5th & 6th Month (Mid-December & Mid-January) I absolutely treasured my time staying in Nelson. Nelson had a vibe that I loved and I wish I could stay there longer. Nevertheless, I excitedly planned for my remaining time in New Zealand. Since I would be travelling through peak season, I felt it was prudent for…
3rd, 4th & 5th Month (End September – Mid December) So the end of September brought some good news for me. I finally got a job! It was quite hard for me to find work since I wanted to stay in Rotorua but luck was just not with me. Or maybe the change in location…
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…
It was easier than I expected it to be, being alone in Paris. I explored Paris mostly by foot and metro because that was the cheapest option. I also decided to be a cheapskate and go without data because I was confident I could navigate the meandering streets of Paris alone with just a plain…
Such a mouthful. In reality, it would actually be London-Paris-Edinburgh-London but it got too long so this should do. Spending my days on the other side of the world for me was exciting at first but hard and tiring to keep up with towards the end as I was trying to finish what I wanted…
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it was a pelican to be exact. A stray pelican who innocently and unknowingly sealed its fate when it chose to feast close to shore. Will it be a disaster for recipe? Well, I would say that it was a perfectly (very) sunny and beautiful day…
I panicked the moment I went into the water and that made me miss my first glimpse of the wild dolphins around me. The cold water, high waves and not to mention, deep cloudy waters threw me off that my first reaction was to panic. My team leader kept shouting for me to put my…
Coming from a tropical country, conversations with my friends run the range between “Hey, it’s hotter than usual today” or “The rain never stopped today, what a bummer” or to put it in the local slang, “Wah seh, today the weather damn hot sia”. Snow is never part of this daily ruminations over the weather…
You will always remember your first. Your first trip, your first paycheck, your first day at work. For me, I remember my first solo trip quite clearly. Not that it was a huge adventure or a major breakdown of emotions. I remember it for the fear that it instilled in me and taught me to…
I was going to write a whole long post on tips for solo travel. My sister is travelling alone for the first time and I wanted to give her some motivation. As I was writing out my list, it kept getting longer and longer. I thought – Why complicate matters? Will she even remember all…
