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The Melting Pot // Little India, Singapore
"We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” –Anais Nin I've really enjoyed documenting what I've...
Dim Sum Dim Yum // Hong Kong, Hong Kong
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” –Samuel...
Old Friends, New Places // Hong Kong, Hong Kong
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” -Jack Kerouac Hong...
Din Tai (Fun)g // Taipei, Taiwan
“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” –Anatole France Din Tai Fung has...
All the Way Up // Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” –Tim Cahill One of the prime spots in Taipei is Elephant Mountain. It's a...
Let's Get Personal // Taipei, Taiwan
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber Sleepy Dragon Hostel is located in the Songshan...
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That // Raohe St. Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener...
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun // Hongdae, Seoul, South Korea
“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people...
Once Upon A Time // Seoul, South Korea
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley This post in particular is going to take you way...
All I Do Is Eat // Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea
“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – Rudyard Kipling Itaewon is another district of Seoul, South...
Back to My Roots // Seoul, South Korea
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” –Seneca I made it to the motherland! Woot woot! To be completely honest, I...
The BEST RAMEN of My Life // Tokyo, Japan
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek...
The "Miracle" at the Vending Machine // Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” -Henry Miller The Meiji Jingu Shrine is a great nature park if...
Okonomi-Yummy // Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
" A traveler without observation is a bird without wings." -Molish Eddin Saadi My visit to Kyoto was short, but it quickly became one of...
Kai-Ten Out of Ten // Osaka, Japan
“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” -John Steinbeck Next stop-Osaka! Osaka is home to...
I Made It! // Nishiarai, Tokyo, Japan
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” -Robert Louis Stevenson *Life update: I GRADUATED COLLEGE!!! I am...
Solo Traveling // Split, Croatia
“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” ― Aaron Lauritsen Honestly, this trip was and...
My Favorite Place In The World: Part I // Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy
"Even now I miss Italy dearly, I dream about it every night." -Eila Hiltunen Ya'll...The Amalfi Coast is MY FAVORITE PLACE to be in the...
The Place That Stole My Heart // Rome, Italy
The first time I went to Italy was for a singing tour when I was eighteen years old. I sang choral music in different venues, gardens and...
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