Hi everyone! How has 2021 treated you so far now that it’s past mid-January? I can’t believe that I was in Ho Chi Minh City this time last year to start my Indochina trip that ended up with me getting sick in Vientiane. One of the results of the situation was that I had to
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Planning to travel to Hong Kong on your own? Don’t worry, because there are numerous fun things to do alone in Hong Kong, from temple hopping to indulging in Hong Kong culinary scene!
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Happy New Year! This is the first $10 series in 2021, and I’m so excited that I can actually share a place that I could connect with personally. If in 2020 we covered Dubrovnik in Croatia that I could relate because it has been on my bucket list since I was 10, this time we’re
Looking to travel with the first class train in Thailand? I booked a train ticket from Nong Khai to Bangkok when I crossed the border from Laos to Thailand with Thai Railway.
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Just when the case of COVID-19 was rising in early 2020, I happened to get sick in Vientiane that I got stuck in quarantine for almost 2 weeks at Sengphachanh Hotel 2 in Vientiane. Here’s my review of the hotel in Laos capital city after staying there for that long!
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A lot of us envision a life outside of our home country when we finally call time on our working life. After decades of toil and with the kids now all grown up, it makes sense to live out your autumn years in a land you’ve always dreamed of exploring. When it comes to moving
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Ever wonder what to do when you get sick while traveling solo? I’m sharing my experience when I accidentally got ill on my travel here!
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In case you didn’t know, I barely left the house from April to September. Since I fell ill on my way from Pakse to Vientiane in February, I was hesitant to travel. Even domestically. It was only a couple of months ago when I decided to go out once in a while, mostly for work,
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In this post, I’m sharing some tips to take a sleeper bus in Laos as it’s one of the most affordable ways to travel inter-city in the country.
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My creativity has overflown these days, that I’ve already got a few topics that I want to write about, but something came up recently that made me feel like it’s necessary to create a post related to this. In case you didn’t know yet, I’m Indonesian. Last year on Indonesia’s 74th Independence Day, I compiled
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