Taipei
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Taipei

After sleeping till late in the afternoon, we had a delayed breakfast and took the taxi to the Old Cigar Factories, the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. We arrived in the middle of the interesting, trendy and inspiring Design Week ’15 Taiwan. We had a coffee break at Café Solé, situated in one of the factory buildings, where in early days the tobacco was manufactured. Then we visited Huashan 1914 Creative Park. Here you will find many bars. A lot of photo shoots took place against the green natural walls of old buildings or against a crumbling wall in the beautiful late afternoon light. The night market near metro stop Jiantan was the next destination. We had a delicious dinner at Fashion Bangkok in a courtyard far from the hustle and bustle of the market. Later on we went back to the hotel, changed our clothes and visited the hidden bar Ounce situated in Relax. How much fun was that. We got a lovely cocktail after we told the bar tender which taste we preferred. Taipei is fun. The city is hip and happening. And the people are so friendly. Taipei, we’ll certainly be back again!

Taipei
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Taipei
What a luxury: both of us travelled to Taipei in the business class without working. After twelve hours we arrived at the airport of Taipei. We were still tired just like our colleagues who worked on this trip. The next day we started a new day and went with the subway to the Da’an District. Their are a lot of bars and small shops to find behind the main street. We visited the 101 Tower, the tallest building in Taiwan. We had a small lunch on the ground floor of the 101 Tower in the famous Din Tai Fung where you can eat the most delicious steamed dumplings. Taiwan is a very wealthy city and therefore you can find a lot of luxurious shops in the 101 Tower. All big expensive brands are represented. On the rooftop of the W hotel we nipped on a glass of wine having a lovely time in ‘hanging chairs’ near the pool. A very expensive drink in cheap plastic glasses. But we enjoyed the view and that was worth the visit. We encountered squid, chicken legs and more of these Chinese delicacies on the Raohe Street Night Market later on. But sushi was more our kind of food for the day, that we bought from the luxury supermarket Mitsui Style near the hotel for dinner.

Bangkok
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Bangkok
A beautiful day in bloody hot Bangkok. We took the private hotel boat to the skytrain and travelled by train to the MBK. At the MBK we had our business cards printed. On the second floor of the MBK Center you can find a lot of printing shops. Printing on demand, waiting for less than two hours for two hundred business cards. Not bad. We designed our business card with a hole in it. The print shop wasn’t able to cut out the hole, so now we have to do it ourselves. We went to Siam Discovery, a high end mall with brands like Cartier, Chanel and Dior. The Thai people waited in long lines to spend money in one of those expensive shops. Beside that, Siam Tower had more to offer. A lot of hip design shops are inside this mall. Worth a visit. We had dinner in Sukhumvit 49 at Smith. After the main dish they asked: “Would you like a desert?” We said that we didn’t want a camel but instead a single espresso ;-)!

Bangkok
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Bangkok
Arrived in the morning. After having a short nap, for the first time while travelling together, we split up for our night program. Desiré went to the concert of ‘the Script’ and Margré was having a small dinner and had a calm evening. The concert took place at the Impact Stadium and dinner took place at ‘The never ending summer’, a very hip industrial design restaurant at the opposite of the river. At the end of the night we were reunited and we took a glass of wine to finish up a long day!

Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
Today we had a really lazy day. We started in the afternoon with our first coffee in a nice spot called Coffee Academics. There are a several, but the one on Causeway Bay is their flagship store. We visited PMQ in Soho later on. A former police office which nowadays is packed with nice design stores and pop-up stores. It is all about design, fashion and creative things. Artists reside in this building too and you can follow workshops as well. It is a stage for all things creative! Beside that you can buy food and there is a roof terras to sit and relax. Absolutely worth a visit!

Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
Arrived in Hongkong in the morning. We had a nap and started with our night program. We at at the Dragon-i, a hot spot for the modelling world. The models eat in the Dragon-i every night . They get paid for their meal, so the restaurant is packed with models every night around nine in the evening till the end of the night. After eleven o’clock all tables will be out and dancing takes over. We felt old with all those beautiful young models around us and ended up in Feather Boa. We drank the famous Daiquiri. Not our ‘cup of Daiquiri’ but the bar is worth a visit. It is a hidden place that’s hard to find, so you have to know the address in advance.

Shanghai
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Shanghai
Discovering Xintiandi in Shanghai, a historical district combined with modern influences. There is a small museum called The shikumen open house museum. Nice to visit with free entrance. Xintiandi is a combination of modern and historical aspects. There are a lot of design shops and tiny hip coffee bars. It is frankly just one single street next to the museum that is worth a visit. The nice relaxed ambiance instead of the hussle and bustle of most of Shanghai is a nice gift. We visited the French Concession and afterwards we spent some money in the 580, a fake market with all kinds of fake shopping stuff. Nanjing road offers a lot of restaurants. Most of the time you have to go inside a building and take an elevator that brings you to a nice restaurant or bar somewhere in the sky. Don’t forget to visit the Bund when you are in Shanghai. Always nice to see the famous skyline and take a selfie!

Kuala Lumpur
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Kuala Lumpur
We started with a nice training session in the gym(half past two in the morning Dutch time). Cool down with coffee, croissants and some time at the pool. In the afternoon we went to down town KL by bus. Looking for some vintage items, but we were not in time for this vintage market unfortunately. We will keep that in mind for next time. Because the vintage addresses were located far from the center, we had a nice sightseeing tour with the taxi. We saw the magnificent palace of the King and spotted meanwhile some beautiful architecture on the way back to down town. We had a nice glass of white wine in the trendy rooftop bar Marini’s on 57 with fantastic views of the Petronas towers and excellent hospitality of the staff.

Bangkok
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Bangkok
Today we started at the pool and after surfing on the internet we found our new goal of the day: we would take a taxi to drive an hour out of town to visit Rot Fai Market. It is also called Train Market and it is a huge vintage market. If you love vintage you have to go to that market! Before we entered the taxi back to the hotel we wanted to take a coffee. It was really weird that we had to leave our flip flops outside the café and got disinfection stuff for our hands before entering the café. Inside the place smelled like there were lots of cats living there. It turned out we had ended up in Makuba Cat Café. The coffee tasted a bit weird after that experience. But worth a visit if you like to hug pets instead of drinking a nice cup of coffee!

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