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Our first trip after CV-19 hit was a winter trip to Japan.  We would have wanted to go during December.  But, we decided to go on the first week of February instead so we can catch the Ice Festival in Sapporo.  Revenge travel was fierce so we decided to wait it out. Apparently, we should have waited longer.  The lines at the Japanese Immigration took us 3 hours before we got out.  We expected it in Manila, which turned out to be faster.  We almost missed the last train to the city.  All our previous arrangements had to be postponed because we got out too late.  The Internet service we booked and paid had closed for the day.  Imagine, navigating from Narita to the Tokyo at almost midnight, with limited Internet service.  Globe Roaming was faulty at that time. This was not our first time to arrive this late in Tokyo so we didn't expect to be inconvenienced this way.  We were held up at immigrations for too long.  We didn't have e...

Vic's birthday and mine are a month apart. We rarely hold parties for ourselves. It's usually a special dinner with the kids and a big meal shared with our extended families.  However, I plan to make it a tradition to travel to celebrate our birthdays. Last year was Tokyo. This year, we decided to go to Hong Kong. We missed the place.  This year we decided to go about it differently. We didn't stay in our usual Marco Polo hotel. We explored parts of the city that aren't  familiar to us.  Hotel Pravo I like this hotel because it is in the center of TST. It is 2 blocks away from Harbour City  and 2 blocks away from Nathan Rd. It is surrounded by small restaurants that locals frequent. It is also quite accessible by MTR. TST and East TST MTR lines are just a block away.  The interiors are very modern. You'll be greeted by a dark reception area and hallways. However, the rooms are well-lighted despite the black and white  ...