Inspiring Travel Writing from Brent Hannon
Brent Hannon is a freelance journalist who writes mostly about Asia. A Washington state native, he has been based in Taipei for eight years, after spending five years as a writer and editor in Hong Kong.
He has contributed to the Asian Wall Street Journal, Business Traveller, Discovery, DestinAsian, Flight International, and Time magazine, among other publications. His writing specialties include aviation, Chinese food, and outdoor sports, especially hiking and scuba diving.
He has contributed to the Asian Wall Street Journal, Business Traveller, Discovery, DestinAsian, Flight International, and Time magazine, among other publications. His writing specialties include aviation, Chinese food, and outdoor sports, especially hiking and scuba diving.
Articles by Brent Hannon
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Okonjima
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Brent Hannon
They need too much grass and too much water. They wreck the landscape with their destructive hoofs. Worst of all, like house guests, they’re hard to get rid of. But, not for Wayne. As soon as bought his present 6,000-hectare tract from his...
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Pinatubo Hiking
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Brent Hannon
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Philippines
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Luzon
The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in June 1991 was the biggest volcanic event of the 20th century — 10 times bigger than the 1980 flare-up of Saint Helens in the U.S. The Pinatubo eruption shot ash and smoke 30km into the air, darkened the earth...
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Scuba Diving in Palawan
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Brent Hannon
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Philippines
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Visayas
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Palawan
Busuanga Island, at the northern tip of Palawan province, is the best-kept diving secret in Asia. Despite a stunning collection of WWII shipwrecks, coral reefs, wine blue seas, white sand beaches, and waving palm trees, the area remains almost...
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Taipei Nightlife
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Taipei City
Taipei nightlife is thriving. Every time I visit a favourite pub or nightclub, it’s the same story: the place is packed with people, tables are scarce, and even standing room is hard to come by. Likewise at restaurants, beer houses, and night...
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Asia’s Finest Beach
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Brent Hannon
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Philippines
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Visayas
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Boracay
I am lying on a deck chair on Boracay’s White Sand Beach, holding a cold pina colada – and not my first drink of the day, either. Hundreds of fruit bats fly high above the beach, framed by an orange-and-crimson sunset, and the ocean has deepened...
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A Real Taste of Yunnan
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Brent Hannon
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China
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Yunnan
Lugu Lake is a wonderfully scenic spot, a radiant sheet of water ringed by Tibetan stupas and framed by tall brooding mountains. On the night we visited, a fat round harvest moon hovered over the dark peaks of distant Sichuan province, sending long...
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Karos Lodge
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Brent Hannon
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Namibia
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Namib Desert Region
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Namib Desert
The Karos Lodge at Sossusvlei is no ordinary resort. Room cards warn guests to wear shoes, because scorpions and spiders hide in the sand. They show how to fasten the canvas flaps during sandstorms, and how to conserve water, which comes from a...
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Lapis Casa Boutique Hotel
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Brent Hannon
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China
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Shanghai Region
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Shanghai
Most folks in Shanghai know about Lapis Lazuli Italian restaurant and its downstairs house-wares shop, both of them filled with the eye-catching kitchen creations of Roy Wei, brother of owner Judy Wei. Now Roy and Judy have opened Lapis Casa in a...
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Foguangshan Monastery
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Southern Taiwan
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Kaohsiung
The 21st Century has seen an explosion in vacation options. Just look at the travel brochures: they offer bungee jumping, trekking, shopping, fishing and a thousand other things, from cooking lessons to gambling to health spas that pummel the flesh...
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Taiwan Baseball
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Brent Hannon
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Taipei City
It’s a calm summer evening in Hsinchuang, a suburb of Taipei. Kites fly in the blue sky, children play, smoke rises from barbecues. The scene is peaceful. But inside Hsinchuang Baseball Stadium, it’s more like a madhouse. Attention is fiercely...