To just get things started and also for my own record purposes, I thought to summarise my travel footsteps for the 6 months I spent in New Zealand. I’m sad that I didn’t manage to get to all the places that I wanted to visit but I’m happy I managed to travel quite extensively through…
Time flies… In my head, I keep thinking that my last post was just a 2 – 3 months ago. Instead I logged in and they tell me it’s been more than half a year…like…where did the time go? Was it really that long ago that I left for London? It really felt like I had…
So, if you can remember, I was quite busy in October travelling around Perth, Penang and Seoul. I’ve had a few busy months but there’s nothing like reliving my trips to motivate me for my upcoming ones. I’m going to be continue putting out my travel stories here, with a few bonuses, so be forewarned…
This October has been a wonderful, carefree month away from work. It was a time for myself, to travel and to explore. It has also been the most eventful trips ever for me. Things just kept happening that kept me on my toes. My trips are usually pretty boring, though. Oh well, ok…mostly. 😉 I like to…
Looks like stairs continue to be the bane of my existence. I’m lying in bed in my hostel in Seoul, typing this out with all my energy sapped by the long and tiring day I’ve had. The red-eye flight to Seoul that I took left me cranky and tired from the lack of sleep and…
2017 has been a year of changes and adjustments for me. I returned from a long overseas trip in New Zealand in January, got diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in April and started a new job in May. I think these are big life moments, having to cope with a chronic illness while adjusting to a new…
I always believe that there are always different pre-conceptions of a place before actually visiting. New Zealand, for example, was totally new to me as it was my first time there. I didn’t really know what to expect before I travelled there. I happened to chat online with Courtney one day (she’s more active on…
As the year comes to an end, I thought it would be fun to do a round-up of some of my encounters with room mates in hostels during my solo travels. In all my years of travelling alone, I’ve usually opted to stay at hostels in hopes of making my trip less lonely and diverse.…
My first and only night bus in New Zealand was a sleepless and exhausting night but it was also a grand adventure. I didn’t know what to expect of my first night bus so I thought I would shed some light on the mystery of this. I chose to take a night bus from Wellington…
Wellington was a very bittersweet visit for me as it started off a countdown to my last few days in New Zealand. Crossing over on the ferry from Picton to Wellington, I arrived with mixed feelings. The gloomy weather did not help my low mood when I arrived either. Yet I was determined not to…
I’m not really into street art but I’ve always thought that it can be an interesting form of expression. I might not always get it all the time but some of these street arts look so good that I’m just amazed at the artists’ talents in bringing it out on different types of canvases. The…
It’s not often that I run into awkward situations on my solo travel in New Zealand. There’s usually solo travellers when I go on tours so I was not really that worried when I decided to visit the Tamaki Maori Village in Rotorua. Touted as an experience of the indigeneous Maori life, I was drawn…
Getting to Lake Tekapo was easier said than done when you are a newbie driver. It’s harder still when you run into an unexpected encounter on your drive there. Thinking back, the day started quite ominously with a grey sky and gloomy weather. Navigating the roads from Christchurch to Lake Tekapo, I followed the long…
It’s been a while since I wrote an update. Since it’s coming to the end of October, I thought that it’s quite apt to just sit and have a chat because I felt like it. It’s been a while since I did that and this month has just flown past so fast that it will…
Trains have a special place in my heart. There’s just something wonderful about sitting in one as it moves along on a railway track. I do love to listen to the chugging of the train, especially if it’s a steam or vintage railway. I feel that it evokes a sense of old times, of times…
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