My next stop was Penang, the food capital of Malaysia!!! I was in food heaven so that’s pretty much all I did… eat, eat, and eat some more!!! In the hostel I met a spanish guy, Marcos, and he was

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Kuala Lumpur (KL) seemed big and messy! I did not even know where to start the sightseeing so I kind of gave up on the city from the beginning. When I arrived in KL I saw that my friend Ida

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I left Singapore by bus and crossed the border to Malaysia. The border crossing was super easy and the queue took less than 5 minutes in each border. I had heard some horror stories of people spending hours trying to

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Well… Singapore was hell! It was sooo hot it was not that much fun! I had no plans at all and no idea what to do so I was extremely happy when I met a french guy, Jean Louis, and

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I had done tour A and C but my friends hadn’t so I had this wonderful idea of renting a private boat to take us to the best places of A and C, add some more from others tours and

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Last night my friends Rosavel and Galen made it to El Nido and I couldn’t be any happier of seeing some familiar faces. I somehow convinced them (well, Galen didn’t need any convincing)  to go diving and even after some

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It took “only” a full day to get to El Nido from Cebu since the airline decided to cancel my flight and make me wait for seven hours in Manila. I had planned to take the bus from Puerto Princesa

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My new friends, Guada and Horacio, didn't have any plans so after we visited the falls they decided to come back to Cebu and join me in Bohol the next day. It is so much nicer when you have people

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Uhhh! The Philippines!!!! When I came to the Philippines I wasn't super duper excited because I don't like water and being such a water based destination I was kind of dreading it a little but I just had to come

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I am so happy to be back to civilization! After getting off the plane in HK I could immediately sense that I was no longer in China, people waited in line, let you go first, and asked you if you

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I can't believe how fast a month went by in China!! It was for sure a huge cultural shock but also a good experience I might say. The last 4 days of my trip I spent them in a town

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The boys from Luxembourg recommend to stop in Shaxi Instead of going directly to Dali and I am so glad I took their advice! (To get to Shaxi I had to take a bus from Lijian to Jianchuan and then

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The whole point to come to Lijiang was to hike the tiger leaping gorge which is supposed to be one of the most amazing hikes in china. After the big bummer of foggy emeishan I wasn't sure anymore if I

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5:30am taxi ride to the airport is no fun!

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I think it’s ok to say that the biggest attraction in Chengdu are the pandas!!! So on my last day I woke up super duper early and by 6:30am I was at the bus stop across from my hostel to catch the

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I loved Chengdu! The city is not all that exciting but the hostel I stayed in made it such a cool experience and the people I met made the trip even more fun! I spent one morning at the people's

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Today I flew to Chengdu from Xi'an and took the airport shuttle to my hostel. Once I got in the shuttle I couldn't believe my eyes, the hall on the bus were full of luggage and we had to climb

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oh my! Getting to Xi’an wasn’t easy! First of all I had to chose from 3 different options: cheap 16 hour sleeper train, “expensive” 6 hour fast train, or more expensive 1.5 hrs flight. I really did not want to

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My roommate told me about his tour to the Great Wall and how bad it was; he paid $50 for a "tour" that had an angry Chinese lady guide that only took them to a touristy part of the wall

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Finally made it to Beijing in a 6 hour long ride from Huangshan. On the way I got to see beautiful scenery but also many many many factories that would have smoke coming out of tubes and polluting the environment and making

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Once I got back from Huangshan I decided that it was a good day for a lazy day so I took a shower, did laundry and sat in bed… for hours!

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Yellow mountains day! So exciting! I am impressed that I did not wake up super anxious about today's hike but instead I was excited. I woke up super early to take the 6:20am bus up to the mountains with my Chinese roommate. 

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I left my hostel at 6:30am to make sure to not miss the 8:31 train to Huangshan! The metro ride as predicted was good and on time. Strangely we had to all get out of a metro, they closed the

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Made it to China, aka the great firewall! The land of WeChat, AliPay, and sensored Google, Facebook, Instagram and 99% of the things that the rest of the world use on a daily basis! Getting out of the airport and

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I just spent 30 long days in China and even though I have traveled to many countries I think China in particular was a huge shock for me. I had a hard time adjusting to their culture because it is

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Well, I am glad I did not toss the black dress I packed for Kay's wedding because I got to use it in yet another wedding, this time... Korean style! I do not know if there is such a thing

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I have to start by saying that I made a huge mistake and I underestimated the beauty and the traveling potential of South Korea!!! I really haven't heard much about South Korea and it is not really in the "traveling

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I spent my last night in Japan in Fukuoka but there wasn't really anything to do in there. I went to the tourist information to ask for some guidance and the girl just kept saying "shopping, shopping" after many back

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Japan was amazing and sometimes I can't help but think of how a wonderful world it would be if more people/ countries were like Japan!  The country is very calm and people are not really faced with the adversities of

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There is this island in Hiroshima called Miyajima, famous for the torii in the middle of the water so on my second day with my new friend Hannah we went to explore the beautiful island! It was super cute to

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I arrived in Hiroshima mid day and of course I put my bags away and headed to the street. There really isn't much to see or do in Hiroshima other than visiting the A-Bomb dome and the museum so I

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Today  I decided to wake up extra early (and by extra early I mean 7am!) to visit fushimi Inari. Temples get super crowded by 9-10am so I knew I had to beat the crowd if I wanted some Torii pictures without that

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This morning my roommate Rebecca, from Germany, and I decided to go to Koyasan for the day. Last night we were really unsure about the trip because the forecast said thunderstorms but based on our experience with Japanese weather the

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So excited for my trip to Kyoto!!! I slept in Kanazawa and took the 11am train to Kyoto. It has been a couple of very busy days sightseeing and walking non stop so today after checking in into my awesome

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