Sim from Singapore
He loves outdoor and travel. He used to take a bunch of friends to climb mountains. He found a job in China and he was going to start living in China.
at Mt. Kinabalu Asakusa, Tokyo XinJiang 1999
Maki from Japan
After she was hooked on traveling, she was only thinking about going out to explore the world. She was on the way to travel around the world and landed China.
Saddle St. India 1997 New Zealand 1998 Beijing 1999
We met in Lhasa, Tibet in 1999 and traveled together.
on the way to Namtso Lake,
TIbet, 1999on the way to Namtso Lake,
TIbet, 1999Kuang Si Falls, Luang Prabang
Laos, 2000
We got married and opened our first guesthouse in Chengdu, China in 2004.
Our guesthouse/hostel in Chengdu loved by so many travelers. Too see more photos;
Memorable photo collection of Sim’s Cozy Guesthouse 2004-2007
Memorable photo collection of Sim’s Cozy Garden Hostel 2007-2010
Our first guesthouse when it just opened in 2004 Sim, Lancy and Maki Lancy was only 2 years old
We moved to Kyoto, and started our new life in this old house.
It took 2 years and finally opened Guesthouse Soi in 2014!
We loved this old and big house! This 52 years old house
was almost to be torn downEncounter with an architect How much discussions and
paperwork we have done!Started with demolition work Foundation work in cold winter The present dining hall The new built part structure Opening Party in June 2014