Following a few days in Hilo, the Accidental Travel Writer arrives in Honolulu, where he checks into an apart-hotel. Hawaiian Airlines, book ticket, lowest fare
Wine Master Launches Wine Guide for Asian Palates
A wine guide for Asians has been launched in Macau by an Asian wine master. It is available at the Galaxy Macau, the former Portuguese enclave's newest destination resort.
My First Trip to Hawai’i: the Big Island
Hilo is the second largest city in Hawaii, and it offers a look into the real Hawaii that most tourists never see.
Morgan Parker Gets Company in Thailand
Once into Thailand, investment banker turned philanthropist and adventure seeker Morgan Parker was joined by Wheel2Wheel team member Alan Ng for the next phase of the journey through Thailand and Malaysia. Riding as a pair added a new social dimension to Morgan's epic journey following the solitary nature of his expedition up until then. Strength in …
Morgan Parker Enters Final Leg of His Epic Wheel2Wheel Journey
Investment banker turned philanthropist and adventure seeker Morgan Parker roared out of Hong Kong on his trusty, “unstoppable” BMW F800GS motorcycle on 1 March 2011. His first stop was in Guangdong Province, where he met members of GECKO, who are developing China’s youth into ambassadors for the environment. Following that, he rode into Vietnam to …
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Wheel2Wheel Update: Eight Countries in 90 Days
You remember Morgan Parker, the investment banker turned philanthropist and adv enture seeker! Has it really been three months since he roared across the Lok Ma Chow border from Hong Kong to China on his epic Wheel2Wheel journey for charity? Morgan has now been on the road for 90 days, having visited eight countries so …
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Shanghai Nostalgia: the East Is Red
Next time you are in Shanghai in the vicinity of the Bund, listen carefully at the quarter hour. The chimes you hear emanating from the old Customs House on the Bund are “The East Is Red”. The East is red The sun is rising China has given birth to a Chairman Mao At quarter after …
Diamond Jubilee: Queen Elizabeth II to Celebrate 60 Years on the Throne in 2012
Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
Wheel2Wheel Roars into Thailand Just in Time for Songkran
Investment banker turned adventure seeker cum philanthropist Morgan Parker roared into Central Thailand from Cambodia just in time for Songkran, otherwise known as the Thai New Year or the Water Splashing Festival. And Morgan made quite a splash – in the most literal sense of the word! – as he motored his way through the …
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Celebrity Chef: Up Close and Personal with Da Maurizio’s Paolo Fadda
While in Phuket staying at some of its top five star hotels, Michael Taylor does more than feast on hotel breakfast buffets, take Thai kick boxing lessons, try to stand up – and stay standing! - on a wind surfboard, and do laps in infinity swimming pools. He also dines at some of the Southern …
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