The Welcome Gift of the American Express Platinum Card comes with a 3D/2N stay at selected Banyan Tree resorts. It also comes with a 1 night at the St Regis/W Sentosa Singapore (which I covered in a separate blog post).…
The American Express Platinum Card comes with an annual fee of $1,712 (and hence affectionally known in some Telegram groups as 1712). Among the various good reasons to get it, it also comes with a 1 night at the St…
I have never stayed at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur hotel before and this time for my trip to KL, I decided to make use of my American Express Ascend card offer (free one night stay at Hilton hotels) to stay…
This is the first time I am staying at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang. It was not exactly the choice but my usual hotel in Beijing was full for the period I was there. Surprisingly it turned out to be easier…
Recently I wrote about the business class seats in China’s EXCELLENT high speed train from Shanghai to Beijing. It was a wonderful experience. I also wrote about how you, the foreigner without WeChat and all, can buy the China high…
The Bund at Shanghai (or Waitan 外滩) runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu District. The area along the river faces the modern skyscrapers of Lujiazui in the Pudong District. I had shared a walk through the Bund in day time…