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Hong Kong to Hanoi…by bike

By Changmoh • Saturday, 18 October 2014 • Day Trips, Health & Fitness, My Holidays, Travel

I went to a dinner party last Saturday and, on one side, found myself sitting next to a guy I couldn’t help but be rather impressed by: about three years ago he jacked in his job (he was an accountant) and, slightly chubby, set off on his bicycle from Buckingham Place to…Hong Kong. As you do. Four month later the lean and mean Humphrey never looked back and now organises bike trips around the world, but mainly in Asia. Sapporo to Russia, anyone?

I love the idea of getting somewhere entirely under my own steam. It must be immensely satisfying. After too much wine I put my hand up for Hong Kong to Hanoi until my host, who knows me quite well, said he thought it might be a bit much for me to tackle from a complete standstill (I last got on a bike when I was about 15).

The joy of 24 hour spas

By Changmoh • Friday, 10 October 2014 • Beauty, Health & Fitness, Local Issues, More Dash than Cash

When I first arrived here some five or so years ago, I naturally assumed that any spa offering round-the-clock services was probably to be avoided at all costs.

It wasn’t until a Malaysian friend, who’s lived in Singapore for years, told me that any 24-hour massage joint is very tightly regulated and that they are all thoroughly above board. I was intrigued…and being a trusting soul, I went to try one out in Upper Bukit Timah, not too far away from where I live.

Blinking broadband

By Changmoh • Wednesday, 1 October 2014 • House & Home, Online Shopping, Tech

Anyone else being driven MAD by their broadband not working properly? This one’s for you:

All aboard

By Changmoh • Monday, 29 September 2014 • Day Trips, Food & Drink, Hotels & Places to Stay, More Dash than Cash, My Holidays, Parties and Premieres, Travel

Changmoh is not a blog that bangs on about hopelessly expensive things to do like chartering luxury yachts or buying wildly expensive clothes. And now, in the very same breath, I am going to proceed to tell you why I think hiring a yacht is actually a great idea and – here’s the scoop – relatively *affordable* for a day out with a difference.

The Green corridor

By Changmoh • Friday, 26 September 2014 • Day Trips, Doggy Stuff, Health & Fitness

I feel very lucky to live a hop, skip and a jump away from the Green Corridor/Old Railway Track/Rail Corridor…whatever you want to call it.

Each and every time I am here, I feel as if I have walked into the pages of Alice in Wonderland and fallen down a rabbit hole: acres of unmanicured, relatively untouched green space is not what you expect to find when you live in suburbia, as I do, somewhere just off Sixth Avenue.

If it has made a difference to me, it has had even more of an impact on Poppy Dog…