Lucille Wong

  • 6 places to visit in Sai Ying Pun

    6 places to visit in Sai Ying Pun

    Once a trading port, a red-light district and, briefly, a bubonic plague zone, this hilly Hong Kong neighbourhood has evolved into a desirable Europhile hangout without shedding its traditional local appeal… Read more about Sai Ying Pun here Published in Tiger Tales Asia May/June 2015

  • What to do in Berlin

    What to do in Berlin

    For a city destroyed in World War II and broken apart during the Cold War, Berlin has risen out of its tumultuous past and today thrives as one of the coolest places for artsy soul searching and late night philosophising. Bike friendly, uber-trendy with a ton of museums and re-purposed spaces for art and recreation,…

  • Three weeks in Brazil – Part 3

    Three weeks in Brazil – Part 3

    We arrived into sexy Rio de Janeiro on an overnight bus from Ouro Preto. Unfortunately, our first stop wasn’t Christ, Sugar Loaf or the beach but Copacabana hospital where Lindsay was admitted with a temperature of 39oC. Having visited Peru, Bolivia and Brazilian national parks, the doctors suspected a tropical disease. But after eight hours…

  • Three weeks in Brazil – Part 2

    Three weeks in Brazil – Part 2

    After two days in Salvador, we took a seven-hour bus bound for Lençois, the base for exploring the Chapada Diamantina National Park. We were here for our four-day hike of Paty Valley. Unlike the Inca Trail (mountains, clouds, ruins, rent-a-crowd) and the W Trek (mountains, snow, glaciers, lakes), this hike would take us through lush…

  • Three weeks in Brazil – Part 1

    Three weeks in Brazil – Part 1

    Before I started researching for South America, I could only name one Brazilian city. After the World Cup, I could name seven. After three weeks in Brazil, I have lost count the number of cities I have visited. Brazil is one giant and fascinatingly diverse country and I have barely scratched the surface. Lindsay and…

  • Hiking the W Trek in Patagonia

    Hiking the W Trek in Patagonia

    My love/hate relationship with hiking continued in Patagonia, the deep south of South America. After catching two flights from Salta (bought a dirty street hamburger outside Buenos Aires airport in transit) and two buses, we arrived in Torres del Paine, the national park in Chile where we began our hike of the famous W Trek.…

  • The lies of Colca Canyon

    The lies of Colca Canyon

    Having smashed (crawled) up the four-day Inca Trail a week earlier, my hiking confidence was at an all time high. Is hiking like childbirth? Because within days, I have forgotten the pain of Dead Woman’s Pass (the long, uphill climb at high altitudes – peaked at 4215m above sea level) and the Gringo Slayer (the…