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…
When you spend every minute of every day together
By the end of this month, it will have been an entire year that D and I have been traveling together. That’s almost a whole year of being in each other’s faces 24/7. I can’t believe we haven’t ditched each other in a foreign country yet. Because we really get on each other’s nerves a lot most of the time. After so long of being together day in and day out, certain habits become increasingly annoying, and then we get excessively crabby with…
February 2015 travel re-cap: slowing down, diets, and cockroaches in Singapore
After spending the first few days of February in Vietnam, we flew to Singapore, where we spent the rest of the month. I was so happy to unpack and have a place to call home for a little while. I knew Singapore would be lovely. Everyone talks about that. But it’s not the beauty or cleanliness that intrigued me the most. Rather, it was the mix of cultures. I loved walking down the street and seeing all shades of skin color and hearing all…
A day in the life: Hanoi, Vietnam
or: how I developed a caffeine addiction 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. I feel like every time I do one…
In photos: crazy, colorful Hanoi Old Quarter
Vietnam was the Southeast Asian country I was most excited to visit. We started our Vietnamese adventure with two weeks in the capital city of Hanoi. I have to admit that we came mainly for the food, but unexpectedly, the city completely enthralled me before I even took my first bite. This city… how do I begin to paint the picture? It’s absolutely crazy. Even though I was no longer a Southeast Asia newbie by the time I made it there, the madness of the city still took me by surprise. There seems…
Liebster Award, round two!
My week turned really good when I saw that I got nominated for a second Liebster award (see first here)! This one came from my friend Cynthia from adventurings, who writes about her expat adventures in small town Czech Republic. I really do enjoy these kind of chain blogger awards because they allow us to get to know the bloggers on a more fun level! Let’s get straight to Cynthia’s questions! 1. If I handed you a plane (or rail)…
Finding romance in little gestures
I met D on the beach next to where I lived. It was on my turf. It was with my group of friends whom I played beach volleyball with every weekend. He was a guest of a friend. And it was that friend with whom I flirted with all day. But at the end of the day, it was D who asked me out. Before I could think of a suitable reply, I had said maybe and given him my…
[Bangkok] Giant prawns and bird’s nests in Chinatown, Bangkok
Bangkok was not an immediately lovable city to me. In fact, after a few (very short) visits there, I only found one thing to truly love: the malls (seriously, the BEST… I may need to introduce you guys to the awesomeness of Bangkok malls in a future post). But as a whole, it’s just too dirty, noisy, and stressful. And not to mention HOT all the damn time. So on our most recent visit, I didn’t care much to run around town hitting up major tourist…
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