And I got out just in time. Boyfriend and I went to Hong Kong for Dragonboat Festival weekend. I had assumed we’d be able to watch the dragonboat races in the Hong Kong harbor. Turns out that the races were actually the week after. We got in at night and flew over the bay. It is absolutely beautiful at night and no photo can do … Continue reading Alisha Explores Hong Kong (again)
For this years Tomb Sweeping Holiday, Boyfriend and I went back to Seoul. We love Seoul. It’s a beautiful city, with amazing food and drinks. It’s also got really cheap K-beauty products, which makes a lot of sense since you know, you’re in Korea As well, one of my childhood friends was going to be in town for the weekend visiting our other childhood friend … Continue reading Alisha Explores Seoul (again)
FINALLY I have been wanting to go here for 3 years. and I finally got to go. Zhangjiajie is city in Hunan, a souther region of China. It is known for 3 national parks: Zhangjiajie Canyon, Zhangjiajie National Park, and Tianmen Mountains. A whole lot of cool area to see in not a small amount of space. My friend was visiting from the US, and … Continue reading Alisha Explores Zhangjiajie
This past weekend, Boyfriend, Boyfriend’s parents, and I traveled to Beijing to show them some of the Beijing highlights during their 1-week vacation in China. Boyfriend and his parents hadn’t seen each other for 2 years, and the last time was when I met them for the first time. They had arrived a week prior, and we had been showing them around Shanghai. Boyfriend and … Continue reading Alisha Explores Beijing (again)
Kunming is awesome. Hands down Boyfriend and I took a really late flight from shanghai on Friday night. We took a taxi to our hotel and slept On Saturday morning, we woke up and prepared for our day. Only at this time did I really realize the beauty that was our hotel and our hotel room. Our room was a wonderful teal color, with matching … Continue reading Alisha Explores Kunming
For my birthday trip, Boyfriend and I went to Chongqing Chongqing is one of the largest city provinces in China. Most provinces (you could think something like a us state) in China have a capital and major cities within. City provinces like shanghai and Chongqing are city propers that are so large that they are its own province. Chongqing has the largest city proper in … Continue reading Alisha Explores Chongqing
Bangkok. Bangkok. Bangkok I don’t even know how to talk about this place. Heat. Humidity. Heat. Humidity. Grime. Traffic I don’t think it’s a place I’ll revisit. That’s for sure We arrived in the afternoon and it was hot. We had to walk a bit to our hotel, and by the time we reached there, my back was drenched with sweat (beautiful imagery). Luckily our … Continue reading Alisha Explores Bangkok
And relaxed Boyfriend and I landed in Krabi around 6 and had our hotel pick us up. They drove all the way to the beach, as to then we took a long tail boat to our hotel on Railay Beach Railay Beach is a wonderful secluded beach on a peninsula with water only access. It’s surrounded by giant cliffs, making impossible for cars to get … Continue reading Alisha Explores Railay Beach and Thai Islands
Happy Chinese New Years! Happy Year of the Pig! I participated in the worlds largest migration this February, which has not been as bad as it has been described. Maybe it’s because I’m a master traveler now? Not sure. But we’ll use that excuse Boyfriend and I had a 10 am flight of Shanghai Pudong to Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was off to a bad … Continue reading Alisha Explores Chiang Mai
and survives -18 Since 1999, Harbin hosts the world’s largest Ice and Snow Festival, aptly named “Harbin Ice and Snow Festival”. Harbin is north east of Beijing and north of the Korean Peninsula. Weather here in the winter can and will drop down to -30C. The Songhua River that runs through the city freezes, which is where the ice for the festival comes from. This … Continue reading Alisha Explores Harbin
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