The lovely people at Maptia (I posted about them awhile back here) invited me to participate in a new segment on their blog called Places are like People, and here’s my first guest post there: It was pretty fun recapping my first solo trip to Seoul – I tend to do more informational blogposts about… More
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Shopping for Beauty Products in Seoul [Go! Girl Guides Article]
Crossposted from Go! Girl Guides, where I’m a contributing blogger. Check out the site for more great articles from other freewheelin’ travellin’ girls that go! If there’s one thing you notice about the Koreans from their celebrities, other than their perfectly symmetrical faces, it’s their flawless skin. Beauty is big business in Korea – for… More
Research It or Wing It?
Here’s a question Occasional Travellers, how do you plan for your solo trips? Are you the studious researcher, who pores through guidebooks and travel sites and knows exactly where you want to go and what to do, even before you step on foreign land? Or are you the free spirit, who just gets a plane… More
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Hanoi Hopping [The Sojourn Diaries Article]
Crossposted from The Sojourn Diaries where I’m a featured writer. Check out the site for more interesting and snappy travel stories! Hanoi Hopping Hanoi is one of the main bases to start off your journey in Vietnam, whether you’re headed to Halong Bay or northwards to Sapa, or down south to Hue, Danang or Ho… More
Vietnam Sights – Hoi An
Almost done with Vietnam posts! Think we only have the rest of Hanoi left to go… phew! Ploughing through all my pix is tiring! Hoi An was a lovely stop on my trip, and while I had thought twice about visiting it as it was pretty far from Hanoi, I’m glad I made the trip… More
Diving Holidays: Why You Should Take the Plunge [Go! Girl Guides Article]
Crossposted from Go! Girl Guides, where I’m a contributing blogger. Check out the site for more great articles from other freewheelin’ travellin’ girls that go! Does the idea of a beach holiday simultaneously entrance you with its promise of relaxation, yet make you cringe with boredom? There’s nothing quite like sipping a mai tai in… More
Vietnam Sights – Hue
FINALLY we continue with the Vietnam posts! Gosh these are sooooo overdue! I shall churn the rest of them out before I head on my April trip, I promise! So now we’re talking about Hue… My everlasting memory of Hue will be of how wet it was, and yet I was extremely lucky to miss… More
Seoul Food
I’m not a foodie. My take on food is that it’s mostly for survival – I eat to live and I hardly go out of the way just for a good meal. Also, I don’t believe you should eat anything you don’t want to eat – I love my comfort food, I don’t like vegetables… More
Vietnam Sights – Hoan Kiem Lake and Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre
Monday morning! It’s hard to work when you’ve just settled taking your annual leave for an impending holiday (more on that soon!) Meanwhile, there’s lots to catch up on the last Vietnam trip… let’s start off as my journey did, with Hanoi: HANOI I arrived in Hanoi and had about a day or so… More
2011 Round Up: TOTblog
And here’s the last round up of TOT for 2011, where I look back at some of my favourite posts for each month in 2011! Check out the other round ups for TOT and TOTshop too! Jan 2011 A Permanent Reminder to Travel Less Occasionally This is one of the more popular posts and still… More