10. International Commerce Center Height: 484.0 m (1,587.9 ft) Floor count: 108 previously known as Union Square Phase 7, the International Commerce Centre is part of the Union Square project on the Kowloon peninsula which is situated across from Hong Kong Island. The ICC building stands at one end of Victoria Harbour is located across the harbour on Hong Kong Island. The International Commerce...

Following up on the recent blog post I wrote regarding smaller festivals I decided to go to the Friday of Hard Rock Calling in London’s Hyde park. [[MORE]] Before the festival began, the weather in London had been absolutely horrific causing events from two days earlier to be cancelled at the venue but credit to the  organisers on getting wood chips into the park to stop muddiness allowing the...

This is a story about the time me and a friend got lost in Beijing and hitch hiked our way out. It was a normal Tuesday morning and me and a friend, [let’s call him T for now] decided that we would visit the ancient summer palace. We found out with our local sightseeing maps that the summer palace was actually split between the old summer palace, and the new summer palace. Naturally we decided to...

Hong Kong has been named the best city in the world to live in according to a new report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) which examines aspects such as living conditions, green space, ‘liveability’, and many others. [[MORE]] The boost from the former 10th spot also saw Amsterdam clinch the 2nd place as best city to live in. Hong Kong was voted highly upon aspects such as...

The public in London Bridge, UK were treated to a majestic light display of lasers and lights earlier this week at the unveiling of the new Shard building in central London. [[MORE]] The glass building itself which is now the tallest building in Europe standing tall at 1016 ft tall is comprised of thousands of glass panes which pyramids into a tower which doesn’t meet at the top; revealing 4...

Over the last 10 years festivals around the world have been on the increase and with the likes of Benicassim and Sonisphere ever growing in Europe it looks like the festival trend is here to stay! The problem I have with this is the more popular the festivals become the more the prices sky rocket, and it’s really starting to become a struggle to afford to go.[[MORE]] According to a survey I read...

We’ve all been in that situation where you or someone you know has forgotten something important while on holiday. So we’ve compiled a short list of common sense (but always forgettable) things to remember to have packed before you jet off. [[MORE]] 1. Map and directions A taxi can be expensive, and if you do not have local currency this might be a problem for you. Print out a map with...

To celebrate the Olympics coming to my home city of London. I have created this Infographic detailing inbound UK travel statistics. The graphic is fully interactive allowing you to click through the years from 2002 - 2011. [[MORE]] All Infographic figures in thousands