I travelled to Japan for the first time with my mum last December. Considering I’ve travelled multiple times to Japan over the last 10 years, this trip still marked new adventures for me. It was my mum’s first time travelling far in a long while and I’ve leant that solo travel and travelling with elderly…
Brushing off the dust and posting impulsively here, I’ll need to submit this before I lose my nerve. It’s been a while since my last post but I never lost my urge to post again. Many things have happened, my health condition have improved but it’s still in the works. I got older with more…
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…
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