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
and does nothing For New Years this year, Boyfriend and I went to Kuala Lumpur. Last year, we spent into together in Shanghai and it was borrrrriiinnnggg. Nothing happens in Shanghai for New Years We had a flight out of Shanghai at 6 am, meaning we had to leave our home at 3 am to get to the airport and checked in. At the time … Continue reading Alisha Explores Kuala Lumpur
Work style. This post will be short, as the trip was mostly work Last week, my company had our FY19 kick-off in Macau. Every year, every department in my company flies all of it’s employees somewhere for a week-long conference. This year, our China Central Operations + my department (the tech department) all went to Macau. That main photo on this post is JUST the … Continue reading Alisha Explores Macau + Hong Kong
Somehow, it always rains wherever Boyfriend and I go; Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Nanjing, Suzhou. So naturally, it rained on our long weekend in Vietnam We left early from Shanghai, catching a Didi (chinese version of Uber) at 4 am to catch our 6:45 am flight. It was pouring rain in Shanghai, so I was just excited to get to some form of heat. We … Continue reading Alisha Explores Hanoi and Halong Bay
This past weekend, I celebrated my anniversary with Boyfriend on a return trip to Guilin. It’s my 2nd time in Guilin, so I feel like I can properly write a Travel Guide on things to do and things to see, but before then, let me tell what we did 🙂 We flew out Friday night and got into the Guilin airport at 11 pm. Our … Continue reading Alisha Explores Guilin
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