Going on a dessert safari was the number one thing I wanted to do in Dubai. I wanted to race down the huge sand dunes and ride a camel and experience the feeling of being in an endless desert. But when I started researching tours, I found myself sorely disappointed. Let me first tell you what a typical desert safari is like. A car picks you up around 3 pm. You drive out to the desert and go dune bashing…
Three years of travel (in photos!) + a giveaway
Usually I don’t publish posts over the weekend, but today is a special date and I will not break the tradition of an April 1 post every year. Today is exactly 3 years since I first boarded a flight out of the US to seek adventures and make dreams come true. This 3rd year of travel has been a roller coaster. Though technically, it has been less travel and more staying in one place. The first year was all about exploring as…
A wander around the souks of Old Dubai
Dubai is a city of luxury and excess, skyscrapers and mind-boggling architecture. It’s basically the ultimate man-made playground. But as we know, all cities have to start from somewhere. So is there anywhere where you can experience a Dubai before the artificial extravagance? “Go to Old Dubai,” my Airbnb host said. “it’s the only area where you can see what Dubai used to be like.” Old Dubai is known for its souk (or marketplaces). They used to be the epicenter of the…
[Dubai] An extravagant Friday brunch at Mövenpick
Let’s start the week right with some food talk! Warning: mainly photos of really delicious and beautiful food! Dubai is home to crazy fancy restaurants and dining experiences. You know I’m more of a cheap local food kind of girl, so I was really looking forward to the Indian food in my neighborhood. But I knew that I wanted to experience one thing: one of Dubai’s fabulous brunches. I’ve heard from Andrea about fancy brunches in Dubai and how they’d…
2 weeks in Dubai by the numbers
I went to Dubai for the Burj Khalifa, the desert, and to meet a person. I booked tickets to Dubai rather a whim. It’s not exactly a place I’ve always wanted to visit. In fact, it was hardly even on my travel wishlist. I didn’t do any planning at all. I just found the most reasonably priced tickets and accommodation, booked them, and went. I went to Dubai because Andrea lived there but was going to be leaving soon. My favorite thing…
A story about rice and home
The 1-year anniversary of my grandpa’s death passed a couple of weeks ago. I had wanted to write this story for a long time, ever since I first heard it, but as per usual, I procrastinated and didn’t get it out on the anniversary. My grandpa was a war veteran, and fought on both sides of the China and Taiwan civil war. He was born and raised in Taiwan, and at the tender age of 17 was drafted into the…
Chinese New Year: 15 days of food traditions
This Chinese New Year has been pretty tame, compared to the constant festivities, outings, and reunions we had last year. This year, we remained in at home, barely even venturing outdoors. Instead, we stayed warm and cozy, spending a lot of quality time with our little diminishing family. This year’s celebrations could be summarized as a lot of good home cooked food, a lot of relaxation, and a lot of mahjong. One thing we did do though. We celebrated all…
Malaysian eats: 15 dishes to try in Kuala Lumpur
I cannot believe it has taken me THIS LONG to write this post! After an entire YEAR from when I came to Kuala Lumpur for the first time. I guess I just wanted to do as good of a job as possible and to be as thorough as possible. But I realized that there is no way I can possibly eat every single dish offered in Malaysia. And plus, once I found my favorites, I just keep on eating them over and…
5 bloggers share their most significant experience of 2016
Again, I’m late with the 2016 wrap-up stuff, but we’re not too far into the year yet, right? As we all know, 2016 was a pretty tough year globally, and it seems, personally too for a lot of people. Since I decided not to do a 2016 wrap-up myself, I asked 4 other blogger friends for help (so yeah, blame them actually!). So here are a collection of stories on the biggest defining moment in 5 bloggers’ lives in 2016. Dan…
20 experiences and lessons in my 20’s
Woohoooo… first post of the new year! This past year has been such a huge year for me. It’s been quite a heavy year filled with a lot of learning and self discovery. I feel like I should write something to mark the end of year, but I’m still not ready to put it all into words (but you guys know what happened). Instead, when I saw that Jessi put out this post, I knew I had to do it too! I’ve been…
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