking this popular street lined with awe-inspiring early Ottoman buildings, which I initially thought were French-inspired. Sounds of violin, guitar, cello, piano and flute

Sight to Behold!

Sight to Behold!.