I am interrupting my China series with a linkup to my friend Upasna‘s blog party. This month’s theme: travel packing musts! I used to pride myself on being a super light-weight packer (1+ years as a full time nomadic traveler and all in a carry-on!), but lately, I feel like I’ve been accumulating more and more (useless, as D would say) things. Maybe it’s the fact that it has been so long on the road and I’m starting to crave…
I can’t believe I’m not in Holland! – Tulips in Beijing
Ever since early April, it seems that my blog and Instagram feeds have been popping up with pictures of everything spring. As we’ve been hanging around tropical countries for the past several months, we haven’t really noticed a change in season. But for the rest of the world (okay, just the northern hemisphere), it appears that spring has truly arrived, bringing with it blue skies, pastels, and of course, newly blooming flowers. I may be a tad late to the spring party…
17 reasons why Taipei is the coolest (in photos!)
Six years ago, D visited Taipei for only two days. Three years ago, we met and since the first date as we chatted about our travels over dumplings, he’s raved about Taipei and how he dreams of returning someday. “It’s just such a cool city,” he’d say. But he couldn’t really tell me why. And he didn’t have any pictures to show me either, aside from some blurry ones taken from the top of the Taipei 101. And so I never believed him….
Travel plans for summer 2015 revealed!
Some of you may remember that I entered a blogging competition a few months ago, where the first place prize was a trip to Europe. When I entered, I had no thoughts of winning because you still would have to purchase your own flights into Europe, and Europe is still really expensive. But then I was listed as a finalist and all of a sudden, I really wanted to go!! We decided that if I did win, we would purchase our…
A year of travel (in food!)
I had so much fun putting together a massive mosaic of my first year of travel in photos (and you guys loved it too!). One comment threw me off. My friend Kiara, said “I was actually surprised there aren’t more photos of food.” Obviously, there was only one way to remedy the situation: to create a FOOD MOSAIC! Kiara was right of course. How did I neglect such an important part of our life? Before setting off on our adventures, I never…
A day in the life: Boracay, Philippines
In travel, you mostly only hear about amazing sights or thrilling activities. But I assure you – our everyday is not that glamorous! A Day in the Life is where I capture the small moments that make up a typical day and give you a peek at what life really looks like in pictorial snippets, as well as some of my recommendations and idea for cost. As soon as I wake and before I’ve even rubbed the last vestiges of sleep…
Robbed in Boracay: a tale of when paradise turns sour
Four days into our month-long stay in Boracay, our apartment got broken into. In the dead middle of the night. In the morning, I walked out into the living room and reached for my toiletries bag sitting on a shelf. It wasn’t there. Okay no biggie, I thought. I just misplaced it. I paced around the tiny living room, lifting cushions and shifting chairs. A few seconds later, I saw my toothbrush and Invisalign braces (both of which I stored in my…
March 2015 travel re-cap: beach bumming on Boracay
It feels like that these months are just flying by. I swear I just wrote a recap post, and now I’m sitting here writing another one. The thing with this month is… we’ve pretty much just been sitting on a tiny island. We’ve barely ventured 2 miles from our front door the entire time. So there’s really not too much to report. Island life definitely moves at a slower, more relaxed pace. And yet, the month passed by in the blink of an…
A year of travel (in photos!)
So today is kind of a big day. Exactly one year ago today, D and I packed a bag each and flew out of Los Angeles on a plane headed to South America, a place neither of us knew anything about. That day seems so long ago in my memories, and yet, I still remember everything about it. We were excited and nervous and scared and wondered what exactly we got ourselves into and whether we could really make it work….
Being stingy: things we missed out on (and things we did instead)
I’ve made it no secret on this blog that D has an online business that funds our travels. We’re not broke backpackers (budget flashpackers, maybe). I know how lucky we are to have that income stream. I really appreciate this when we can rent our own apartments instead of having to share a room and bathroom with strangers. I can’t do that anymore. I can handle D’s stink, but not anyone else’s! But these days, we are still operating on just a…
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